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Originally Posted by The Earl Of Slander

It's amazing. The title track is indeed a candidate for Coltrane's crowning achievement. However, due to their consistency, I slightly prefer John Coltrane Plays and Crescent in the ultimate Coltrane face off thing. Sun Ship, Ascension, Love Supreme and both versions of Meditations are also stunning, along with his Miles Davis stuff and, hell, pretty much EVERYTHING ELSE! The man is a musical god, and yeah, my second favourite jazz band leader, after Davis. I know those two are a massively cliched choice, but fuck it, it's a cliche for a reason!

who cares about cliches. It's probably a cliche that I'm saying it's the best jazz track recorded. But it fucking is.