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jsierra

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Jul 26, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/26/99
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Can anyone direct me to or provide me with lyrics that may have been written
to
Coltrane's "A Love Supreme?" The band I'm in is thinking of trying it in a
Latin Jazz vein (a la Luis Gasca on "I Was Born to Love You") but with a
vocal. I thought Leon Thomas might have sung it/written lyrics, but haven't
been able to find anything.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

Jose

Todd Poynor

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Jul 27, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/27/99
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jsierra (jb...@jps.net) wrote:
: Can anyone direct me to or provide me with lyrics that may have been written

: to
: Coltrane's "A Love Supreme?"

Someone once described to me a version that replaces the chant with
"Burrito Supreme...", but I've never tracked down the recording. Not
that this is likely to be what you had in mind.


Todd

Nordwell, Kurt (BNR:BNRTP:3I38)

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Jul 27, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/27/99
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Todd Poynor wrote:

Man, that's really funny (seriously), and I really like that album. Although
rhythm-wise it would have to be "taco supreme", "cheese milk cream",
good lord the possibilities are endless.

Peace,

Kurt

William R. Barner

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Jul 27, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/27/99
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jsierra wrote:
>
> Can anyone direct me to or provide me with lyrics that may have been written
> to
> Coltrane's "A Love Supreme?" The band I'm in is thinking of trying it in a
> Latin Jazz vein (a la Luis Gasca on "I Was Born to Love You") but with a
> vocal. I thought Leon Thomas might have sung it/written lyrics, but haven't
> been able to find anything.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
>
> Jose

On Conrad Herwig's "The latin side of John Coltrane" cd they chant
"suprem' amor". No other lyrics, however.
Bill Barner

SwingDoug

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Jul 27, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/27/99
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>On Conrad Herwig's "The latin side of John Coltrane" cd they chant
>"suprem' amor".

Please tell me you're joking.

SwingDoug

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Jul 27, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/27/99
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>Although
>rhythm-wise it would have to be "taco supreme", "cheese milk cream",
>good lord the possibilities are endless.
>

I called Pizza Hut and ordered "A Large Supreme, A Large Supreme"

William R. Barner

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Jul 27, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/27/99
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Not joking.
Bill Barner

Marcel-Franck Simon

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Jul 29, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/29/99
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SwingDoug (swin...@aol.com) wrote:
: >On Conrad Herwig's "The latin side of John Coltrane" cd they chant
: >"suprem' amor".

: Please tell me you're joking.

He's not. Do you think this is bad?
--
Marcel-Franck Simon Hewlett Packard
"Papa Loko, ou se' van, wa pouse'-n ale' Florham Park, NJ
Nou se' papiyon, n'a pote' nouvel bay Agwe'" min...@fpk.hp.com

Jeff Volkman

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Jul 29, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/29/99
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On 29 Jul 1999, Marcel-Franck Simon wrote:

> SwingDoug (swin...@aol.com) wrote:
> : >On Conrad Herwig's "The latin side of John Coltrane" cd they chant
> : >"suprem' amor".
>
> : Please tell me you're joking.
>
> He's not. Do you think this is bad?


Considering the CDs title, and the fact that the arrangement is salsa, I
think it would've been bad form *not* to translate the lyrics.


David Fleiss

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Jul 31, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/31/99
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"jsierra" <jb...@jps.net> wrote:

>Can anyone direct me to or provide me with lyrics that may have been written
>to
>Coltrane's "A Love Supreme?" The band I'm in is thinking of trying it in a
>Latin Jazz vein (a la Luis Gasca on "I Was Born to Love You") but with a
>vocal. I thought Leon Thomas might have sung it/written lyrics, but haven't
>been able to find anything.
>

According to a column by Lewis Porter in Down Beat (February 1998),
the key is in Coltrane's liner notes: "The fourth and last part
["Psalm"] is a narration of the theme, 'A Love Supreme,' which is
written in the context."

Porter says that Coltrane is referring to his poem "A Love Supreme"
(also part of the liner notes). Porter writes: "He is reciting the
poem on his saxophone, one note for each syllable."

I know this doesn't answer your question directly, but it may help.

David Fleiss

work: david_...@watsonwyatt.com
home: dfl...@pipeline.com

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Ted Williams

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Aug 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/2/99
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A friend and I wrote out a complete Taco Bell commercial around A Love
Supreme...going around the cycle with different "Supremes" Burrito
Supreme...Soft Taco Supreme...Tostada Supreme...etc...I think we recorded it
somewhere...it would just be too sick to have Trane selling Tacos....even
though Mingus is selling Nissans (isn't that the car)...what's up with that
anyways...its cool and all..but I thought Sue was dedicated to keepin it
real. Oh well....who am I to judge. Later, Ted
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Ulf Åbjörnsson

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Aug 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/2/99
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If you like Coltrane tunes with lyrics, why don't you get the CD by The
Bakers Boys: Facin' Our Time (Sittel SITCD 9221) where the do a lyric of
their own to "Moment's Notice" by JC.

Mark Murphy is a guest vocalist on the record (not on that tune, though).

The "Moment's Notice" lyric was not approved on by the Coltrane heirs, so
after the first edition of the CD that tune will not be on further editions
but replaced by something else. So hurry, hurry....

Sittel is a Swedish record company. And the CD is great!

Ulf in Svedala

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