John Coltrane composed A Love Supreme, arguably one of the greatest achievements in jazz history, in the upstairs room of the Dix Hills home which provided John with a tranquil space for “pondering the music he heard within himself”, as his wife Alice recalled. After days of intense work on the composition, she described John coming downstairs “like Moses from the mountain – it was so beautiful. He walked down and there was that joy, that peace in his face.”
John went on to record A Love Supreme on December 9th, 1964 with pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and drummer Elvin Jones at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood, New Jersey. The album was released in January 1965 by Impulse! Records and is widely considered to be one of the greatest recordings of all time.
