John Coltrane

The triple-disc A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters features a wealth of audio extras appended to John Coltrane's 1965 classic. The original stereo album is augmented with previously unreleased mono reference masters from Trane's personal archive. Disc 2 features the complete sessions from December 9-10, 1964, four takes of which were released on an expanded edition in 2002. (The sessions from the 10th consist of a second attempt at album opener "Acknowledgement," with saxophonist Archie Shepp and bassist Art Davis joining the quartet. Two of the previously released tracks are making their debut in stereo.) The third disc features the quartet's previously-issued performance of A Love Supreme at the Festival Mondial du Jazz in Antibes in July of 1965-the only time the album was played live in full.  A 2-CD version drops the concert disc.