“If you want to know who John Coltrane was, you have to know A Love Supreme.”
- Elvin Jones
“From 1965 on, [Coltrane] had a sense of urgency — like he couldn’t get out everything he wanted.”
- Wayne Shorter (on Coltrane)
“A Love Supreme reached out and influenced those people who were into peace”
- Miles Davis
“A Love Supreme was a pinnacle, where we had reached a certain point, a high point in the band.”
- McCoy Tyner
Date & Time
September 23, 2026 9:00 pm
Location
Dolans UpstairsTickets
€20.00Line-up
Michael Buckley – Tenor
Leopoldo Osio – Piano
Ronan Guilfoyle – Bass
Darren Beckett – Drums
A Love Supreme – a Unique Performance of John Coltrane’s Iconic Suite on his 100th Birthday!
Acclaimed as one of the most important jazz albums of all time, John Coltrane’s ‘A Love Supreme’ suite will be performed in its entirety at the Limerick Jazz Festival on September 23rd, Coltrane’s 100th birthday. It will be performed by a group featuring some of Ireland’s finest jazz musicians – Michael Buckley on saxophone, Leopoldo Osio on piano, Ronan Guilfoyle on bass and Darren Beckett on drums. Apart from being great players in their own right, this group specialises in the performance of A Love Supreme and
comes together once a year specifically to play this extraordinarymusic.
Released in January 1965 by Impulse! Records, A Love Supreme became one of the most acclaimed jazz albums of all time and has been widely regarded as Coltrane’s masterpiece. It was also a very popular recording, selling about 500,000 copies by 1970, and has been the source of endless discussion, research, and of course enjoyment for more than sixty years.
The programme will include other music by Coltrane, taken from ‘Giant Steps’; another classic Coltrane album, and culminating in the full performance of ‘A Love Supreme’.
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity – an opportunity to see and hear this phenomenal music, played by a great band, on the actual night of Coltrane’s 100th birthday!