Editing John Coltrane (section)

===1962–1965: Classic Quartet period===
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{{Anchor|Classic_Quartet}}In 1962, Dolphy departed and [[Jimmy Garrison]] replaced Workman as bassist. From then on, the "Classic Quartet", as it came to be known, with Tyner, Garrison, and Jones, produced searching, spiritually driven work. Coltrane was moving toward a more harmonically static style that allowed him to expand his improvisations rhythmically, melodically, and motivically. Harmonically complex music was still present, but on stage Coltrane heavily favored continually reworking his "standards": "Impressions", "My Favorite Things", and "I Want to Talk About You".

The criticism of the quintet with Dolphy may have affected Coltrane. In contrast to the radicalism of his 1961 recordings at the Village Vanguard, his studio albums in the following two years (with the exception of ''[[Coltrane (1962 album)|Coltrane]]'', 1962, which featured a blistering version of [[Harold Arlen]]'s "Out of This World") were much more conservative. He recorded an album of ballads and participated in album collaborations with [[Duke Ellington and John Coltrane|Duke Ellington]] and singer [[John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman|Johnny Hartman]], a baritone who specialized in ballads. The album ''[[Ballads (John Coltrane album)|Ballads]]'' (recorded 1961–62) is emblematic of Coltrane's versatility, as the quartet shed new light on standards such as "It's Easy to Remember". Despite a more polished approach in the studio, in concert the quartet continued to balance "standards" and its own more exploratory and challenging music, as can be heard on the albums ''[[Impressions (John Coltrane album)|Impressions]]'' (recorded 1961–63), ''[[Live at Birdland (1964 John Coltrane album)|Live at Birdland]]'' and ''[[Newport '63]]'' (both recorded 1963). ''Impressions'' consists of two extended jams including the title track along with "Dear Old Stockholm", "After the Rain" and a blues. Coltrane later said he enjoyed having a "balanced catalogue".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nNZQCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Coltrane+later+said+he+enjoyed+having+a+%22balanced+catalogue.%22%22&pg=PT192|title=The History of Jazz and the Jazz Musicians|date=March 13, 2013|publisher=Lulu Press, Inc|access-date=March 29, 2019|via=Google Books|isbn=9781257544486|archive-date=March 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324235330/https://books.google.com/books?id=nNZQCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Coltrane+later+said+he+enjoyed+having+a+%22balanced+catalogue.%22%22&pg=PT192|url-status=live}}</ref>

On March 6, 1963, the group entered [[Van Gelder Studio]] in New Jersey and recorded a session that was lost for decades after its master tape was destroyed by Impulse! Records to cut down on storage space. On June 29, 2018, Impulse! released ''[[Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album]]'', made up of seven tracks made from a spare copy Coltrane had given to his wife.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/08/lost-1963-john-coltrane-album-discovered|title='A new room in the Great Pyramid': lost 1963 John Coltrane album discovered|last=Beaumont-Thomas|first=Ben|date=June 8, 2018|website=The Guardian|access-date=June 8, 2018|archive-date=June 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180608043850/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/08/lost-1963-john-coltrane-album-discovered|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/long-lost-john-coltrane-album-set-release/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/long-lost-john-coltrane-album-set-release/ |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Long-lost John Coltrane album set for release|last=Vincent|first=Alice|date=June 8, 2018|work=The Telegraph|access-date=June 8, 2018|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On March 7, 1963, they were joined in the studio by Hartman for the recording of six tracks for the ''[[John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman]]'' album, released that July.

Impulse! followed the successful "lost album" release with 2019's ''[[Blue World (album)|Blue World]]'', made up of a 1964 soundtrack to the film ''[[The Cat in the Bag]]'', recorded in June 1964.

The Classic Quartet produced its best-selling album, ''[[A Love Supreme]]'', in December 1964. A culmination of much of Coltrane's work up to this point, this four-part suite is an ode to his faith in and love for God. These spiritual concerns characterized much of Coltrane's composing and playing from this point onward—as can be seen from album titles such as ''Ascension'', ''Om'' and ''Meditations''. The fourth movement of ''A Love Supreme'', "Psalm", is, in fact, a musical setting for an original poem to God written by Coltrane, and printed in the album's liner notes. Coltrane plays almost exactly one note for each syllable of the poem, and bases his phrasing on the words. The album was composed at [[John Coltrane Home|Coltrane's home]] in [[Dix Hills, New York|Dix Hills]] on Long Island.

The quartet played ''A Love Supreme'' live only three times, recorded twice – in July 1965 at a concert in [[Antibes]], France, and in October 1965 in Seattle, Washington.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Porter |first1=Lewis |last2=DeVito |first2=Chris |last3=Fujioka |first3=Yasuhiro |last4=Wild |first4=David |last5=Schmaler |first5=Wolf |title=The John Coltrane Reference |year=2008 |publisher=Routledge |pages=733–735 }}</ref> A recording of the Antibes concert was released by [[Impulse! Records|Impulse!]] in 2002 on the remastered Deluxe Edition of ''A Love Supreme'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/John-Coltrane-A-Love-Supreme/release/2525657 |title=John Coltrane – A Love Supreme: Deluxe Edition |website=Discogs |access-date=July 19, 2020 |archive-date=February 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221005925/https://www.discogs.com/John-Coltrane-A-Love-Supreme/release/2525657 |url-status=live }}</ref> and again in 2015 on the "Super Deluxe Edition" of The Complete Masters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/John-Coltrane-A-Love-Supreme-The-Complete-Masters/release/7847833 |title=John Coltrane – A Love Supreme (The Complete Masters): Super Deluxe Edition |website=Discogs |date=November 20, 2015 |access-date=July 19, 2020 |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224195531/https://www.discogs.com/John-Coltrane-A-Love-Supreme-The-Complete-Masters/release/7847833 |url-status=live }}</ref> A recently discovered second amateur recording titled "A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle" was released in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/10/john-coltrane-love-supreme/620348/ |title=You've Never Heard John Coltrane Like This Before |website=The Atlantic |date=October 9, 2021 |access-date=October 9, 2021 |archive-date=October 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009130701/https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/10/john-coltrane-love-supreme/620348/ |url-status=live }}</ref>