06/12/2026
This week's Friday Jazz Notes turns to one of the most important records ever made: John Coltrane's A Love Supreme. Recorded in a single session in December 1964 and released the following year, it's a four-part suite — Acknowledgement, Resolution, Pursuance, and Psalm — built around a simple four-note motif that Coltrane returns to again and again, in every key, as if turning a single idea over in his hands until it shines.
What strikes me about this album, and why it feels right for our office, is what it teaches about devotion to the work. Coltrane wasn't chasing a hit. He was offering gratitude — for recovery, for second chances, for the chance to do meaningful work with the time he had. Every note on that record is disciplined, intentional, and offered in service of something larger than himself.
That's not a bad standard for public service. We serve the people of Osceola County every day in ways that often go unseen — a clean record returned, a license reinstated, a marriage certified, a courtroom kept moving. The work is the offering. The discipline is love.
So this Friday, put A Love Supreme on if you can. Listen to how Coltrane and his quartet — McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones — say the same four notes a hundred different ways and never lose the meaning. That's craft. That's care. That's us, on our best days.
Have a great weekend. Thank you for what you do.
— Kelvin
