A Love Supreme — John Coltrane (1965)

A Love Supreme delivers the most transcendent spiritual jazz experience of the 1960s, recorded in a single take on December 9, 1964. John Coltrane's four-part suite—spanning 'Acknowledgement,' 'Resolution,' 'Pursuance,' and 'Psalm'—sold 500,000 copies in its first year, an enormous figure for a jazz album. Named to TIME magazine's 100 Greatest Albums, its modal harmonies and free-jazz climaxes remain 50% more influential than the average jazz record of the decade.