Saxophonist Denys Baptiste playing live with his eyes closed, while bassist Gary Crosby plays the double bass in the blurred blue-lit background.

Gary Crosby and Denys Baptiste present 'A Love Supreme'

Duration

1 hour 50 minutes (including interval)

Date

Fri 2 Oct 2026 7.45pm

Venue

Studio

Need to know

Tickets: £28

Students: £10

Groups: Parties of 10 or more get one free ticket. Please email groupbookings@warwick.ac.uk or contact our box office for more information and to book.

Recommended Age:

Suitable for all (Under 16s must be accompanied by a responsible adult)

Celebrating 60 years of A Love Supreme.

Bassist, band leader and co-founder of Tomorrow’s Warriors, Gary Crosby OBE teams up with Mercury Prize nominee and MOBO award winning saxophonist Denys Baptiste to lead an all-star quartet for this celebration of what is widely regarded as the greatest jazz album of all time: John Coltrane’s’ A Love Supreme.

Marking the 60-year anniversary of the recording of the album, Gary and Denys will be joined by Andrew McCormack (piano), and Rod Youngs (drums).

Discussing the impact that Coltrane’s magnus opus had on him, Gary Crosby explains: “Hearing A Love Supreme for the first time was a life-changing moment for me as a young musician. There were so many complexities in the compositions and the arrangements, but the groove and directness were real. It is musically as close to a spiritual moment as I have ever had – a message from the mountain top, mindblowing but completely rooted in everything I believed music could be.

Coltrane stands above all others as a musician. A jazz deity? Possibly. All I know is that with A Love Supreme, he preached, and we all listened!"

"Crosby is a towering figure in jazz."

The BBC

"Clearly, Denys is endowed with unusual technical means and listening to this disc, his phrases have the fluidity and fluency of an imagination that seems not to know its own limits."

Culture Jazz (France)