A Love Supreme - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

On this album’s last track, “Psalm,” its composer used “musical narration” to play a melody derived from his poem praising God. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this album that begins with Elvin Jones playing the gong. This album’s first track, “Acknowledgement,” features a four-note bass ostinato that develops into its composer repeatedly chanting this album’s title.

ANSWER: A Love Supreme

[10m] Spirituality in this musician’s albums like A Love Supreme led the African Orthodox Church to canonize him. A chord progression featuring rapid major third root movements is called this saxophonist’s namesake changes.

ANSWER: John Coltrane [or John William Coltrane; accept Coltrane changes; accept Trane]

[10e] Ira Gilter coined the term “sheets of sound” to describe Coltrane’s style of performing this action on albums like A Love Supreme. Jazz musicians often perform this practice of spontaneously composing melodies.

ANSWER: improvisation [accept word forms like improvise]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	16.67	78%	56%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	7	22.86	86%	86%	57%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	23.33	100%	100%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	11	17.27	73%	82%	18%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	10	21.00	80%	100%	30%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	18.75	100%	88%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	17.78	78%	89%	11%

Data


Auburn A	Clemson B	0	10	0	10
Auburn B	Vanderbilt A	0	10	0	10
USC	Claremont C	0	10	10	20
UCLA A	UCLA B	0	0	10	10
UCLA D	UCLA C	0	0	10	10
UCLA E	UCSD	0	10	10	20
Binghamton A	Cornell G	10	10	10	30
U of Rochester A	Binghamton B	0	10	10	20
RIT B	Binghamton C	0	0	0	0
Cornell C	Penn State	10	10	10	30
Cornell D	RIT C	0	0	10	10
Cornell E	RIT A	10	10	10	30
Cornell A	ESF	0	0	0	0
Cornell B	Syracuse	0	10	10	20
Cornell F	U of Rochester B	0	0	10	10
Emory A	Belmont	0	10	10	20
Clemson A	Auburn C	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech E	Furman	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Georgia A	0	10	10	20
Emory Oxford	South Carolina A	10	10	10	30
South Carolina B	Alabama A	0	0	10	10
Tennessee A	Southern	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech C	Tennessee B	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech D	0	10	10	20
Bard A (UG)	Fordham A	0	10	10	20
Rowan A (DII)	Lehigh B (DII)	0	10	10	20
Maryland A (DII)	Lehigh A (UG)	0	10	10	20
NYU B	Columbia B	0	10	10	20
Maryland B (DII)	Penn B (DII)	0	10	10	20
Princeton A (UG)	Columbia A (UG)	0	10	10	20
Rutgers A (UG)	NYU A (UG)	0	10	10	20
Rutgers B	Penn A (DII)	0	0	10	10
Michigan C	Miami C (DII)	0	10	10	20
Miami A (UG)	Michigan A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Michigan State A	CWRU A (UG)	0	10	10	20
Miami B (UG)	Michigan State B	0	0	10	10
Ohio State A (UG)	CWRU B (DII)	10	10	10	30
Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	Ohio State B (DII)	10	10	0	20
Michigan D (UG)	Ohio State C (DII)	10	10	10	30
UW Gluttony	Arizona State B	10	10	10	30
UW Chastity	UBC B	0	10	10	20
UW Envy	UBC A	0	10	10	20
Arizona State A	UW Greed	0	10	10	20
UW Sloth	UW Lust	0	10	10	20
UW Wrath	Boise State	10	10	10	30
Appalachian State B	Liberty A	0	10	10	20
Duke B	Appalachian State A	0	10	10	20
James Madison A	NC State	0	10	0	10
James Madison A	NC State	0	10	0	10
James Madison A	NC State	0	10	0	10
James Madison A	NC State	0	10	0	10
James Madison A	NC State	0	10	0	10
James Madison A	NC State	0	10	0	10
James Madison A	NC State	0	10	0	10
James Madison A	NC State	0	10	0	10
Liberty B	UNC D	10	10	10	30
Virginia	Liberty C	10	10	10	30
VCU	Tusculum	0	10	10	20
William & Mary	UNC B	10	10	10	30
UNC C	James Madison B	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech B	UNC A	0	10	10	20
Claremont A	Claremont B	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	SIUE	0	10	0	10
Chicago B	Iowa B	0	10	10	20
Illinois A	Purdue B	10	10	10	30
Illinois B	Notre Dame C	0	10	10	20
Illinois D	Purdue A	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame A	Indiana	0	10	10	20
Northwestern B	Purdue C	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame B	WashU A	0	10	10	20
WashU B	Northwestern A	0	0	10	10