I find "A Love Supreme" about as relaxing as a Richard Feynman lecture, that is to say not at all, and for essentially the same reason, being a masterpiece of intellect and passion in which there's a new insight on every listening. If "A Love Supreme" is playing I won't be relaxed. I'll be distracted, provoked and probably quite agitated.
As much as I respect Coltrane and love much of his work, I have to agree that some of his more exploratory efforts are what I could only describe as "not relaxing". I like to fall asleep with jazz albums playing from time to time, and sometimes the playlists have gotten into some Coltrane stuff that tends to pull me awake.
