Om (John Coltrane album)
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| Studio album by John Coltrane | |
| Released | January 1968 |
| Recorded | October 1, 1965 Camelot Sound Studios, Lynwood, Washington |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 29:07 |
| Label | Impulse! A-9140 |
| Producer | Bob Thiele |
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
Om is a 1968 album by John Coltrane. In October, 1965, Coltrane recorded Om, referring to the sacred syllable in Hindu religion, which symbolizes the infinite or the entire Universe. Coltrane described Om as the "first syllable, the primal word, the word of power". Issued posthumously, the 29-minute recording contains chants from the Hindu epic Bhagavad-Gita, and has Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders chanting from a Buddhist text, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, also reciting a passage describing the primal verbalization "om" as a cosmic/spiritual common denominator in all things.
The album was not very well received.[2] It is believed to have been recorded during an LSD experience,[3] though some people have said this is only a myth.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Original LP release
[edit] Side A
- "Om, Part 1" - 15:06
[edit] Side B
- "Om, Part 2" - 14:01
Note: while some CD configurations had "Om" as a single track, others kept the original LP record's original two-track configuration.
[edit] Personnel
- John Coltrane - tenor and soprano saxophone
- Pharoah Sanders - tenor saxophone
- Donald Rafael Garrett - bass clarinet
- Joe Brazil - flute
- McCoy Tyner - piano
- Jimmy Garrison - bass
- Elvin Jones - drums
[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ John Coltrane : Om - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
- ^ Nisenson, Eric (September 1995). Ascension: John Coltrane and His Quest. Da Capo Press. p. 183. "Entitled Om, it was apparently made while the entire band was tripping on LSD."
