Expression (album)
| Untitled | |
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
Expression is an album by jazz saxophonist John Coltrane. The title track was Coltrane's last studio recording;[citation needed] the rest of the album was recorded at about the same time as Interstellar Space. "To Be" features Coltrane on flute, the only recording he made on the instrument for an entire track.[citation needed] Expression was the last studio album to be approved for release by Coltrane before his death in July 1967, and was released in September 1967.
Track listing
- All tracks by John Coltrane.
- "Ogunde" – 3:38
- "To Be" – 16:22
- "Offering" – 8:27
- "Expression" – 10:53
- "Number One" – 11:55 Bonus track on 1993 CD reissue; previously issued on The Mastery of John Coltrane, Vol. 3: Jupiter Variation
Recorded on February 15 1967 (#2); March 7 1967 (#1, 3, 5), and unknown (#4).
Personnel
- John Coltrane – tenor saxophone, flute
- Pharoah Sanders – flute, piccolo, tambourine (#2 only)
- Alice Coltrane – piano
- Jimmy Garrison – bass
- Rashied Ali – drums
Production
- Victor Kalin - cover art
References
- ^ Billboard Sept 23, 1967
- ^ Expression at AllMusic
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 292. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 47. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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