Expression (album)

Expression
Studio album by John Coltrane
Released	End of September 1967[1]
Recorded	February 15, 1967 & March 7, 1967 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz, Free Jazz
Length	39:20 original LP
Label	Impulse! A-9120
Producer	Bob Thiele
John Coltrane chronology
Live at the Village Vanguard Again! (1966) Expression (1967) Om (1968)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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; 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. 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.

1. "Ogunde" – 3:38
2. "To Be" – 16:22
3. "Offering" – 8:27
4. "Expression" – 10:53
5. "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

1. Billboard Sept 23, 1967
2. Expression at AllMusic
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 292. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 47. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.