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. As for the rest of the album, Coltrane's tenor seems to have acquired a denser, wider sound while retaining the free form of the late years. This is most evident on "Offering," which follows its theme into a particularly radical example of overblowing.

Track listing

  1. "Ogunde" (3:36)
  2. "To Be" (16:20)
  3. "Offering" (8:25)
  4. "Expression" (10:50)
  5. "Number One" (11:55) - additional track on reissue

Personnel

John Coltrane
Prestige albums

Coltrane · Dakar · Mal-2 · Interplay · The Cats · Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette · Traneing In · The Dealers · Wheelin' and Dealin' · The Believer · Black Pearls · Bahia · Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane · The Last Trane · Lush Life · Soultrane · Standard Coltrane · Stardust · Settin' the Pace · Mating Call · Informal Jazz · Winner's Circle · Tenor Conclave · Tenor Madness

Atlantic albums

Bags & Trane · Like Sonny · Giant Steps · Coltrane's Sound · The Avant-Garde · My Favorite Things · Coltrane Jazz · Coltrane Plays the Blues · Olé Coltrane · The Coltrane Legacy · Alternate Takes

Impulse! albums

Africa/Brass · Ballads · Coltrane · Duke Ellington & John Coltrane · John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman · Impressions · To the Beat of a Different Drum · Crescent · A Love Supreme · The John Coltrane Quartet Plays · Gleanings · Transition · First Meditations · Ascension · Kulu Sé Mama · Sun Ship · Living Space · Om · Meditations · Cosmic Music · Stellar Regions · Interstellar Space · Expression · Live at the Village Vanguard Again! · Live in Japan · Live in Seattle · Infinity · The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording

Blue Note albums

Whims of Chambers · High Step · A Blowin' Session · Blue Train · Trane's Blues · Coltrane Time · Sonny's Crib

With Wilbur Harden

Countdown: The Savoy Sessions · Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions · Gold Coast · Jazz Way Out · Tanganyika Strut · Mainstream 1958

With Miles Davis

Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet · Basic Miles · 'Round About Midnight · Workin' with The Miles Davis Quintet · Steamin' with The Miles Davis Quintet · Relaxin' with The Miles Davis Quintet · Cookin' with The Miles Davis Quintet · Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants · Miles Davis Quintet at Peacock Alley · Milestones · 1958 Miles · Miles & Monk at Newport · Kind of Blue · Someday My Prince Will Come

With Thelonious Monk

Monk's Music · Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane · The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings · Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall

Live albums

Live! at the Village Vanguard · Live in Stockholm 1961 · The Complete Copenhagen Concert · The Complete Paris Concerts · The Complete 1962 Stockholm Concert · The Complete Graz Concert · Bye Bye Blackbird · Live at Birdland 1962 · The European Tour · Afro-Blue Impressions · Live in Stockholm 1963 · Newport '63 · The Paris Concert · Live at Birdland · Brazilia · Live at the Half Note: One Down, One Up · Creation · New Thing at Newport · Live in Paris · Live in Antibes

Compilations

The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane · The Complete Prestige Recordings · The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings · The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Recordings · Ken Burns Jazz: John Coltrane · The Last Giant: Anthology · Coltrane for Lovers

Compositions

"Giant Steps" · "Ogunde" · "Impressions" · "Naima" · "Lazy Bird"

Related Coltrane changes · Sheets of sound · Ravi Coltrane · Dix Hills home · Philadelphia house · 5893 Coltrane · John W. Coltrane Cultural Society · Discography · Category

Categories: 1967 albums | Impulse! Records albums | John Coltrane albums | Albums produced by Bob Thiele | Posthumous albums

 

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