- Om (John Coltrane album)
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Om 
Studio album by John Coltrane Recorded October 1, 1965 Genre Jazz Length 28:49 Label Impulse! Producer Bob Thiele Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating 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". The 29-minute recording contains chants from the Bhagavad-Gita, a Hindu epic. The 1965 recording, issued posthumously, has Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders chanting from a Buddhist text, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, and 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
Track listing
Original LP release
Side A
- Om - 15:02 (part one)
Side B
- Om - 13:58 (part two)
CD release
- Om - 28:49
(Note: While some CD configurations had "Om" as a single track, others kept the original LP record's original two-track configuration)
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
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."
Categories:- Impulse! Records albums
- 1965 albums
- John Coltrane albums
- Albums produced by Bob Thiele
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