Expression (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Expression


Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = John Coltrane‎
Released = 1967
Recorded = February 17, 1967 - March 7, 1967
Genre = Jazz
Length = 51:06
Label = Impulse!
Producer = Bob Thiele
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:zw08b5p4bsqf link]
Last album = "Live At The Village Vanguard Again!"
(1967)
This album = "Expression"
(1967)
Next album =

"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

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

Personnel

* John Coltrane — tenor saxophone, flute
* Pharoah Sanders — flute, piccolo, tambourine (Track 2 only)
* Alice Coltrane — piano
* Jimmy Garrison — bass
* Rashied Ali — drums