Infinity is a Jazz album by John Coltrane, originally released in 1972. On Gatefold: 18 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Avant-Garde & Free Jazz
- dense
- spiritual
- spacey
About
Infinity is an album credited to John Coltrane, released on Impulse! Records in 1972. It features overdubs with strings of Coltrane's pieces recorded in 1965 and 1966, at the hands of Alice Coltrane. Her controversial "re-imagining" of her husband's late works was criticised by both fans and critics, as she took his original performances and superimposed them over lush orchestral backgrounds and re-dubbed rhythm section parts, as well as recording new solos on piano, organ, harp and timpani. Tracks 2 and 3 were originally recorded by the "classic quartet" (John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones) in 1965, while .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Peace On Earth9:03
- A2Living Space10:40
Side B
- B1Joy8:01
- B2Leo10:08
Credits
Performers
- Charlie HadenBASS
- Jimmy GarrisonBASS
- Oran ColtraneSTRINGS
- Edgar LustgartenCELLO
- Jesse EhrlichCELLO
- Alice ColtraneCOMPOSED BY ARRANGED BY CONDUCTOR
- Elvin JonesDRUMS STRINGS
- Rashied AliPERCUSSION STRINGS
- Ray AppletonPERCUSSION STRINGS
- McCoy TynerPIANO
- John ColtraneTENOR SAXOPHONE BASS CLARINET
- Pharoah SandersTENOR SAXOPHONE FLUTE
- Myra KestenbaumVIOLA
- Rollice DaleVIOLA
- Gerald VinciVIOLIN
- Gordon MarronVIOLIN
- James GetzoffVIOLIN
- Michael WhiteVIOLIN
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 18 pressings tracked on Gatefold