The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording is a Jazz album by John Coltrane, originally released in 2001. On Gatefold: 9 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Avant-Garde & Free Jazz
- abrasive
- intense
- spiritual
About
The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording is the Impulse! Records-released final live recording of saxophonist John Coltrane, recorded April 23, 1967, at the Olatunji Center of African Culture in New York and released on Compact Disc in 2001. The album consists of two songs—"Ogunde", which Coltrane also recorded for his final approved album, Expression, and an especially free-form "My Favorite Things", which Coltrane had performed live regularly since 1960. The recording was made for broadcast on Billy Taylor's local radio station, WLIB. The Olatunji Concert was not Coltrane's last show, but rather, his penultimate—he would play once more on .
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Tracklist
- 1Introduction By Billy Taylor0:35
- 2Ogunde28:25
- 3My Favorite Things34:38
Credits
Performers
- Jimmy GarrisonBASS
- Rashied AliDRUMS
- Jumma SantosPERCUSSION
- Alice ColtranePIANO
- John ColtraneSOPRANO SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Pharoah SandersTENOR SAXOPHONE
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 9 pressings tracked on Gatefold