- jazz, free jazz
- 39 min
- 4 tracks
- impulse!
Expression is a studio album by jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, recorded in early 1967 and released in late September of that year, around Coltrane's birthday, and two months after his death. This was the first posthumous release of a Coltrane recording. It was also his first charting album, reaching a small No. 194 on the Billboard Top LPs.
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Character
Character-led, grave, earnest and spare.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- DownBeat5/5 ★
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz3/4 ★
- The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Ogunde3:40
- 2To Be16:22
- 3Offering8:28
- 4Expression10:51
4 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- John Coltrane
- Label
- impulse!
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- DE
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