Cosmic Music

Cosmic Music
Studio album by John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane
Released	1968
Recorded	February 2, 1966, San Francisco January 29, 1968, New York
Genre	Jazz
Label	Impulse! Records

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	(positive) [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Cosmic Music is a jazz album by John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane. It was originally released after John Coltrane's death. On this release, John Coltrane only plays on "Manifestation" and "Reverend King". "Lord, Help Me to Be" and "The Sun" were later included as bonus tracks on the CD reissue of Alice Coltrane's album A Monastic Trio.

Track listing

1. "Manifestation"
2. "Lord, Help Me To Be"
3. "Reverend King"
4. "The Sun"

The main tracks have also been released as:

1. "Manifestation" (11:44)
2. "Reverend King (Written in the Honor of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.)" (10:45)
3. "Peace on Earth" (9:03)
4. "Leo" (10:08)

Personnel

• John Coltrane — tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
• Pharoah Sanders — tenor saxophone, piccolo
• Alice Coltrane — piano
• Jimmy Garrison — bass
• Rashied Ali — drums
• Ray Appleton — percussion (1966 recordings)
• Ben Riley — percussion (1968 recordings)

References

1. Nastos, Michael G.. Cosmic Music at AllMusic
2. Zwerin, Michael (1 February 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone (San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.).
3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 47. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.