Offering: Live at Temple University
| Offering: Live at Temple University | ||||
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| Live album by John Coltrane | ||||
| Released | September 23, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | November 11, 1966 | |||
| Venue | Mitten Hall, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | |||
| Genre | Free jazz[1] | |||
| Language | Instrumental, English | |||
| Label | Resonance | |||
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Offering: Live at Temple University is a 2014 live album released posthumously by John Coltrane on Resonance Records. The album was recorded from original master reels stored by WRTI-FM. Proceeds from the album benefit the John Coltrane Home.
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Pitchfork Media |  [3] |
The album was given a mixed review by Geoff Dyer of The New York Review of Books, calling the moments of extreme experimentation "a bit daft—which is not to say they are without value".[1] Mark Richardson of Pitchfork Media gave the album an 8.5 out of 10, praising the experimentation, calling it "almost unbearably intense" but with beautiful solos by percussionist Rashied Ali.[3] AllMusic reviewer Matt Collar placed the album in context of Coltrane's career, calling it "a live culmination of Coltrane's musical journey, a homecoming and spiritual communion with the deep, creative forces that drove him right until the end of his life".[2]
Track listing
All songs written by Coltrane, unless otherwise noted
- "Naima" – 16:28
- "Crescent – 26:11
- "Leo" – 21:29
- "Offering" – 4:19
- "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rogers) – 23:18
Personnel
Operating at equivalent levels of invention and energy are three members of his working quintet of one year’s standing his wife, Alice Coltrane, on piano; Pharoah Sanders on reeds and flute; and Rashied Ali on drums.
- John Coltrane Quintet
- John Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophones, flute, vocals, bandleader
- Rashied Ali – drums
- Alice Coltrane – piano
- Sonny Johnson – upright bass
- Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone and piccolo
- Additional musicians
- Umar Ali – percussion
- Algie DeWitt – percussion
- Arnold Joyner – alto saxophone
- Robert Kenyatta – percussion
- Steve Knoblauch – alto saxophone
- Technical personnel
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
- Ashley Kahn – liner notes
- Frank Kofsky – photography
References
- 1 2 Dyer, Geoff (October 4, 2014). "Catastrophic Coltrane". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
- 1 2 Collar, Matt. "Offering: Live at Temple University – John Coltrane – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards – AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
- 1 2 Richardson, Mark (October 28, 2014). "John Coltrane – Offering: Live at Temple University". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 30, 2014.