Om (John Coltrane album)
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| Om | ||
| Studio album by John Coltrane | ||
| Recorded | October 1, 1965 | |
| Genre | Jazz | |
| Length | 28:49 | |
| Label | Impulse! | |
| Producer(s) | Bob Thiele | |
| Professional reviews | ||
|---|---|---|
| John Coltrane chronology | ||
| Live in Seattle (1965) |
Om (1965) |
Meditations (1965) |
Om is a 1965 album by John Coltrane.
In October, 1965, Coltrane recorded Om, referring to the sacred syllable in Hindu religion, which symbolizes the infinite or the entire Universe. Coltrane described Om as the "first syllable, the primal word, the word of power". The 29-minute recording contains chants from the Bhagavad-Gita, a Hindu epic. It is alleged that Coltrane began taking LSD around the time of the Om session. A 1966 recording, issued posthumously, has Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders chanting from a Buddhist text, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, and reciting a passage describing the primal verbalization "om" as a cosmic/spiritual common denominator in all things.
The album was not very well-received.It is believed to have been recorded during an LSD experience,[1] though some people have said this is only a myth.
[edit] Personnel
- John Coltrane - tenor and soprano saxophone
- Pharoah Sanders - tenor saxophone
- Donald Rafael Garrett - bass clarinet
- Joe Brazil - flute
- McCoy Tyner - piano
- Jimmy Garrison - bass
- Elvin Jones - drums
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Nisenson, Eric (September 1995). Ascension: John Coltrane and His Quest. Da Capo Press, 183. “Entitled Om, it was apparently made while the entire band was tripping on LSD.”
