Infinity (John Coltrane album)

Infinity
Remix album by John Coltrane
Released September 1972[1]
Recorded June 16, 1965 (#2)
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
September 22, 1965 (#3)
February 2, 1966 (#1, 4)
Coast Recorders, San Francisco
Genre Jazz
Length 36:47
Label Impulse!
AS-9225
Producer Ed Michel
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]

Infinity is an album credited to John Coltrane, released on Impulse! Records in 1972. It features overdubs with strings of Coltrane's pieces recorded in 1965 and 1966, at the hands of Alice Coltrane. Her controversial "re-imagining" of her husband's late works was criticised by both fans and critics, as she took his original performances and superimposed them over lush orchestral backgrounds and re-dubbed rhythm section parts, as well as recording new solos on piano, organ, harp and timpani.[3]

Tracks 2 and 3 were originally recorded by the "classic quartet" (John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones) in 1965, while tracks 1 and 4 were recorded by Coltrane's later ensemble (Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane, Garrison, Rashied Ali, and extra percussionist Ray Appleton). On the 1965 tracks, Alice retains the original rhythm section parts, adding string and tamboura parts only, but on the 1966 tracks, Garrison's bass parts are replaced with new recordings by Charlie Haden, and she herself records new solos.

Track listing

All compositions by John Coltrane
  1. "Peace on Earth" – 8:33
  2. "Living Space" – 10:28
  3. "Joy" – 7:54
  4. "Leo" – 9:52
Overdubs recorded at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California, in 1972.

Musicians

Original performances by

Overdubbed with arrangements featuring

String orchestra

References

  1. ↑ Billboard Sept 30, 1972
  2. ↑ Infinity at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed 7 July 2009
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