Offering: Live at Temple University is a live album by John Coltrane recorded in 1966 and released posthumously by Resonance Records on September 23, 2014, Coltrane’s 88th birthday. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes and was well-received by critics. Proceeds from the album benefit the John Coltrane Home.
Coltrane and his quintet, which featured saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, pianist Alice Coltrane, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and drummer Rashied Ali, toured Japan in July 1966 (documented on Live in Japan). Immediately upon their return, they played a two-week stint at the Jazz Workshop in San Francisco (July 26 – August 7), followed by an appearance at the Village Theatre in New York City on August 12. Toward the end of the summer, Garrison, who had played with Coltrane since 1961, and who was the last remaining member of the “classic quartet,” announced that he would depart Coltrane’s group in order to join a trio led by pianist Hampton Hawes. He was replaced for the most part by Sonny Johnson (brother of trumpeter Dewey Johnson, who had participated in the recording of Coltrane’s Ascension), although Sirone occasionally played with the group during this time as well..read more.
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Released: September 23rd, 2014
Recorded: November 11th, 1966
Record Label: Resonance Records
Location Recorded: Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Producer: Bernie Grundman
Album Length: 90 min / 45 sec
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