Offering: Live at Temple University

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.

Offering: Live at Temple University
Live album by
John Coltrane
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2014 (2014-09-23)
RecordedNovember 11, 1966
VenueMitten Hall, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
GenreFree jazz[1]
Length90:45
Language
  • Instrumental
  • English
Label
John Coltrane chronology
The Very Best of John Coltrane: The Prestige Era
(2012)		 Offering: Live at Temple University
(2014)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork[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, writing that it is "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]

This album won the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes.[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Coltrane, unless otherwise noted

  1. "Naima" – 16:28
  2. "Crescent – 26:11
  3. "Leo" – 21:29
  4. "Offering" – 4:19
  5. "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers) – 23:18

Personnel

John Coltrane Quintet

Additional musicians

  • Umar Ali – percussion
  • Algie DeWitt – percussion
  • Arnold Joyner – alto saxophone
  • Robert Kenyatta – percussion
  • Steve Knoblauch – alto saxophone

Technical personnel

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References
  1. Dyer, Geoff (October 4, 2014). "Catastrophic Coltrane". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  2. Collar, Matt. "Offering: Live at Temple University – John Coltrane". AllMusic. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  3. Richardson, Mark (October 28, 2014). "John Coltrane – Offering: Live at Temple University". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  4. "57th GRAMMY Awards: Full Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
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