Ogunde (song)
| "Ogunde" | |
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| Song by John Coltrane | |
| from the album Expression | |
| Released | 1967 |
| Recorded | 1967 |
| Genre | Free jazz |
| Length | 3:36 |
| Label | Impulse! |
| Expression track listing | |
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| "Ogunde" | |
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| Song by John Coltrane | |
| from the album The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording | |
| Released | 2001 |
| Recorded | April 23, 1967 |
| Genre | Free jazz |
| Length | 28:25 |
| Label | Impulse! |
| The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording track listing | |
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"Ogunde" is the opening track on jazz saxophonist John Coltrane's 1967 album Expression, and one of two songs on The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording.
"Ogunde" is the opening track on Expression, Coltrane's final studio album, recorded on February 15 and March 7, 1967. At 3:36 minutes, it is the shortest song on the album. A "marathon version" of the song that lasted for more than 28 minutes was performed in concert on April 23, 1967 during Coltrane's last recorded live performance in the Olatunji Center for African Culture in Harlem and was released in 2001 on The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording.
The original release of "Ogunde" features Coltrane on tenor, Rashied Ali on drums, Alice Coltrane on piano, and Jimmy Garrison on bass. The Olatunji Concert release also features percussionists Juma Santos and Algie de Witt and saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, who makes a single appearance in Expression on "To Be", on piccolo flute.
According to David Wild's liner notes, the song is based on "Ogunde Varere", an Afro-Brazilian folk song whose title translates to 'Prayer of the Gods'. Independent journalist and author Gérald Arnaud further noted that "Ogunde" is dedicated to the Orisha Ogun, the god of iron and of metal in the Yoruba religious tradition. Meanwhile, Chris Searle of The Morning Star contended that the song "re-emphasises Coltrane's amalgam of spiritual passion within the huge sound of his solidarity with the African people".
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