'' Living Space'' is a compilation album by jazz musician John Coltrane. Released posthumously by

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on March 10, 1998, it features pieces recorded in 1965. Almost all of them had been previously issued on the '' Kulu Sé Mama'' ("Dusk Dawn") CD reissue and on '' The Mastery of John Coltrane, Vol. 1: Feelin' Good'' ("Living Space", "Untitled 90320" and "Untitled 90314"). The only previously unissued track is "Last Blues".

Reception

An AllMusic review states: "The album has the spacious intensity of Trane's latter-day compositions that jar, probe, and bend the horizontal and vertical dimensions of his earlier music while finding stability in the seasoned vigor of the band. 'Living Space' appears without strings here, its melody overdubbed by Trane, in unison, on both tenor and soprano. It has the searching, mysterious quality of a mantra unlocking unseen doors, and recalls the waxing fire of ''A Love Supremes 'Resolution.' 'Untitled 90320' offers perhaps the most free environment of the five cuts, with McCoy hanging chordal fragments in thin air as Elvin sympathizes energetically with Trane's excursions into unexplored harmonic vistas. Think four dimensions or more." Ryan Schreiber wrote: "What's amazing about these tracks is that they hadn't been compiled earlier because, as a record, ''Living Space'' ranks among Coltrane's best... From the vaults comes a gem so shiny that it'll blind you if you look directly into it. ''Living Space'' is more than just a pile of dusty old tapes. It's an album to which one can only lay back, close the eyes, and drift off into a land of sound where memories collapse and the heart attacks."

Track listing

Personnel

* John Coltrane –

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while t ...

, soprano saxophone * McCoy Tyner – piano * Jimmy Garrison – double bass * Elvin Jones – drums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Living Space 1998 compilation albums John Coltrane compilation albums Impulse! Records compilation albums Compilation albums published posthumously Albums produced by Bob Thiele Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio