Kulu Sé Mama

Kulu Sé Mama
Studio album by John Coltrane
Released 1967
Recorded June 10 & 16, 1965 (#2-3, 5, 6)
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
October 14, 1965 (#1, 4)
Western Recorders, Los Angeles
Genre Free jazz
Length 34:15 original LP
69:33CD reissue
Label Impulse!
A-9106
Producer Bob Thiele
John Coltrane chronology
New Thing at Newport
(1965)
Kulu Sé Mama
(1965)
Meditations
(1965)

Kulu Sé Mama is an album by jazz musician John Coltrane. Recorded during 1965, it was released in early 1967 as Impulse! A-9106 (AS-9106 for the stereo version). The title piece and "Selflessness" were recorded in October 1965 and feature a large ensemble including Sanders, Garrett, Butler and Lewis. The other tracks, "Vigil", "Welcome" and "Dusk Dawn", feature the "classic quartet" (Coltrane, Jones, Garrison and Tyner). "Kulu Sé Mama" was composed by Juno Lewis, whilst other titles are credited to Coltrane. "Selflessness" was first released on a compilation of the same name, and "Dusk Dawn" was first released on the posthumous album Living Space.

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Track listing

  1. "Kulu Sé Mama (Juno Sé Mama)" - 18:50
  2. "Vigil" - 9:51
  3. "Welcome" - 5:34

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  1. "Selflessness" - 14:49
  2. "Dusk Dawn" - 11:00
  3. "Dusk Dawn"[Alternate Take] - 9:29

Track #3 recorded on June 10, 1965; #2, #5, #6 on June 16; #1, #4 on October 14, 1965.

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