after eight wondrous records on ImpulseCombining the drones and textures of India, the gospel and R&B of her Detroit youth and the dissonance of modern classical composition, Coltranes music in the 70s would become increasingly difficult to categorize. Alice Coltrane Ascension Ceremony - May 17 - 7:30 PM - St. We also hear from musicians who have drawn inspiration from Alice - including Flying Lotus, the grandson of Alice’s sister, and harpist Brandee Younger - and hear archival interviews with Alice herself, delving into the remarkable story of a woman who crafted something beautiful and enduring in the time of her deepest pain. Released in 1976, Eternity was Alice Coltranes first album for Warner Bros. URB ALT Festival Harps on Alice Coltrane June 9th at Harlem School of. The latest episode of our Amazon Original podcast Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums retraces the entire arc of this remarkable record: Senior Editor Hank Shteamer steps into the Long Island basement where the album was recorded, and speaks to several musicians who played on it (bassist Cecil McBee, tambura player Tulsi Reynolds, and oud player Vishnu Wood) as well as Alice’s daughter, Michelle. Released a half-century ago this year as Journey in Satchidananda, it firmly established Alice as a musical icon in her own right, and would go on to inspire everyone from Radiohead to Solange Knowles.
Featuring other former members of John’s band, the resulting album combined free-form jazz with the textures of Indian raga and shades of Alice’s roots playing gospel in the churches of Detroit. The public is fortunate that it was recorded and now 30 years later it is being made available as a single, historical, rare. Universal consciousness / Lord of lords (CD) Alice plays organ, piano and harp on the 1971 recording World Galaxy, giving otherworldly treatments to two tunes strongly identified.
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