Archive for the ‘Alice Coltrane’ Category

The Kids Are Alright

11, Sep 2009

UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS OH ALLAH Alice Coltrane Universal Consciousness Impulse : 1971 AC, organ and harp; Leroy Jenkins, violin; John Blair, violin; Julius Brand, violin; Joan Kalisch, violin; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Jack DeJohnette, drums. String arrangements by AC; transcription by Ornette Coleman. “Is jazz dead? That all depends on what you know.” –Lester Bowie “A higher [...]

Travesty or Genius?

21, Jan 2008

PEACE ON EARTH LIVING SPACE John Coltrane Infinity Impulse : 1972 JC, tenor sax; Alice Coltrane, harp, piano, organ, vibes, tamboura, tympani; strings composed, arranged, and conducted by AC. On “Peace On Earth” add: Charlie Haden, bass; Rashied Ali, percussion. On “Living Space” add: McCoy Tyner, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Elvin Jones, drums; Oran Coltrane, [...]

Transcribing the Infinite: ALICE COLTRANE (1937-2007)

15, Jan 2007

 THE FIREBIRD GOING HOME Alice Coltrane Lord of Lords Impulse : 1973 AC, piano, harp; Charlie Haden, bass; Ben Riley, drums; plus: Nathan Kaproff, Lou Klass, William Henderson, Ronald Folsom, Leonard Malarsky, Gordon Marron, Janice Gower, Gerald Vinci, Sidney Sharp, James Getzoff and Bernard Kundell, violins; Myra Kestenbaum, Rollice Dale, Leonard Selic, David Schwartz, [...]

Intergalatic

5, Jul 2006

MY FAVORITE THINGS GALAXY AROUND OLODUMARE Alice Coltrane with Strings World Galaxy Impulse : 1972 AC, piano, harp, organ, tamboura, percussion;  Frank Lowe, saxophone; Leroy Jenkins, violin; Reggie Workman, bass; Ben Riley, drums; Elayne Jones, tympani; David Jackson, concert master. As a famous widow with bold artistic designs of her own, Alice Coltrane has often [...]


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