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For those about to get terribly excited at the prospect of a new Alice Coltrane album, don't; this is a compilation from her years on Impulse! solo and with her late husband. But, given the radical juxtaposition of some of these works, this seems like a new Alice disc just the same. Assembled by the crack team of Patrick Forge and Kerstan Mackness, this set is gorgeously sequenced and, while debatable among people who have nothing better to do, is the only way this track selection could go. Quibbling over the actual tunes is ridiculous: "Lovely Sky Boat," "I Want to See You," "Galaxy in Turyia," "Blue Nile," "Universal Consciousness," "Battle at Armageddon," "A Love Supreme" (the version from World Galaxy with Frank Lowe on saxophone, Ben Riley on drums, and Reggie Workman on bass with Alice playing piano, organ, and harp, as well as a string section), "Journey in Satchidananda," "Galaxy Around Oldumare," and the tracks "Peace on Earth," from John Coltrane's Infinity album, and "The Sun," from the controversial Cosmic Music album. They are impeccable choices that represent the full range of Alice Coltrane's shamefully undernoticed contribution to jazz. Here, with a host of musicians that includes not only those previously mentioned, but also Pharoah Sanders, Jack DeJohnette, Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali, Joe Henderson, Leroy Jenkins, Elvin Jones, Ron Carter, and many others, the depth and dimension of Alice Coltrane's musical vision can be articulated within the context of (mostly) her own work. Again, the way that Mackness and Forge have culled and sequenced the track selection is seamless, offering the development of Coltrane's creative voice as a pianist, harpist, organist, composer, and improviser -- not to mention arranger -- as a process, a constant evolution from high to even higher. The music is revelatory in how it uses color and tension to articulate tonal speech, and how it uses improvisation within the context of particular timbres. For those who have the catalog, this may come as a welcome refresher course; for those encountering Alice Coltrane's work for the first time, there simply is no other choice.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Jimmy Garrison, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Alice Coltrane, Producer, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rashied Ali, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Musgnug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Garrison, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Alice Coltrane, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rashied Ali, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Musgnug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alice Coltrane, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ED MICHEL, Producer
℗ 1972 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ron Carter, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Henderson, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Pharoah Sanders, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Alice Coltrane, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Riley, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - ED MICHEL, Producer - W.L. Barneke, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Blair, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jack DeJohnette, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Garrison, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ornette Coleman, Unknown, Other - Alice Coltrane, Producer, String Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ED MICHEL, Producer - Leroy Jenkins, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Julius Brand, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Joan Kalisch, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1971 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alice Coltrane, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ED MICHEL, Producer
℗ 1971 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Coltrane, Composer - Alice Coltrane, Producer, MainArtist - ED MICHEL, Producer
℗ 1972 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cecil MCBee, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Pharoah Sanders, Percussion, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alice Coltrane, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - ED MICHEL, Producer - Rashied Ali, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tulsi, Tambura, AssociatedPerformer - Orville O'Brien, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roy Musgnug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Majid Shabazz, Bells, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alice Coltrane, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - ED MICHEL, Producer
℗ 1972 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Coltrane, Composer, MainArtist - Charlie Haden, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Alice Coltrane, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - ED MICHEL, Producer - Rashied Ali, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Appleton, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Garrison, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Pharoah Sanders, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Alice Coltrane, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Riley, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Rashied Ali, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Musgnug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1969 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
For those about to get terribly excited at the prospect of a new Alice Coltrane album, don't; this is a compilation from her years on Impulse! solo and with her late husband. But, given the radical juxtaposition of some of these works, this seems like a new Alice disc just the same. Assembled by the crack team of Patrick Forge and Kerstan Mackness, this set is gorgeously sequenced and, while debatable among people who have nothing better to do, is the only way this track selection could go. Quibbling over the actual tunes is ridiculous: "Lovely Sky Boat," "I Want to See You," "Galaxy in Turyia," "Blue Nile," "Universal Consciousness," "Battle at Armageddon," "A Love Supreme" (the version from World Galaxy with Frank Lowe on saxophone, Ben Riley on drums, and Reggie Workman on bass with Alice playing piano, organ, and harp, as well as a string section), "Journey in Satchidananda," "Galaxy Around Oldumare," and the tracks "Peace on Earth," from John Coltrane's Infinity album, and "The Sun," from the controversial Cosmic Music album. They are impeccable choices that represent the full range of Alice Coltrane's shamefully undernoticed contribution to jazz. Here, with a host of musicians that includes not only those previously mentioned, but also Pharoah Sanders, Jack DeJohnette, Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali, Joe Henderson, Leroy Jenkins, Elvin Jones, Ron Carter, and many others, the depth and dimension of Alice Coltrane's musical vision can be articulated within the context of (mostly) her own work. Again, the way that Mackness and Forge have culled and sequenced the track selection is seamless, offering the development of Coltrane's creative voice as a pianist, harpist, organist, composer, and improviser -- not to mention arranger -- as a process, a constant evolution from high to even higher. The music is revelatory in how it uses color and tension to articulate tonal speech, and how it uses improvisation within the context of particular timbres. For those who have the catalog, this may come as a welcome refresher course; for those encountering Alice Coltrane's work for the first time, there simply is no other choice.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:24
- Main artists: Alice Coltrane
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Impulse!
- Genre: Jazz
© 1999 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1999 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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