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28 Mar 2009 No Comments
Alice Coltrane (* 27. August 1937 in Detroit, Michigan, USA als Alice McLeod; † 12. Januar 2007 in Los Angeles) war eine US-amerikanische Jazzmusikerin. Sie spielte Piano, Orgel und Harfe.
Alice Coltrane married John Coltrane in 1965 and replaced McCoy Tyner as pianist in Coltrane’s “late period” ensembles beginning in 1966. After John Coltrane’s death in 1967, Alice released a string of albums as a leader that continued her late husband’s explorations but were more accessible and melodic than many of his final recordings. Two key players in John Coltrane’s late period ensembles, Pharoah Sanders and drummer Rashied Ali, joined Alice’s first albums, including 1968’s A Monastic Trio, 1970’s Ptah, the El Daoud and Journey in Satchidananda, and 1972’s Universal Consciousness. Ron Carter, Cecil McBee and Charlie Haden also played bass on some of Alice’s early recordings.
Like Sanders, Alice Coltrane’s late ’60s and early ’70s work explored ancient African and, particularly, eastern sources. But Alice’s compositions were often more meditative, blues-based reflections grounded in eastern drones played on the tambura. Journey in Satchidananda, in particular, was a master work that, in addition to Sanders, Ali, and McBee, featured Majid Shabazz on percussion, the Vishnu Wood on oud, Tulsi on tambura, and Charlie Haden on the phenomenal “Isis and Osiris.” Here’s a taste, which includes some great work by Alice on the harp: Shiva-Loka — Alice Coltrane: Journey in Satchidananda (1970)
After forming an ashram in 1975, Alice Coltrane took a 26 year break from recording, dedicating her time to learning and teaching the Vedic scriptures of ancient India, as well as Buddhist and Islamic texts. She took the name of Swami Turiyasangitananda, Sanskrit for “the highest song of God,” and relocated her Sai Anantam ashram to the mountains near Santa Monica in 1983.
But she returned to recording in 2004, releasing Translinear Light, which featured her sons Ravi and Oran Coltrane (Ravi produced the album), Charlie Haden, and Jack DeJohnette. The album opens with Alice on the Wurlitzer organ revisiting “Sita Ram,” from 1971’s Universal Consciousness, and includes reworking of John Coltrane’s “Crescent” and “Leo.”
Sita Ram — Alice Coltrane: Translinear Light (2004)
Luckily, another Alice Coltrane recording, The Sacred Language of Ascension is in the can, with an expected release date later this year.
thanks to: http://djdurutti.blogspot.com/2007/01/transcendence-rip-alice-coltrane.html
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