ALICE COLTRANE ULTRA-RARE! IN-DEMAND! NEAR MINT 'PTAH, THE EL DAOUD'  AVANT-GARDE JAZZ w/PHARAOH SANDERS, RON CARTER & JOE HENDERSON

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Ptah, The El Daoud Review by Stacia Proefrock Courtesy of AllMusic.com

Sometimes written off as an also-ran to her more famous husband, Alice Coltrane's work of the late '60s and early '70s shows that she was a strong composer and performer in her own right, with a unique ability to impregnate her music with spirituality and gentleness without losing its edges or depth. Ptah, The El Daoud is a truly great album, and listeners who surrender themselves to it emerge on the other side of its 46 minutes transformed. From the purifying catharsis of the first moments of the title track to the last moments of "Mantra," with its disjointed piano dance and passionate ribbons of tenor cast out into the universe, the album resonates with beauty, clarity, and emotion. Coltrane's piano solo on "Turiya and Ramakrishna" is a lush, melancholy, soothing blues, punctuated only by hushed bells and the sandy whisper of 's drums and later exchanged for an equally emotive solo by bassist . "Blue Nile" is a case where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts; Coltrane's sweeping flourishes on the harp nestle in perfectly with flute solos by  and  to produce a warm cocoon of sound that is colored by evocations of water, greenness, and birds. Perhaps as strong as the writing here, though, are the performances that Coltrane coaxes from her sidemen, especially the horn players. , who can always be counted on for technical excellence, gives a performance that is simply on a whole other level from much of his other work -- freer, more open, and more fluid here than nearly anywhere else. , who at times with  seemed like a magnetic force of entropy, pulling him toward increasing levels of chaos, shows all of the innovation and spiritual energy here that he is known for, with none of the screeching. Overlooked and buried for years in obscurity, this album deserves to be embraced for the gem it is.

 Featuring  And  – Ptah, The El Daoud Courtesy of Discogs. Label: – AS-9196,  – AS-9196Series:Format: , LP, Album, Gatefold Country:Released:Genre:Style:,  Tracklist A1Ptah, The El Daoud13:58A2Turiya & Ramakrishna8:19B1Blue Nile6:58B2Mantra16:33 Companies, etc. Record Company –  Copyright © –  Published By –  Recorded At –  Mastered At –  Credits Bass –  Design –  Drums –  Engineer –  Liner Notes –  Photography By, Bells [Occasional] –  Piano, Harp, Written-By –  Producer –  Tenor Saxophone, Alto Flute –  Tenor Saxophone, Alto Flute, Bells –  Notes On the center labels:
• The Impulse! and ABC Records logos are in separate rainbow-colored boxes with double ® (registration marks)
• Text along bottom edge: A Product of ABC Records, Inc. New York, N.Y. 10019 • Made in USA

Recorded in the studio at the Coltrane home, Dix Hills, New York, January 26, 1970.

Gatefold, Printed in U.S.A.

© Copyright MCMLXX, ABC/Dunhill Records

Some copies have sticker stating "Featuring Pharoah Sanders and Joe Henderson" affixed to front cover.
Barcode and Other Identifiers Rights Society: BMI Matrix / Runout (Side A label): AS-9196-A Matrix / Runout (Side B label): AS-9196-B Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched variant 1): AS-9196-A Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched variant 1): AS-9196-B