ALICE COLTRANE "Journey In Satchidananda" LP Gatefold NM-EX/NM
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AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek [-]
Alice Coltrane's landmark Journey to Satchidananda reveals just how far the pianist and widow of John Coltrane had come in the three years after his death. The compositions here are wildly open and droning figures built on whole tones and minor modes. And while it's true that one can definitely hear her late husband's influence on this music, she wouldn't have had it any other way. Pharoah Sanders' playing on the title cut, "Shiva-Loka," and "Isis and Osiris" (which also features the Vishnu Wood on oud and Charlie Haden on bass) is gloriously restrained and melodic. Coltrane's harp playing, too, is an element of tonal expansion as much as it is a modal and melodic device. With a tamboura player, Cecil McBee on bass, Rashied Ali on drums, and Majid Shabazz on bells and tambourine, tracks such as "Stopover Bombay" and the D-minor, modally drenched "Something About John Coltrane" become an exercise in truly Eastern blues improvisation. Sanders plays soprano exclusively, and the interplay between it and Coltrane's piano and harp is mesmerizing. With the drone factor supplied either by the tamboura or the oud, the elongation of line and extended duration of intervallic exploration is wondrous. The depths to which these blues are played reveal their roots in African antiquity more fully than any jazz or blues music on record, a tenet that exists today, decades after the fact. One last note, the "Isis and Osiris" track, which was recorded live at the Village Gate, features some of the most intense bass and drum interplay -- as it exists between Haden and Ali -- in the history of vanguard jazz. Truly, this is a remarkable album, and necessary for anyone interested in the development of modal and experimental jazz. It's also remarkably accessible.
Alice Coltrane Featuring Pharoah Sanders – Journey In Satchidananda
Label:
Impulse! – AS-9203, ABC Records – AS-9203
Series:
University Series Of Fine Recordings –
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold
Country:
US
Released:
1971
Genre:
Jazz
Style:
Avant-garde Jazz, Modal, Post Bop
TracklistHide Credits
A1Journey In Satchidananda6:33
A2Shiva-Loka6:33
A3Stopover Bombay2:50
B1Something About John Coltrane10:40
B2Isis And Osiris
Bass – Charlie Haden
Oud – Vishnu Wood
11:32
Companies, etc.
Record Company – ABC/Dunhill Records
Copyright (c) – ABC/Dunhill Records
Published By – Jowcol Music
Recorded At – Village Gate
Recorded At – Dix Hills, N.Y.
Credits
Bass – Cecil McBee (tracks: A1 to B1)
Bells, Tambourine – Majid Shabazz (tracks: A1 to B1)
Design – Wallace Caldwell
Drums – Rashied Ali
Engineer – Orville O'Brien, Roy Musgnug
Harp, Piano, Liner Notes, Composed By – Alice Coltrane
Photography By [Cover] – Chuck Stewart
Photography By [Liner] – Chuck Stewart, Ed Michel
Producer – Alice Coltrane, Ed Michel
Recorded By [Location Recording] – Orville O'Brien (tracks: B2)
Soprano Saxophone, Percussion – Pharoah Sanders
Tambura [Tamboura] – Tulsi (tracks: A1 to B1)
Notes
Original pressing with red & black Impulse/ABC labels.
Text along bottom edge: A Product of ABC Records, Inc. New York, N.Y. 10019 • Made in USA
Originally recorded November 8, 1970, Dix Hills, New York.
Track B2 was recorded July 4, 1970, in performance at The Village Gate, New York City.
A Product of ABC/Dunhill Records
© MCMLXXI, ABC/Dunhill Records. Printed in USA.
Gatefold jacket.
Spelling variations:
Rashied Ali inside gatefold / Rashid Ali on back cover
Chuck Stewart inside gatefold / Charles Stewart on back cover
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