Officially issued in its 80 minute entirety for first time: Alice Coltrane’s enrapturing performance at Carnegie Hall, NYC in 1971 documents the legendary cosmic and spiritual jazz catalyst joined by an all-star ensemble; Pharoah Sanders, Archie Sheep, Jimmy Garrison, Cecil McBee. Ed Blackwell and others from her late husband’s band.
Not every day that a cosmic jazz mindblower returns to orbit, but then again there’s a lunar eclipse this week… First partially surfacing unofficially in 2018, now mercifully available in full, this pressing of ‘The Carnegie Hall Concert’ captures a quintessence of spiritual jazz’s patron saint in around the same era as some of her greatest records. Featuring sublime, expansive takes on cuts from ‘Journey in Satchidananda’ and dedications to John in ‘Leo’ and ‘Africa’, it's one to get fully buzzed about. It was recorded live at a charity gala concert held by Impulse! - home to some of jazz music’s best to do it - and sees Alice and a lauded squad most beautifully going in on recently conceived and newly vintage works.
The first half features magnificent takes on Alice’s trancendental masterpieces, with the title piece to ‘Journey in Satchidananda’ teased out to twice the length, evoking beatific panoramas of cosmic and inner worlds with Alice’s harp soaring at full wingspan over skin-prickling flute and rivulets of dusted rhythm, then cascading melodies on the swirling groove of ’Shiva-Loka’, also doubled in length as the players explore every nuance of its lustrous fabric. The concert’s 2nd half gives it up for Alice’s late husband, John Coltrane, with a heart-in-mouth riff on ‘Africa’ from his 1961 LP delivered by those who he played with, making room for ample soloing and ecstatic crescendo, and reserving remarkable energies to send ‘Leo’ - from John’s ‘Interstellar Space’ (1967), a duo album with Rashied Ali on drums and one of his final recordings - reeling back into orbit with thunderous percussive energy from the drums and Alice’s keys.
Frankly essential.
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Officially issued in its 80 minute entirety for first time: Alice Coltrane’s enrapturing performance at Carnegie Hall, NYC in 1971 documents the legendary cosmic and spiritual jazz catalyst joined by an all-star ensemble; Pharoah Sanders, Archie Sheep, Jimmy Garrison, Cecil McBee. Ed Blackwell and others from her late husband’s band.
Not every day that a cosmic jazz mindblower returns to orbit, but then again there’s a lunar eclipse this week… First partially surfacing unofficially in 2018, now mercifully available in full, this pressing of ‘The Carnegie Hall Concert’ captures a quintessence of spiritual jazz’s patron saint in around the same era as some of her greatest records. Featuring sublime, expansive takes on cuts from ‘Journey in Satchidananda’ and dedications to John in ‘Leo’ and ‘Africa’, it's one to get fully buzzed about. It was recorded live at a charity gala concert held by Impulse! - home to some of jazz music’s best to do it - and sees Alice and a lauded squad most beautifully going in on recently conceived and newly vintage works.
The first half features magnificent takes on Alice’s trancendental masterpieces, with the title piece to ‘Journey in Satchidananda’ teased out to twice the length, evoking beatific panoramas of cosmic and inner worlds with Alice’s harp soaring at full wingspan over skin-prickling flute and rivulets of dusted rhythm, then cascading melodies on the swirling groove of ’Shiva-Loka’, also doubled in length as the players explore every nuance of its lustrous fabric. The concert’s 2nd half gives it up for Alice’s late husband, John Coltrane, with a heart-in-mouth riff on ‘Africa’ from his 1961 LP delivered by those who he played with, making room for ample soloing and ecstatic crescendo, and reserving remarkable energies to send ‘Leo’ - from John’s ‘Interstellar Space’ (1967), a duo album with Rashied Ali on drums and one of his final recordings - reeling back into orbit with thunderous percussive energy from the drums and Alice’s keys.
Frankly essential.
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Officially issued in its 80 minute entirety for first time: Alice Coltrane’s enrapturing performance at Carnegie Hall, NYC in 1971 documents the legendary cosmic and spiritual jazz catalyst joined by an all-star ensemble; Pharoah Sanders, Archie Sheep, Jimmy Garrison, Cecil McBee. Ed Blackwell and others from her late husband’s band.
Not every day that a cosmic jazz mindblower returns to orbit, but then again there’s a lunar eclipse this week… First partially surfacing unofficially in 2018, now mercifully available in full, this pressing of ‘The Carnegie Hall Concert’ captures a quintessence of spiritual jazz’s patron saint in around the same era as some of her greatest records. Featuring sublime, expansive takes on cuts from ‘Journey in Satchidananda’ and dedications to John in ‘Leo’ and ‘Africa’, it's one to get fully buzzed about. It was recorded live at a charity gala concert held by Impulse! - home to some of jazz music’s best to do it - and sees Alice and a lauded squad most beautifully going in on recently conceived and newly vintage works.
The first half features magnificent takes on Alice’s trancendental masterpieces, with the title piece to ‘Journey in Satchidananda’ teased out to twice the length, evoking beatific panoramas of cosmic and inner worlds with Alice’s harp soaring at full wingspan over skin-prickling flute and rivulets of dusted rhythm, then cascading melodies on the swirling groove of ’Shiva-Loka’, also doubled in length as the players explore every nuance of its lustrous fabric. The concert’s 2nd half gives it up for Alice’s late husband, John Coltrane, with a heart-in-mouth riff on ‘Africa’ from his 1961 LP delivered by those who he played with, making room for ample soloing and ecstatic crescendo, and reserving remarkable energies to send ‘Leo’ - from John’s ‘Interstellar Space’ (1967), a duo album with Rashied Ali on drums and one of his final recordings - reeling back into orbit with thunderous percussive energy from the drums and Alice’s keys.
Frankly essential.