Alice COLTRANE - Journey in Satchidananda 1970

Alice COLTRANE - Journey in Satchidananda 1970

Jazz

JOURNEY IN SATCHIDANANDA, recorded in the fall of 1970, is a serene, composed meditation on the lessons of the 1960's, a mystical work of enduring sweetness and spiritual longing. The concluding cut "Isis And Osiris" (recorded earlier that summer at the Village Gate), is a global village of texture and song, animated by Pharaoh Sanders' gently wafting soprano and Rashied Ali's quicksilver brushwork, as Vishnu Wood's feathery oud, Charlie Haden's woody bass and Coltrane's sweeping harp combine to create a dreamy vortex of sound. The title cut and "Shiva-Loka", centered around Cecil McBee's sonorous, lyric bass vamps and Tulsi's droning tamboura, are gorgeous evocations of modal jazz and Indian ragas, again exploiting the contrast between Sanders' reedy chants and Coltrane's blissful arpeggios. And then there's "Stopover Bombay" and "Something About John Coltrane," which reveal the melodious symmetry of Alice Coltrane's piano playing, a singular style deeply imbued in the old time testimonies of the spirituals and the blues.
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Arguably the most classic Alice Coltrane album on Impulse and a strong group effort that features some great work from Pharoah Sanders! Coltrane leads two different small combos on the record both with Sanders on saxes, plus either Cecil McBee or Charlie Haden on bass, and Rashied Ali on drums plus assorted percussion from Tulsi and Majid Shabazz, and some really enigmatic work on oud by Vishnu Wood! Tracks are long and drawn out, and open with the beauty of a field of flowers meeting the daw as Alice plays with a sound that's gentle and poetic, but which also has some wonderfully dark undertones. Titles include "Stopover Bombay", "Isis & Osiris", "Shiva-Loka", and "Journey In Satchidananda".
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Alice Coltrane- Harp
Pharoah Sanders- Soprano Saxofhone, Percussion
Vishnu Wood- Oud
Charlie Haden- Bass
Rashied Ali- Drums
Cecil McBee- Bass
Tulsi- Tamboura
Majid Shabazz- Bells, Tambourine
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01.Journey in Satchidananda (6:40)
02.Shiva-Loka (6:37)
03.Stopover Bombay (2:54)
04.Something about John Coltrane (9:44)
05.Isis and Osiris (11:29)
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