Alice Coltrane - S/D

Eternity is an out-there album in a discography full of them

far out eternity may be, Om Supreme is one of my favourite pieces of music of all time

agreed, it’s so wonderful. That fat keyboard sound when it hits the lower registers combined with the ethereal voices is just the best.

man I don't think I've ever heard that one! the only one of the original run I'm missing.

somebody tell me about this mystery record with no date:

https://www.discogs.com/Terry-Gibbs-Alice-Coltrane-El-Nutto/release/7080116

Eternity might be her most patchwork album. Every track is completely different from the others. I listened to it last night and like it a lot (except for the lyrics about California, which are just goofy) but it'll take a few more run-throughs to really sink in. Right now my favorite of her albums (and this changes all the time) is Lord of Lords.

far out eternity may be, Om Supreme is one of my favourite pieces of music of all time

― canary christ (stevie), Wednesday, September 5, 2018 8:05 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

YES. My favorite track of hers after "Galaxy In Turiya"

What you call ‘patchwork’ I call ‘diverse’.

I think it was Vernon Reid who tweeted something recently about Alice Coltrane's technique of momentarily switching the organ off and then on again to get the pitch bend effect. Los Caballos on Eternity is a particularly woozy (and groovy) example of that.

Los Callabos is nuts, love that track

are there any biographies of alice coltrane?

from a piece on the quietus i just ran across, it talks a bit about what she went through after john's death:

Grief can do amazing, terrible and bottomlessly strange things to you. In the period following John Coltrane's death, the harp that he'd ordered a few months previously arrived and Alice began to play it. She also entered into what she described as her tapas – a period of spiritual cleansing – where she fasted, deprived herself of sleep, meditated, hallucinated, and was admitted to hospital after purposefully burning herself during "examinations" to see her body's further reactions to extremity.

her life is so interesting. i'd love to learn more.

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/sjr/product/alice-coltrane-turiyasangitananda-monument-eternal

oh cool, i had no idea! have you read it?

confusingly, there's another biography by the same name, published in 2010: https://www.amazon.com/Monument-Eternal-Music-Coltrane-Culture/dp/0819569259
anyone read either the 1977 autobiography or 2010 biography?

Listened to Translinear Light tonight for the first time in about a decade. It’s subdued and restrained compared to her 70s albums, of course, but it’s still pretty good.

It suffers from the rounded edges of contemporary mainstream jazz production, but yes, it's still a good album.

Came across this 2009 interview - from Essence magazine! - this morning. Long and worth a read.

I'm assuming they did the interview shortly after TL was released.

Based on the John-Coltrane's-80th hook, 2006.

Ahhh got it. Will bookmark to read later

Her recently-closed ashram was lost to the California fires

https://pitchfork.com/news/alice-coltranes-ashram-lost-in-california-wildfires/

Hoping there will be digital at some point of this here 'Previously unreleased and not known to exist soundboard recording' from '72

discussed a bit upthread by tylerw, Stevolende, and others, you gotta show all answers to see it though

so infuriating to see DIME uploads become vinyl bootlegs after a few years

the show discussed upthread is an audience tape with different personnel, from '71 rather than '72?

oh cool I think you're right? I was totally confused by the time we finished discussing those dates, but yeah the tracklist looks different on closer examination

Yeah seems to be a different (new to me) recording than the other Berkeley AC recording. Samples sound great.

Gonna definitely keep an eye out for that to show up on a blog (no turntable).

the 2LP 1973 boot is mind-boggling, like absolutely essential. search by any means necessary, PM me if you want FLAC files.

and WTF this other one just showed up?

https://forcedexposure.com/Catalog/coltrane-alice-carnegie-hall-71-cd/HH.3093CD.html

Alice Coltrane, live at Carnegie Hall, New York on February 21st, 1971. On Sunday, February 21st, 1971, a benefit was held in New York's Carnegie Hall for Swami Satchidanda's Integral Yoga Institute, featuring Laura Nyro, the New Rascals, and Alice Coltrane's All-Stars. The latter band was a remarkable coming-together of talent, with Lady Trane joined by legends such as Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, and Jimmy Garrison on stupendous form (with a little assistance from members of the Yoga Institute). The astounding performance of John Coltrane's "Africa" on this set, finds them improvising thrillingly. Includes the entire WQXR-FM broadcast, digitally remastered and accompanied by background notes and images. Also features: Kumar Kramer (harmonium), Jimmy Garrison (bass), Cecil McBee (bass), Clifford Jarvis (drums), and Ed Blackwell (drums).

sorry I meant the 1972 2LP boot:

https://www.discogs.com/Alice-Coltrane-Sextet-Live-At-The-Berkeley-Community-Theater-1972/release/13701911

Ooh this is my shit, will hit u up for files in the a.m

cool yeah lmk

apparently the 1971 CD I pasted the details of above was released a year ago, I just learned about it today when I was searching for more details on the new 2LP BCT release, I'm on side 4 of the new one now and her keyboard playing is just ferocious

Sent you a message about the new one. The 1971 recordings have circulated forever - I have a really shitty sounding version that was uploaded in like 2010.

I appreciate the heads up! Small combo + Indian instruments is my favorite version of Alice

Awaiting delivery of the 1972 boot and v v v excited

Also, I am wearing this today https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/236992853/D9A4BBE4-9BB3-4403-B3EC-43E3144CDDF3.jpeg?auto=format&fit=max&h=1000&w=1000

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sleeve plz check yr ilx webmail thx

noted, I'll be getting back to folks later today

Οὖτις I don't see an email from you yet FYI

huh that's weird, just tried again

sent u one as well

this is fabulous, many thx

thank you sleeve

Yeah, this is really good. The sound quality's a lot better than I expected.

hit me at tywilc @ gmail PLZ sleeve! actually bought the 2LP but need the digital files so that i can go out into a field and listen to it.

ahem at sleeve as well via ilxmail if possible
that shirt is fucking amazing

Can't wait to dig into this. Ty, sleeve!

ulysses the webmails are taking a while to come through but I did eventually get Outic's, still waiting on yrs

sleeve is a king among men

yay and thanks

forks I still haven't seen yr webmail but I found yr email on file with me so check it!

ha cha!