New topic
Printable| Author | Message |
Any Fans of Alice Coltrane? I made a dive into her music since last month all because of this clip @ 4:39 when she starts playing the harp This album with Pharaoh Sanders was my next step I can’t put my fingers on it but her music has such a strange tranquil & healing effect, also I never heard anyone play the harp the way she did, its very ethereal but at the same it carries so much volume too, strange but beautiful contrast. | |
- E-mail - orgNote -  Report post to moderator |
Hi--I'll call myself a fan but am hardly knowledgeable. I've heard some of her work played on public radio and listened to some that has come on my YouTube suggestion list. It's like an ethereal orchestra of the natural force of sound. Like yourself, I plan to dive in and explore more of her works. | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
In 1974,she recorded an album with Carlos Santana and I really enjoy it  I should probably Check out some of her albums. | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
I love that album, especially the title track "Illuminations" | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
| |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
|
I have never heard her but a couple of years ago I went to the Big Ears Festival and they had a group that called themselves the Ashram Experience and only sung her songs as a tribute to her. I saw them in a church. It was good, and I had meant to check her out directly, but forgot to do so. Your post is a sign that I need to do so. Thanks. |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised  she’s mostly known for being John Coltrane’s widow and the pianist of his last band, but her solo career (especially the 70s albums she recorded) were testimonial of how equally genius she was next to her husband, at least in my opinion. | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
|
wow... i feel dumb that i didnt even know Coltrane had a wife that was a musician... beautiful sounds too |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
RJOrion said: wow... i feel dumb that i didnt even know Coltrane had a wife that was a musician... beautiful sounds too You’re not dumb at all. Mrs Coltrane’s music is niche from what I noticed, jazz historians/critics talk about her indifferently - or relegate her to the “muse” role they gave to most women who were in strong ties with jazz legends - plus she went into a recluse from the music industry at the end of 70s after opening a meditation center/temple in Malibu and dedicated her time to it. You mentioned earlier that Charles Stepney’s music has a spiritual bearing in the other thread, the second person I immediately thought of was Alice Coltrane | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
This thread needs more clips from me and less of my essay writing 
[Edited 8/21/20 9:07am] | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |