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The Carnegie Hall Concert
Alice Coltrane
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Jazzwise, Recommended Reissue/Archive, April 2024
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th April 2024
For me, this is one of her most enthralling performances, with fine support from an all-star band, including Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison and Ed Blackwell.
The Carnegie Hall Concert
Alice Coltrane
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Awards:
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Jazzwise, Recommended Reissue/Archive, April 2024
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th April 2024
For me, this is one of her most enthralling performances, with fine support from an all-star band, including Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison and Ed Blackwell.
About
Kicking off what will be an Alice Coltrane year with more releases to come in the next 12 months, is a previously unreleased, killer live recording from 1971. Recorded live, by Impulse! at a charity gala given at Carnegie Hall for the benefit of the Integral Yoga Institute in 1971, this incredible set never saw commercial release until now. The gala concert was one of two halves with the first two transcendental tunes by Alice taken from the album she had just released on Impulse! and then two explosive tunes by her late husband John Coltrane. Naturally, à la Coltrane/Dolphy at the Gate, which picked up the recent Grammy nomination for Best Liner Notes, the package includes some knockout editorial, with essays by Lauren Du Graf and Alice’s producer Ed Michel.
Contents and tracklist
- Alice Coltrane (piano), Alice Coltrane (harp), Alice Coltrane (percussion), Pharoah Sanders (tenorsaxophone), Pharoah Sanders (sopranosaxophone), Pharoah Sanders (flute), Pharoah Sanders (percussion), Archie Shepp (tenorsaxophone), Archie Shepp (sopranosaxophone), Archie Shepp (percussion), Jimmy Garrison (bass), Cecil McBee (bass), Ed Blackwell (drumkit), Clifford Jarvis (drumkit), Tulsi (tambura), Kumar Kramer (pumporgan), Ashley Kahn (additionalproducer)
- Recorded: 1971-02-21
- Alice Coltrane (piano), Alice Coltrane (harp), Alice Coltrane (percussion), Pharoah Sanders (tenorsaxophone), Pharoah Sanders (sopranosaxophone), Pharoah Sanders (flute), Pharoah Sanders (percussion), Archie Shepp (tenorsaxophone), Archie Shepp (sopranosaxophone), Archie Shepp (percussion), Jimmy Garrison (bass), Cecil McBee (bass), Ed Blackwell (drumkit), Clifford Jarvis (drumkit), Tulsi (tambura), Kumar Kramer (pumporgan), Ashley Kahn (additionalproducer)
- Recorded: 1971-02-21
- Alice Coltrane (piano), Alice Coltrane (harp), Alice Coltrane (percussion), Pharoah Sanders (tenorsaxophone), Pharoah Sanders (sopranosaxophone), Pharoah Sanders (flute), Pharoah Sanders (percussion), Archie Shepp (tenorsaxophone), Archie Shepp (sopranosaxophone), Archie Shepp (percussion), Jimmy Garrison (bass), Cecil McBee (bass), Ed Blackwell (drumkit), Clifford Jarvis (drumkit), Tulsi (tambura), Kumar Kramer (pumporgan), Ashley Kahn (additionalproducer)
- Recorded: 1971-02-21
- Alice Coltrane (piano), Alice Coltrane (harp), Alice Coltrane (percussion), Pharoah Sanders (tenorsaxophone), Pharoah Sanders (sopranosaxophone), Pharoah Sanders (flute), Pharoah Sanders (percussion), Archie Shepp (tenorsaxophone), Archie Shepp (sopranosaxophone), Archie Shepp (percussion), Jimmy Garrison (bass), Cecil McBee (bass), Ed Blackwell (drumkit), Clifford Jarvis (drumkit), Tulsi (tambura), Kumar Kramer (pumporgan), Ashley Kahn (additionalproducer)
- Recorded: 1971-02-21
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Alice Coltrane - The Carnegie Hall Concert
12th Apr 2024
Only previously released in unofficial capacities, this definitive recording of a 1971 benefit concert features an all-star lineup of spiritual jazz heroes.
Awards and reviews
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JazzwiseRecommended Reissue/ArchiveApril 2024
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Presto Recording of the Week12th April 2024
July 2024
For me, this is one of her most enthralling performances, with fine support from an all-star band, including Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison and Ed Blackwell.
April 2024
As this noble two-disc release clearly testifies, this was a special, almost sacred, evening for both the audience and the players involved.
