Alice Coltrane - Journey In Satchidananda

Alice Coltrane — Journey In Satchidananda

Cardboard sleeve mini LP packaging

Single-Layer Stereo Japanese import SHM-SACD

Alice Coltrane had become a disciple of Swami Satchidananda, which explains the title of her 1971 masterpiece Journey in Satchidananda, recorded November 8, 1970 (except for one live track) and issued in January of 1971. It was recorded at the Coltrane home studio in Dix Hills, New York. Coltrane and Ed Michel produced the album. Album photography was by Chuck Stewart and Ed Michel. It was issued as impulse! AS 9203.

The band for the studio tracks included Alice Coltrane. piano, harp; Pharoah Sanders, soprano saxophone, percussion; Cecil McBee, double bass; Rashied Ali, drums; Tulsi, tanpura; and Majid Shabazz, bells, tambourine. For "Isis and Osiris," recorded live July 4, 1970, at The Village Gate in New York City, the group was: Alice Coltrane. harp; Pharoah Sanders, soprano saxophone, percussion; Charlie Haden, double bass; Rashied Ali, drums; and Vishnu Wood, oud. All songs were by Coltrane.

 

1. Journey in Satchidananda

2. Shiva-Loka

3. Stopover Bombay

4. Something About John Coltrane

5. Isis and Osiris (Live)

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