Alice Coltrane

Sep 20, 2024 | theabsolutesound.com | Derk Richardson |Alice Coltrane

A A A On February 21, 1971, a week after the release of her iconic Journey in Satchidananda, pianist/harpist/composer Alice Coltrane appeared at Carnegie Hall. Coltrane (aka Turiya) put together a band of 60s avant-garde masters: Pharoah Sanders (saxophones, flute, fife, percussion), Archie Shepp (saxophones, percussion), Cecil McBee and Jimmy Garrison (basses), and Ed Blackwell and Clifford Jarvis (drums), plus Tulsi Reynolds (tamboura) and Kumar Kramer (harmonium).