Alice Coltrane

Alice Coltrane mixed a whole load of influences into her music. She was inspired by the music of India, R&B, gospel and spiritual. On her 1976 album, Eternity, she throws classical into the mix with a spellbinding album closer Spring Rounds, is her version of Stravinsky’s The Rite Of Spring. LP on Antarctica Starts Here.

TRACKS, PERSONNEL & DATES:

• SIDE A
• A1. SPIRITUAL ETERNAL
• Arranged, conductor – Alice Coltrane
• Bass – Charlie Haden
• Bassoon – Don Christlieb, Jack Marsh
• Cello – Anne Goodman, Jackie Lustgarten, Ray Kelley
• Drums – Ben Riley
• Flute – Fred Jackson, Hubert Laws
• French Horn – Alan Robinson, Marilyn Robinson
• Organ – Alice Coltrane
• Soprano Saxophone – Jerome Richardson
• Tenor Saxophone – Jackie Kelso, Terry Harrington
• Trombone – Charlie Loper, George Bohanon
• Trumpet – Oscar Brashear, Paul Hubinon
• Tuba – Tommy Johnson
• Viola – Mike Nowack, Pamela Goldsmith, Rollice Dale
• Violin – Gordon Marron, Murray Adler, Nathan Kaproff, Polly Sweeney, Sid Sharp, Bill Kurasch
• Recorded August 15, 1975

• A2. WISDOM EYE
• Harp – Alice Coltrane
• Recorded September 5, 1975V

• A3. LOS CABALLOS
• Bass – Charlie Haden
• Congas – Armando Peraza
• Drums – Ben Riley
• Organ – Alice Coltrane
• Timbales – A Friend
• Recorded August 13, 1975

• SIDE B
• B1. OM SUPREME
• Electric piano [Fender Rhodes] – Alice Coltrane
• Vocals – Deborah Coomer, Edward Cansino, Jean Packer, Paul Vorwerk, Susan Judy, William Yeomans
• Recorded October 15, 1975

• B2. MORNING WORSHIP
• Bass – Charlie Haden
• Congas – Armando Peraza
• Drums – Ben Riley
• Organ, Tambura [Tambouras] – Alice Coltrane
• Percussion [Small Percussion] – A Friend
• Wind Chimes – Ed Michel
• Recorded August 13, 1975

• B3. SPRING ROUNDS FROM RITE OF SPRING
• Alto Flute – Jerome Richardson
• Bass – Charlie Haden
• Bass Clarinet – Julian Spear
• Bass, Drum, Gong – Ben Riley
• Bassoon – Don Christlieb, Jack Marsh
• Cello – Anne Goodman, Jackie Lustgarten, Ray Kelley
• Clarinet – Jackie Kelso, Terry Harrington
• Contrabassoon – Jo Ann Caldwell
• English Horn – Ernie Watts
• Flute – Fred Jackson, Hubert Laws
• French Horn – Alan Robinson, Art Maebe, Marilyn Robinson, Vince DeRosa
• Oboe – Gene Cipriano, John Ellis
• Organ, Timpani, Cymbal [Cymbals] – Alice Coltrane
• Piccolo Flute – Louise Di Tullio
• Conductor – Alice Coltrane
• Trombone – Charlie Loper, George Bohanon
• Trumpet – Oscar Brashear, Paul Hubinon
• Tuba – Tommy Johnson
• Viola – Mike Nowack, Pamela Goldsmith, Rollice Dale
• Violin – Gordon Marron, Murray Adler, Nathan Kaproff, Polly Sweeney, Sid Sharp, Bill Kurasch