Alice Coltrane

• 1970 Spiritual Jazz Masterpiece on 180g Vinyl LP.

• Transferred from Analog Tapes!

Recorded in the basement studio of the Coltrane home in 1970, Alice Coltrane's fourth album is a masterpiece of spiritual jazz. The title track is an ode to the Egyptian God Ptah (the El Daoud meaning "the beloved"). Moments on the album reach what Coltrane defined the term Turiya as "a state of consciousness - the high state of Nirvana, the goal of human life.

PERSONNEL:

• Alice Coltrane - (piano, harp)
• Pharoah Sanders - (tenor saxophone, alto flute, bells)
• Joe Henderson - (tenor saxophone, alto flute)
• Ron Carter - (bass)
• Ben Riley - (drums)

Recorded at the Coltrane home studio, Dix Hills, New York on January 26, 1970.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Ptah, the El Daoud
• A2. Turiya & Ramakrishna

• SIDE B
• B1. Blue Nile
• B2. Mantra