This year Impulse! and Verve Label Group have partnered with The John & Alice Coltrane Home to launch the “Year of Alice,” a year-long celebration of Alice Coltrane’s profound work. Alice Coltrane performed at Carnegie Hall for a special gala benefiting the Integral Yoga Institute. Backed by an all-star group of musicians, the artist delivered a memorable set now available for the very first time. This March 22, Alice Coltrane – The Carnegie Hall Concert (Impulse!), will finally bring the full recording of Coltrane’s Carnegie Hall performance to fans worldwide.
This project came at a significant period in Alice Coltrane’s life, shaping her career and her spiritual journey. Her set included two transcendental tunes from Journey in Satchidananda, followed by two compositions by John Coltrane which served as a sign of things to come. Her band that night added two members of Satchidananda’s circle — Kumar Kramer and Tulsi Reynolds, playing harmonium and tamboura, respectively — to a large jazz ensemble comprising two saxophonists (Pharoah Sanders and Archie Shepp), two bassists (Jimmy Garrison and Cecil McBee) and two drummers (Ed Blackwell and Clifford Jarvis) The event, held four years after the legendary husband’s untimely passing, and marking Alice’s first performance as a leader at Carnegie Hall is available to pre-order
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