Credits:

Alice Coltrane

Description:

Impulse Records, the prestigious jazz label that has produced many artists who have influenced the subsequent history of music, including John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins, and Quincy Jones, will celebrate its 60th anniversary. To commemorate the anniversary year, the label has released on CD for the first time the 1982 spiritual masterpiece "Kirtan - Turiya Things" by Alice Coltrane, a piano, organ, and harp player who is one of the label's leading artists and also known as John Coltrane's wife. Alice had been studying various religions and spiritual music with John Coltrane since the 1960s, but the death of her husband in 1967 strengthened her search for the heart, and in 1978 she began a life rooted in Eastern thought (especially Hinduism) and began to have her own students. students herself. In 1981, she began composing music for use in ashrams and worship services, and the following year she made a cassette tape to distribute to her students. The following year, she produced a cassette tape for distribution to her students, which is "Kirtan - Turiya Sings.Kirtan" is a so-called "singing yoga" in which people chant God's name and offer prayers to music. A variety of instruments were used, including organs, strings, and synthesizers. Alice also sings in this recording. At the time, only about 500 cassettes were made, but during the production of Alice's last album, "Translinear Light," these recordings were rediscovered, re-mixed, and mastered for this release. The image used in the album cover photo is modeled after the one used on the actual cassette. *This product will be available for sale on Friday, so products will be delivered on or after the day of release.