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VOL № C086 — July 2024

Transfiguration

Alice Coltrane
Why you'll love it...

Recorded live at a UCLA concert hall in April 1978, Coltrane plays piano and organ accompanied by Roy Haynes on drums and Reggie Workman on bass. The trio conjures both a universe and a universal consciousness; Coltrane has no qualms with the commingling of exhilaration and asceticism it demands of listeners. In fact, she demands that you come closer, to its tone and to your natural self. 

What this feels like in one aspect is Black music’s Bonnie and Clyde fantasy realized. What if we escape from mundane language and commune fully in these codes of light and frequency? It doesn’t have to be strange or timid. What if we pragmatically exceed ourselves and gather in silhouette as light bodies, here, on stage in plain sight? 

Alice and John were both fugitives from...

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Label
Warner Bros.
Original Release Year
1978
Release Type
Reissue
Format
2LP
Speed
33 1/3 rpm
Vinyl Size
12 inch
Weight
standard
Foil Stamped
Yes
Color
Black
Jacket
Direct-To-Board; Double Gatefold
Mastering Studio
Sterling Sound
Mastering Engineer
Ryan Smith
Pressing Location
GZ Vinyl
Remastering Details
(AAA) Lacquers Cut From the Master Tapes by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound
Extras
Listening Notes Booklet by Harmony Holiday
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