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Alice Coltrane's Divine Ferocity

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By Lawrence Peryer
October 27, 2011
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Alice Coltrane's death in 2007 did not bring about the critical reassessment her work deserves. Nothing less than a trailblazer in free and spiritual jazz, the pianist and harpist was a deeply sensitive blues player and top-rate composer. Working in the shadow of her husband, saxophonist John Coltrane, through his controversial, late-period work and her erratic recording career later in her own life have not helped her legacy but Alice Coltrane's work is Important with a capital "I." If you are making CDs from this two-hour playlist, tracks 1 and 3 make up disc one with the remainder on disc two.

Track	Name	Time	Artist	Album
1	Peace On Earth	26:25	John Coltrane Quintet	Live in Japan [Disc 1]
2	Ogunde	28:35	John Coltrane Quintet	The Olatunji Concert—The Last Live Recording
3	Ohnedaruth	7:53	Alice Coltrane	A Monastic Trio
4	Mantra	16:35	Alice Coltrane	"Ptah, The El Daoud"
5	Isis And Osiris	11:29	Alice Coltrane	Journey In Satchidananda
6	Water	7:31	Joe Henderson	The Elements
7	Angel Of Sunlight	14:49	Carlos Santana & Alice Coltrane	Divine Light
8	Translinear Light	9:50	Alice Coltrane	Translinear Light

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Longtime music industry executive who relocated to the PNW from New York City in 2016. Host of the award-winning podcast The Tonearm (f/k/a Spotlight On), featuring the people and ideas moving culture forward.

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