Title: Classic
Review: You have to give it to Alice Coltrane--she had a brand name, but did not try to cash in by coping her husband. Who knows if John would have gone in this direction with Alice had he had not died in 1967.This is avant gaurd jazz, but nothing like that of John Coltrane, who Alice played paino with in his last band, replacing McCoy Tyner. This music is big shells, filled with harps, saxes, a violin, all kinds of instruments to add to the free floating texutre. This material sounds as derived from early 1970s space rock as much as jazz.Rashid Ali's drumming did not provide enough of a backbone for John Coltrane's peicing sounds, but with Alice, it is a perfect wonder. His soft free time is perfect for this etherial music.Generic new age musicias should listen to this.
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