Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz; Avant-Garde; Free jazz
Recorded: April-June 1971, A&R Recording, New York City and/or the Coltrane home studio, Dix Hills, New York:
* tracks 1 and 3 - April April 6
* track 4 - April 6 and May 14
* track 5 - May 14
* tracks 2 and 6 - June 19
"Regardless of one's own musical standpoints or of the particular cosmology of one's beliefs, this is Devotional music of the highest level, as it must be- majestic, serene, sublime, a richly-woven tapestry in sound; music of unsurpassable breadth and beauty to be heard as long as men with souls live."
Alice Coltrane - Harp, Organ, String Arrangements
John Blair - (1, 3, 4) Violin
Julius Brand - (1, 3, 4) Violin
Leroy Jenkins - (1, 3, 4) Violin
Joan Kalisch - (1, 3, 4) Violin
Jimmy Garrison - (1, 3-5) Bass
Jack DeJohnette - (1, 3, 4) Drums
Ornette Coleman - (1, 3, 4) Transcription
Tulsi - (4, 5) Tamboura
Clifford Jarvis - (4, 5) Drums
Rashied Ali - (2, 6) Drums, Percussion |
