Alice Coltrane Select Discography 2
Recordings as a Supporting or Guest Artist
John Coltrane:COLTRANE LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD AGAIN! Impulse! Records 1966. AS-9124. Produced by Bob Thiele. CD. Track list Naima Introduction My Favorite Things Musicians John Coltrane, sax, clarinet Pharoah Sanders, sax, flute Alice Coltrane, piano Jimmy Garrison, bass Rashied Ali, drums Emanual Rahim, percussion Capsule Info: Recorded live in May of 1966, this album shows how far John Coltrane travelled since his legendary 1961 sessions at the same venue. John Coltrane: EXPRESSION Impulse! Records 1967. AS-9120. Produced by John Coltrane and Bob Thiele. CD. Track list Ogunde To Be Offering Expression Number One Musicians John Coltrane, tenor sax, flute Pharoah Sanders, flutes, perc Alice Coltrane, piano Jimmy Garrison, bass Rashied Ali, drums Capsule Info: The last album John Coltrane worked on before his death in July of 1967, and the first of many to be released by his heirs posthumously. Having reached a free and frenetic plateau earlier, this album pulls back to earth and is full of haunting tranquility and introspection. Surprising and wonderful are Pharoah Sanders & John Coltrane on flutes in "To Be". Roland Kirk: LEFT AND RIGHT Atlantic Records, 1969. Produced by Joel Dorn. CD. Track list Expansions other tracks not featuring AC Musicians Alice Coltrane, harp Roland Kirk, horns, flute, perc Ron Burton, piano Vernon Mason, bass Jimmy Hopps, drums Gerald Brown and Warren Smith, perc plus horns Capsule Info: Alice Coltrane makes a brief cameo appearance in the long suite "Expansions." I'm not an expert on Kirk's work, but this seems like a superior effort with lots of different musical moods. Issued on CD in 1998 as part of 32Jazz's 4-disc Kirk set ACES BACK TO BACK. Laura Nyro: CHRISTMAS AND THE BEADS OF SWEAT Columbia 1970. Produced by Arif Mardin and Felix Cavaliere. CD. Track list Upstairs By A Chinese Lamp Map To The Treasure Beads Of Sweat Christmas In My Soul side one not featuring AC Musicians Laura Nyro, vocal, piano Dino Danelli, drums Chuck Rainey, bass Cornel Dupree, el guitar Ralph McDonald, perc Ashod Garabedian, oud Michael Szihai, cimbalon Joe Farrell, woodwinds Alice Coltrane, harp Capsule Info: I wish I knew how the Rascals hooked up with Alice Coltrane, and then how the Rascals came to help produce this jazzy Nyro album bringing their jazz roster including Alice into the mix. The early 1970s saw the mixing of boundaries between jazz and rock and folk and soul, and this might be said to be a blending of them all. "Upstairs By A Chinese Lamp," the primary Coltrane vehicle here, is also featured on the 1997 Sony compilation THE BEST OF LAURA NYRO: STONED SOUL PICNIC. McCoy Tyner: EXTENSIONS Blue Note 1970. Produced by Francis Wolff. CD. Track list Message From The Nile The Wanderer Survival Blues His Blessings Musicians McCoy Tyner, piano Alice Coltrane, harp Wayne Shorter, sax Gary Bartz, alto sax Ron Carter, bass Elvin Jones, drums Capsule Info: Alice Coltrane's harp and McCoy Tyner's piano playing becomes a great combination. The liner notes are filled with quotations from the Holy Quran. (Select McCoy Tyner Discography) Rascals: PEACEFUL WORLD Columbia 1971. Produced by Arif Mardin and Felix Cavaliere. CD. Track list side one not featuring AC Musicians Felix Cavaliere, vocal, piano Dino Danelli, drums Chuck Rainey, bass Cornel Dupree, el guitar Ralph McDonald, perc Hubert Laws, flute Michael Szihai, cimbalon Joe Farrell, woodwinds Alice Coltrane, harp Capsule Info: I haven't heard this. John Coltrane: LIVE IN JAPAN Impulse! Records 1973/1991. AS-0000. Reissue produced by Michael Cuscuna. CD. Track list Afro Blue Peace On Earth (7/11) Crescent Peace On Earth (7/22) Leo My Favorite Things Musicians John Coltrane, sax, perc Pharoah Sanders, sax, clarinet, perc Alice Coltrane, piano Jimmy Garrison, bass Rashied Ali, drums Capsule Info: Recorded in July of 1966 in Tokyo for broadcast to Japanese radio. One disc's worth was originally released on vinyl in 1973, with further sessions released in Japan only in the 1980s. The CD brings all sessions to a four-CD set, though the monophonic sound leaves a bit to be desired. Alice Coltrane's solos in "Peace On Earh" are terrific. Joe Henderson featuring Alice Coltrane: THE ELEMENTS Milestone Records, 1973. Produced by Orin Keepnews. CD. Track list Fire Air Water Earth Musicians Alice Coltrane, harp, piano, tamboura Joe Henderson, sax, flutes piano Ndugu Leon Chancler, drums Charlie Haden, bass Michael White, violin Kenneth Nash, flute, congas, percussion Baba Daru Oshun, tabla, perc Capsule Info: Joe Henderson reprises a spiritually-oriented collaboration with Alice. Charlie Haden: "CLOSENESS" DUETS A&M 1976. Produced by Ed Michel. CD. Track list Ellen David O.C. For Turiya For A Free Portugal Musicians Charlie Haden, bass in duet with Keith Jarrett, piano Ornette Coleman, alto sax Alice Coltrane, harp Paul Motian, percussion Capsule Info: Charlie Haden in intimate settings with four of his long-time collaborators. The duet with Alice Coltrane's harp is beautifully contemplative. John Coltrane: THE LAST GIANT: THE JOHN COLTRANE ANTHOLOGY Rhino/Atlantic Jazz 1993. Compilation produced by Joel Dorn. 2-CD set. Track list many tracks, 1946-1964 plus Ogunde (1967)+ Musicians John Coltrane, tenor sax+ Pharoah Sanders, tenor sax+ Alice Coltrane, piano+ Jimmy Garrison, bass+ Rashied Ali, drums+ Algie Dewitt, bata drum+ Juma (Santos?), perc+ Dr. Billy Taylor, announcer+ many others on other tracks Capsule Info: A year or two before Atlantic and Rhino reissued all of Coltrane's Atlantic sides on a massive boxed set entitled HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, it released this overview of Coltrane's non-Impulse recordings from the late 1940s on. Tantalizing, included nowhere else, and relevant here is the brief, under two-minute snippet "Ogunde" from Coltrane's last live performance, at the opening of Babatunde Olatunji's Center For African Culture, in New York City's Harlem, May 23, 1967. Maddeningly the collection offers no clue as to the rest of this recording: how long it is, will it ever be fully released, etcetera. Coltrane playing a tune titled in Yoruba with multiple percussionists and Alice and Pharoah? Damn what's the rest of the song like! MARIAN McPARTLAND'S PIANO JAZZ with guest ALICE COLTRANE The Jazz Alliance, 1995. Produced by NPR Radio. CD. Track list Transfiguration Prema Miles' Mode One For The Father Giant Steps Opus 27 Naima (McPartland only) Blues Minor Musicians Alice Coltrane, piano Marian McPartland, piano Capsule Info: A radio show taped in Decenber 1981, this disc contains solo and duet piano performances by two of the rare female jazz instrumentalists. Also includes fascinating dialogue. John Coltrane: STELLAR REGIONS Impulse! Records 1995. Produced by John Coltrane and Bob Thiele. CD. Track list Seraphic Light Sun Star Stellar Regions Iris Offering Configuration Jimmy's Mode Tranesonic Stellar Regions (alt) Sun Star (alt) Tranesonic (alt) Musicians John Coltrane, tenor sax Alice Coltrane, piano Jimmy Garrison, bass Rashied Ali, drums Capsule Info: Recorded in February of 1967, these are some of Coltrane's last recordings, most of which went unreleased until rediscovered by his widow Alice in the 1990s. Miki Coltrane: I THINK OF YOU Chartmaker Records 1996. Produced by Scott Hiltzik. CD. Track list Lazybird other tracks not featuring AC Musicians Miki Coltrane, vocals Ravi Coltrane, tenor sax Alice Coltrane, piano Darek Oles, bass Ralph Penland, drums other musicians on other tracks Capsule Info: Alice Coltrane is featured on one song, a vocal version of JC's "Lazybird", on her daughter's debut album. Very pleasant straight-ahead effort from Miki, and it's even mostly all acoustic or at least non-electronic. Is Alice returning to recording and performing? See an account of her 1998 concert appearances in New York City. If you know of any other guest appearances, please let me know! Alice Coltrane | Concert | Discography 1 | Discography 2 Ian's Guide | Artists | Links | Sitemap | About Us
Capsule Info: Recorded live in May of 1966, this album shows how far John Coltrane travelled since his legendary 1961 sessions at the same venue.
John Coltrane: EXPRESSION Impulse! Records 1967. AS-9120. Produced by John Coltrane and Bob Thiele. CD.
Capsule Info: The last album John Coltrane worked on before his death in July of 1967, and the first of many to be released by his heirs posthumously. Having reached a free and frenetic plateau earlier, this album pulls back to earth and is full of haunting tranquility and introspection. Surprising and wonderful are Pharoah Sanders & John Coltrane on flutes in "To Be".
Roland Kirk: LEFT AND RIGHT Atlantic Records, 1969. Produced by Joel Dorn. CD.
Capsule Info: Alice Coltrane makes a brief cameo appearance in the long suite "Expansions." I'm not an expert on Kirk's work, but this seems like a superior effort with lots of different musical moods. Issued on CD in 1998 as part of 32Jazz's 4-disc Kirk set ACES BACK TO BACK.
Laura Nyro: CHRISTMAS AND THE BEADS OF SWEAT Columbia 1970. Produced by Arif Mardin and Felix Cavaliere. CD.
Capsule Info: I wish I knew how the Rascals hooked up with Alice Coltrane, and then how the Rascals came to help produce this jazzy Nyro album bringing their jazz roster including Alice into the mix. The early 1970s saw the mixing of boundaries between jazz and rock and folk and soul, and this might be said to be a blending of them all. "Upstairs By A Chinese Lamp," the primary Coltrane vehicle here, is also featured on the 1997 Sony compilation THE BEST OF LAURA NYRO: STONED SOUL PICNIC.
McCoy Tyner: EXTENSIONS Blue Note 1970. Produced by Francis Wolff. CD.
Capsule Info: Alice Coltrane's harp and McCoy Tyner's piano playing becomes a great combination. The liner notes are filled with quotations from the Holy Quran. (Select McCoy Tyner Discography)
Rascals: PEACEFUL WORLD Columbia 1971. Produced by Arif Mardin and Felix Cavaliere. CD.
Capsule Info: I haven't heard this.
John Coltrane: LIVE IN JAPAN Impulse! Records 1973/1991. AS-0000. Reissue produced by Michael Cuscuna. CD.
Capsule Info: Recorded in July of 1966 in Tokyo for broadcast to Japanese radio. One disc's worth was originally released on vinyl in 1973, with further sessions released in Japan only in the 1980s. The CD brings all sessions to a four-CD set, though the monophonic sound leaves a bit to be desired. Alice Coltrane's solos in "Peace On Earh" are terrific.
Joe Henderson featuring Alice Coltrane: THE ELEMENTS Milestone Records, 1973. Produced by Orin Keepnews. CD.
Capsule Info: Joe Henderson reprises a spiritually-oriented collaboration with Alice.
Charlie Haden: "CLOSENESS" DUETS A&M 1976. Produced by Ed Michel. CD.
Capsule Info: Charlie Haden in intimate settings with four of his long-time collaborators. The duet with Alice Coltrane's harp is beautifully contemplative.
John Coltrane: THE LAST GIANT: THE JOHN COLTRANE ANTHOLOGY Rhino/Atlantic Jazz 1993. Compilation produced by Joel Dorn. 2-CD set.
Capsule Info: A year or two before Atlantic and Rhino reissued all of Coltrane's Atlantic sides on a massive boxed set entitled HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, it released this overview of Coltrane's non-Impulse recordings from the late 1940s on. Tantalizing, included nowhere else, and relevant here is the brief, under two-minute snippet "Ogunde" from Coltrane's last live performance, at the opening of Babatunde Olatunji's Center For African Culture, in New York City's Harlem, May 23, 1967. Maddeningly the collection offers no clue as to the rest of this recording: how long it is, will it ever be fully released, etcetera. Coltrane playing a tune titled in Yoruba with multiple percussionists and Alice and Pharoah? Damn what's the rest of the song like!
MARIAN McPARTLAND'S PIANO JAZZ with guest ALICE COLTRANE The Jazz Alliance, 1995. Produced by NPR Radio. CD.
Capsule Info: A radio show taped in Decenber 1981, this disc contains solo and duet piano performances by two of the rare female jazz instrumentalists. Also includes fascinating dialogue.
John Coltrane: STELLAR REGIONS Impulse! Records 1995. Produced by John Coltrane and Bob Thiele. CD.
Capsule Info: Recorded in February of 1967, these are some of Coltrane's last recordings, most of which went unreleased until rediscovered by his widow Alice in the 1990s.
Miki Coltrane: I THINK OF YOU Chartmaker Records 1996. Produced by Scott Hiltzik. CD.
Capsule Info: Alice Coltrane is featured on one song, a vocal version of JC's "Lazybird", on her daughter's debut album. Very pleasant straight-ahead effort from Miki, and it's even mostly all acoustic or at least non-electronic. Is Alice returning to recording and performing? See an account of her 1998 concert appearances in New York City.
If you know of any other guest appearances, please let me know! Alice Coltrane | Concert | Discography 1 | Discography 2 Ian's Guide | Artists | Links | Sitemap | About Us
Alice Coltrane | Concert | Discography 1 | Discography 2 Ian's Guide | Artists | Links | Sitemap | About Us
Alice Coltrane | Concert | Discography 1 | Discography 2
Ian's Guide | Artists | Links | Sitemap | About Us
