I started digging into Alice Coltrane’s catalogue after coming across Lakecia Benjamin’s Coltrane tribute from a few years ago (itself a revelation). It almost feels embarrassing that it took me this long. What a force. A few days ago I was streaming Ptah the El Daoud and Turiya and Ramakrishna brought tears to my eyes. This was a lovely homage—yet another. Thanks, Robert.
Thank you, Michalis. There's much of Alice Coltrane's catalogue that I need to discover - I'm kicking myself that I didn't pick them up when they were reissued on CD back 20, 25 years ago.
Great stuff as always, Robert. Just a minor point: I disagree that Kind of Blue is the best introduction to jazz. For that, I'd pick one of the Prestige Quintet records, probably Relaxin'.
I started digging into Alice Coltrane’s catalogue after coming across Lakecia Benjamin’s Coltrane tribute from a few years ago (itself a revelation). It almost feels embarrassing that it took me this long. What a force. A few days ago I was streaming Ptah the El Daoud and Turiya and Ramakrishna brought tears to my eyes. This was a lovely homage—yet another. Thanks, Robert.
Thank you, Michalis. There's much of Alice Coltrane's catalogue that I need to discover - I'm kicking myself that I didn't pick them up when they were reissued on CD back 20, 25 years ago.
Great stuff as always, Robert. Just a minor point: I disagree that Kind of Blue is the best introduction to jazz. For that, I'd pick one of the Prestige Quintet records, probably Relaxin'.
Thanks, William. Miles' Prestige sessions from '56 work too, for sure.