ALICE COLTRANE

REFLECTION ON CREATION AND SPACE (A FIVE YEAR VIEW)

  1/  Blue Nile                                  (Coltrane)                    5.16
  2/  The Sun                                    (Coltrane)                    3.31
  3/  Galaxy Around Olodumare                    (Coltrane)                    2.22
      (concluding section)
  4/  Galaxy In Turiya                           (Coltrane)                    8.45
  5/  Medley : a. Journey In Satchidananda       (Coltrane)                    6.47
               b. Galaxy In Satchidananda
  6/  Battle At Armageddon                       (Coltrane)                    7.17
  7/  Lovely Sky Boat                            (Coltrane)                    6.02
  8/  A Love Supreme                             (J. Coltrane)                 7.01
  9/  Sri Rama Ohnedaruth                        (Coltrane)                    4.36
  10/ Andromeda's Suffering                      (Coltrane)                    7.45
  11/ I Want To See You                          (Coltrane)                    6.41
  12/ Sita Ram                                   (Traditional)                 3.23
  13/ Oh Allah                                   (Coltrane)                    5.35
  14/ Excerpts from The Firebird                 (Stravinsky)                  5.40

          Recorded at the Coltrane home studio, Dix Hills, New York
          Tracks 3,4,5b and 8 recorded at the Record Plant, New York City
          Mixed at the Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California
          Tracks 9,10 and 14 recorded at The Village Recorder, LA, California
          Track 1 engineered by W.L. Barneke
          Track 2 engineered by Roy Musgnug
          Tracks 3,4,5b and 8 engineered by Tom Flye
          Assistant engineers : Dan Turbeville and Dennis Ferrante
          Track 5a recorded by Roy Musgnug and Orville O’Brien
          Tracks 6,12 and 13 engineered by W.L. Barneke and Roy Musgnug
          Tracks 7 and 11 engineered by Roy Musgnug
          Tracks 9,10 and 14 engineered by Baker Bigsby
          Tracks 6,12 and 13 mixed by Tony May
          Produced by Alice Coltrane and Ed Michel
          Track 1 produced by Ed Michel
          Tracks 2,7 and 11 produced by Alice Coltrane
          Produced for reissue by Alice Coltrane and Ed Michel
          Remastered and transferred at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles by Rob Fraboni
            and Dominic Lumetta
(1) Alice Coltrane: harp; Pharoah Sanders: alto flute; Ben Riley: drums; Joe Henderson: alto flute; Ron Carter: bass; Chuck Stewart: bells; (2) Alice Coltrane: piano; Ben Riley: drums; Jimmy Garrison: bass; Ray Appleton: percussion; (3) Alice Coltrane: percussion, piano; Reggie Workman: bass; Ben Riley: drums; Elayne Jones: timpani; Frank Lowe: saxophones, percussion; STRING ORCHESTRA - David Sackson: concertmaster; Arthur Aaron, Henry Aaron, Julien Barber, Avron Coleman, Harry Glickman, Edward Green, Janet Hill, LeRoy Jenkins, Joan Kalisch, Ronald Lipscomb, Seymour Miroff, Thomas Nickerson, Alan Shulman, Irving Spice, William Stone : strings; (4) Alice Coltrane: percussion, harp; Reggie Workman: bass; Ben Riley: drums; Elayne Jones: timpani; Frank Lowe: saxophones, percussion; STRING ORCHESTRA - David Sackson: concertmaster; Arthur Aaron, Henry Aaron, Julien Barber, Avron Coleman, Harry Glickman, Edward Green, Janet Hill, LeRoy Jenkins, Joan Kalisch, Ronald Lipscomb, Seymour Miroff, Thomas Nickerson, Alan Shulman, Irving Spice, William Stone: strings; (5a) Alice Coltrane: harp, piano; Pharoah Sanders: soprano saxophone, percussion; Rashied Ali: drums; Cecil McBee: bass; Tulsi: tamboura; Majid Shabazz: bells, tambourine; (5b) Alice Coltrane: percussion, organ, harp, tamboura; Reggie Workman : bass; Ben Riley : drums; Elayne Jones : timpani; Frank Lowe : saxophones, percussion; STRING ORCHESTRA - David Sackson: concertmaster; Arthur Aaron, Henry Aaron, Julien Barber, Avron Coleman, Harry Glickman, Edward Green, Janet Hill, LeRoy Jenkins, Joan Kalisch, Ronald Lipscomb, Seymour Miroff, Thomas Nickerson, Alan Shulman, Irving Spice, William Stone: strings; (6) Alice Coltrane: organ; Rashied Ali: drums; (7) Alice Coltrane: harp; Rashied Ali: drums; Jimmy Garrison : bass; (8) Alice Coltrane: percussion, organ, harp; Reggie Workman: bass; Ben Riley: drums; Elayne Jones: timpani; Frank Lowe: saxophones, percussion; Swami Satchidananda: voice; Leroy Jenkins: solo violin; STRING ORCHESTRA - David Sackson : concertmaster; Arthur Aaron, Henry Aaron, Julien Barber, Avron Coleman, Harry Glickman, Edward Green, Janet Hill, LeRoy Jenkins, Joan Kalisch, Ronald Lipscomb, Seymour Miroff, Thomas Nickerson, Alan Shulman, Irving Spice, William Stone: strings; (9,10,14) Alice Coltrane: piano, organ, harp, tympani, percussion; STING SECTION - Murray Adler (concertmaster), Nathan Kaproff, Lou Klass, William Henderson, Ronald Folsom, Leonard Malarsky, Gordon Marron, Janice Gower, Gerald Vinci, Sidney Sharp, James Getzoff, Ronald Kundell: violins; Myra Kestenbaum, Rollice Dale, Leonard Selic, David Schwartz, Samuel Boghosian, Marilyn Baker: viola; Jesse Ehrlich, Jerry Kessler, Jan Kelly, Anne Goodman, Edgar Lustgarden, Ray Kelley, Raphael Kramer: cello; Charlie Haden: bass; Ben Riley: drums; (11) Alice Coltrane: harp; Pharoah Sanders: bells; Rashied Ali: drums; Jimmy Garrison: bass; (12) Alice Coltrane: organ, harp; Tulsi: tamboura; Jimmy Garrison: bass; Clifford Jarvis: drums, bells, percussion; (13) Alice Coltrane: organ, harp; John Blair, Leroy Jenkins, Julius Brand, Joan Kalisch: violin; Jimmy Garrison: bass; Jack DeJohnette: drums.

All tracks arranged and conducted by Alice Coltrane
Track 13 transcribed by Ornette Coleman

          1973 - Coltrane Records/Impulse! Records (USA), AS-9232 (2x12")
Note: This is a best of collection from Alice Coltrane's Impulse! recordings. Some tracks are edited.