Alice COLTRANE - Eternity 1975
Jazz
Within the first 30 seconds of "Spiritual Eternal," the opening track on Alice Coltrane's final studio album, Eternity, the listener encounters the complete palette of Alice Coltrane's musical thought. As her organ careens through a series of arpeggiated modal drones, they appear seemingly rootless, hanging out in the cosmic eternal. And they remain there ever so briefly until an entire orchestra chimes in behind her in a straight blues waltz that places her wondrously jagged soloing within the context of a universal everything at least musically in that she moves through jazz, Indian music, blues, 12-tone music, and the R&B of Ray Charles. This is the historical and spiritual context Alice Coltrane made her own, the ability to open up her own sonic vocabulary and seamlessly enter it into an ensemble context for an untold, unpredictable expression of harmonic convergence. While many other players have picked up on it since, Coltrane's gorgeous arrangements and canny musical juxtapositions never seem forced or pushed beyond the margins. Perhaps, as evidenced by "Wisdom Eye," "Om Supreme," and the "Loka" suite, it's because Coltrane already dwells on the fringes both musically and spiritually, where boundaries dissolve and where everything is already inseparable. But this does not keep her music from being strikingly, even stunningly beautiful, check out the killer Afro-Cuban percussion under her soloing on "Los Caballaos," which is rooted in a harmonically complex, diatonic series of whole tones. In numerous settings from orchestra to trio, Ms. Coltrane finds the unspeakable and plays it. Nowhere is this more evident than in "Spring Rounds" from Igor Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring," which closes the album. Her faithfulness to the material with a complete orchestra under her control is one of shimmering transcendence that places the composer's work firmly in the context of avant-jazz. Her control over the orchestra is masterful, and her reading of the section's nuances and subtleties rivals virtually everyone who's ever recorded it. Eternity is ultimately about the universality of tonal language and its complex expressions. It is an enduring recording that was far ahead of its time in 1976 and is only now getting the recognition it deserves.
By Thom Jurek, All Music Guide.
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A1. Spiritual Eternal 2:55
Bass - Charlie Haden
Bassoon - Don Christlieb , Jack Marsh
Cello - Anne Goodman , Jackie Lustgarten , Ray Kelley
Drums - Ben Riley
Flute - Fred Jackson , Hubert Laws
French Horn - Alan Robinson , Marylin Robinson
Organ - Alice Coltrane
Saxophone [Soprano] - Jerome Richardson
Saxophone [Tenor] - Jackie Kelso , Terry Harrington
Trombone - Charlie Loper , George Bohanon
Trumpet - Oscar Brashear , Paul Hubinon
Tuba - Tommy Johnson
Viola - Mike Nowack , Pamela Goldsmith , Rollice Dale
Violin - Gordon Marron , Murray Adler , Nathan Kaproff , Polly Sweeney , Sid Sharp , Bill Kurasch
A2. Wisdom Eye 3:07
Harp - Alice Coltrane
A3. Los Caballos 11:22
Bass - Charlie Haden
Congas - Armando Peraza
Drums - Ben Riley
Organ - Alice Coltrane
Timbales - A Friend
B1. Om Supreme 9:33
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] - Alice Coltrane
Vocals - Deborah Coomer , Edward Cansino , Jean Packer , Paul Vorwerk , Susan Judy ,
Jazz
Within the first 30 seconds of "Spiritual Eternal," the opening track on Alice Coltrane's final studio album, Eternity, the listener encounters the complete palette of Alice Coltrane's musical thought. As her organ careens through a series of arpeggiated modal drones, they appear seemingly rootless, hanging out in the cosmic eternal. And they remain there ever so briefly until an entire orchestra chimes in behind her in a straight blues waltz that places her wondrously jagged soloing within the context of a universal everything at least musically in that she moves through jazz, Indian music, blues, 12-tone music, and the R&B of Ray Charles. This is the historical and spiritual context Alice Coltrane made her own, the ability to open up her own sonic vocabulary and seamlessly enter it into an ensemble context for an untold, unpredictable expression of harmonic convergence. While many other players have picked up on it since, Coltrane's gorgeous arrangements and canny musical juxtapositions never seem forced or pushed beyond the margins. Perhaps, as evidenced by "Wisdom Eye," "Om Supreme," and the "Loka" suite, it's because Coltrane already dwells on the fringes both musically and spiritually, where boundaries dissolve and where everything is already inseparable. But this does not keep her music from being strikingly, even stunningly beautiful, check out the killer Afro-Cuban percussion under her soloing on "Los Caballaos," which is rooted in a harmonically complex, diatonic series of whole tones. In numerous settings from orchestra to trio, Ms. Coltrane finds the unspeakable and plays it. Nowhere is this more evident than in "Spring Rounds" from Igor Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring," which closes the album. Her faithfulness to the material with a complete orchestra under her control is one of shimmering transcendence that places the composer's work firmly in the context of avant-jazz. Her control over the orchestra is masterful, and her reading of the section's nuances and subtleties rivals virtually everyone who's ever recorded it. Eternity is ultimately about the universality of tonal language and its complex expressions. It is an enduring recording that was far ahead of its time in 1976 and is only now getting the recognition it deserves.
By Thom Jurek, All Music Guide.
**
A1. Spiritual Eternal 2:55
Bass - Charlie Haden
Bassoon - Don Christlieb , Jack Marsh
Cello - Anne Goodman , Jackie Lustgarten , Ray Kelley
Drums - Ben Riley
Flute - Fred Jackson , Hubert Laws
French Horn - Alan Robinson , Marylin Robinson
Organ - Alice Coltrane
Saxophone [Soprano] - Jerome Richardson
Saxophone [Tenor] - Jackie Kelso , Terry Harrington
Trombone - Charlie Loper , George Bohanon
Trumpet - Oscar Brashear , Paul Hubinon
Tuba - Tommy Johnson
Viola - Mike Nowack , Pamela Goldsmith , Rollice Dale
Violin - Gordon Marron , Murray Adler , Nathan Kaproff , Polly Sweeney , Sid Sharp , Bill Kurasch
A2. Wisdom Eye 3:07
Harp - Alice Coltrane
A3. Los Caballos 11:22
Bass - Charlie Haden
Congas - Armando Peraza
Drums - Ben Riley
Organ - Alice Coltrane
Timbales - A Friend
B1. Om Supreme 9:33
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] - Alice Coltrane
Vocals - Deborah Coomer , Edward Cansino , Jean Packer , Paul Vorwerk , Susan Judy ,
William Yeomans
B2. Morning Worship 3:30
Bass - Charlie Haden
Bells [Wind Chimes] - Ed Michel
Congas - Armando Peraza
Drums - Ben Riley
Organ, Tambura - Alice Coltrane
Percussion [Small Percussion] - A Friend
B3. Spring Rounds 5:59
Bass - Charlie Haden
Bass, Percussion [Drum], Gong - Ben Riley
Bassoon - Don Christlieb , Jack Marsh
Cello - Anne Goodman , Jackie Lustgarten , Ray Kelley
Clarinet - Jackie Kelso , Terry Harrington
Clarinet [Bass] - Julian Spear
Contrabassoon - Jo Ann Caldwell
English Horn - Ernie Watts
Flute - Fred Jackson , Hubert Laws
Flute [Alto] - Jerome Richardson
French Horn - Alan Robinson , Art Maebe , Marylin Robinson , Vince De Rosa
Oboe - Gene Cipriano , John Ellis
Organ, Timpani, Cymbal - Alice Coltrane
Piccolo Flute - Louise Di Tullio
Trombone - Charlie Loper* , George Bohanon
Trumpet - Oscar Brashear , Paul Hubinon
Tuba - Tommy Johnson
Viola - Mike Nowack , Pamela Goldsmith , Rollice Dale
Violin - Gordon Marron , Murray Adler , Nathan Kaproff , Polly Sweeney , Sid Sharp , Bill Kurasch
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B2. Morning Worship 3:30
Bass - Charlie Haden
Bells [Wind Chimes] - Ed Michel
Congas - Armando Peraza
Drums - Ben Riley
Organ, Tambura - Alice Coltrane
Percussion [Small Percussion] - A Friend
B3. Spring Rounds 5:59
Bass - Charlie Haden
Bass, Percussion [Drum], Gong - Ben Riley
Bassoon - Don Christlieb , Jack Marsh
Cello - Anne Goodman , Jackie Lustgarten , Ray Kelley
Clarinet - Jackie Kelso , Terry Harrington
Clarinet [Bass] - Julian Spear
Contrabassoon - Jo Ann Caldwell
English Horn - Ernie Watts
Flute - Fred Jackson , Hubert Laws
Flute [Alto] - Jerome Richardson
French Horn - Alan Robinson , Art Maebe , Marylin Robinson , Vince De Rosa
Oboe - Gene Cipriano , John Ellis
Organ, Timpani, Cymbal - Alice Coltrane
Piccolo Flute - Louise Di Tullio
Trombone - Charlie Loper* , George Bohanon
Trumpet - Oscar Brashear , Paul Hubinon
Tuba - Tommy Johnson
Viola - Mike Nowack , Pamela Goldsmith , Rollice Dale
Violin - Gordon Marron , Murray Adler , Nathan Kaproff , Polly Sweeney , Sid Sharp , Bill Kurasch
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