Alice Coltrane - Universal Consciousness (1971)
This album aint what u thinkin' there dude ! Alice Coltrane's music IS an experience as much as it is music. Imagine an extraterrestrial voyage into the organic polyphony organ chased down with tons of jazz and soft fusion bits and you might be gettin close.
Ok so lets start with the last name...yes she is John Coltrane's wife.......ok lets move on please.......
This album is a very hard album to grasp at first......in fact it took me about 3 listens before I could honestly say I got it .....and now I can't stop playing it.
Alice was a highly spiritual personal and brought deep tones and emotions into her music which really emerge as you get more and more into this gem !
Musically it is a cross between fusion and symphonic jazz with a heavy emphasis on tonality.
Dont come into this album looking for sir John Coltrane......you better bring your bong and your religious doctrines along
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