PHAROAH SANDERS AND ALICE COLTRANE — Antibes 68 & New York 71 : The Radio Broadcasts (2022) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Pharoah Sanders    Medley    (37:54)
1-1    –    Unidentified    
1-2    –    Venus    
1-3    –    The Creator Has A Master Plan    
2    Alice Coltrane–    Africa    28:35
Credits :
Bass – Cecil McBee (tracks: 1-2), Jimmy Garrison (tracks: 1-2), Norris Jones (tracks: 1-1)
Drums – Clifford Jarvis (tracks: 1-2), Ed Blackwell (tracks: 1-2), Majid Shabazz (tracks: 1-1)
Harmonium – Kumar Kramer (tracks: 1-2)
Piano – Lonnie Liston Smith (tracks: 1-1)
Piano, Harp – Alice Coltrane (tracks: 1-2)
Tambora – Tulsi (tracks: 1-2)
Tenor Saxophone, Percussion – Pharoah Sanders (tracks: 1-1)
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Percussion, Fife – Pharoah Sanders (tracks: 1-2)
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Percussion – Archie Shepp (tracks: 1-2)

JOE HENDERSON ft. ALICE COLTRANE - The Elements (1974-1996) RM | FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

This is one of the odder Joe Henderson recordings. The four lengthy selections not only feature the great tenor-saxophonist but the piano and harp of Alice Coltrane (during one of her rare appearances as a sideman), violinist Michael White, bassist Charlie Haden, percussionist Kenneth Nash and Baba Duru Oshun on tablas. The somewhat spiritual nature of the music (Henderson's compositions are titled "Fire," "Air," "Water" and "Earth") and the presence of Alice Coltrane makes these Eastern-flavored performances rather unique if not all that essential: an early example of world music in jazz. This recording has been reissued as part of Henderson's eight-CD Milestone box set. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1    Fire    11:07
 Joe Henderson
2    Air    9:53
 Joe Henderson
3    Water 7:27
 Joe Henderson
Flute [Wood] – Kenneth Nash
4    Earth 13:07
 Joe Henderson
Narrator – Kenneth Nash
Credits :
Bass – Charlie Haden
Congas, Percussion [North African Sakara Drum], Bells [Chinese, African, Indian], Gong, Percussion – Kenneth Nash
Drums – Leon Ndugu Chancler (tracks: 1, 4)
Piano, Harp, Tambura, Harmonium – Alice Coltrane
Tabla, Percussion – Baba Duru Oshun
Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Composed By, Alto Flute – Joe Henderson
Violin – Michael White (tracks: 1, 2, 4)

RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK — Aces Back To Back (1998) 4CD BOX-SET | APE (image+.cue), lossless

Whether or not the four individual albums packaged with in Aces Back to Back are among Rahsaan Roland Kirk's finest is of no consequence. The fact that they have been assembled in a package that offers the listener a sense of Kirk's development and continuity is the issue here. And in this way, Aces Back to Back is a supreme collection. The four albums included -- Left & Right, Rahsaan Rahsaan, Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle, and Other Folks Music -- date from 1969 to 1976 and chart dimensional growth of Kirk's completely original music. There's the outsider wizardry of Left & Right that melds the innovations of John Coltrane and Scott Joplin across an entire range of highly experimental yet wonderfully human music. Guests included Roy Haynes, Alice Coltrane, Julius Watkins, and many others in a band that ranged from a quartet to a full orchestra. Then there are the nine musicians who appear on Rahsaan Rahsaan, among them avant violinist Leroy Jenkins. Here, from the margins comes Kirk's preaching and poetry and also yielded the classics "The Seeker" and "Baby Let Me Shake Your Tree." The fact that they open and close the album, respectively, reveals not only Kirk's diversity, but also his commitment to a universal black music. Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle is Kirk's meditation on orchestral music juxtaposed against folk and R&B forms. Form the opening "Salvation and Reminiscing," where the string section carries a monadic theme into microtonal territory, Kirk uses the "ugliness" to achieve great beauty which is fully realized when he combines a revved-up version of "Balm in Gilead" with a section of Ralph Vaughn Williams' Pastoral Symphony on "Seasons." Finally, with the issue of Others Folks Music, Kirk contributes only one composition, a beautiful meditation entitled "Water for Robeson and Williams." The rest is made up of the music of Charlie Parker ("Donna Lee"), Kirk's then pianist Hilton Ruiz ("Arrival"), Frank Foster ("Simone"), and others. This is a loose, roughneck record where Kirk uses the harmonics of others to transform his own into something that would make the music itself larger than any of its individual parts. In all for the price tag, this is a solid buy, revealing the most misunderstood innovator in the history of jazz.
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All Tracks & Credits :

GENE AMMONS' ALL STARS — The Big Sound (1958-1991) RM | APE (image+.cue), lossless

Along with its fellow CD, Groove Blues, this reissue fully documents all of the music recorded by tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons on the busy day of January 3, 1958. Although there were many guest soloists, only one of the four songs on this half of the set (Mal Waldron's "The Real McCoy") has appearances by John Coltrane (on alto) and the tenor of Paul Quinichette. However, baritonist Pepper Adams is aboard for two of the performances, and flutist Jerome Richardson (along with pianist Mal Waldron, bassist George Joyner, and drummer Art Taylor) are on all four. Ammons is easily the main star (he really excelled in this setting) and is in generally fine form on the two standards ("That's All" and "Cheek to Cheek"), his own "Blue Hymn," and the Waldron original. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1    Blue Hymn 12:37
Written-By – Gene Ammons
2    The Real McCoy 8:33
Written-By – Mal Waldron
3    Cheek To Cheek 14:12
Written-By – Irving Berlin
4    That's All 13:58
Written-By – Bob Haymes
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – John Coltrane (tracks: 3)
Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams (tracks: 3, 4)
Bass – George Joyner
Drums – Art Taylor
Flute – Jerome Richardson
Piano – Mal Waldron
Tenor Saxophone – Gene Ammons, Paul Quinichette (tracks: 3)

JOE HENDERSON – The Milestone Years (1994) RM | 8xCD Box Set | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson's most famous recordings are his early Blue Notes and his more recent Verves, but in between he recorded exclusively for Milestone and, although Henderson was in consistently fine form in the diverse settings, he was somewhat neglected during his middle years. This massive eight-CD set contains all of the music from Henderson's dozen Milestone LPs, plus a duet with altoist Lee Konitz and his guest appearances with singer Flora Purim and cornetist Nat Adderley. The music ranges from Blue Note-style hard bop and modal explorations to fusion and '70s funk, with important contributions made by trumpeters Mike Lawrence, Woody Shaw, and Luis Gasca, trombonist Grachan Moncur III, and keyboardists Kenny Barron, Don Friedman, Joe Zawinul, Herbie Hancock, George Cables, Alice Coltrane, Mark Levine, and George Duke, among others. Not all of the music is classic (some of the later sets are unabashedly commercial), but none of the 82 selections are dull and the very distinctive Henderson always gives his best. It's highly recommended. Scott Yanow
Tracklist:
Joe Henderson Sextet - The Kicker
1-1 Mamacita 3:20
1-2 The Kicker 4:04
1-3 Chelsea Bridge 4:37
1-4 If 5:32
1-5 Nardis 4:40
1-6 Without A Song 5:59
1-7 Mo' Joe 4:08
1-8 I Amor Em Paz (Once I Loved) 5:32
Joe Henderson - Tetragon
1-9 Tetragon 5:37
1-10 First Trip 5:12
1-11 I Got You Under My Skin 4:57
1-12 Invitation 6:13
1-13 "R.J." 5:33
1-14 Waltz For Zweetie 4:25
2-1 The Bead Game 8:36
Lee Konitz - The Lee Konitz Duets
2-2 You Don't Know What Love Is 3:27
Nat Adderley - The Scavenger
2-3 Unilateral 6:04
2-4 The Scavenger 8:09
2-5 But Not For Me 5:54
Joe Henderson - Power To The People
2-6 Power To The People 8:36
2-7 Afro-Centric 7:00
2-8 Black Narcissus 4:46
2-9 Isotope 4:51
2-10 Opus One-Point-Five 4:52
2-11 Lazy Afternoon 4:31
2-12 Foresight And Afterthought 7:31
Joe Henderson Quintet - At The Lighthouse
3-1 Caribbean Fire Dance 5:37
3-2 Recorda-Me 8:18
3-3 A Shade Of Jade 10:28
3-4 Isotope 4:28
3-5 'Round Midnight 9:02
3-6 Mode For Joe 8:34
3-7 If You're Not Part Of The Solution, You're Part Of The Problem 11:29
3-8 Blue Bossa 9:43
3-9 Closing Theme 0:47
 Joe Henderson - In Pursuit Of Blackness 
4-1 Gazelle 7:31
4-2 Invitation 7:32
4-3 Mind Over Matter 13:14
4-4 No Me Esqueca 7:04
4-5 A Shade Of Jade 7:42
Joe Henderson In Japan
4-6 'Round Midnight 12:33
4-7 Out 'N In 9:03
4-8 Blue Bossa 8:25
5-1 Junk Blues 14:42
Joe Henderson - Black Is The Color
5-2 Terra Firma 12:10
5-3 Vis-A-Vis 6:45
5-4 Foregone Conclusion 4:55
5-5 Black Is The Color (Of My True Love's Mind) 7:01
5-6 Current Events 5:33
Joe Henderson - Multiple
5-7 Tress-Cun-Deo-La 10:32
5-8 Turned Around 6:36
5-9 Song For Sinners 6:21
6-1 Me, Among Others 7:03
6-2 Bwaata 10:52
Joe Henderson - Canyon Lady
6-3 Tres Palabras 10:09
6-4 All Things Considered 8:36
6-5 Canyon Lady 9:03
6-6 Las Palmas 9:54
6-7 In The Beginning, There Was Africa... 6:01
Joe Henderson ft. Alice Coltrane - The Elements
6-8 Air 9:53
7-1 Water 7:29
7-2 Fire 11:05
7-3 Earth 13:11
Flora Purim - Encounter
7-4 Butterfly Dreams 6:58
7-5 Light As A Feather 5:53
7-6 Love Reborn 3:40
7-7 Summer Night 5:51
Joe Henderson - Black Narcissus
7-8 Black Narcissus 5:07
7-9 Hindsight And Forethought 2:39
7-10 Power To The People 12:27
8-1 The Other Side Of Right 7:16
8-2 Good Morning, Heartache 6:55
8-3 Amoeba 5:37
Joe Henderson - Black Miracle
8-4 Gazelle 5:21
8-5 My Cherie Amour 6:44
8-6 Old Slippers 6:00
8-7 Immaculate Deception 4:12
8-8 Soulution 7:04
8-9 Black Miracle 9:18
Flora Purim - That's What She Said
8-10 Black Narcissus 6:34
8-11 What Can I Say 5:04
8-12 Windows 5:32
Credits :
Performer [With] – Airto, Alice Coltrane, Alphonso Johnson, Bill Summers, Charlie Haden, Curtis Fuller, Daniel Humair, Dave Holland, Don Friedman, Eric Gravatt, Flora Purim, Francisco Aguabella, George Cables, George Duke, Grachan Moncur, Harvey Mason, Herbie Hancock, J.-F. Jenny-Clark, Jack DeJohnette, Joachim Kühn, Joe Zawinul, John Heard, Kenneth Nash, Kenny Barron, Larry Willis, Lee Konitz, Lee Ritenour, Lenny White, Ndugu Leon Chancler, Louis Hayes, Luis Gasca, Mike Lawrence, Nat Adderley, Patrick Gleeson, Peter Yellin, Ralph MacDonald, Ron Carter, Ron McClure, Roy McCurdy, Stanley Clarke, Woody Shaw
Reissue Producer – Orrin Keepnews
Remastered By [Digital Remastering] – Joe Tarantino
Tenor Saxophone – Joe Henderson
Note:
This compilation includes all 12 Milestone albums of Joe Henderson with some previously unissued tracks as well as some tracks from releases where Joe Henderson primarily appeared as a guest soloist:
• 1-1 to 1-8 recorded NY, August 10, 1967 (1-1 to 1-7) and Sept. 27, 1967 (1-8), issued on
Joe Henderson Sextet - The Kicker
• 1-9 to 2-1 recorded NY, Sept. 27, 1967 (1-9 to 1-11) and May 16, 1968 (1-10 to 2-1), issued on Joe Henderson - Tetragon
• 2-2 recorded NY, Sept. 25, 1967 and issued on
Lee Konitz - The Lee Konitz Duets
• 2-3 to 2-5 recorded NY, January 19, 1968 and issued on
Nat Adderley - The Scavenger
• 2-6 to 2-12 recorded NY, May 23 & 29, 1968 and issued on
Joe Henderson - Power To The People
• 3-1 to 4-2 recorded live at the Lighthouse,Cafe, Hermosa Beach, CA, Sept. 24-26, 1970; 3-2 to 3-4 previously unissued, 3-1 & 3-5 to 3-9 issued on
Joe Henderson Quintet - At The Lighthouse "If You're Not Part Of The Solution, You're Part Of The Problem",
• 4-1 & 4-2 issued on
 Joe Henderson - In Pursuit Of Blackness with 4-3 to 4-5, recorded NY, May 12, 1971
• 4-6 to 5-1 recorded live at the Junk Club, Tokyo, Japan, August 4, 1971 and issued on
Joe Henderson - Henderson's Habiliment
• 5-2 to 5-6 recorded NY, March & April, 1972 and issued on
Joe Henderson - Black Is The Color
• 5-7 to 6-2 recorded NY, January 30-31, 1973, with additional recording in February & April, 1973, issued
Joe Henderson - Multiple
• 6-3 to 6-7 recorded October 1-3, 1973 and issued on
Joe Henderson - Canyon Lady except 6-7, previously unissued
• 6-8 to 7-3 recorded Los Angeles, October 15- 16, 1973 and issued on
Joe Henderson Featuring Alice Coltrane - The Elements
• 7-4 to 7-7 recorded Berkeley, December 3 & 4, 1973 and issued on
Flora Purim - Butterfly Dreams
• 7-8 to 8-3 recorded Paris, France, October, 1974 (7-8 to 8-1) and Berkeley, April 26, 1975 (8-2, 8-3), with additional recording in April, 1975, July & September, 1976, issued on
Joe Henderson - Black Miracle
• 8-4 to 8-9 recorded Berkeley, February 13 & 14, 1975, with additional recordings in April & September, 1975, issued on
Joe Henderson - Black Narcissus
• 8-10 and 8-12 recorded Los Angeles, August- September, 1976 with additional recording in December, 1976 and January, 1977, issued on
Flora Purim - Encounter,
• 8-11 recorded Los Angeles, August, 30, 1976 with additional recording in September & December, 1976 and January, 1977, issued on
Flora Purim - That's What She Said

JOHN COLTRANE QUINTET - Live at the Village Vanguard Again! (1966-1997) RM / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Live at the Village Vanguard Again! is one of the more hotly contested albums in John Coltrane's catalog. Released less than a year before his death, the original recording showcased his new quintet with Alice Coltrane, piano; Pharoah Sanders, tenor saxophone; Jimmy Garrison, bass; and Rashied Ali, drums. Additional percussion on the date was provided by Emanuel Rahim. The three selections here are what survive from a much longer tape. Coltrane's signature ballad "Naima" opens the album and goes on for over 15 minutes. One of the most iconic tunes in his repertoire, the treatment it is given here is radical. While the melody is referenced in the beginning, Coltrane moves it aside fairly quickly to concentrate on improvisation. His tenor solo (heard in the left channel) begins in earnest a minute-and-a-half in. He gradually deconstructs the various phrases in the lyric to blow passionately through them. By the time Sanders begins his (overly long) tenor solo (right channel), the abstraction becomes total. His intensity and ferocity are simply more than the ballad calls for. Even when Coltrane returns to solo again, and gradually winds it down, he has to begin at that hot peak. "Naima" is a different tune when all is said and done. "My Favorite Things" is in two parts. The first six minutes belong to a gorgeous, imaginative solo by Garrison. The tune's familiar theme is not stated by Coltrane until after the mode is introduced; then bits and pieces of the melody are brought in until they become -- however briefly -- the whole head line. It disappears quickly -- even though referenced occasionally throughout Coltrane's solos. His soprano solos are intense but utterly beautiful. His playing is pure passion and creative imagination, ever aware of the shimmering block chords played by Alice. Ali skitters propulsively around them, driving insistently until he's allowed to let loose when Sanders and his tenor begin their violent wail that simply disregards the entire tune save for one quote near the end to bring Coltrane back in. Sanders screams through his horn throughout his solo, and when Coltrane rejoins him, it's to meet him and try to rein him in; it leaves the listener exhausted after its 25-minute run. Live at the Village Vanguard Again! is certainly not for Coltrane newcomers, and may indeed only hold value for his most ardent followers despite its many qualities. (This comment is posted on allmusic by Thom Jurek, follower of our blog O Púbis da Rosa)
Tracklist:
1 Naima 15:11
John Coltrane
2 My Favorite Things (Intro) 6:07
Jimmy Garrison
3 My Favorite Things 20:21
Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers

Credits:

Bass – Jimmy Garrison

Drums – Rashied Ali

Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Rudy Van Gelder

Percussion – Emanuel Rahim

Piano – Alice Coltrane

Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Pharoah Sanders

Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – John Coltrane

ALICE COLTRANE — Translinear Light (2004) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

 Translinear Light marks Alice Coltrane's return to recording after a 26-year hiatus. Her last outing, the live and marvelous Transfiguration, was issued by Warner Bros. in 1978. Coltrane's son, saxophonist and composer Ravi, produced the disc; he plays saxophones on five of the set's 11 cuts and contributes percussion to two others. Other musicians here include Charlie Haden, James Genus, Jeff Watts, Jack DeJohnette, and son Oran who plays alto in duet with her on one selection Translinear Light opens with a reprise of Alice's "Sita Ram," originally recorded for 1971's Universal Consciousness. Ms. Coltrane plays her signature style on the Wurlitzer organ with DeJohnette playing a synth drum and Ravi contributing organic percussion. Her long lines of individually played notes are set against a droning chorded backdrop, and are instantly recognizable. There is no speculation in her playing; an authoritative, deeply Eastern melodic sensibility saturates her improvisation. The shimmering piano intro of the traditional "Walk With Me," with its deep gospel roots set against a modal framework, brings the ancient hymn into the modern world and traces the artist's steps from her Detroit roots in the church to playing blues to the edge of the jazz vanguard without slipping into dissonance. It strolls back into a gently swinging lyric that almost literally sings atop the rhythm section of Watts and Genus before moving back to the open minor mode. The title cut is a ballad with Ravi on soprano and Haden and DeJohnette in support. The interplay betweenAlice and Ravi from the tune's slowly evolving head into the knotty modal chords and single-note runs that spark the dialogue, is simply breathtaking. The pair wind around and through one another as the rhythm section offers an insistent chromatic foundation. Though she has recorded them before, there are new readings of her late husband's "Crescent" and "Leo"; both offer new harmonic dimensions and emotional interpretations on the originals. She doesn't revisit them so much as recontextualize them musically. Ms. Coltrane plays piano on the former and a driven, fiery Wurlitzer on the latter, making the track a blistering maelstrom of activity. DeJohnette's drumming on these cuts is wildly incisive and canny. Ravi's soloing and accompaniment here -- and indeed throughout the album -- make this his most inspired performance on record. "Triloka," a duet with Haden, is sublime; a deeply meditative and lyrical work, it is especially poignant after the workout of "Leo." Ultimately, Translinear Light offers a poetic, well-rounded, and utterly convincing portrait of the artist's return to the public eye, at the top of her game. Translinear Light is a major entry in Coltrane's catalog. It is a defining, aesthetically brilliant statement from a master composer, improviser, and player. If ever there were a candidate for jazz album of 2004, Translinear Light is it.
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Tracklist
1    Sita Ram    6:06
Traditional
Electronic Drums [Synth Drum] – Jack DeJohnette
Organ [Wurlitzer] – Alice Coltrane
Percussion – Ravi Coltrane
Arranged By – Alice Coltrane
2    Walk With Me    7:48
Traditional
Bass – James Genus
Drums – Jeff "Tain" Watts
Piano, Arranged By – Alice Coltrane
3    Translinear Light    9:50
 Written By – Alice Coltrane
Bass – Charlie Haden
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Piano – Alice Coltrane
Soprano Saxophone, Percussion – Ravi Coltrane
4    Jagadishwar    5:46
 Written By – Alice Coltrane
Bass – James Genus
Drums – Jeff "Tain" Watts
Synthesizer – Alice Coltrane
Tenor Saxophone – Ravi Coltrane
5    This Train    6:07
 Traditional
Bass – Charlie Haden
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Organ [Wurlitzer] – Alice Coltrane
 Arranged By – Alice Coltrane
6    The Hymn    3:05
 Written By – Alice Coltrane
Alto Saxophone – Oran Coltrane
Synthesizer – Alice Coltrane
7    Blue Nile    8:05
 Written By – Alice Coltrane
Bass – James Genus
Drums – Jeff "Tain" Watts
Piano – Alice Coltrane
Tenor Saxophone – Ravi Coltrane
8    Crescent    6:22
 Written By – John Coltrane
Bass – Charlie Haden
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Piano – Alice Coltrane
Tenor Saxophone – Ravi Coltrane
9    Leo    9:41
 Written By – John Coltrane
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Organ [Wurlitzer] – Alice Coltrane
Tenor Saxophone, Bells [Sleigh] – Ravi Coltrane
10    Triloka    5:05
 Written By – Alice Coltrane
Bass – Charlie Haden
Piano – Alice Coltrane
11    Satya Sai Isha    5:40
Traditional
Organ [Wurlitzer] – Alice Coltrane
Vocals – The Sai Anantam Ashram Singers
Arranged By – Alice Coltrane