Alice Coltrane Ptah The El Daoud
Recorded in the basement studio of the Coltrane family home in Dix Hills in 1970, Alice Coltrane’s fourth album is a transcendent masterpiece of spiritual jazz. The title track is an ode to the Egyptian God, Ptah (the El Daoud meaning “the beloved”). Many moments on the album reach what Coltrane herself defined the term Turiya as: “A state of consciousness - the high state of Nirvana, the goal of human life.”
VERVE BY REQUEST SERIES: pressed on audiophile-quality 180-gram vinyl at Third Man Pressing/Detroit, gatefold sleeve
Alice Coltrane (piano, harp); Pharoah Sanders (tenor sax, Alto Flute, Bells); Joe Henderson (tenor sax, alto flute); Ron Carter (bass); Ben Riley (drums)
Tracklist:
A1 Ptah, The El Daoud
A2 Turiya & Ramakrishna
B1 Blue Nile
B2 Mantra
