Not P: Alice Coltrane

[John Bailey]

Yeah, he died of liver cancer leaving her with four kids and
apparently the pressure and grief really took their toll. Lost a scary
amount of weight, but "in her telling, her weight loss was not the
result of grief and depression but due to extreme austerities
undertaken for spiritual advancement. It leads to detached
remembrances, like: “During an excruciating test to withstand heat, my
right hand succumbed to a third-degree burn. After watching the flesh
fall away and the nails turn black, it was all I could do to wrap the
remaining flesh in a linen cloth.”
>From this Pitchfork review of her work:
http://pitchfork.com/features/from-the-pitchfork-review/10009-transfiguration-and-transcendence-the-music-of-alice-coltrane/

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 12:15 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> After Trane died, she recorded at least several albums with spiritually oriented titles. Journey in Satchidananda, Illuminations, World Galaxy, Ptah, the El Daoud.
> I haven't heard any of these, but you have now peaked my curiosity...
> Thanks again!
>
> Www.innergroovemusic.com
>
>> On May 21, 2017, at 6:49 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Something very Vineland/Inherent Vice about the story of Alice
>> Coltrane, second wife of John Coltrane and an accomplished jazz artist
>> (one of the rare jazz harpists apparently) who after his death went
>> through a "period of trials" including hallucinations and ended up
>> founding an ashram in California and producing devotional
>> jazz/gospel/funk chants on cassette for her followers only.
>> A collection of the rare ecstatic music was finally released this
>> month. Worth a listen imo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vynRFzYOTS0
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