John Coltrane - Cosmic Music 1966 / 1968 torrent

Released in 1968, “Cosmic Music” is co-credited to John and Alice Coltrane.

Trane plays on two of the four tracks, “Manifestation” and “Reverend King,” and manages to shake up the whole album. Both cuts were recorded in February of 1966 in San Francisco, with Trane fronting his final quintet with Alice, Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali, and Ray Appleton adding percussion.

"Manifestation" is a fierce blowout featuring a freely pulsating rhythm which provides the two tenors with a ground from where to start their flight. Alice Coltrane's piano solo is really capturing. Then, the two tenors pick up again, this time both at the same time. Pharoah Sanders can also be heard on piccolo on this tune, which adds an interesting note.

“Reverend King” begins moodily, but soon erupts into another extended forest fire of sound until you don’t know where you were when you first showed up; this music goes straight to the head, tosses you around, and tricks you into wanting a little bit more. The track documents the kinked-out noise of Coltrane, slam-dunking the bass clarinet he inherited from Eric Dolphy.

The remaining two tracks "Lord, Help Me to Be" and "The Sun" are much mellower and more structured and were later included as bonus tracks on the CD reissue of Alice Coltrane's album “A Monastic Trio".

“Cosmic Music” is one of Trane’s most unconventional, played in free meter and with almost no harmonic structure. Spiritual, cosmic music.


John Coltrane

Cosmic Music

Recorded in 1966 / 1968, released in 1968



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Tracklist:

1. Manifestation

2. Lord, help me to be

3. Reverend King

4. The Sun


Tracks 1 & 3:
Recorded at Coast Recorders , San Francisco, CA , February 2, 1966

Personnel:

John Coltrane - tenor sax, bass clarinet

Pharoah Sanders - tenor sax, piccolo

Alice Coltrane - piano

Jimmy Garrison - bass

Rashied Ali – drums

Ray Appleton — percussion


Tracks 2 & 4:
Recorded in the Coltrane home studio, Dix Hills, NY, June 29, 1968

Personnel:

Alice Coltrane - piano

Pharoah Sanders - tenor saxophone, flute

Jimmy Garrison - bass

Ben Riley – drums


John Coltrane
Cosmic Music
Recorded in 1966 / 1968, released in 1968