Now Shipping: John Coltrane & Alice Coltrane's Cosmic Music May 12 2017
Originally released in 1968, Cosmic Music features tracks from John Coltrane's final quintet (with Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison and Rashied Ali) and from Alice Coltrane's first session as a bandleader.
Fiery incantations and inspired improvisations from the spiritual center of the '60s musical universe.
This is the first time that the album has been reissued with its original private-press cover.
Just Announced: Cosmic Music and Perverted By Language April 07 2017
Coming out this May, we have John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane's Cosmic Music (first time reissued with its original cover) and The Fall's Perverted By Language (first time available in the US on vinyl). So good!
Now Shipping: Alice Coltrane's Universal Consciousness June 26 2015
Originally released on Impulse! in 1971, Universal Consciousness is a major turning point in Alice Coltrane's momentous career. While her previous albums pushed the limits of spiritual free jazz and featured much of her late husband's band, Universal Consciousness expands the harpist / pianist's compositional palette with organ and strings (working with Ornette Coleman).
Now Shipping: A Monastic Trio May 30 2014
A Monastic Trio, created in the year following her husband's passing, is ALICE COLTRANE's first recording as a band leader and features six original compositions.
While John's spirit can be felt throughout – from the song titles ("Ohnedaruth" was his adopted Hindu name) to the personnel (Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali, and Pharaoh Sanders were frequent collaborators) – the album showcases Alice's immense talent for fusing spiritual free jazz and new age with classical, Eastern, post-bop and gospel.
Pre-orders shipping immediately. Get it here.
Pre-Order ALICE COLTRANE and LESLIE WINER February 18 2014
First-time vinyl reissue of one of the great debuts in jazz history, ALICE COLTRANE's A Monastic Trio was originally released on Impulse in 1968 and features Pharaoh Sanders, Jimmy Garrison, and Rashied Ali. As the late Amiri Baraka writes, "'I Want to See You' is a monastic piano concerto. With echoes of Europe ..., it has a solemnity and majesty to it.... Yes, monastic is the word. The piano broods in its earth imagination."
First-time domestic release of long out-of-print "hidden gem" (according to John Peel), LESLIE WINER's Witch features Jah Wobble (PUBLIC IMAGE LTD.) and is recommended for fans of PORTISHEAD, Vincent Gallo, and LIFETONES. Even though Witch predates Massive Attack and Tricky's breakthroughs by a year or more, WINER quickly rejected NME's christening her as the "grandmother of trip-hop."
