A Monastic Trio

Released: 1968
Recorded: 1967–1968
Genre: Jazz
Length: 66:43
Label: Impulse! Records
Producer: Alice Coltrane

Personnel
Alice Coltrane — harp, piano
Pharoah Sanders — flute, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
Jimmy Garrison — bass
Rashied Ali — drums
Ben Riley — drums

Track Listing
1 "Lord, Help Me to Be"
2 "The Sun"
3 "Ohnedaruth"
4 "Gospel Trane"
5 "I Want to See You"
6 "Lovely Sky Boat"
7 "Oceanic Beloved"
8 "Atomic Peace"
9 "Altruvista"

Tracks 1–3 recorded at the Coltrane home studio, Dix Hills, New York on January 29, 1968; tracks 4–8 recorded at the Coltrane home studio, Dix Hills, New York on June 6, 1968; track 9 recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 7, 1967.

Tracks 1, 2 & 9 were bonus tracks on the 1998 reissue; tracks 1–2 were previously released on the Alice Coltrane/John Coltrane Cosmic Music, while track 9 is a previously unissued recording from the sessions that resulted in John Coltrane's Expression.


Huntington Ashram Monastery

Released: 1969
Recorded: 14 May 1969
Genre: Jazz
Length: 35:59
Label: Impulse! Records
Producer: Alice Coltrane

Personnel
Alice Coltrane — harp, piano
Pharoah Sanders — flute, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
Jimmy Garrison — bass
Rashied Ali — drums
Ben Riley — drums

Track Listing
1 "Huntington Ashram Monastery" – 5:36
2 "Turiya" – 4:22
3 "Paramahansa Lake" – 4:37
4 "Via Sivanandagar" – 6:09
5 "IHS" ("I Have Suffered") – 8:50
6 "Jaya Jaya Rama" – 6:25

Personnel
Alice Coltrane — harp, piano
Ron Carter — bass
Rashied Ali — drums


Ptah, the El Daoud

Recorded: 26 January 1970
Genre: Jazz
Length: 46:03
Label: Impulse! Records
Producer: Ed Michel

Track Listing
1 "Ptah, the El Daoud" – 13:58
2 "Turiya and Ramakrishna" – 8:19
3 "Blue Nile" – 6:58
4 "Mantra" – 16:33

All tracks recorded at the Coltrane home studio in Dix Hills, New York on 26 January 1970.

Personnel
Alice Coltrane — harp, piano
Joe Henderson — alto flute, tenor saxophone
Pharoah Sanders — alto flute, tenor saxophone, bells
Ron Carter — bass
Ben Riley — drums


Journey in Satchidananda

Released: 1970
Recorded: 8 November 1970
Genre: Jazz
Length: 37:06
Label: Impulse! Records
Producers: Alice Coltrane & Ed Michel

Track Listing
1 "Journey in Satchidananda"
2 "Shiva-Loka"
3 "Stopover Bombay"
4 "Something About John Coltrane"
5 "Isis and Osiris"

Tracks 1–4 recorded at the Coltrane home studio, Dix Hills, New York, on November 8, 1970; track 5 recorded live at The Village Gate, New York City, on July 4, 1970.

Personnel
Alice Coltrane — harp, piano
Pharoah Sanders — soprano saxophone, percussion
Vishnu Wood — oud (on track 5)
Charlie Haden — bass (on track 5)
Cecil McBee — bass
Tulsi — tambura
Rashied Ali — drums
Majid Shabazz — bells, tambourine


Universal Consciousness

Released: 1972 (vinyl); 2002 (CD)
Recorded: April-June 1971 at A&R
Genre: Jazz
Length: 37:06
Label: Impulse! Records
Producers: Alice Coltrane & Ed Michel
Engineers at Dix Hills: W. Barneke and Roy Musgnug
Engineer at A&R: Tony May
Mixed by Tony May and Ed Michel

Track Listing
1 "Universal Consciousness" – 5.02
2 "Battle At Armageddon" – 7.19
3 "Oh Allah" – 4.53
4 "Hare Krishna" – 8.14
5 "Sita Ram" – 4.45
6 "The Ankh of Amen-Ra" – 6.10

Recorded at A&R Recording, New York City and/or at the Coltrane Studio, Dix Hills, New York
Personnel
Alice Coltrane — harp, organ
Jimmy Garrison (1,3,4,5) : bass
Jack DeJohnette (1,3,4) : drums
Clifford Jarvis : drums (4,5), percussion (4)
Rashied Ali : drums (2,6), wind chimes (6); Tulsi (4,5) : tamboura
John Blair, Julius Brand, Leroy Jenkins and Joan Kalisch (1,3,4) : violin

String arrangements on tracks 1,3 and 4 by Alice Coltrane
Tracks 4 and 5 arranged by Alice Coltrane
Transcriptions on tracks 1,3 and 4 by Ornette Coleman


World Galaxy

Released: 1972
Genre: Jazz
Length: 37:06
Label: Impulse! Records
Recorded: November 15 and 16, 1971 at The Record Plant, New York City
Engineered by Tom Flye
Ass't engineers : Dan Turbeville and Dennis Ferrante
Mixed at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles
Engineered by Baker Bigsby
Producers: Alice Coltrane & Ed Michel

Track Listing
1 "My Favorite Things" – 6.22
2 "Galaxy Around Olodumare" – 4.15
3 "Galaxy In Turiya" – 9.55
4 "Galaxy In Satchidananda" – 10.25
5 "A Love Supreme" – 9.58"

Personnel
Alice Coltrane : percussion, piano (2), organ (1,4,5), harp (1,3,4,5), tamboura (4); Reggie Workman : bass; Ben Riley : drums; Elayne Jones : timpani; Frank Lowe : saxophones, percussion; Swami Satchidananda (5) : voice; Leroy Jenkins (5) : solo violin;
STRING ORCHESTRA - David Sackson : concertmaster; Arthur Aaron, Henry Aaron, Julien Barber, Avron Coleman, Harry Glickman, Edward Green, Janet Hill, LeRoy Jenkins, Joan Kalisch, Ronald Lipscomb, Seymour Miroff, Thomas Nickerson, Alan Shulman, Irving Spice, William Stone : strings.
All arrangements by Alice Coltrane


Lord of Lords

Released: 1972
Genre: Jazz
Length: 37:06
Label: Coltrane Records/Impulse!/ABC (USA)
Recorded (July 5-13, 1972) and mixed at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles
Engineered by Baker Bigsby
Produced by Ed Michel under the direction and inspiration of Alice Coltrane

Track Listing
1 "Andromeda's Suffering" – 9.26
2 "Sri Rama Ohnedaruth" – 6.14
3 "Excerpts from The Firebird" – 5.42
4 "Lord of Lords" – 11.19
5 "Going Home" – 10.30

Personnel
Alice Coltrane : harp, piano, organ, tympani, percussion
Charlie Haden : bass
Ben Riley : drums, percussion
STRING ORCHESTRA - Murray Adler (concertmaster), Nathan Kaproff, Lou Klass, William Henderson, Ronald Folsom, Leonard Malarsky, Gordon Marron, Janice Gower, Gerald Vinci, Sidney Sharp, James Getzoff and Bernard Kundell : violins; Myra Kestenbaum, Rollice Dale, Leonard Selic, David Schwartz, Samuel Boghosian and Marilyn Baker : violas; Jesse Ehrlich, Jerry Kessler, Jan Kelly, Anne Goodman, Edgar Lustgarten, Ray Kelley and Raphael Kramer : cellos

Music arranged and conducted by Alice Coltrane


John Coltrane: Infinity

Released: 1972 - Impulse!
Records/ABC Records (USA), AS-9225 (Vinyl)
Original tracks on 1,3 and 4 were recorded at Coast Recorders, San Francisco, California, 1965 & 1966
Original tracks on 2 recorded at Van Gelder Recording, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1965
Overdubs recorded at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California 1972
Mixed at The Village Recorder
Engineer at The Village Recorder : Baker Bigsby, with the assistance of Gilmar Fortis
Produced by Ed Michel; supervised and inspired by Alice Coltrane

Track Listing
1 Peace On Earth (J. Coltrane) – 9.03
2 Living Space (J. Coltrane) – 10.40
3 Joy (J. Coltrane) – 8.01
4 Leo (J. Coltrane) – 10.08

Personnel
John Coltrane : tenor saxophone, bass clarinet (4); Alice Coltrane : harp (1,2,3), piano (1,4), organ (1,4), vibes (1,3), tamboura (2), tympani (4): Pharoah Sanders : tenor saxophone (4), flute (4); Rashied Ali : percussion (2,4); Elvin Jones : drums (2,3); Oran Coltrane : bells (2); Ray Appleton : percussion (2,4); Jimmy Garrison : bass (2), solo bass (3); Charlie Haden : bass (1,3,4); McCoy Tyner : piano (2,3); Joan Chapman : tamboura (2);

STRING SECTION - Murray Adler (concertmaster), Michael White, Gordon Marron and James Getzoff or Gerald Vinci : violins; Myra Kestenbaum and Rollice Dale : violas; Edgar Lustgarten and Jesse Ehrlich : cellos.

Strings composed, arranged and conducted by Alice Coltrane


Reflection on Creation and Space

(A Five-Year View)

Released: 1973 - Coltrane Records/Impulse! Records (USA)

Recorded at the Coltrane home studio, Dix Hills, New York

Tracks 3,4,5b and 8 recorded at the Record Plant, New York City Mixed at the Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California
Tracks 9,10 and 14 recorded at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California
Track 1 engineered by W.L. Barneke
Track 2 engineered by Roy Musgnug
Tracks 3,4,5b and 8 engineered by Tom Flye; Ass't engineers : Dan Turbeville and Dennis Ferrante
Track 5a recorded by Roy Musgnug and Orville O'Brien
Tracks 6,12 and 13 engineered by W.L. Barneke and Roy Musgnug
Tracks 7 and 11 engineered by Roy Musgnug
Tracks 9,10 and 14 engineered by Baker Bigsby
Tracks 6,12 and 13 mixed by Tony May
Produced by Alice Coltrane and Ed Michel
Track 1 produced by Ed Michel
Tracks 2,7 and 11 produced by Alice Coltrane

Produced for reissue by Alice Coltrane and Ed Michel

Remastered and transferred at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles by Rob Fraboni and Dominic Lumetta

All tracks arranged and conducted by Alice Coltrane

Track 13 transcribed by Ornette Coleman

Track Listing
1 Blue Nile (A. Coltrane) 5.16
2 The Sun (A. Coltrane) 3.31
3 Galaxy Around Olodumare (A. Coltrane) 2.22 (concluding section)
4 Galaxy In Turiya (A. Coltrane) 8.45
5 Medley : a. Journey In Satchidananda (A. Coltrane); b. Galaxy In Satchidananda 6.47
6 Battle At Armageddon (A. Coltrane) 7.17
7 Lovely Sky Boat (A. Coltrane) 6.02
8 A Love Supreme (J. Coltrane) 7.01
9 Sri Rama Ohnedaruth (A. Coltrane) 4.36
10 Andromeda's Suffering (A. Coltrane) 7.45
11 I Want To See You (A. Coltrane) 6.41
12 Sita Ram (Traditional) 3.23
13 Oh Allah (Coltrane) 5.35
14 Excerpts from The Firebird (Stravinsky) 5.40

Personnel (1) Alice Coltrane : harp; Pharoah Sanders : alto flute; Ben Riley : drums; Joe Henderson : alto flute; Ron Carter : bass; Chuck Stewart : bells; (2) Alice Coltrane : piano; Ben Riley : drums; Jimmy Garrison : bass; Ray Appleton : percussion; (3) Alice Coltrane : percussion, piano; Reggie Workman : bass; Ben Riley : drums; Elayne Jones : timpani; Frank Lowe : saxophones, percussion; STRING ORCHESTRA - David Sackson : concertmaster; Arthur Aaron, Henry Aaron, Julien Barber, Avron Coleman, Harry Glickman, Edward Green, Janet Hill, LeRoy Jenkins, Joan Kalisch, Ronald Lipscomb, Seymour Miroff, Thomas Nickerson, Alan Shulman, Irving Spice, William Stone : strings; (4) Alice Coltrane : percussion, harp; Reggie Workman : bass; Ben Riley : drums; Elayne Jones : timpani; Frank Lowe : saxophones, percussion; STRING ORCHESTRA - David Sackson : concertmaster; Arthur Aaron, Henry Aaron, Julien Barber, Avron Coleman, Harry Glickman, Edward Green, Janet Hill, LeRoy Jenkins, Joan Kalisch, Ronald Lipscomb, Seymour Miroff, Thomas Nickerson, Alan Shulman, Irving Spice, William Stone : strings; (5a) Alice Coltrane : harp, piano; Pharoah Sanders : soprano saxophone, percussion; Rashied Ali : drums; Cecil McBee : bass; Tulsi : tamboura; Majid Shabazz : bells, tambourine; (5b) Alice Coltrane : percussion, organ, harp, tamboura; Reggie Workman : bass; Ben Riley : drums; Elayne Jones : timpani; Frank Lowe : saxophones, percussion; STRING ORCHESTRA - David Sackson : concertmaster; Arthur Aaron, Henry Aaron, Julien Barber, Avron Coleman, Harry Glickman, Edward Green, Janet Hill, LeRoy Jenkins, Joan Kalisch, Ronald Lipscomb, Seymour Miroff, Thomas Nickerson, Alan Shulman, Irving Spice, William Stone : strings; (6) Alice Coltrane : organ; Rashied Ali : drums; (7) Alice Coltrane : harp; Rashied Ali : drums; Jimmy Garrison : bass; (8) Alice Coltrane : percussion, organ, harp; Reggie Workman : bass; Ben Riley : drums; Elayne Jones : timpani; Frank Lowe : saxophones, percussion; Swami Satchidananda : voice; Leroy Jenkins : solo violin; STRING ORCHESTRA - David Sackson : concertmaster; Arthur Aaron, Henry Aaron, Julien Barber, Avron Coleman, Harry Glickman, Edward Green, Janet Hill, LeRoy Jenkins, Joan Kalisch, Ronald Lipscomb, Seymour Miroff, Thomas Nickerson, Alan Shulman, Irving Spice, William Stone : strings; (9,10,14) Alice Coltrane : piano, organ, harp, tympani, percussion; STING SECTION - Murray Adler (concertmaster), Nathan Kaproff, Lou Klass, William Henderson, Ronald Folsom, Leonard Malarsky, Gordon Marron, Janice Gower, Gerald Vinci, Sidney Sharp, James Getzoff, Ronald Kundell : violins; Myra Kestenbaum, Rollice Dale, Leonard Selic, David Schwartz, Samuel Boghosian, Marilyn Baker : viola; Jesse Ehrlich, Jerry Kessler, Jan Kelly, Anne Goodman, Edgar Lustgarden, Ray Kelley, Raphael Kramer : cello; Charlie Haden : bass; Ben Riley : drums; (11) Alice Coltrane : harp; Pharoah Sanders : bells; Rashied Ali : drums; Jimmy Garrison : bass; (12) Alice Coltrane : organ, harp; Tulsi : tamboura; Jimmy Garrison : bass; Clifford Jarvis : drums, bells, percussion; (13) Alice Coltrane : organ, harp; John Blair, Leroy Jenkins, Julius Brand, Joan Kalisch : violin; Jimmy Garrison : bass; Jack DeJohnette : drums.

The Elements

Track Listing
1 Fire
2 Air
3 Water
4 Earth

Personnel Joe Henderson : tenor saxophone, alto flute, flute, piano; Alice Coltrane : harp, piano, organ, tamboura, harmonium; Ndugu Leon Chancler : drums; Charlie Hayden : bass; Michael White : violin; Kenneth Nash : wood flute, congas, North African sakara drum, Chinese bells, Indian bells, gongs, percussion, written and spoken narration; Baba Daru Oshun : tabla, percussion

Illuminations (1974; with Carlos Santana)

Radha-Krisna Nama Sankirtana (1976)

Transcendence (1977)

Transfiguration (1978)

Turiya Sings (1982)

Divine Songs (1987)

Infinite Chants (1990)

Glorious Chants (1995)

Translinear Light (2004; with Ravi Coltrane)

Discography Index:
(In order of recording)

A Monastic Trio
Huntington Ashram Monastery
Ptah, the El Daoud
Journey in Satchidananda
Universal Consciousness
World Galaxy
Lord of Lords
John Coltrane: Infinity
Reflection on Creation and Space
The Elements
Illuminations (with Carlos Santana)
Radha-Krisna Nama Sankirtana
Transcendence
Transfiguration
Turiya Sings
Divine Songs
Infinite Chants
Glorious Chants
Translinear Light

Compositions
by Alice Coltrane:

(In alphabetical order; US Copyright years indicated)

Affinity 1978
Andromeda's Suffering 1973
The Ankh of Amen-Ra
Atmic Peace
Battle of Armeggedon
Bhaja Govindam 1978
Bliss: The Eternal Now 1974
Blue Nile
Galaxy Around Satchidananda
Galaxy in Turiya
Ganesha 1978
Ghana Nila 1978
Going Home (adaptation by
Alice Coltrane and
Carlos Santana; 50% ownership)
Gospel Trane
Govinda Jai Jai 1978
Hare Krishna (adaptation)
Hare Krishna (adaptation) 1978
Huntington Ashram Monastery
IHS
Isis and Osiris
I Want To See You
Jaya Jaya Rama
Journey in Satchidananda
Krishnaya 1978
Lord, Help Me To Be
Lord of Lords
Los Caballos 1976
Lovely Sky Boat
Mantra
Morning Worship 1976
Oceanic Beloved
Oh Allah
Ohnedaruth
Om Namah Sivaya 1978
Om Supreme 1976
One for the Father 1978
Ptah, the El Daoud
Radhe-shyam 1978
Shiva-Loka
Sita Ram (adaptation)
Sivaya
Something About John Coltrane
Spiritual Eternal 1976
Sri Nrsimha 1978
Sri Ram Ohnedaruth 1973
Stopover Bombay
The Sun 1968
Transcendence 1978
Transfiguration 1978
Turiya
Turiya and Ramakrishna
Universal Consciousness
Via Sivanandagar
Vrindavana Sanchara 1978
Wisdom Eye 1976