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Minutes That Will Make You Love Alice Coltrane

70 points by tintinnabula 4y ago

daviddaviddavid 4y ago
As a fan of Alice Coltrane, it's kind of frustrating that NYT would bother to put this together and interview all these people and then put these tiny 30 second, completely-out-of-context audio snippets. I encourage anyone who checks the article out to listen to the complete tracks. What can you possibly get out of a 30 second clip?!
- michaelwww 4y ago
  There is a Spotify playlist at the end but I don't care for Spotify. These are amazing and I think I am falling in love with Alice Coltrane. Not to compare them, but I'd also recommend Anoushka Shankar for spiritually inspired music. Blue Nile - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Dd4UGt5rg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Dd4UGt5rg Spiritual Eternal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orVhbSTqtoE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orVhbSTqtoE Pranadhana - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QerMEr3VmKk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QerMEr3VmKk Prema - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4frDCaVEzI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4frDCaVEzI A Love Supreme - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89c00fGC838 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89c00fGC838 The Hymn - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtfiFMp9HOg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtfiFMp9HOg Keshava Murahara - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKUJdFsmzpQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKUJdFsmzpQ Ptah, the El Daoud - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkh19hnlvyc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkh19hnlvyc Journey in Satchidananda - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0O9L7KXkC0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0O9L7KXkC0 Hari Narayan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17P-gSE66TI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17P-gSE66TI Affinity (Live) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0B2MICqCFk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0B2MICqCFk Jagadishwar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06a1iOXw5K0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06a1iOXw5K0 Oh Allah - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vp1F6cf1Gw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vp1F6cf1Gw
  - 50 4y ago
    Re: spiritually-inspired music, see also Pharoah Sanders and Leon Thomas. A few of my favorites: Leon Thomas's "The Creator Has a Master Plan": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoYnvw-97II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoYnvw-97II Pharoah Sanders and Leon Thomas's "Sun Song": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ07KWhbIj8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ07KWhbIj8 On the topic, not really in the same lineage as the above, but you might like a favorite album of mine, Good God! Apocryphal Hymns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSRcvn7l0KI&list=OLAK5uy_ldIgACpadSgrOlvRt2VYub9dIF8hhrmOE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSRcvn7l0KI&list=OLAK5uy_ldI...
- mtalantikite 4y ago
  I agree, it might even be off-putting for some listeners to hear a random bit of her music out of context from the rest of the track (or even album). "Journey in Satchidananda" I'm pretty sure is my favorite album of all time. I first heard it when I was maybe 16, and 20+ years later I still listen to it at least a few times per month. I'd suggest anyone that wants to listen to her music to put that one on and listen to it the whole way through. The album is both approachable and gorgeous.
  - danielvaughn 4y ago
    The actual song Journey in Satchidananda is one of my favorite pieces of music. I went down a rabbit hole one afternoon finding various live performances of it, since it seemed so well-suited for extended jazz renditions. Here’s my favorite of the bunch: https://youtu.be/w2bGe8kBPS4 https://youtu.be/w2bGe8kBPS4
    - belfalas 4y ago
      For the gentle people out there wondering what is Satchidananda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satcitananda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satcitananda
      - PaulDavisThe1st 4y ago
        It seems also be a reference to the self-named Swami Satchidananda who provided Alice Coltrane with some guidance and help after the death of her husband.
        belfalas 4y ago
        The title is a play on words referencing the name of the Swami. Alice 'took a journey' in Satchitananda (guided by the Swami) which helped her through the mourning process.
        mtalantikite 4y ago
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- tootie 4y ago
  I'm assuming it's a licensing issue. More than snippets isn't "fair use"
aaronlevin 4y ago
Alice Coltrane rocks.
ipnon 4y ago
Coltrane's influence reaches as far as the underground "bass music" sound of the 2010s as invented by her nephew Flying Lotus, and now the Top 40 is frequented by her ashram protege Doja Cat. Flying Lotus opened his Essential Mix with "Galaxy In Turiya". https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2008-11-29_-_Flying_Lotus_-_Essential_Mix https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2008-11-29_-_Flying_Lotus_-_Essent...
- atdrummond 4y ago
  Doha Cat being associated always confused me. Alice did not actively run the ashram past 1995. Doja was born in 1995. How could Alice have had any significant impact (as a person, not as an artist) on Doja Cat’s career and especially early growth as an artist? It feels like name dropping.
mountaintimefrm 4y ago
Can't recommend enough the song "Lovely Sky Boat"
- bhedgeoser 4y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhmwChxResw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhmwChxResw
- deleted 4y ago
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helsinkiandrew 4y ago
https://archive.ph/If7uk https://archive.ph/If7uk
ltrojanowski 4y ago
She is so great. Go listen to this for a couple of minutes of musical heaven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUMuDWDVd20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUMuDWDVd20
erokar 4y ago
A mushroom trip this summer opened my ears to Alice Coltrane. I walked out into a garden as this song was playing randomly from a playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn36bzFZeg4&ab_channel=AliceColtraneVEVO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn36bzFZeg4&ab_channel=Alice... (Coltrane at her more serene). I had a magical moment where I was listening to her music and looking up at the sky through the tree crowns. After that I've been listening to her regularly.
bloopernova 4y ago
I hadn't seen this format of article before, it feels like the old web in ways.

70 points by tintinnabula 4y ago

As a fan of Alice Coltrane, it's kind of frustrating that NYT would bother to put this together and interview all these people and then put these tiny 30 second, completely-out-of-context audio snippets. I encourage anyone who checks the article out to listen to the complete tracks. What can you possibly get out of a 30 second clip?!

michaelwww 4y ago
There is a Spotify playlist at the end but I don't care for Spotify. These are amazing and I think I am falling in love with Alice Coltrane. Not to compare them, but I'd also recommend Anoushka Shankar for spiritually inspired music. Blue Nile - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Dd4UGt5rg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Dd4UGt5rg Spiritual Eternal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orVhbSTqtoE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orVhbSTqtoE Pranadhana - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QerMEr3VmKk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QerMEr3VmKk Prema - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4frDCaVEzI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4frDCaVEzI A Love Supreme - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89c00fGC838 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89c00fGC838 The Hymn - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtfiFMp9HOg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtfiFMp9HOg Keshava Murahara - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKUJdFsmzpQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKUJdFsmzpQ Ptah, the El Daoud - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkh19hnlvyc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkh19hnlvyc Journey in Satchidananda - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0O9L7KXkC0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0O9L7KXkC0 Hari Narayan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17P-gSE66TI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17P-gSE66TI Affinity (Live) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0B2MICqCFk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0B2MICqCFk Jagadishwar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06a1iOXw5K0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06a1iOXw5K0 Oh Allah - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vp1F6cf1Gw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vp1F6cf1Gw
- 50 4y ago
  Re: spiritually-inspired music, see also Pharoah Sanders and Leon Thomas. A few of my favorites: Leon Thomas's "The Creator Has a Master Plan": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoYnvw-97II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoYnvw-97II Pharoah Sanders and Leon Thomas's "Sun Song": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ07KWhbIj8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ07KWhbIj8 On the topic, not really in the same lineage as the above, but you might like a favorite album of mine, Good God! Apocryphal Hymns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSRcvn7l0KI&list=OLAK5uy_ldIgACpadSgrOlvRt2VYub9dIF8hhrmOE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSRcvn7l0KI&list=OLAK5uy_ldI...
mtalantikite 4y ago
I agree, it might even be off-putting for some listeners to hear a random bit of her music out of context from the rest of the track (or even album). "Journey in Satchidananda" I'm pretty sure is my favorite album of all time. I first heard it when I was maybe 16, and 20+ years later I still listen to it at least a few times per month. I'd suggest anyone that wants to listen to her music to put that one on and listen to it the whole way through. The album is both approachable and gorgeous.
- danielvaughn 4y ago
  The actual song Journey in Satchidananda is one of my favorite pieces of music. I went down a rabbit hole one afternoon finding various live performances of it, since it seemed so well-suited for extended jazz renditions. Here’s my favorite of the bunch: https://youtu.be/w2bGe8kBPS4 https://youtu.be/w2bGe8kBPS4
  - belfalas 4y ago
    For the gentle people out there wondering what is Satchidananda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satcitananda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satcitananda
    - PaulDavisThe1st 4y ago
      It seems also be a reference to the self-named Swami Satchidananda who provided Alice Coltrane with some guidance and help after the death of her husband.
      - belfalas 4y ago
        The title is a play on words referencing the name of the Swami. Alice 'took a journey' in Satchitananda (guided by the Swami) which helped her through the mourning process.
        mtalantikite 4y ago
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tootie 4y ago
I'm assuming it's a licensing issue. More than snippets isn't "fair use"

aaronlevin 4y ago

Alice Coltrane rocks.

ipnon 4y ago

Coltrane's influence reaches as far as the underground "bass music" sound of the 2010s as invented by her nephew Flying Lotus, and now the Top 40 is frequented by her ashram protege Doja Cat. Flying Lotus opened his Essential Mix with "Galaxy In Turiya". https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2008-11-29_-_Flying_Lotus_-_Essential_Mix https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2008-11-29_-_Flying_Lotus_-_Essent...

atdrummond 4y ago
Doha Cat being associated always confused me. Alice did not actively run the ashram past 1995. Doja was born in 1995. How could Alice have had any significant impact (as a person, not as an artist) on Doja Cat’s career and especially early growth as an artist? It feels like name dropping.

mountaintimefrm 4y ago

Can't recommend enough the song "Lovely Sky Boat"

bhedgeoser 4y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhmwChxResw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhmwChxResw
deleted 4y ago
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helsinkiandrew 4y ago

https://archive.ph/If7uk https://archive.ph/If7uk

ltrojanowski 4y ago

She is so great. Go listen to this for a couple of minutes of musical heaven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUMuDWDVd20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUMuDWDVd20

erokar 4y ago

A mushroom trip this summer opened my ears to Alice Coltrane. I walked out into a garden as this song was playing randomly from a playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn36bzFZeg4&ab_channel=AliceColtraneVEVO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn36bzFZeg4&ab_channel=Alice... (Coltrane at her more serene). I had a magical moment where I was listening to her music and looking up at the sky through the tree crowns. After that I've been listening to her regularly.

bloopernova 4y ago

I hadn't seen this format of article before, it feels like the old web in ways.