Radha-K峁涐梗峁嘺 Nama Sankirtana
by Alice Coltrane
- Type: Album
- Released: 1977
- Label: Warner Bros.
- Country: United States
- Length: 37:50
- Community rating: 3.26/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Further solidifying her role as an ashram leader, this deeply devotional recording heavily utilizes a chorus of students chanting traditional Hindu mantras. Coltrane anchors the repetitive, trance-inducing vocal arrangements with profound electric piano improvisations and sweeping harp glissandos. It represents a complete, serene synthesis of African-American gospel traditions, free jazz exploration, and Eastern religious practices.
Genres
Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental, choral, hindu
Tracklist
- Govinda Jai Jai (5:43)
- Ganesha (2:43)
- Prema Muditha (4:32)
- Hare Krishna (5:54)
- Om Namah Sivaya (19:01)
Credits
- Alice Coltrane - primary artist, arranged by, organ, electric piano [fender rhodes], harp, organ, piano, percussion
- Gary Panter - illustration
- Brahmajyoti Lee - vocals, percussion, handclaps
- Jagadaya - vocals, percussion, handclaps
- Mahashakti - vocals, percussion, handclaps
- Purushattama Hickson - vocals, percussion, handclaps
- Ramakrishna - vocals, percussion, handclaps
- Rudrishya Pace - vocals, percussion, handclaps
- Saishwar Roberts - Vocals, Percussion, Handclaps
- Sarada Devi - Vocals, Percussion, Handclaps
- Sarasvati King - Vocals, Percussion, Handclaps
- Shankari - Vocals, Percussion, Handclaps
- Shanti Kuronen - Vocals, Percussion, Handclaps
- Sita Coltrane - Tambura [Tamboura]
- Arjuna John Coltrane Jr. - Drums