Translinear Light

by Alice Coltrane

Translinear Light cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 29 September 2004
  • Label: Impulse!
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:19:56
  • Community rating: 3.84/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as her first commercial studio album in over twenty-five years, the legendary jazz harpist and pianist returns for a transcendent final recorded statement. Produced largely by her son Ravi Coltrane, the record seamlessly fuses deeply spiritual Hindu chanting and soaring synthesizer washes with complex, ecstatic jazz improvisation.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Sita Ram (6:06)
  2. Walk With Me (7:50)
  3. Translinear Light (9:50)
  4. Jagadishwar (5:45)
  5. This Train (6:06)
  6. The Hymn (3:04)
  7. Blue Nile (8:05)
  8. Crescent (6:22)
  9. Leo (9:38)
  10. Triloka (5:08)
  11. Satya Sai Isha (5:40)
  12. Impressions (6:16)

Credits

  • Oran Coltrane - alto saxophone
  • Charlie Haden - bass
  • James Genus - bass
  • Jack DeJohnette - drums, synth [synth drum]
  • Jeff "Tain" Watts - drums
  • The Sai Anantam Ashram Singers - vocals
  • John Coltrane - written-by
  • Alice Coltrane - Primary Artist

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