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Alice Coltrane: Journey in Satchidananda

In February 1971, “Impulse!” label released “Journey in Satchidananda”, the fourth Alice Coltrane studio album. It was recorded July – November 1970, at “Village Gate”, and Coltrane’s home studio in Dix Hills, New York, and was produced by Ed Michel and Alice Coltrane.

Personnel:

  • Alice Coltrane – harp, piano
  • Pharoah Sanders – soprano saxophone, percussion
  • Cecil McBee – double bass
  • Charlie Haden – double bass
  • Rashied Ali – drums
  • Tulsi Sen Gupta – tanpura
  • Majid Shabazz – bells, tambourine
  • Vishnu Wood – oud

All tracks by Alice Coltrane.

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

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers: Three Blind Mice

In August 1962, “United Artists Jazz” label released “Three Blind Mice”, album by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. It was recorded 1961 – 1962, at “Village Gate” in New York City and “Club Renaissance” in Hollywood, and was produced by Alan Douglas.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Cedar Walton – piano
  • Jymie Merritt – bass
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording


Track listing:

Three Blind Mice

  1. Three Blind Mice – Curtis Fuller
  2. Blue Moon – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  3. That Old Feeling – Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
  4. Plexis – Cedar Walton
  5. Up Jumped Spring – Freddie Hubbard
  6. When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams


Three Blind Mice, Vol. 1

  1. Three Blind Mice – Curtis Fuller
  2. Blue Moon – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  3. That Old Feeling – Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
  4. Plexis – Cedar Walton
  5. Up Jumped Spring – Freddie Hubbard
  6. Up Jumped Spring (alternate take) – Freddie Hubbard
  7. When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams
  8. Children of the Night – Wayne Shorter

Three Blind Mice, Vol. 2

  1. It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg, Billy Rose
  2. Mosaic – Cedar Walton
  3. Ping Pong – Wayne Shorter
  4. The Promised Land – Cedar Walton
  5. Arabia – Curtis Fuller