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Journey In Satchidananda is the fourth solo album by Alice Coltrane recorded on November 8, 1970. Avant-garde in its jazz direction and released in 1971, its title and title track reflects Coltrane’s inspiration by Swami Satchidananda whom John Coltrane had become close to while being his disciple.

Shiva-Loka or realm of Shiva references the realm of the third member of the Hindu trinity, the dissolver of creation. Stopover Bombay refers to a five-week stay in India and Sri Lanka on which Coltrane was due to go in December 1970. Something About John Coltrane is based on themes by her late husband, John Coltrane. Isis and Osiris, on which Charlie Haden replaces Cecil McBee on bass, and Vishnu Wood plays oud, indicates Coltrane’s interest in Middle Eastern and North African music and culture. The presence of the tamboura, played by Tulsi, reflects Coltrane’s interest in Indian classical music and religion.

Side A
  1. Journey in Satchidananda ~ 6:39
  2. Shiva-Loka ~ 6:37
  3. Stopover Bombay ~ 2:54
Side B
  1. Something About John Coltrane ~ 9:44
  2. Isis and Osiris ~ 11:49
All compositions by Alice Coltrane.

Tracks A1–B1 were recorded at the Coltrane home studio in Dix Hills, New York on November 8, 1970. Track B2 was a live recording at The Village Gate in New York City on July 4, 1970. Tracks A1 to B1

  • Alice Coltrane – piano, harp
  • Pharoah Sanders – soprano saxophone, percussion
  • Cecil McBee – double bass
  • Rashied Ali – drums
  • Tulsi – tanpura
  • Majid Shabazz – bells, tambourine
B2
  • Alice Coltrane – harp
  • Pharoah Sanders – soprano saxophone, percussion
  • Rashied Ali – drums
  • Charlie Haden – bass
  • Vishnu Wood – oud

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Three Wishes

When asked by Nica as to what his three wishes would be when asked Bill Evans responded by saying:
  1. “I remember I was asked that when I was a kid! The first one would be for a wishing-ring. And then I wouldn’t need the others.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

GRIOTS GALLERY

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The Way I Really Play is a 1968 album by pianist Oscar Peterson. Recorded at the private studio of Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer in Villingen-Schwenningen, West Germany on November 12, 1967. The 44:50 minute sessions was produced by Brunner-Schwer.

Track Listing
  1. Waltzing Is Hip (Ray Brown, Johnny Wayne) – 6:11
  2. Satin Doll (Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn) – 10:05
  3. Love Is Here to Stay (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:54
  4. Sandy’s Blues (Oscar Peterson) – 9:34
  5. Alice In Wonderland (Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard) – 4:46
  6. Noreen’s Nocturne (Oscar Peterson) – 9:20
Performance
  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Sam Jones – double bass
  • Bobby Durham – drums
Production
  • Recording director and engineer – Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer
  • Liner notes – Gene Lees
  • Liner notes translated – Dr. B. Falk
  • Cover photography – Sepp Werkmeister
  • Reverse side photography – Sepp Werkmeister
  • Graphic work – Hans B. Piltzer
This album is the third of Peterson’s Exclusively for My Friends six part series:
  • Action (Vol. 1)
  • Girl Talk (Vol. 2)
  • The Way I Really Play (Vol. 3)
  • My Favorite Instrument (Vol. 4) solo piano
  • Mellow Mood (Vol. 5)
  • Travelin’ On (Vol. 6)

The Way I Really Play was also released as The Great Oscar Peterson on Prestige!

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Three Wishes

Tommy Flanagan had one single answer to the question of  was inquired of his three wishes and he responded to Pannonica with:
  1. “I’d like to live forever with good health and a little shelter to enjoy it in.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

GRIOTS GALLERY

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Concert by the Sea is a live album recorded by pianist Erroll Garner on September 19, 1955 in the gothic-revivalist styled assembly hall of Sunset School (now Sunset Arts Center) in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.

The original U.S. album cover photograph, showing a model in mid-stride with outstretched arms, was shot by music and fashion photographer Art Kane.

There was no plan to record the concert officially. The release came about because Garner’s personal manager, Martha Glaser, spotted backstage that a tape recorder was running. The recording was being made by a recording engineer for the Armed Forces Radio Network, a jazz fan and scholar named Will Thornbury, strictly for the enjoyment of himself and his fellow servicemen. Glaser took the tape, put it into album form, then played it for Columbia’s jazz division head, George Avakian, who decided to release it on October 13, 1955.

It sold over a million dollars’ worth of retail copies by 1958, qualifying for gold record status by the definition of that time but has never been acknowledged as such by the RIAA.

Track Listing Side 1

  1. I’ll Remember April
  2. Teach Me Tonight
  3. Mambo Carmel
  4. Autumn Leaves
  5. It’s Alright With Me
Side 2
  1. Red Top
  2. April In Paris
  3. They Can’t Take That Away From Me
  4. How Could You Do A Thing Like That To Me
  5. Where Or When
  6. Erroll’s Theme
Personnel
  • Erroll Garner ~ Piano
  • Eddie Calhoun ~ Bass
  • Denzil Best ~ Drums

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