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Spiritual Jazz Obsession: Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda- Divine Songs (1987) If you have never heard the fantastic spiritual jazz or devotional music of Alice Coltrane, then there is a universe of beauty in store for you.
And the musicianship is top notch. Curiously, this is the first ever DV SACD I have ever gotten. I am not surprised BY the good quality, cause most (if not ALL) of you out there have consistently raved about them. Shame it has to be an SACD.not very fond of them.but, hey.if there's no other option, I'll take it!!! Will report back later. Not getting my hopes up, BUT the blurb in the booklet seems to hint at some more Santana Quad SACDs.
EDIT: BTW, someone has to update the Discogs page and add this. While one of the most unSantanalike Santanakinda albums and one I did not hear until well into the age of the internet downloading days and I liked it. Very mellow, very naval contemplating type of music to be sure (somewhat reminiscent to some of the mellower parts of Caravanserai to me), a very musically spiritual jazzy venture for the participants if you will. No screaming guitar solos, no dancy latiny beats, no heavy organ wankery and yet a very nice listen just the same, and of course it's in Quad.
For me it is a very close you eyes turn out the lights and just listen kind of musical experience. Vocalion does it again for me and I will award Illuminations in QUAD a mellow 9.
I hadn't ever heard this album before so a nice surprise. Music its very in-Santana yet obviously him on guitar, Alice Coltrane was an incredible musician/arranger and I really like the harp (not an instrument you hear that often on jazz-rock albums!). Track 4 'Angel Of Sunlight' which is good but 'is of its time', so IMHO just a little too long, if it had been around 10 minutes long it would have been much better.
Sound Quality is great so a 9 Quad Mix is great so a 9.and we ought to give Dave a 9 for his excellent sleeve notes! So a 9 from me. Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana’s 1974 collaboration Illuminations (Vocalion) positively glows on this SACD reissue. Engineer Michael Dutton’s peerless remastering of the quad mix is simply breathtaking. The extra depth found in the swirling string sections, Coltrane’s piano and harp and Santana’s stratospheric, sustained notes imbues this album with a whole new level of glittering detail. The racing turbulence of Angel Of Sunlight, in which a full band, propelled by Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette’s rhythm section, appeared somewhat earthbound and compressed in the original mix. Here, however the spatial placement of instruments reveals previously obscured elements of the score and interplay that’s nothing short of a revelation as the entire ensemble take flight on their way to spiritual bliss.
I've listened to the D-V release of Illuminations several times since last August and still enjoy its spooky, ethereal East Indian vibe. A combo of Coltrane dissonance and Caravanseri era Santana guitar drive this unique album along at a nice clip. A touch of noodling here and there barely intrudes, and at under 36 minutes it does not overstay its welcome. The Quad remaster is up to Vocalion's usual stellar standards. Strongly recommended for adventurous listeners into fusion and Carlos' modal guitar playing. I've listened to the D-V release of Illuminations several times since last August and still enjoy its spooky, ethereal East Indian vibe.
A combo of Coltrane dissonance and Caravanseri era Santana guitar drive this unique album along at a nice clip. A touch of noodling here and there barely intrudes, and at under 36 minutes it does not overstay its welcome. The Quad remaster is up to Vocalion's usual stellar standards. Strongly recommended for adventurous listeners into fusion and Carlos' modal guitar playing.