Released 1970 Length 46:03 | Recorded 26 January 1970 Producer Ed Michel Release date 1970 Genre Jazz | |
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Ptah the el daoud alice coltrane pharoah sanders full album
Ptah, the El Daoud [1970] is the third solo album by Alice Coltrane.
Contents
- Ptah the el daoud alice coltrane pharoah sanders full album
- My record collection 11 alice coltrane ptah the el daoud album review
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
This was Coltrane's first album with horns (aside from one track on A Monastic Trio [1968], on which Pharoah Sanders played bass clarinet). Sanders is recorded on the right channel and Joe Henderson on the left channel throughout.
All the compositions were written by Coltrane. The title track is named for the Egyptian god Ptah, "the El Daoud" meaning "the beloved". "Turiya", according to the liner notes, "was defined by Alice as 'a state of consciousness — the high state of Nirvana, the goal of human life", while "Ramakrishna" was a 19th-century Bengali religious figure; this track omits the horns. The origin of the title of "Blue Nile" is self-explanatory and, in it, Coltrane switches from piano to harp, and Sanders and Henderson from tenor saxophones to alto flutes. "Mantra" returns to piano and saxes. Album cover design was by Jim Evans.
My record collection 11 alice coltrane ptah the el daoud album review
Track listing
- "Ptah, the El Daoud" – 13:58
- "Turiya and Ramakrishna" – 8:19
- "Blue Nile" – 6:58
- "Mantra" – 16:33
All tracks recorded at the Coltrane home studio in Dix Hills, New York on 26 January 1970.
Personnel
Songs
1Ptah - the El Daoud13:58
2Turiya and Ramakrishna8:19
3Blue Nile6:58