Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda
Alice Coltrane, also known by her adopted Sanskrit name Turiyasangitananda, was an American jazz musician and composer, and in her later years a Swamini. An accomplished pianist and one of the few harpists in the history of jazz, she recorded many albums as a bandleader, beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s for Impulse! and other record labels. She was married to jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane, with whom she performed in 1966–1967. One of the foremost exponents of spiritual jazz, her eclectic music proved widely influential both within and outside the world of jazz.
Coltrane's professional music career slowed from the mid 1970s as she became more dedicated to her religious education. She founded the Vedantic Center in 1975 and the Shanti Anantam Ashram in California in 1983, where she served as spiritual director. On July 3, 1994, Swamini rededicated and inaugurated the land as Sai Anantam Ashram. During the 1980s and 1990s, she recorded several albums of Hindu devotional songs before returning to jazz in the 2000s.
Join us for a thoughtfully curated set by DJ Discovery in celebration of the life and music of Turiya on her 85th birthday. We’ll hear her early recordings as side-woman, her solo work as cosmic bandleader on Impulse!, and of course multiple sides from her devotional albums.
Sound:
Technics 1200 MK7
Condesa Allegra
Pioneer S-AX10
Bryston 3B
Bar and snacks available by Saint Joaquin
Limited space
Free