Melting Pot Radio Hour – Episode #9: Alice Coltrane Birthday Tribute!

As today marks 80 years since Alice Coltrane first stepped into our world, I wanted to pay tribute to her on this month’s Melting Pot Radio Hour. This week there has been a lot to celebrate, as it has been a week full of birthdays. My birthday (along with my friend and birthday twin Emerald) was on Eclipse Monday, and then two other friends on Wednesday and Saturday. In fact, most of this show is connected to a mix that I made for a dear friend to give to her on her birthday this past week. I’ve added a couple of songs from the recent collection The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda, released by Luaka Bop (soon to be highlighted in a separate post, which will also include pictures from Alice Coltrane’s Ashram, which is still operating here in the Los Angeles area), to give an even fuller picture of her extraordinary artistry.

Melting Pot Radio Hour – Episode #9: Tribute To Alice Coltrane

Tracklist:
{opening theme} La Banda Colorado – South Chicago Mama (Melting Pot) – In Memory Of Jimmy Dan Song (CB Records)

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1. Alice Coltrane – Rama Rama – The Ecstatic Music Of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda (Luaka Bop)
2. Alice Coltrane feat. Swami Satchidananda – Galaxy In Satchidananda/A Love Supreme – World Galaxy (Impulse)
3. Alice Coltrane – Spring Rounds from Stravinsky’s Rite Of Spring – Eternity (Warner Bros.)
4. McCoy Tyner feat. Alice Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Gary Bartz & Elvin Jones – Celestial Blues – Extensions (Blue Note)
5. Alice Coltrane – Wisdom Eye – Eternity (Warner Bros.)
6. Alice Coltrane – Om Supreme – Eternity (Warner Bros.)
7. Alice Coltrane – Turiya And Ramakrishna – Ptah, The El Daoud (Impulse)
8. Charlie Haden & Alice Coltrane – For Turiya – Closeness (Horizon)
9. Alice Coltrane – Er Ra – The Ecstatic Music Of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda (Luaka Bop)

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{closing theme} Alice Coltrane feat. Pharoah Sanders and Joe Henderson – Blue Nile – Ptah, The El Daoud (Impulse)