- Alice Coltrane’s “The Carnegie Hall Concert” is a previously unreleased recording of a historic 1971 concert
- The original multi-track recording was commissioned by Impulse Records but wasn’t released at the time
- Alice’s first performance as a leader at Carnegie Hall
- All-star group including Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Jimmy Garrison, Cecil McBee, Ed Blackwell and others
- The concert was a fundraiser for Swami Satchidananda’s Integral Yoga Institute
- A triple bill placing her in the company of Laura Nyro and The Rascals
- Concert produced by Sid Bernstein, who promoted the first Beatles concert in the US
- Recorded in quadraphonic and decoded to stereo for this release, mastered/cut by Kevin Reeves and presented on 2-LP gatefold
- Package includes essays by Lauren Du Graf and Alice’s producer Ed Michel
Alice Coltrane - piano, harp
Pharoah Sanders - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, percussion
Archie Shepp - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, percussion
Kumar Kramer – harmonium
Cecil McBee, Jimmy Garrison – bass
Clifford Jarvis, Ed Blackwell – drums
Tulsi – tambora
Carnegie Hall, New York Feb 21, 1971.
