The most perfect of time machines, with no errant destinations and no abrupt landings, The Carnegie Hall Concert transports one to a time when artists took their art seriously, when it was sacrosanct.

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The late, legendary, spiritual jazz pioneer Alice Coltrane‘s music will be celebrated at one very special night at NYC’s Carnegie Hall on May 16. Dubbed COSMIC MUSIC: The Celestial Songs of Alice ...

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In the years after her husband John’s death, the harpist discovered a sound all her own, a jazz rooted in acts of spirit and will. Alice Coltrane, 1970. In February 1971, Alice Coltrane released her ...

When the Detroit Jazz Festival opens on Aug. 30 with a concert titled “Translinear Light: The Music of Alice Coltrane,” Brandee Younger will play a newly restored Lyon & Healy harp with a ...

At times, tribute performances can feel stuffy — repeating the musical compositions from a particular artist without the flourishes, improvisations or specific tonal vernacular that makes each artist ...

The keyboardist and harpist Alice Coltrane has the disadvantage of bearing the last name of her husband, John Coltrane. He was already world-famous in the mid-sixties, when they married and started ...

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This album isn't for everyone, but for me, Alice Coltrane: The Carnegie Hall Concert is a landmark performance that was both commanding and reflective of a fast-moving era that upended norms, leaving ...