A Monastic Trio

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A Monastic Trio is the first solo album by Alice Coltrane. Recorded in 1968 (the reissue includes one track from 1967), she intended it to be a tribute to her husband, John Coltrane, who had died the year before.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Musically, the works here move from the deep bluesy modal structures that Alice Coltrane so loved in John's repertoire... All of these works, with their deep Eastern tinges in the intervals juxtaposed against Western blues phrasing, are wondrously droning and emotional exercises".

Professional ratings

Review scores
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Allmusic

Track listing

All compositions by Alice Coltrane

1. "Lord, Help Me to Be" - 7:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
2. "The Sun" - 4:01 Bonus track on CD reissue
3. "Ohnedaruth" - 7:49
4. "Gospel Trane" - 6:44
5. "I Want to See You" - 6:42
6. "Lovely Sky Boat" - 6:51
7. "Oceanic Beloved" - 4:18
8. "Atomic Peace" - 5:53
9. "Altruvista" - 6:55 Bonus track on CD reissue

• • Tracks 1–3 recorded at the Coltrane home studio, Dix Hills, New York on January 29, 1968; tracks 4–8 recorded at the Coltrane home studio, Dix Hills, New York on June 6, 1968; track 9 recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 7, 1967.

Tracks 1, 2 & 9 were bonus tracks on the 1998 reissue; tracks 1–2 were previously released on the Alice Coltrane/John Coltrane Cosmic Music, while track 9 is a previously unissued recording from the sessions that resulted in John Coltrane's Expression.

Personnel

• Alice Coltrane — harp, piano
• Pharoah Sanders — flute, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Garrison — bass
• Rashied Ali — drums
• Ben Riley — drums

External links

• A Monastic Trio — Impulse! page