Alice Coltrane - 1987 Divine Songs

If you have never heard the fantastic spiritual jazz or devotional music of Alice Coltrane, John Coltrane's brilliant wife, then there is a universe of beauty in store for you. I think her best jazz work is the fantastic Journey into Satchidananda-- where she plays mostly harp alongside some of the best work Pharaoh Sanders has ever done-- but this is, for me, her best devotional record. Here is an amazing cassette rip of Divine Songs. This tape is very rare and mostly consists of Alice's rich, soulful intonations and eastern-style gospel vocals over drones, choruses, and synths in a manner so achingly tasteful and spiritual and masterful and deep... I can't fathom a universe where it only exists in cassette form. Oh, God! It's like standing on the edge of a cliff in the wind and feeling no fear, only transcendent exhilaration. Exceptionally good.

00:00 Rama Rama 7:26
07:23 Keshava Murahara 9:38
16:55 Er Ra 4:46
21:36 Madhura Manohara Giridhari 6:36
28:10 Deva Deva 7:16
35:22 Chandra Shekara 5:00
40:22 Om Shanti 6:49
47:05 Rama Guru 5:46
52:46 Hari Maravan 5:18

Divine Songs is an album by Swamini Turiyasangitananda, formerly known as Alice Coltrane. It is an album composed of devotional songs from the Hindu religion. The songs are accompanied by Turiya's signature playing on the Wurlitzer organ. She plays the songs on the organ, beginning with the traditional Indian mode but then improvises and stretches it until it turns back on itself musically. Her use of breaks, syncopation and harmonic invention re-image the songs into something original and nearly unclassifiable. (Wiki) .