Carlos Santana & Alice Coltrane - Illuminations (1974) [Jazz][Fl

Carlos Santana & Alice Coltrane - Illuminations 

Year: 1974

Label: Sony/Columbia (1998)

Total time: 35:42

Quality: flac + cue



For his third duet album, Carlos Santana performed the works of John Coltrane, paired with Coltrane's widow, harpist/keyboardist Alice Coltrane, on this instrumental album. Side One includes several contemplative, string-filled numbers, while Side Two presents Santana's re-creation of John Coltrane's late free jazz style in "Angel of Sunlight." Columbia Records could not have been pleased at Santana's determined drift into esoteric jazz: Illuminations was the first of the nine Santana-related albums so far released in the U.S. not to go gold. ~ William Ruhlmann, AMG



Personnel:

Carlos Santana (Guitar) 

Alice Coltrane (Harp, Piano, Wurlitzer and Organ) 

Tom Coster (Electric Piano and Hammond Organ) - 1,2,4,5 

Dave Holland (Double Bass) - 1,2 

Jack DeJohnette (Drums and Percussion) - 1,4 

Jules Broussard (Flute, Soprano Saxophone) - 1,2,4 

Phil Brown (Tamboura) - 4 

Armando Peraza (Congas) - 4 

Phil Ford (Tablas) - 4 



Carlos Santana & Alice Coltrane - Illuminations Tracks:

01  Ouru Sri Chinmop Aphorism (Tom Coster/Carlos Santana) 1:11 

02  Angel of Water (Tom Coster/Carlos Santana) 9:55 

03  Bliss: The Ethernal Row (Alice Coltrane) 5:33 

04  Angel of Sunlight (Tom Coster/Carlos Santana) 14:43 

05  Illuminations (Tom Coster/Carlos Santana) 4:18