A Monastic Trio

A Monastic Trio
Studio album by
Alice Coltrane
ReleasedDecember 1968[1]
RecordedJanuary 29 & June 6, 1968
StudioJohn Coltrane home studios, Dix Hills, New York
GenrePost-bop, avant-garde jazz
Length38:17 (original LP)
LabelImpulse! Records
ProducerAlice Coltrane
Alice Coltrane chronology
A Monastic Trio
(1968) 		Huntington Ashram Monastery
(1969)

A Monastic Trio is the first solo album by Alice Coltrane. It was recorded in 1968 at the John Coltrane Home in Dix Hills, New York, and was released later that year by Impulse! Records. On the album, Coltrane appears on piano and harp, and is joined by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and drummer Rashied Ali, all of whom were members of John Coltrane's last quintet. Drummer Ben Riley also appears on one track. The album was reissued on CD in 1998 with three additional tracks, one of which is a piano solo recorded in 1967.[2][3][4]

The album was intended as a tribute to Alice Coltrane's late husband, John Coltrane, who had died the year before. The liner notes feature the message: "This music is dedicated to the mystic, Ohnedaruth, known as John Coltrane during the period from September 23, 1926 to July 17, 1967."[5] Although Alice Coltrane is credited for producing the album, Bob Thiele oversaw its release. Coltrane later called Thiele "a gentleman, and very professional," and reflected: "I think that, in the memory of John, he wanted to just present everything in the best way possible."[6]

  1. ^ "Billboard". 7 December 1968.
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  5. ^ Coltrane, Alice (1968). A Monastic Trio (liner notes). Alice Coltrane. Impulse! Records. AS-9156.
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