This 1976 album from the high priestess of spiritual jazz arrived at a major turning point for Alice Coltrane. She had moved to California, founded an Ashram, and left her long-time label Impulse! after a string of game-changing records. Eternity was Coltrane's first through Warner, and saw the bandleader and master multi-instrumentalist joined by an astonishing list of guest players. A clear evolution both in sound and song structure, expect "the drones and textures of India, the gospel and R&B of her Detroit youth and the dissonance of modern classical composition", and you're half way to grasping this sprawling sonic statement. - Flying Out
Released in 1976, Eternity was Alice Coltrane's first album for Warner Bros. after eight wondrous records on Impulse! Combining the drones and textures of India, the gospel and R&B of her Detroit youth and the dissonance of modern classical composition, Coltrane's music in the '70s would become increasingly difficult to categorize.
Having moved a few years earlier to California (where she founded the Vedantic Center, an Ashram for spiritual studies), Coltrane stretches out on Eternity – incorporating various musical styles, including a stirring adaptation of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring – and the results are dazzling, both in sonic scope and emotional range
While Coltrane would delve deeper into her spiritual journeys and continue to expand her musical interests on subsequent LPs, Eternity remains a vivid and compelling display of her unique vision, myriad talents and passions.
Tracklist:
1. Spiritual Eternal
2. Wisdom Eye
3. Los Caballos
4. Om Supreme
5. Morning Worship
6. Spring Rounds
