Ptah The El Daoud (Verve By Request Series) (Vinyl)

Alice Coltrane - Ptah The El Daoud (Verve By Request Series) (Vinyl)
Barcode: 602445991372

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Recorded in the basement studio of the Coltrane family home in Dix Hills in 1970, Alice Coltrane's fourth album is a transcendent masterpiece of spiritual jazz. The title track is an ode to the Egyptian God, Ptah (the El Daoud meaning "the beloved"). Many moments on the album reach what Coltrane herself defined the term Turiya as: "a state of consciousness - the high state of Nirvana, the goal of human life." Verve By Request Series features 180-gram vinyl pressed at Third Man in Detroit Transferred from Analog Tapes.

Track List

1. Ptah the El Daoud
2. Turiya ; Ramakrishna
3. Blue Nile
4. Mantra