Alice Coltrane - Huntington Ashram Monastery LP xx2013 Arriving in 1978

Arriving in 1978

the four band members went their very separate ways

then she was a natural on piano

unaware that the album is to become the definitive soundtrack of my time there

Golden Staph join the dots between bits and pieces of independent music infrastructure that feel very under-remembered

Alice Coltrane - Huntington Ashram Monastery LP xx2013 Arriving in 1978Alice Coltrane had an enormous legacy to overcome in her late husband her debut album, 'A Monastic Trio' stuck pretty close to what John Coltrane's last bands were doing the studio, 'Huntington Ashram Monastary' finds her branching out. Recorded in mid 1969, a year after her debut and two years after the death of her husband, Coltrane performs on piano and harp and is backed by bassist Ron Carter and drummer Rashied Ali. Musically, it's a bit more