In the Wilderness ~ Bley & Coltrane ~ 3-3-26

Carla Bley and Alice Coltrane, two American icons of improvised music, share our imaginary bandstand for Women’s History Month. We’ll plunge into the freewheeling joys of Bley’s jazz orchestra, then explore Coltrane’s reimagining of the harp as a spiritual instrument, including a classical chamber music arrangement of her Sanskrit-inspired “Prema.” Neil Molloy hosts.

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S O U N D S    B Y :

Carla Bley ~ Sing Me Softly of the Blues (Dinner Music, WATT/ECM) 

Carla Bley Big Band ~ Fleur Carnivore (Fleur Carnivore, WATT/ECM)

fill: Carla Bley & Steve Swallow ~ Ad Infinitum (Go Together, WATT/ECM)

Alice Coltrane & Charlie Haden ~ For Turiya (Closeness, A&M)

Ashley Jackson & The Harlem Chamber Players ~ A. Coltrane: Prema (Ennanga, Bright Shiny Things)

Alice Coltrane, featuring Pharoah Sanders ~ Journey in Satchidananda (Journey in Satchidananda, Impulse!)

Alice Coltrane ~ Oceanic Beloved (A Monastic Trio, Impulse!)