A Monastic Trio

A Monastic Trio
Studio album by Alice Coltrane
Released	December 1968[1]
Recorded	January 29 & June 6, 1968
Studio	John Coltrane home studios, Dix Hills, New York
Genre	Post-bop, avant-garde jazz
Length	38:17 (original LP)
Label	Impulse! Records
Producer	Alice Coltrane
Alice Coltrane chronology
A Monastic Trio (1968) Huntington Ashram Monastery (1969)

A Monastic Trio is the first solo album by Alice Coltrane. Recorded in 1968 (the reissue includes one track from 1967), she intended it to be a tribute to her husband, John Coltrane, who had died the year before. It originally featured 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."

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states: "Musically, the works here move from the deep bluesy modal structures that Alice Coltrane so loved in John's repertoire... All of these works, with their deep Eastern tinges in the intervals juxtaposed against Western blues phrasing, are wondrously droning and emotional exercises".^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Alice Coltrane.

Side A

1. "Ohnedaruth" - 7:49
2. "Gospel Trane" - 6:44
3. "I Want to See You" - 6:42

Side B

1. "Lovely Sky Boat" - 6:51
2. "Oceanic Beloved" - 4:18
3. "Atomic Peace" - 5:53

Bonus track on 1998 CD reissue

1. "Lord, Help Me to Be" - 7:30
2. "The Sun" - 4:01
3. "Altruvista" - 6:55

• Tracks A1 & CD bonus tracks 1 & 2 recorded at the Coltrane home studio, Dix Hills, New York on January 29, 1968 (bonus tracks 1 & 2 previously released on the Alice Coltrane/John Coltrane Cosmic Music);
• tracks A2–B3 recorded at the Coltrane home studio, Dix Hills, New York on June 6, 1968;
• track 9 recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 7, 1967 (previously unissued recording from the sessions that resulted in John Coltrane's Expression).
• Track B3 is listed as "Atmic Peace" on the initial 1968 issue; the 1973 re-issue lists this track "Atomic Peace" on the label but retains the "Atmic Peace" spelling on the album cover. The CD issue titles this track as "Atomic Peace" on both the CD digipak and the CD itself.

Personnel[]

On track A1

• Ben Riley — drums
• Jimmy Garrison — bass
• Pharoah Sanders — tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
• Alice Coltrane — piano

On tracks A2-B4

• Rashied Ali — drums
• Jimmy Garrison — bass
• Alice Coltrane — piano (on tracks A2-A3), harp (on tracks B1-B3)

References[]

External links[]

• A Monastic Trio — Impulse! page