Eternity

This is a weird album, even by 70s hippie jazz standards. It may take me a couple listens to enjoy it more but I don't think I'd ever give it a 4/5. The choice in instrumentation is so odd at times and some of the organ Alice plays doesn't turn me on. There are some high points though. Los Caballos is a fast pace tune that contains an oddly placed guitar "solo" near the end. I love the congos in t... read more

On the reissue of Coltrane's wildly eclectic Eternity, which originally brought her from Impulse! to Warner Bros in 1975, two tunes are lush horn-and-string-orchestra settings; two are meditative, Eastern-sounding pieces; the album is rounded off by her first use of vocals (on '0m Supreme'), and the percussion-heavy, rumba-esque 'Los Caballos'. All the tracks feature spiritual annotation and explanation. The legendary Charlie Hayden plays bass. Remastered and packaged in a digipak. Currently out-of-print in the U.S. Warner. 2005.