Illuminations
LP 69063 (1974) STEREO
PCQ 32900 QUADRAPHONIC

1: GURU SRI CHINMOY APHORISM

2: ANGEL OF AIR – ANGEL OF WATER (Santana; Coster)
Angel of Air
Turiya Alice Coltrane (harp)
Devadip Carlos Santana (lead/rhythm guitar/wind chimes)
Tom Coster (electric piano); David Holland (acoustic bass)
Jack DeJohnette (cymbals/percussion); Jules Broussard (flute)
Angel of Water
Turiya Alice Coltrane (harp); Devadip Carlos Santana (guitar)
Tom Coster (electric piano); Jules Broussard (soprano sax)
David Holland (acoustic bass)

3: BLISS: THE ETERNAL NOW (Coltrane)
Turiya Alice Coltrane (acoustic piano/harp); Devadip Carlos Santana (guitar)

4: ANGEL OF SUNLIGHT (Santana; Coster)
Turiya Alice Coltrane (Wurlitzer organ)
Devadip Carlos Santana (guitar/finger & hand cymbals)
Tom Coster (Hammond organ/finger & hand cymbals)
Jules Broussard (soprano sax); Prabuddha Phil Browne (tamboura)
David Holland (acoustic bass); Jack DeJohnette (drums)
Armando Peraza (congas); Phil Ford (tablas)

5: ILLUMINATIONS (Santana; Coster)
Turiya Alice Coltrane (harp); Devadip Carlos Santana (guitar)
Tom Coster (acoustic piano)

String section [2-3, 5]
Arranger/conductor:
Turiya Alice Coltrane
Violins: Murray Adler (concertmaster), Ron Folsom, Bill Henderson, Nathan Kaproff, Gordon Marron, Paul Shure, Charles Veal
Cellos: Anne Goodman, Glenn Grab, Jackie Lustgarten, Fred Seykora
Violas: Marilyn Baker, Myer Bello, Rollice Dale, Alan Harshman, Myra Kestenbaum, David Schwartz; Bass: James Bond

All tracks available in stereo and multi-channel

SA-CD
This hybrid CD can be played on any standard CD players

Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana’s 1975 collaboration Illuminations (Vocalion) positively glows on this SACD reissue. Engineer Michael Dutton’s peerless remastering of the quad mix is simply breathtaking. The extra depth found in the swirling string sections, Coltrane’s piano and harp and Santana’s stratospheric, sustained notes imbues this album with a whole new level of glittering detail. The racing turbulence of Angel Of Sunlight, in which a full band, propelled by Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette’s rhythm section, appeared somewhat earthbound and compressed in the original mix. Here, however the spatial placement of instruments reveals previously obscured elements of the score and interplay that’s nothing short of a revelation as the entire ensemble take flight on their way to spiritual bliss.
Sid Smith, Prog Magazine - issue 82

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