Illuminations is a 1974 collaboration between Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana. Jazz musicians Jules Broussard, Jack DeJohnette and Dave Holland also contributed to the record, on saxophone, flute, drums and bass.
Alice Coltrane performs on harp, piano, and Wurlitzer organ and arranged and conducted the string section. Carlos Santana (whose Indian name "Devadip" appears on the sleeve, as Alice's Turiya) plays electric guitar in a minimal style, using feedback, long … mehrnotes and simple melodies and lending much space to the other instruments. The album is conceived as an instrumental jazz album, with lengthy solos on guitar, saxophone and keyboards. weniger
Illuminations
1: GURU SRI CHINMOY APHORISM
2: ANGEL OF AIR – ANGEL OF WATER (Santana; Coster)
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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 weniger