Translinear Light

Translinear Light
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Studio album by Alice Coltrane
Released	September 28, 2004
Recorded	April 28 to June 12, 2004
Genre	Jazz
Label	Impulse! Records
Producer	Ravi Coltrane
Alice Coltrane chronology
Infinite Chants (1990)Infinite Chants1990 Translinear Light (2004)

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Translinear Light is the last studio album released by Alice Coltrane on Impulse Records in September, 2004. Produced by her son, Ravi Coltrane, who also played, it is the final album of Ms. Coltrane's career. Her third son with her deceased husband John Coltrane, Oran, also plays on the record. In addition to original compositions by Coltrane, it includes two compositions by John Coltrane and four covers of traditional works.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sita Ram"	traditional	6:08
2.	"Walk with Me"	traditional	7:50
3.	"Translinear Light"	Alice Coltrane	9:50
4.	"Jagadishwar"	Alice Coltrane	5:47
5.	"This Train"	traditional	6:06
6.	"The Hymn"	Alice Coltrane	3:04
7.	"Blue Nile"	Alice Coltrane	8:05
8.	"Crescent"	John Coltrane	6:22
9.	"Leo"	John Coltrane	9:40
10.	"Troika"	Alice Coltrane	5:08
11.	"Satya Sai Isha"	traditional	5:40

Personnel

• Alice Coltrane — piano or Wurlitzer organ; synthesizer on "The Hymn"
• Ravi Coltrane — tenor saxophone on "Jagadishwar," "Blue Nile," "Crescent," and "Leo"; soprano saxophone on "Translinear Light"; percussion on "Sita Ram" and "Translinear Light"; sleigh bells on "Leo"
• Oran Coltrane — alto saxophone on "The Hymn"
• Charlie Haden — bass on "Translinear Light," "This Train," "Crescent," and "Troika"
• James Genus — bass on "Walk with Me," "Jagadishwar," and "Blue Nile"
• Jack De Johnette — drums on "Sita Ram," "Translinear Light," "This Train," and "Crescent," and "Leo"
• Jeff "Tain" Watts — drums on "Walk with Me," "Jagadishwar," and "Blue Nile"
• The Sai Anantam Ashram Singers — vocals on "Satya Sai Isha"