Turiya and Ramakrishna
Context
Recorded on January 26, 1970 in the basement of the Coltrane home in Dix Hills and released by Impulse! on Ptah, the El Daoud, this track features Alice Coltrane on piano with Ron Carter and Ben Riley. She defined Turiya as "a state of consciousness, the high state of nirvana"; Pitchfork hears in it some of her finest piano pages.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Spiritual jazz. Among the origins and influences of Spiritual jazz: Modal, Free jazz.