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Alice Coltrane's serene homecoming after three decades of ashram seclusion — son Ravi's saxophone carrying the family flame as jazz and Hindu devotion achieve final synthesis.
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After nearly three decades of seclusion at her California ashram recording private devotional cassettes, Alice returned to public recording at age 67. With son Ravi on saxophone, the album synthesized her spiritual journey with her jazz roots, arriving at a serene confidence that validated both her post-John career and her devotional practice.
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After decades of ashram seclusion and private devotional recordings, Alice returned to public recording with her son Ravi, synthesizing her spiritual journey into music that honored both her jazz roots and Hindu devotional practice.
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