Alice Coltrane p, harp
Pharoah Sanders ts, afl, bells
Joe Henderson ts, afl
Ron Carter b
Ben Riley dr

1.Ptah, The El Daoud (A. Coltrane) 13:58
2.Turiya And Ramakrishna (A. Coltrane) 8:19
3.Blue Nile (A. Coltrane) 6:58
4.Mantra (A. Coltrane) 16:33

Ed Michael, producer of this session, recalls there were several alternate takes

Released as ALICE COLTRANE – PTAH, THE EL DAOUD – Impulse AS 9198 IMPD 201 (CD)

Pharoah Sanders ss, cow horn, tritone whistle, cowbells, wood fl, thumb piano, perc
Woody Shaw tp, yodeling, perc
Gary Bartz as, bells, cowbell, shakers, perc
Lonnie Liston Smith p, cowbell, thumb piano, perc
Cecil McBee b
Clifford Jarvis dr
Nathaniel Bettis bylophone, yodeling, african perc
Anthony Wiles – conga, african perc

The order of the session:

1.Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord (adapted by L.L. Smith) (take 1) 13:02
2.Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord (adapted by L.L. Smith) (take 2 - long false start)
3.Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord (adapted by L.L. Smith) (take 3 - master) 18:00
4.Summun, Bukmun, Umyum (Sanders) (take 1 - false start)
5.Summun, Bukmun, Umyum (Sanders) (take 2 - master)21:16

The order on the SUMMUN BUKMUN UMYUN record:

1.Summun, Bukmun, Umyum (Sanders) 21:16
2.Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord (adapted by L.L. Smith) 17:46

Informations of this session by courtesy of Ed Michael

Released as PHAROAH SANDERS – SUMMUN BUKMUN UMYUN (DEAF DUMB BLIND) – Impulse AS-9199, IMPD 265 (CD)

Alice Coltrane harp
Pharoah Sanders ss, perc
Vishnu Wood oud
Charlie Haden b
Rashied Ali dr

1.Isis and Osiris (A. Coltrane) 11:29

Released on ALICE COLTRANE – JOURNEY IN SATCHIDANANDA – Impulse IMPD 228

Alice Coltrane harp, p
Pharoah Sanders ss, perc
Tulsi tamboura
Cecil McBee b
Rashied Ali dr
Majid Shabazz bells, tambourine

1.Journey in Satchidananda (A. Coltrane) 6:35
2.Shiva-Loka (A. Coltrane)
3.Stopover Bombay (A. Coltrane) 2:51
4.Something About John Coltrane (A. Coltrane) 9:39

Comment to the session by Ed Michael:

On the Alice Coltrane album with Pharoah, impulse AS-9203 (Journey in Satchidananda), recorded at the Coltrane home studio, there were two takes of the first tune: the first was 10:38, and probably became Something About John Coltrane; the second was 7:37, and probably became Journey in Satchidananda. (This may seem confused, but tune titles were changed frequently, and it was very hard to keep track about which was which.) The second tune was Shiva-Loka; first take was 7:17; second and third were false starts; fourth was 9:08; fifth was 10:09, and is probably the master take. Third tune was called Leo on the date; first take was a long false start, second take was 6:20, and may have been used to make Stopover Bombay. Fourth tune was called The Sun, with one take at 3:55; then there was an attempt at either more of this or of an alternate tune, for which there were five takes: first was a false start; second was 2:23; third false start; fourth 2:45; fifth 3:01. My notes give the date for this as October 27, 1970, but the album credits say November 8, 1970. Your guess is as good as mine.

Released on ALICE COLTRANE – JOURNEY IN SATCHIDANANDA – Impulse AS-9203, IMPD 228 (CD)

Pharoah Sanders ss, ts, bells, perc
Michael White vln, perc
Lonnie Liston Smith p, elp, claves, perc
Cecil McBee b, finger cymbals, perc
Clifford Jarvis dr, maracas, bells, perc
James Jordan ring cymbals (on #3)

1.Astral Traveling (L.L. Smith) 5:48
2.Red, Black & Green (Sanders) 8:56
Thembi (Sanders) 7:02

Released on PHAROAH SANDERS – THEMBI – Impulse IMPD 253

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