{"product_id":"alice-coltrane-monument-eternal-book","title":"Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal Book","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"catanno\"\u003eEdited with text by Erin Christovale. Foreword by Ann Philbin. Text by Franya J. Berkman. Interviews by Ashley Kahn, Erin Christovale.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"redstrong\"\u003eRashid Johnson, Cauleen Smith and others pay tribute to a truly extraordinary figure in 20th-century American jazz\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished with Hammer Museum.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume unpacks the cultural legacy of musician, spiritual leader, wife and mother Alice Coltrane. Accompanying the eponymous exhibition at Los Angeles’ Hammer Museum, the book takes its title from Coltrane’s 1977 autobiography and devotional text, \u003ci\u003eMonument Eternal\u003c\/i\u003e, in which she reflected on her newfound spiritual beliefs and the path to healing and self-discovery. Coltrane was \"ahead of her time,\" as her son, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, says: she was \"one of the first people to move outside the mainstream, and certainly one of the first female, Black, American jazz musicians to record her own music in her own studio, and to release music on her own terms.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlice Coltrane, Monument Eternal\u003c\/i\u003e explores themes including spiritual transcendence, sonic innovation and architectural intimacy. The project juxtaposes works from 19 contemporary American artists with pieces of ephemera from Coltrane’s archive—including handwritten sheet music, unreleased audio recordings and rarely seen footage—to honor her cultural output and practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice Coltrane\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Detroit in 1937 and took up music at an early age, beginning piano lessons at seven years old. In 1967 her husband, saxophonist John Coltrane, gifted her a harp, on which she went on to record seminal albums including \u003ci\u003eJourney in Satchidananda\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Monastic Trio\u003c\/i\u003e, making her one of the very few harpists in the history of jazz. Coltrane moved to Southern California in 1972 and founded the Sai Anantam ashram. She lived and worked in Los Angeles, where she died in 2007 at age 69.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"read-more__biography--book-title\"\u003eDelmonico Books \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"read-more__biography--book-title\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e9.75 x 12.75 in. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"read-more__biography--book-title\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"read-more__biography--book-title\"\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--weight\"\u003e192 pages \u003cspan\u003e110 color \/ 21 bw.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"DelMonico Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42711297851479,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2151\/4603\/files\/ac.jpg?v=1776513819","url":"https:\/\/shopcoupdetat.com\/products\/alice-coltrane-monument-eternal-book","provider":"SHOP COUP D'ETAT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}