Alice Coltrane - A Monastic TrioBorn Alice McLeod into a musical Detroit family, AliceColtrane began playing piano at age seven and later studiedwith Bud Powell in Paris. Upon returning to the States, she joined vibraphonist Terry Gibbss group and eventuallyshared a bill with the John Coltrane Quartet. In 1965,the two wed in Jurez, Mexico, and played alongside one another until her husbands last performance in May, 1967.A Monastic Trio, created in the year following her

and a collaborative full length with The Walkmen‰۪s Hamilton Leithauser

the band was often tasked with recording four songs per session

the sonic antics

And their drummer is more than happy to performåÊnaked

on 'end hits'

selfåÊreleased 'For Fuck's Sake' LP in April '14

whose free-form ranting is matched by a raw

It was the ultimate act of devotion

psychedelic disco prefiguring both Joy Division and Giorgio Moroder and unwittingly kickstarting the ‰Û÷italo disco‰۪ sound

chills out and cuts loose in familiar

David Live is from 1974's Diamond Dogs shows

Daniel Bachman