A live performance of John Coltrane’s “Africa” by his wife, Alice Coltrane. Recorded Live at Carnegie Hall, New York City on 21 February 1971. Alice’s all star lineup features herself on piano as well as harp, Pharaoh Sanders on saxes, flute, and percssion, as well as Archie Shepp, Jimmy Garrison, Cecil McBee, Ed Blackwell, Clifford Jarvis, Tulsi, and Kumar Kramer.

A1 Africa Part One 13:45
B1 Africa Part Two 14:23

Performance live from Carnegie Hall, New York Feb 21, 1971
Includes the entire WQXR-FM Radio Broadcast

Live at Carnegie Hall ’71 is a live album by Alice Coltrane, recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1971.

On the album, Coltrane appears on piano and harp, and is joined by saxophonists Pharoah Sanders and Archie Shepp, bassists Jimmy Garrison and Cecil McBee, and drummers Ed Blackwell and Clifford Jarvis.

The album, which consists of a single track documenting a performance of John Coltrane’s “Africa”, was recorded at a benefit for Swami Satchidanda’s Integral Yoga Institute that also featured Laura Nyro and The New Rascals.

Regarding Coltrane’s band, a concert reviewer for Billboard wrote: “This was one of the greatest assemblages to appear on the Carnegie Hall stage.”

Tracklist:
A Africa Part One 13:45
B Africa Part Two 14:23