Put out on the vinyl circuit via the Italian Aut Records label on January 14th, 2k26 is "Divine Songs", a five track quintet affair paying homage to the music as well as musical spirituality of Alice Coltrane. Led by Marta Raviglia on vocals the small ensemble opens with the captivating, hypnotic Downbeat-cut that is "Shivaya" which amalgamates longing vocals and vocal repetitions, subtle Indian influences and Contemporary Jazz vibes followed by the deep late night Jazz and soft, intimate Spoken Word approach of the ever meandering "Bombay Stopover" which, in this form, could be regarded as a future Future Jazz classic to be whilst "About Alice" weighs in a beautifully corresponding interplay of Marta Raviglia's voice and Filippo Orefice on tenor sax. On the B-side of this album we see the ensemble on a slow, yet heavy, muscular, powerful and expressive tip leaving room for tectonic bass rumblings as well as extended improvisations whilst also providing a wide dynamic range with "Journey To Satchidananda / Krishna, Krishna" whereas the closing cut named "Ideal Wife" waves goodbye on a rather deep, intimate and romantic tip and rounds off things most beautifully for all fans and followers of Contemporary Jazz on vinyl. Lovely.
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