Verve Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Ptah, The El Daoud

| Recorded | Jan 26, 1970 |
|---|---|
| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1970 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 48678 |
The record
Recorded at home with Sanders and Henderson trading tenors and flutes over Carter and Riley's grounded pulse, this session finds Coltrane's harp and modal piano casting a spell equal parts devotional and earthbound.
Session personnel
- Ron Carter — bass
- Ben Riley — drums
- Alice Coltrane — piano, harp
- Joe Henderson — tenor saxophone, alto flute
- Pharoah Sanders — tenor saxophone, alto flute, bells
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 31 pressings on file.
| 1970 | Impulse! · AS-9196 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1970 | Impulse! · AS-9196 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1970 | Impulse! · AS-9196 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1970 | Impulse! · M 89196 — 8-Track Cartridge, Album, Stereo |
| 1970 | Impulse! · V 8027-9196 — 8-Track Cartridge, Album, Stereo, Blue Cartridge |
| 1971 | Impulse! · AS-9196 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1971 | Impulse! · AS-9196 — Vinyl, LP, Album · gatefold |
| 1971 | Impulse! · AS-9196 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1971 | Impulse! · AS-9196 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1972 | Impulse! · AS-9196 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1973 | Impulse! · AS-9196 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1974 | ABC Impulse! · AS-9196 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1996 | Impulse! · IMP 12012 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1996 | Impulse! · IMP 12012 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Digipak |
Follow the players
Ron Carter also plays on
Ben Riley also plays on
Alice Coltrane also plays on
Joe Henderson also plays on