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Celebrating Alice Coltrane's Journey in Satchidananda Performance by Phi-Psonics Listening & Conversation with Andy Beta of Cosmic Music: The Life, Art, and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane

Blue Note Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Celebrating Alice Coltrane's Journey in Satchidananda Performance by Phi-Psonics Listening & Conversation with Andy Beta of Cosmic Music: The Life, Art, and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane

$20 Minimum Per Person
Full Bar & Dinner Menu
NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES.

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Join KCRW, ISC Hi-Fi, and Blue Note Los Angeles for a special evening celebrating one of the most visionary and influential recordings in the history of spiritual jazz, Alice Coltrane's landmark 1971 album Journey in Satchidananda.

The evening features a live performance by Phi Psonics, whose immersive and deeply spiritual approach to contemporary jazz draws inspiration from the meditative traditions and expansive musical language Alice Coltrane helped define.

The program also includes a listening session and conversation with acclaimed music journalist Andy Beta, author of Cosmic Music: The Life, Art, and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane. Through music, stories, and discussion, the event will explore the creation, legacy, and enduring influence of Journey in Satchidananda and Alice Coltrane's profound impact on generations of artists and listeners.

Presented in partnership with KCRW and ISC Hi-Fi, this unique event offers an intimate opportunity to experience one of jazz's most transcendent works through live performance, conversation, and communal listening with Vinyl Sounds by Alejandro Cohen, KCRW Music Director. 

  • Phi-Psonics

    Phi-Psonics is a meditative, immersive instrumental group from Los Angeles, led by bassist/composer Seth Ford-Young. Their deeply soulful music draws on jazz and classical influences, woven together with Ford-Young's own diverse musical experiences creating something that is unmistakably its own. The project's name reflects it’s central aim: to find 'Phi' — the golden mean — in art, nature, and self.

    Active since 2020, they have released three successful albums and one EP on Matthew Halsall’s Gondwana records. With millions of streams and thousands of physical copies sold, these albums have reached a world-wide audience with 80k listeners per month on Spotify alone. Radio support has been strong worldwide including; BBC 1,3, and 6, KEXP, KCRW, KMHD, FIP(FR), KAYA(ZA), RTE(IE), and RTBF(BE) along with notable internet outlets like Worldwide FM, NTS, Dublab, The Lot Radio, and Radio Alhara. Their most recent LP “Expanding to One” was recorded live, incorporating special guests along with freer improvisation to create a truly vital, communal feel. Mojo gave the album 4 stars, noting “These diverting meditations soothe the soul…”.

    The band has developed a dynamic live experience, with introspective moments balanced by high energy peaks. The core band of Ford-Young - bass, Randal Fisher and Sylvain Carton - woodwinds, Mitchell Yoshida or Zach Tenorio - keys, and Josh Collazo - drums are often joined by special guests. Recent guests include; Jeff Parker, Jay Bellerose, Dylan Day, Rocco DeLuca, Dave Harrington, Spencer Zahn, Max Jaffe, and Mathias Künzli. Shows at beloved Los Angeles venues like Zebulon, Townhouse, Gold-Diggers, and Healing Force of the Universe, along with festival stages including Azz-Is Venice Rebel Jazz Festival, and Abbot Kinney Festival, have brought the communal joy of the bands’ music to a growing live audience.

    A fourth album on Gondwana is due early ‘27, with upcoming US and European shows in support.

    -recent quotes-

    “Very exciting group. Beautiful!” - Gilles Peterson

    “…a proverbial giant leap for the group, capturing the unparalleled spirit of improvisation…Testament to the LA music community” - Aquarium Drunkard

    “a spiritual journey through the history of jazz – calling to mind Coltrane…but also Dorothy Ashby, Kahil El’Zabar, New Age percussionist Carlos Niño and his many references – one that feels as at home in the 1970s as it does within the new jazz of the past decade.” - HHV Mag

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