Original txt file stated date as 03.14.74, but that's inconsistent with rest of files or the SF Examiner blurb (04 Mar was a Monday). Created new md5 file to cover the changed txt file. All other files remain unedited.

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Alice Coltrane, John McLaughlin, Carlos Santana and friends
03.04.1974
Kabuki Theater, SF CA

John McLaughlin and unknown accompanist
1. Devotion (guitar, zither, vocal)
2. As and So - poem and song (guitar, zither, vocal)
3. Guru (guitar, harmonium, vocal)

Carlos Santana and wife Deborah (introduced by another name)
4. song intros - Four Eyes (guitar, harmonium, vocals)
5. God Then (guitar, harmonium, vocals)
6. God Now (harmonium, vocals)

Alice Coltrane solo
7. Wurlitzer organ improv
8. Harp improv

Alice Coltrane trio
9. Africa (Alice Coltrane on Wurlitzer w/drums, bass)

Electric band w/Alice Coltrane (no McLaughlin)
10. The Angel of Air (Alice Coltrane on harp)
11. The Angel of Water (same as above)
12. The Angel of Sunlight (Alice Coltrane on Wurlitzer)

Electric band (no Alice Coltrane or McLaughlin)
13. Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord

John McLaughlin
18. band intros

Ensemble
19. A Love Supreme (cut) (Alice Coltrane on Wurlitzer)


with:
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Unknown accompanist(s) - the first 6 tracks include female vocals, zither, and harmonium.
This could be one person, two, or three. We are guessing one.
At track 4 Deborah Santana is introduced though by another name, not found in preliminary research.
We believe she is an additional vocalist on tracks 4-6.

trio:
Presumably this is Workman on bass and Shrieve on drums, as they are introduced at the end.
However this is not confirmed.
Note that Workman played on the original recording of Africa.


electric band:
Armando Peraza - congas
Reggie Workman - bass
Jules Broussard - saxophones, flute
Michael Shrieve - drums
Tom Coster - keys

=== Notes ===

Light mastering, tagging, circulation and these notes by Tyler RH aka Mr. Completely in 2023.
Source material provided via, and research by, Key Man Jesse Jarnow.
Extensive and insightful setlist and instrumentation parsing by Jeremy Erwin.
Many thanks to both of them.

About the performance:
- Per the SF Examiner listing, billed as "an evening of spiritual music."
- A fascinating progression of pieces, some of them seemingly unique to this performance.
- We would love any information about the accompanist(s) described above, or any other aspects of the show.
- God Then also appears in the Illuminations sessions
- The two Alice Coltrane solo pieces do not correspond to any composition or existing track we can find. We believe them to be improvisations and have labeled them thus.
- Africa is of course the John Coltrane song of that title.

About the recording and mastering process:
- Provided in a lossless audio format with no information beyond a mildly incorrect date and location. Jesse corrected the date; the SF Examiner listing he found is provided.
- Presumably from the quality of the recording a reel to reel master was made from the soundboard and at least one, possibly a few, analog generations exist between that master and the digital transfer.
- The files provided contained many minor flaws. Due to the historic nature of this fileset I have chosen to correct very few of them, using minimally invasive methods, for this initial version. The recording merits and could benefit from professional remastering. So I tried not to do anything that would get in the way of that.
- I joined all the files together using very minor splices and overlaps. No music was edited.
- I fixed the many clipping errors, but did nothing else to the levels.
- The pieces in the first half of the show are introduced by the artists.
- Jeremy and I figured out the rest of them.
- Details of instrumentation were determined by Jeremy. Thanks again for that excellent work.
- The original fileset came with the studio sessions for the Illuminations album, which we will circulate as a separate fileset. The recordings are at least approximately contemporaneous and together represent a significant addition to the available archival material relating to this era of Alice Coltrane's career. It has been our honor and privilege to work on this historic material.






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