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The newly released Alice Coltrane album. It's apparently culled from music recorded within her own Ashram. Think repetitive, hypnotic, religious chanting interspersed with the 'other worldly' sounds that Alice Coltrane is known for. Personally, I think she is one of jazz's greatest ever artists yet relatively unappreciated because of her spouse, her gender and her race. To me, she is one of the artists who transports me away from everyday life in to very beautiful, spiritual place.
If you don't know her stuff, start with 'Journey in Satchidananda' or 'Ptah the El Daoud'.