Matador Records is to reissue the complete "Ashram Tapes" made by Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda, the widow of jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, marking the first time all four recordings have been made widely available in full. The albums were originally self-distributed on cassette and one CD during the 1980s and 1990s to members of the Sai Anantam Ashram Hindu temple near Los Angeles, and blend gospel, Indian devotional chant and avant-garde jazz with synthesisers, organ and choral voices. The move brings long-obscure, spiritually devotional work by a significant jazz figure to a much wider audience for the first time in restored form.

The four albums—Turiya Sings, Divine Songs, Infinite Chants and Glorious Chants—will be released on vinyl, CD, cassette and digital formats with Coltrane's original mixes, artwork and sequencing restored, though an exact release date has yet to be announced. The recordings had previously only circulated informally among jazz enthusiasts, with a partial compilation issued by Luaka Bop in 2018 and an early, synthesiser-free mix of Turiya Sings released by Impulse! in 2021. Coltrane's daughter, Michelle, described the music as reflecting her mother's spiritual journey, while musician Jim James recently cited the recordings as an influence on his new single. Alice Coltrane, who died in 2007, turned to Hindu spiritualism in the 1970s after playing piano in her husband's band until his death in 1967.