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A longtime fan of Coltrane, they turned specifically to Coltrane’s book “Turiya Speaks, Divine Discourses Volume I” for inspiration.

“They said it was going to be more painful and her body may not be able to withstand it,” her sister, Turiya Tomlin-Randall, told ProPublica.

Following the aching prayers of the album’s “Turiya and Ramakrishna,” the opening strings of “Blue Nile” herald respite and repass, a moment to settle and reset.

The original “Turiya Sings” tapped into that liminal space.

This week sees her return to the legendary Impulse jazz label with the release of “Kirtan: Turiya Sings,” a slight reframing of her extremely rare 1982 cassette “Turiya Sings.”