Alice Coltrane
Alice Coltrane, née McLeod (August 27, 1937 – January 12, 2007) was an American jazz pianist, organist, harpist, and composer, and the second wife of jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane. One of the few harpists in the history of jazz, she recorded many albums as a bandleader, beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s for Impulse! Records and Universal Distribution.
Biography
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Alice McLeod studied classical music, and also jazz with Bud Powell in Paris, where she worked as the intermission pianist at the Blue Note Jazz Club in 1960. It was there that she was broadcast on French television in a performance with Lucky Thompson, Pierre Michelot and Kenny Clarke. She began playing jazz as a professional in Detroit, with her own trio and as a duo with vibist Terry Pollard. She married Kenny "Pancho" Hagood in 1960 and had a daughter with him. In 1962-63 she played with Terry Gibbs's quartet, during which time she met John Coltrane. In 1965 they were married in Juárez, Mexico. John Coltrane became stepfather to Alice's daughter Michele and the couple had three children: John Jr. (1964–1982), a drummer; Oranyan (b. 1967), a DJ who played saxophone with Santana for a period of time; and Ravi (born 1965), a saxophonist.
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ALBUMS
- Universal Consciousness / Lord of Lords released: 2011
- The Impulse Story released: 2006
- World Galaxy released: 2006
- Translinear Light released: 2004
- Astral Meditations released: 1999
- Cosmic Music released: 1998
- A Monastic Trio released: 1998
- The Elements released: 1996
- Illuminations released: 1996
- Ptah, the El Daoud released: 1996
- Glorious Chants released: 1995
- Infinite Chants released: 1990
- Turiya Sings released: 1982
- Divine Songs released: 1978
- Transfiguration released: 1978
- Transcendence released: 1977
- Radha-Krsna Nama Sankirtana released: 1977
- Eternity released: 1976
- Reflection on Creation and Space (A Five Year View) released: 1973
- Lord of Lords released: 1972
- Universal Consciousness released: 1971
- Journey in Satchidananda released: 1971
- Huntington Ashram Monastery released: 1969
- Alice Coltrane with Strings released:
Born: 1937-08-27
Died: 2007-01-12
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