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About 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.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Alice McLeod studied classical music, and also jazz with Bud Powell in Paris, France, 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 Hagood in 1960 and had a daughter, Michele, with him. From 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 (b. 1965), a saxophonist.
In January 1966 she replaced McCoy Tyner as pianist with John Coltrane's group. She subsequently recorded with him and continued playing with the band until his death on July 17, 1967. After her husband's death she continued to play with her own groups, later including her children, moving into progressively more meditative music.
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- Residence: Detroit Ward 3, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States - 1940
- Residence: Chatsworth - 12 Jan 2007
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Alice Coltrane's Timeline
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August 27, 1937
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Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States
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1964
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August 6, 1965
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Long Island, New York, United States
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1967
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January 12, 2007
Age 69
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Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
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Pinelawn Memorial Park and Garden Mausoleums, Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, United States
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