Alice Coltrane was an American jazz musician and composer.http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/arts/music/15colt.html?_r=1 She played the piano, organ, and harp.http://www.alicecoltrane.org/biography.html http://www.billboard.com/artist/alice-coltrane/bio/51235#/artist/alice-coltrane/bio/51235 Her influences included Bud Powell and John Coltrane.http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jan/14/local/me-coltrane14 http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jan/14/local/me-coltrane14/2

On August 27, 1937, Alice McLeod was born in Detroit, Michigan into a musical family.http://www.billboard.com/artist/alice-coltrane/bio/51235#/artist/alice-coltrane/bio/51235 Her mother was a church pianist and vocalist.http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jan/14/local/me-coltrane14 Her brother, Ernie Farrow, was a bassist for Barry Harris, Terry Gibbs, Stan Getz, and Yusef Lateef.http://www.billboard.com/artist/alice-coltrane/bio/51235#/artist/alice-coltrane/bio/51235 Coltrane began studying classical music at the age of seven.http://www.billboard.com/artist/alice-coltrane/bio/51235#/artist/alice-coltrane/bio/51235 Her musical career began with local performances as a member of church groups and jazz ensembles.http://www.billboard.com/artist/alice-coltrane/bio/51235#/artist/alice-coltrane/bio/51235 In 1965, Alice Coltrane married saxophonist John Coltrane.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6868236

Alice Coltrane died of respiratory failure in Los Angeles, California on January 12, 2007. http://www.billboard.com/artist/alice-coltrane/bio/51235#/artist/alice-coltrane/bio/51235

Alice Coltrane became the pianist in John Coltrane's quartet in 1966, replacing McCoy Tyner.http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/arts/music/15colt.html After her husband's death in 1967, she continued his music with Rashied Ali (drums) and Jimmy Garrison (bass).http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/arts/music/15colt.html Her first recording as a bandleader was A Monastic Trio in 1968.http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/arts/music/15colt.html She followed it with Ptah, the El Daoud (1970) and Journey in Satchidananda (1970).http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/arts/music/15colt.html According to the New York Times, those albums demonstrated Coltrane's ability "to reconcile blues phrases and jazz rhythm with a kind of ancient, flowing sound."http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/arts/music/15colt.html

In 1972, Coltrane recorded Universal Consciousness.http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/arts/music/15colt.html The compositions feature string arrangements by Ornette Coleman.http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/arts/music/15colt.html The Elements (1973) began a period of privately distributed religious recording.http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/arts/music/15colt.html In 2004, Alice Coltrane recorded her first commercial album in twenty-six years – Translinear Light.http://jazztimes.com/articles/14987-alice-coltrane-transcendence Her son, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, performed on the album and produced it.http://www.billboard.com/artist/alice-coltrane/bio/51235#/artist/alice-coltrane/bio/51235 Other contributors included Oranyan Coltrane, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, Jeff "Train" Watts, and James Genus.http://www.billboard.com/artist/alice-coltrane/bio/51235#/artist/alice-coltrane/bio/51235

Ravi Coltrane explained Translinear Light's importance in an interview: "I wanted some document that I'll always be able to share with my kids. I don't want to have a day of regret, saying, 'I never did this with my mom.'"http://jazztimes.com/articles/14987-alice-coltrane-transcendence

1968: A Monastic Triohttp://www.alicecoltrane.org/discography.html#monastictrio

1969: Huntington Ashram Monasteryhttp://www.alicecoltrane.org/discography.html#huntington

1970: Ptah, the El Daoudhttp://www.alicecoltrane.org/discography.html#ptah

1970: Journey in Satchidanandahttp://www.alicecoltrane.org/discography.html#journey

1972: Universal Consciousnesshttp://www.alicecoltrane.org/discography.html#universal

1972: World Galaxyhttp://www.alicecoltrane.org/discography.html#world

1972: Lord of Lordshttp://www.alicecoltrane.org/discography2.html#lord

1972: John Coltrane: Infinityhttp://www.alicecoltrane.org/discography2.html#infinity

1973: Reflection on Creation and Spacehttp://www.alicecoltrane.org/discography2.html#reflection

1973: The Elementshttp://www.alicecoltrane.org/discography2.html

1974: Illuminations (with Carlos Santana)http://www.alicecoltrane.org/discography2.html

1976: Radha-Krisna Nama Sankirtanahttp://www.alicecoltrane.org/discography2.html

1977: Transcendencehttp://www.alicecoltrane.org/discography2.html

1978: Transfigurationhttp://www.alicecoltrane.org/discography2.html

1982: Turiya Singshttp://www.alicecoltrane.org/discography2.html

1987: Divine Songshttp://www.alicecoltrane.org/discography2.html

1990: Infinite Chantshttp://www.alicecoltrane.org/discography2.html

1995: Glorious Chantshttp://www.alicecoltrane.org/discography2.html

2004: Translinear Lighthttp://www.alicecoltrane.org/discography2.html