Latest Release
- FEB 8, 2024
- 1 Song
- Eternity · 1976
- Journey in Satchidananda · 1971
- Shiva-Loka (Live) - EP · 2024
- Ptah the El Daoud · 1970
- Lord of Lords · 1972
- Priceless Jazz Collection: Alice Coltrane · 1971
- Journey in Satchidananda · 1971
- Journey in Satchidananda · 1971
- Huntington Ashram Monastery · 1969
- Journey in Satchidananda · 1971
Essential Albums
- John Coltrane’s influence on his widow’s fourth solo album is profound, with hypnotic modal constructions and bass ostinatos; the LP represents a watershed for her as she forged an identity apart from free jazz. Journey in Satchidananda was cut shortly after she met guru Swami Satchidananda, which explains the tamboura drones played by Tulsi. “Something About John Coltrane” is redolent with echoes of “A Love Supreme,” with enchanting sax lines by Pharoah Sanders, while “Isis and Osiris” introduces the twangy oud, complementing Alice’s cascading harp lines.
Artist Playlists
- The wife of the legend created music of dreamlike spirtuality.
Singles & EPs
Compilations
About Alice Coltrane
Alice Coltrane was an American jazz pianist, organist, harpist, composer, vocalist, and swamini. After establishing herself as a hard bop pianist on the Detroit scene during the late 1950s, she studied with Bud Powell in Paris. She met saxophonist John Coltrane in 1963, and they married in 1965. She was his primary musical collaborator during his final period. Alice issued her solo debut, A Monastic Trio, for Impulse! in 1968 and had released seven albums for the label by 1972 including Ptah, The El Daoud, Journey in Satchidananda, and Universal Consciousness. In 1972, she abandoned secular life and established the Vedanta Center in Los Angeles in 1975. She signed with Warner Bros. and released four albums including Eternity and Transfiguration. Coltrane issued only one more album during her lifetime, 1995's Translinear Light for Verve. She died in 2007.
- HOMETOWN
- Detroit, MI, United States
- BORN
- August 27, 1937
- GENRE
- Jazz