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Birth Name: Alice McLeod
Born: 27 August 1937 Died: 12 January 2007
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singer lady, (there ain't no god for dogs)
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Alice Coltrane, also known by her adopted Sanskrit name Turiyasangitananda, was an American jazz musician and composer, and in her later years a swamini. An accomplished pianist and 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! and other record labels. She was married to jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane, with whom she performed in 1966–1967. She founded the Vedantic Center in 1975 and the Shanti Anantam Ashram in California in 1983, where she served as spiritual director.
The 1990s saw renewed interest in her work
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Play Like A Girl (11 music items)"Losing the love of your life must've been devastating for Alice when also taking into account that her musical soulmate and husband was John Coltrane. This initiated a transformation inside of her to turn towards the spiritual as her coping method. From there she aligned herself with the cosmic by incorporating the timbres of Eastern music into her pieces. I think if she didn't shy away from major labels she may have got more recognition. At her core, she's a consummate pianist. Her piano balla"
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