Alice Coltrane (b. 1937) is an American jazz pianist, organist, and harpist. Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... This article deals with those who play the piano. ... This article or section should be merged with Pipe organ The Casavant pipe organ at Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica, Montreal The organ is a type of keyboard musical instrument, distinctive because the sound is not produced by a percussion action, as on a piano or celesta, or by... The harp is a chordophone whose strings are positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. ...

Coltrane was born Alice McLeod on 27 August 1937 in Detroit, Michigan. She studied classical music, and was given piano lessons by Bud Powell. August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... City motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) City nicknames: The Motor City and Motown Location in the state of Michigan Founded July 24, 1701 County Wayne County Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 370. ... Classical music is music considered classical, as sophisticated and refined, in a regional tradition. ... Bud Powell (September 27, 1924 _ July 31, 1966) is widely regarded as one of the finest and most influential pianists in the history of jazz. ...

She began playing professional jazz in Detroit, with her own trio and as a duo with vibes player Terry Pollard. From 1962 to 1963 she played with Terry Gibbs' quartet, when she met John Coltrane, with whose group she played piano from 1965 until his death in 1967, and whom she married in 1966. They had three children: singer Miki and saxophonists Oran and Ravi. Luigi Waites plays a vibraphone, July 29, 1999 The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the percussion family. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Events January-February January 11 - The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. ... John Coltrane (September 23, 1926 - July 17, 1967) was a famous jazz saxophonist. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... -1... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... A saxophonist is a musician who plays the saxophone. ... Jazz saxophonist Ravi Coltrane (born 6 August 1965) is the son of the legendary saxophonist John Coltrane and jazz pianist Alice Coltrane. ...

Since her husband's death she has continued to play with her own groups, moving into more and more meditative music, and recently playing with her children. She is one of the few harpists in the history of jazz.

In the early 1970's, after years of involvement with Eastern Metaphysics, Coltrane had a spiritual realization and took on the Sanskrit name Swami Turyasangitananda.

Discography

• A Monastic Trio (1967–68)
• Huntington Ashram Monastery (1969)
• Ptah, the El Daoud (1970)
• Journey in Satchidananda (1970)
• Astral Meditations (1966–71)
• Universal Consciousness (1972)
• World Galaxy (1972)
• Lord of Lords (1972)
• John Coltrane: Infinity (1973)
• Reflection on Creation and Space (A Five Year View) (1973)
• The Elements (1973; with Joe Henderson)
• Illuminations (1974; with Carlos Santana)
• Radha-Krisna Nama Sankirtana (1976)
• Transcendence (1977)
• Transfiguration (1978)
• Translinear Light (2004; with Ravi Coltrane)