Alice  Coltrane
Alice Coltrane (née McLeod; August 27, 1937 – January 12, 2007), also known by her adopted Sanskrit name Turiyasangitananda, was an American jazz musician, composer, bandleader and swamini.
An accomplished pianist and one of the few harpists in the history of jazz, Coltrane recorded many albums as a bandleader, beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s for Impulse! and other record labels. She was married to the jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane, with whom she performed in 1966–1967. One of the foremost proponents of spiritual jazz, her eclectic music proved influential both within and outside the world of jazz.
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - 12th JULY: American jazz pianist Alice Coltrane (1937-2007) performs live on stage at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Hague, the Netherlands on 12th July 1987. (photo by Frans Schellekens/Redferns)
Alice Coltrane next to her religious shrine, with the portrait of her "guru" Satya Sai Baba. She explored the meditation ways since 1978 and she founded an Ashram, of which she is the spiritual guide, playing music only for her community and her children, who are all musicians. (Photo by J. Emilio Flores/Corbis via Getty Images)
