Alice Coltrane Dies at 69
The New York Times informs that Alice Coltrane, widow of the jazz saxophonist John Coltrane and the pianist in his later bands died on Friday in Los Angeles from a respiratory failure, at the age of 69.
Alice Coltrane was also the manager of Coltrane’s estate, as well as of his music-publishing company, Jowcol Music, and the John Coltrane Foundation, which has given out scholarships to music students since 2001.
Born Alice MacLeod, Alice Coltrane married John Coltrane in 1965. One of the rare female instrumentalists in jazz, she was also (along with Dorothy Ashby) one of the few harpists in jazz. She performed in the early 1960s with vibist Terry Gibbs, appearing on one of his recordings. Eventually she replaced McCoy Tyner as the Coltrane group’s pianist in 1966.
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