![]() ![]() "(Ravi) was the one who really pleaded and begged and told me, 'Everywhere I go people are asking (about you)'." ![]() "It was really fun recording," Alice told. She was compelled to return to recording music by son Ravi Coltrane, who begged her for five years before she finally acquiesced to his request. It's that old saw: Good taste is the enemy of art."Īfter a 26-year hiatus from her previous album, 1978’s Transfiguration, which was recorded live at UCLA, Alice released Translinear Light in 2004. ![]() Many of today's artists are far too fucking tasteful, afraid to go out on a limb for fear of it snapping under them, and end up settling for work that's simply pedestrian. She was pushing herself - both musically and spiritually - as far as she could, trusting her wild muse. Some of her choices like, say, letting her guru chant over her rendition of "A Love Supreme," could make even her staunchest supporters blush. In their tribute to Alice, the out-there jazz site, Destination Out, writes: "And here's the important thing: Alice was never afraid to look foolish. The cause was respiratory failure, said Marilyn McLeod, her sister and assistant.Īlthough Alice might have been John Coltrane's wife, she was also a fine musician in her own right. ![]() Live at UCLA Royce Hall, Los Angeles, February 18, 2006Īlice Coltrane, widow of the jazz saxophonist John Coltrane and the pianist in his later bands, died on Friday, January 12, 2007, in Los Angeles. 1 Air Mail Special (Christian, Goodman, Mundy) 5:12Ģ Midnight Sun (Burke, Hampton, Mercer) 2:43ģ On the Sunny Side of the Street (Fields, McHugh) 2:26ĥ Stompin' at the Savoy (Goodman, Razaf, Sampson, Webb) 3:21Ħ Flying Home (Goodman, Hampton, Robin) 3:17ġ0 On the Sunny Side of the Street (Fields, McHugh) 2:47ġ1 Stompin' at the Savoy (Goodman, Razaf, Sampson, Webb) 3:17ġ2 Moonglow (DeLange, Hudson, Mills) 2:44ġ3 Blue Hamp (Charles) 4:15ġ4 Jack the Bellboy (Hampton) 2:56ġ5 Jack the Bellboy (Hampton) 3:06 ![]()
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