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John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.
He is the second born of John and Alice Coltrane's three children; his siblings are John Jr. and Oran. Alice had a daughter Michelle prior to her union with John Coltrane. [2] He is a first cousin once removed of experimental music producer Steven Ellison, aka Flying Lotus. He was raised in Los Angeles, California, and was named after sitar ...
American jazz saxophonist John Coltrane named his son Ravi Coltrane after Shankar. [104] On 7 April 2016 (his 96th birthday), Google published a Google Doodle to honour his work. [105] Google commented: "Shankar evangelized the use of Indian instruments in Western music, introducing the atmospheric hum of the sitar to audiences worldwide.
They have two children, Cole Emhoff (b. 1994) and Ella Emhoff (b. 1999) (see below), named for John Coltrane and Ella Fitzgerald. In 2013, Doug was set up with Kamala on a date by her best friend ...
John Coltrane and his wife Alice moved to Suffolk County in 1964, along with their three children and Alice's daughter from her prior marriage to Kenny Hagood. [7] John lived in the house until his death from liver cancer at Huntington Hospital on July 17, 1967; Alice continued living in the house until 1973. [3]
Coltrane was born Alice Lucille McLeod on August 27, 1937, in Detroit, Michigan, [3] and grew up in a musical household. Her mother, Anna McLeod, was a member of the choir at her church; her half-brother, Ernest Farrow, became a jazz drummer; [4] and her younger sister, Marilyn McLeod, became a songwriter at Motown.
Translinear Light is the final studio album by American jazz pianist Alice Coltrane, released in September, 2004 on Impulse Records.It was produced by her son Ravi Coltrane, who also played saxophone for the album as did her third son Oran.
Both Julian and John quashed myths claiming the song’s title was code for the drug LSD. The real story is that the blonde girl was Lucy O’Donnell (later Vodden), a real person who died of ...