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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.
His father was John R. Coltrane [8] and his mother was Alice Blair. [9] He grew up in High Point, North Carolina , and attended William Penn High School . While in high school, Coltrane played clarinet and alto horn in a community band [ 10 ] before switching to the saxophone, after being influenced by the likes of Lester Young and Johnny Hodges .
Coltrane was born in Paris, France. She was raised primarily in Long Island, New York by her mother, musician Alice Coltrane, and her step-father, saxophonist John Coltrane. [1] Her father is jazz vocalist Kenny Hagood. [2] Exposed to music at a very early age, she began pursuing her own career in her family's footsteps. [3]
The John Coltrane Home is a ranch house in Dix Hills, New York, where jazz saxophonist John Coltrane lived with his family from 1964 until his death in 1967. [3] Coltrane composed his album A Love Supreme , widely considered his magnum opus , in his practice room in the house.
Ravi Coltrane was born on August 6, 1965, on Long Island, New York and was named after the Indian sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar. [9] After the death of John Coltrane in 1967, Alice Coltrane moved the family to Los Angeles. At a young age Ravi was sensitive and shy.
He is the grandnephew of the late jazz pianist Alice Coltrane, wife of saxophonist John Coltrane. [13] [14] Additionally, he is the grandson of singer-songwriter Marilyn McLeod, who is notable for having written Diana Ross's "Love Hangover" and Freda Payne's "I Get High (On Your Memory)" and is Alice Coltrane's sister. [15]
"The Carnegie Hall Concert" — Lauren Du Graf, album notes writer (Alice Coltrane) "John Culshaw, the Art of the Producer, the Early Years 1948-55" — Dominic Fyfe, album notes writer (John Culshaw)
The album's final track, "For Turiya", is a eulogy for Alice Coltrane, Ravi's mother, the wife of John Coltrane and a musician in her own right, who died during the album's recording. [4] Blending Times reached 36 on Billboard's Jazz Albums Chart, [5] his second time making the chart.