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Alice Coltrane - World Spirituality Classics 1 - The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda wu tang clan that was a Top TenAlice Coltrane was a legendary pianist, composer, spiritual leader, and the wife of John Coltrane, the most venerated and influential saxophonist in the history of jazz. In 1967, four years after meeting John, he died of liver cancer, leaving Alice a widow with four small children. Bereft of her soul mate, Alice suffered sleepless nights and severe weight loss. At her worst, she weighed only 95 pounds. She had hallucinations in which trees spoke,