Otišla je žena koja je bila ne samo supruga najvećeg titana savremene muzike, već je i sama bila titan.
Vidi, evo i ovde koriste reč 'titan', dakle, nisam usamljen u svom mišljenju:
http://62.42.344a.static.theplanet.com:9014/article/news/40455
Jazz titan Alice Coltrane died in Los Angeles on Friday, January 12, the Los Angeles Times reports. She was 69 years old and suffered from respiratory failure.
Born Alice McLeod in Detroit in 1937, the pianist/harpist/organist started studying music as a child. She was an accomplished performer in her own right long before she met husband John Coltrane in 1963. The pair was married in 1965 and Alice joined John's band, replacing pianist McCoy Tyner.
John Coltrane died in 1967, and Alice continued on as a bandleader, performing with such musicians as Pharoah Sanders, Joe Henderson, and Rashied Ali. She released several groundbreaking albums, including A Monastic Trio, Ptah the El Daoud, Universal Consciousness, and the spectacular Journey in Satchidananda, before embarking on a long retirement from recording and public performance in 1978.
Alice spent much of the following decades focused on raising her children, overseeing John Coltrane's estate, and engaging in spiritual pursuits. A devoted follower of Hinduism, Alice founded an ashram in the Los Angeles area in the mid-1970s.
In 2004, Alice Coltrane released Translinear Light, her first album in 26 years. She supported it with a smattering of performances, the last of which occurred in November of 2006. At the time of her death, Alice was working on a new album, Sacred Language of Ascension, which combined music with religious chants.
Nisam religiozan, ali John Coltrane i Alice Coltrane su mi uvek bili svetao primer kako se pop muzika može prožeti duhovnošću a da čoveka nije sramota da to sluša. Sramota? Naprotiv, uvek je to bio pravi zanos... Alice je, posle Johnove smrti snimila neke ploče koje su pravi spomenici u istoriji muzike, spomenici slobodi forme, a opet čistoti ideje. Meni je, još dok je svirala u muževljevom kvartetu bilo neobično kako se sjajno ona snalazi u muzici koja ide na sve strane odjednom i kako je gracilno (a nikad trivijalno) oplemenjuje jednom toplom, impresionističkom strujom koja je istovremeno bila kontrapunkt i dopuna skro mačoidnom ekspresionizmu muškaraca sa kojima je svirala.
Kasnije, njeni solo albumi su u mnogome napustili 'fire music' pristup poznog Johnovog rada samo da bi ga nadomestili elegantnim, svečanim, odmerenim istraživanjem melodija i boja istovremeno. Journey in Satchidananda i Universal Consciousness nisu samo albumi jedne crne hipi tetke nego, Alaha mi, remek dela space jazza.
Nisam religiozan ali verujem da su se Alice i John konačno ponovo spojili da zasviraju onako kako smo to uvek voleli, hehehe.
Slusao sam jednom prilikom Alis sa sinom Ravijem. Bili su izvanredni. Alis je pored muzickog kvaliteta imala i odredjenu harizmu na sceni, sto nije cest slucaj sa muzicarima.
Verujem... Ja je nikada nisam gledao (na snimcima) osim sa pokojnim mužem pa nemam šta da kažem na tu temu. Ali, baš me zanima kako je to sa Ravijem zvučalo. Siroto dete (dobro, stariji je od mene, ali eto...), kakav teret taj nosi na plećima. Koji ga je vrag naterao da uzme saksofon u ruke, bre? Bolje da je postao bubnjar...