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    History of John Coltrane

    Music filled the air in the house on Underhill. Coltrane’s father played the ukulele and violin. His mother was a trained singer and often played the piano. When he was about 12, young Coltrane joined a community band started by his Scout troop leader Warren B. Steele and played the alto horn.

    Coltrane’s situation changed drastically in the winter of 1938 – 1939 when his grandfather and father died within weeks of each other. Coltrane was 12. After the death of his uncle in 1940, Coltrane’s mother and aunt took work at the Emerywood Country Club to support the family. During this period without alot of adult supervision, Coltrane found solace in practicing his music and exploring the sounds of jazz.

    The success of the community band inspired William Penn’s principal Samuel Burford to start a school band in 1940. Coltrane joined as a founding member of the school band under the direction of Grayce W. Yokely. Later, Coltrane developed an interest in t

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    Scottish historian Sir Walter Scott observed, “Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!”

    Ownership of the John Coltrane House has been a tangled web ever since the property owner of record, Norman Gadson, died in 2007. I raised the “tangled title” issue with Ravi Coltrane on March 13, 2020. During the conference call, Ravi said organizations raising money in the name of John Coltrane need the permission of the Estate of John and Alice Coltrane. This “ties their hands unless there’s a partnership with the Estate.” That was my first and only conversation with Coltrane’s son.

    In a lawsuit filed on April 27, 2022, Ravi and his brother Oran claim they are the rightful owners of the Strawberry Mansion rowhouse that their father bought in 1952. Coltrane and his first wife, Juanita “Naima” Austin,conveyed the property to his mother, Alice Gertrude Coltrane, on March 24, 1958.

    Coltrane’s sons allege their father’s beloved cousin, Mary Lyerly Alexander, better kn

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    The Year of Alice Initiative Celebrates a Coltrane Family Legacy

    By DownBeat  inom  Jul. 2, 2024

    The John & Alice Coltrane Home and the Coltrane Family, in partnership with Impulse! Records, Detroit Jazz Festival, Hammer Museum, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, The New York Historical Society and others, have declared 2024–2025 to be The Year of Alice, celebrating the extensive life work of spiritual leader, composer and musician Alice Coltrane.

    Alice Coltrane forged masterful works, created music that beamed with universal love and spirituality and laid the groundwork for musicians for years to come to do the same. She was prolific in her creation, with iconic works that include Journey In Satchidananda, A Monastic Trio, Universal Consciousness, Ptah, the El Daoud. She continued creating music when she started her ashram in California; music from that time would later be released to critical acclaim. Beyond her recorded output, Coltrane was a beloved and wise sp

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