MUSICIAN

Alice Coltrane

1937 - 2007

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Alice Lucille Coltrane (née McLeod; August 27, 1937 – January 12, 2007), also known as Swamini Turiyasangitananda (IAST: Svāminī Turīyasaṅgītānanda) or simply Turiya, was an American jazz musician, composer, bandleader, and Hindu spiritual leader. An accomplished pianist and one of the few harpists in the history of jazz, Coltrane recorded many albums as a bandleader, beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s for Impulse! and other record labels. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alice Coltrane has received more than 1,972,045 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Alice Coltrane is the 843rd most popular musician (up from 879th in 2019), the 4,184th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,355th in 2019) and the 264th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Alice Coltrane ranks 843 out of 3,175. Before her are Abdullah Ibrahim, Jorge Bolet, Mike Porcaro, Juan Luis Guerra, Stanley Clarke, and Joe Walsh. After her are Aníbal Troilo, Son House, Zino Francescatti, Berry Gordy, Tor Aulin, and Bobbejaan Schoepen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Alice Coltrane ranks 243. Before her are Keiko Abe, Harry Wu, Milutin Šoškić, Jiří Dienstbier, Michael Sata, and Boris Cyrulnik. After her are David Del Tredici, George Zweig, Hildegard Behrens, Johnny Dorelli, Dyan Cannon, and Vlatko Marković. Among people deceased in 2007, Alice Coltrane ranks 174. Before her are Sandro Salvadore, Claude Pompidou, Robert Anton Wilson, Giuseppe Baldo, Michel Lotito, and June Almeida. After her are Igor Moiseyev, Michael Brecker, Miyoshi Umeki, Ian Richardson, Hans Wegner, and Chris Benoit.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alice Coltrane ranks 4,184 out of 20,380. Before her are Marc Mitscher (1887), Mike Porcaro (1955), Stanley Clarke (1951), Don Adams (1923), Joe Walsh (1947), and Jackie Earle Haley (1961). After her are Black Elk (1863), Robert Sapolsky (1957), Friz Freleng (1906), Adrienne Barbeau (1945), Jennifer Warnes (1947), and Ona Zee (1951).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Alice Coltrane ranks 264. Before her are Floyd Council (1911), John Petrucci (1967), Milt Jackson (1923), Mike Porcaro (1955), Stanley Clarke (1951), and Joe Walsh (1947). After her are Son House (1902), Berry Gordy (1929), Michael Brecker (1949), Roy Buchanan (1939), Freddie Hubbard (1938), and Jordan Rudess (1956).

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