Alice Coltrane (b. 1937) is an American jazz pianist, organist, and harpist.

Coltrane was born Alice McLeod on 27 August 1937 in Detroit, Michigan. She studied classical music, and was given piano lessons by Bud Powell.

She began playing professional jazz in Detroit, with her own trio and as a duo with vibes player Terry Pollard . From 1962 to 1963 she played with Terry Gibbs ' quartet, when she met John Coltrane, with whose group she played piano from 1965 until his death in 1967, and whom she married in 1966. They had three children: singer Miki and saxophonists Oran and Ravi.

Since her husband's death she has continued to play with her own groups, moving into more and more meditative music, and recently playing with her children. She is one of the few harpists in the history of jazz.

Discography

• A Monastic Trio (1967–68)
• Huntington Ashram Monastery (1969)
• Ptah, the El Daoud (1970)
• Journey in Satchidananda (1970)
• Astral Meditations (1966–71)
• Universal Consciousness (1972)
• World Galaxy (1972)
• Lord of Lords (1972)
• John Coltrane: Infinity (1973)
• reflection on Creation and Space (A Five Year View) (1973)
• The Elements (1973; with Joe Henderson)
• Illuminations (1974; with Carlos Santana)
• Radha-Krisna Nama Sankirtana (1976)
• Transcendence (1977)
• Transfiguration (1978)
• Translinear Light (2004; with Ravi Coltrane)