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Alice Coltrane’s dark night of the soul By Ian Penman Discussed in this essay: Cosmic Music: The Life, Art, and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane, by Andy Beta. Da Capo. 480 pages. $32.50 She had so many names, it’s sometimes difficult to know which one to use. They succeed one another like notes in a half-familiar melody: Alice McLeod, Alice Hagood, Alice Coltrane, Turiya, Turiya Aparna, and then, finally, resplendently, Swamini Turiyasangitananda. She was born— for the first time— Alice Lucille McLeod in Detroit on August 27, 1937, the second youngest of six children in a musical family. She grew up not having to look for music, finding it everywhere. …
摘自《哈泼斯杂志》(Harper's Magazine)第353卷 第2115期 · 2026年8月刊,Ian Penman。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。