Alice Coltrane (née McLeod; August 27, 1937 – January 12, 2007), also known… Read Full Bio ↴Alice Coltrane (née McLeod; August 27, 1937 – January 12, 2007), also known by her adopted Sanskrit name Turiyasangitananda, was an American jazz pianist, harpist, organist, composer, and in her later years a swamini. She also occasionally sang and played tambura, harmonium and percussion.

An accomplished pianist and one of the few harpists in the history of jazz, she recorded many albums as a bandleader, beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s for Impulse! and other record labels. She was married to jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane, with whom she performed in 1966–1967. One of the foremost exponents of the "spiritual jazz" style, her eclectic music proved widely influential both within and outside the world of jazz.

Coltrane's professional music career slowed from the mid 1970s as she became more dedicated to her religious education. She founded the Vedantic Center in 1975 and the Shanti Anantam Ashram in California in 1983, where she served as spiritual director. On July 3, 1994, Swamini rededicated and inaugurated the land as Sai Anantam Ashram. During the 1980s and 1990s, she recorded several albums of Hindu devotional songs before returning to jazz in the 2000s.

She studied classical music, and attended Cass Technical High School in Detroit, where she continued her musical training. In 1959 she travelled to Paris and studied briefly with pianist Bud Powell. She began playing jazz as a professional in Detroit, both with her own trio and as a duo with vibist Terry Pollard. From 1962 to 1963 she played with Terry Gibbs's 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. After her husband's death, she continued to play with her own groups, moving into more and more meditative music, and latterly playing with her children, which she had four: singer Miki (Michele) from a previous marriage, saxophonists Oran and Ravi, and John W. Coltrane Jr, who died in a car accident in 1982.

Alice Coltrane died of respiratory failure at West Hills Hospital and Medical Center in suburban Los Angeles in 2007, aged 69. She is buried alongside John Coltrane in Pinelawn Memorial Park, Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York.

Om Shanti
Alice Coltrane Lyrics

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Om Jai Rama
Jai Krishna Hari Om
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Jai Krishna Hari Om
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Om Shanti Om
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Anantam Para Brahma Om
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Mritya ? Hari Om
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Om Jai Krishna
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Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Alice Coltrane’s song “Om Shanti” are a repeated chant of various names of deities in Hinduism. The opening lines, “Om Jai Rama, Jai Krishna Hari Om,” are a devotion to Lord Rama and Lord Krishna, who are both considered to be avatars of Lord Vishnu in Hinduism. Vishnu is one of the most widely worshipped deities in Hinduism, and is believed to preserve and protect the universe. The following line, “Anantam Para Brahma Om,” is a reference to the ultimate truth or "Brahman," which is believed to be infinite and eternal in Hinduism.

The rest of the song is a repetition of the words “Om Shanti” which translates to “peace” or “calmness”. The repetition of this word is believed to bring peace to the listener and calmness to the mind. The chanting of “Hari Om” towards the end of the song is an invocation of Lord Vishnu again, and is done to ask for his blessings and protection.

Overall, the lyrics are a celebration of the Hindu deities and a call for peace and calmness in the listener's life. The chant of these powerful names and mantras are meant to bring about a spiritual awakening in the individual who listens to it.

Line by Line Meaning

Om Jai Rama
Praise to Lord Rama

Jai Krishna Hari Om
Victory to Lord Krishna, the remover of obstacles

Om Shanti Om
Peace be with all

Shanti Om Shanti Om
Let there be peace

Anantam Para Brahma Om
The infinite and ultimate reality, divine consciousness

Mritya ? Hari Om
Victory over death

Om Jai Rama Jai Krishna Hari Om
Praise to Lord Rama and Lord Krishna

Hari Om
Salutations to the divine, the remover of obstacles

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ALICE COLTRANE

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@kevalpatel600

4y↑19

Om Jai Rama
Jai Krishna Hari Om
Om Jai Rama
Jai Krishna Hari Om

Om Shanti Om Shanti Om Shanti Om
Om Shanti Om Shanti Om Shanti Om

Ananta Natha Parambrahman Om

Vitthala Keshava Madhava Hari Om

Om Jaya Krishna Jai Rama Hari Om
Om Jaya Rama Jai Krishna Hari Om

Translation:
Divine symbol of peace is of and in the Supreme
Eternal Lord, Whose names are Vitthala,
Keshava, Madhava and Hari.
Victory to Krishna. Victory to Rama

@Mexican232

5y↑11

Om Jai Rama
Jai Krishna Hari Om
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Jai Krishna Hari Om

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Jai Krishna Hari Om
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Om Shanti Om
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Anantam Para Brahma Om
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Mritya [?] Hari Om
[?] Hari Om
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[?] Hari Om

Om Jai Krishna
Jai Rama Hari Om (Rama Hari Om)
Om Jai Krishna
Jai Rama Hari Om (Rama Hari Om)

Om Jai Krishna
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Jai Krishna Hari Om (Krishna Hari Om)
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Jai Krishna Hari Om (Krishna Hari Om)

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Jai Krishna Hari Om (Krishna Hari Om)
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Jai Krishna Hari Om (Krishna Hari Om)

Om Jai Krishna
Jai Rama Hari Om (Rama Hari Om)
Om Jai Krishna
Jai Rama Hari Om (Rama Hari Om)

Om Jai Krishna
Jai Rama Hari Om (Rama Hari Om)
Om Jai Rama
Jai Krishna Hari Om (Rama Hari Om)

Om Jai Rama
Jai Krishna Hari Om (Krishna Hari Om)
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Jai Krishna Hari Om (Rama Hari Om)

Om Jai Krishna
Jai Rama Hari Om (Hari Om)
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Jai Rama Hari Om (Hari Om)

Hari Om
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Hari Om (Om Jai Krishna Jai Rama Hari Om)
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Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Alice Coltrane

Om Shanti lyrics © Jowcol Music, Jowcol Music LLC

@kevalpatel600

4y↑2

All comments from YouTube:

@modernspice4088

4y↑29

I keep this one on REPEAT...by the time she's 1 minute in Im ready to go into trance and be carried away.....thank you so much Alice....Jai Krishna Hari Om!

@loicminty8588

7y↑34

timeless piece of music, fills me with an ecstatic feeling of peace and love. Om

@sarangruprai

3w↑1

Hariiii Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 🕉🕉🕉🙏🙏🙏

@jsmith3980

7y↑23

Thank you for posting, she has a beautiful voice.Way ahead of her time.

@k.t.monteiro4233

7y↑20

Oh my.... ABSOLUTELY AMAZING....had to play the first 2 minutes back to back repeatedly

@ericblowtorch

7y↑77

This singing is so beautiful, it's almost unbearable.

@HonestSonics

4y↑6

There with you brother. Pure, transcendental expression.

@LeaMarlene111

2y↑2

Beautiful. Thank you. 🙏☮️❤️

@sattwa2

2y↑2

I only wish we could here it all🙏 It’s so beautiful.

@Nicer_Ricer_JDM

2y↑1

Despite not knowing the language that is being spoken within this music, it is very soothing and I think it would be excellent for sleep apnea.

@kevalpatel600

4y↑19

@michaelskuthan9014

2y↑1

love you Alice

@vondavienwilson1819

3y↑1

The New African Sacred Complex is so powerful.

@karltrosclair688

3y↑2

Genius

@Monaedeezy

4y↑4

Beautiful

@sattwa2

2y↑1

To the Great Mother! Thank you🙏

@PercussionistWilliamRuiz

5y↑4

I love Alice Coltrane!

@matthewford9925

Hi there. I love this so much. I'm obsessed. Is there another artist that has this type of vibe as well?

@justjunemakesmusic

25w

Hare Krishna

@RicardoCesarPM

6y↑8

Quem disse que a música morreu não sabe onde procurar!

@caroleoulato2828

7y↑8

Thanks Mr Luaka for this album! I miss You Alice ♥♥

@user-ct2dx9ly7k

6y↑4

magic!

@natalieseagrove

7y↑6

beautiful

@charleshappold4637

6y↑5

mesmerizing, soothing

@Ferenz111

6y↑3

authentic and from the heart !

@RonCarterBassist

35w

👏🏾👏🏾

@LuakaBop

34w

Thank you!!

@jasminegao4833

5y↑1

Love

@Mexican232

5y↑11

@27twilkes

Is this tounge?

@kevalpatel600

4y↑2

@billevans1128

Beautiful and real

@michaelskuthan9014

thank you so very much for your poetic music

@Jason.Brayshaw

7y↑9

Love this so much. Jai Sri Krishna!

@615kaplan

Jason Brayshaw I

@vinaytiwari8594

Jai krishna

@voodoochile68686

5y↑2

Was trying to remember how this one goes

@SeanLevi-ue5ur

40w

❤

@avesiryus5749

deus é lindo <3

@nottoberemembered

Does anyone else hear echoes of Moby's Natural Blues in this? I mean I'm sure there isn't a connection, and if there is I'm sure Moby was the one inspired by this, but I can't stop hearing it.

@Mexican232

He loves using black choirs. So yeah.

@Eli_B3000

Moby sampled "Trouble So Hard" by Vera Hall (1937) for natural blues if you want to check that out.

@DrJocey

Where can I buy the CD Divine Songs? I have the cassette from 30 years ago, but want the CD.

@PetrieRobert

6y↑3

I'd love to have the lyrics.

@PetrieRobert

6y↑1

Here you go...https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Alice-Coltrane/Om-Shanti

@Mexican232

What does it mean

@matthewjanney2399

3y↑1

@@Mexican232
om is a kind of primordial, sound or vibration underlying the world
jai means hailor victory, its a calling out to
krishna, rama, and hari/hare are names for/encarnations of vishnu (god as the sustainer)
ananta nath para brahman kinda means infinate, boundless, formless, beyond knowing lord