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Biography
BLP sources|date=November 2006 Chi Coltrane (Chi is pronounced "shy") (born November 16, 1948, Racine, Wisconsin|Racine , Wisconsin ) is best known as an United States|American rock music|rock - pop music|pop - jazz songwriter , pianist , and singing|singer .
Career
Coltrane is one of seven child ren of a Canada|Canadian mother and a German violin ist father . She played a number of musical instrument|instruments as a child. Her family moved frequently; her father died when she was ten. She gave her first piano recital at the age of 12.cite web|title =Chi Coltrane: Biography |first=Charles|last=Donovan |publisher=Allmusic| url =Allmusic|class=artist|id=chi-coltrane-p16593/biography|pure_url=yes |accessdate =9 May 2011 In 1970, she used two sidemen, an upright bassist and a drummer, playing jazz , funk music|funk and rock music|rock in local Chicago night club|clubs and bar (establishment)|bars . In 1971 she represented the United States|U.S. at the International Rock Festival in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . She appeared on "The Tonight Show" and "The Midnight Special".
Her first hit in the United States was "Thunder and Lightning," released in May 1972. By August it reached #17 on the United States|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 record chart|chart , and #12 on the United States|U.S. Record World top 100 record chart and United States|U.S. CashBox top 100 , #18 on the Canadian RPM (magazine)|RPM magazine charts, and #4 on the Germany|German chart-topper|hit list. It drove her first album , Chi Coltrane , to stay on the charts for three months. The song "Go Like Elijah" also received considerable airplay (radio)|airplay , and held the #1 position on the Netherlands chart-topper|hit list for one month.
After her first album was released, she released the album Let It Ride early in 1974 (on the Columbia Records|Columbia record label|label ), Greatest Hits and Best Of albums in 1975, and in 1977 another album, Road To Tomorrow as well as Silk & Steel in 1981. She subsequently moved to Europe where she lived for a few years. She was voted Best Female Artist for two consecutive years. She released several albums on the Teldec label during the 1980s, including Live! in 1982 (it reached #12 on the European charts), Ready to Roll (1983) and The Message (1986). In the European “100 Best Musicians of the Century” list, she was listed in the top 50.Citation needed|date=May 2011 Golden Classics was released in November 1996 (Collectibles label). She has done Television|TV soundtrack work and collaborated with Tangerine Dream in 1991. She returned to Los Angeles in 1993, where she built a recording studio and worked with underprivileged groups.
In 2009 Coltrane resumed her music career, releasing a new compilation The Essential Chi Coltrane - Yesterday, Today & Forever . The collection featured material from her 1980s albums Live! , Ready to Roll , and The Message . It also contained three new recordings, including the title track which featured a Paul Buckmaster string arrangement. The album was initially made available at http://www.chicoltrane.com her website.
Coltrane's first comeback performance was a concert in Vienna at the Donauinselfest in 2009, where she drew 100,000 people. She then did a tour in the Netherlands in October 2009. Her CD went to #55 on the charts within two weeks. She then signed with Sony and did another tour in the Netherlands as well as a highly successful tour in Germany. She is now preparing for additional touring in Germany, and another tour in the Netherlands as well as a tour in Switzerland. She has committed to working next on a studio album of new material, to be released in 2012.
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External links
http://www.chicoltrane.com Chi Coltrane's Official Website.
Christian Düblin: http://www.xecutives.net/interviews/musik/212/ Interview with Chi Coltrane on http://www.xecutives.net Xecutives.net
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