| 1937 | Born Alice McCleod on August 27, 1937 in Detroit. |
| 1945 | Around the age of seven, Alice began classical training in piano |
| 1959 | Traveled to Europe to perform in Paris, with Lucky Thompson, Pierre Michelot and Kenny Clarke (footage from French TV available on YouTube) |
| 1960 | Met Bud Powell |
| 1962 | Moved to NYC |
| 1963 | Dr. Martin Luther King, Walk to Freedom in Detroit |
| 1965 | Living Space (Impulse!, released 1998) |
| 1965 | Married John Coltrane |
| 1966 | Live at the Village Vanguard Again! (Impulse!, 1966) |
| 1966 | Live in Japan (Impulse!, recorded 1966; released 1973) |
| 1967 | Stellar Regions (Impulse!, recorded 1967; released 1995) |
| 1967 | Expression (Impulse!, 1967) |
| 1967 | The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording (Impulse!, 1967; released 2001) |
| 1966 | Founding of Coltrane Records |
| 1968 | Cosmic Music (Impulse!, 1966–68) with John Coltrane |
| 1967 | Death of John Coltrane (September 23, 1967) |
| 1968 | A Monastic Trio (Impulse!, 1967) |
| 1969 | Met Swami Satchidananda and became his disciple |
| 1969 | Huntington Ashram Monastery(Impulse!, 1969) |
| 1970 | Five week pilgrimage to India |
| 1970 | Ptah, the El Daoud (Impulse!, 1970) |
| 1970 | Journey in Satchidananda (Impulse!, 1970) |
| 1971 | Universal Consciousness (Impulse!, 1971) |
| 1972 | Infinity (Impulse!, 1972) |
| 1972 | World Galaxy (Impulse!, 1972) |
| 1973 | Lord of Lords (Impulse!, 1973) |
| 1973 | Reflection on Creation and Space (a Five Year View) (Impulse!, 1973; compilation) |
| 1974 | Illuminations (Columbia, 1974) with Carlos Santana |
| 1975 | Founded the Vedanta Center (aka The Vedantic Center) |
| 1975 | Eternity (Warner Bros. Records, 1975) |
| 1976 | Radha-Krsna Nama Sankirtana (Warner Bros. Records, 1976) |
| 1977 | Transcendence (Warner Bros. Records, 1977) |
| 1978 | Transfiguration (Warner Bros. Records, 1978) |
| 1982 | Turiya Sings (Avatar Book Institute, 1982) |
| 1982 | John Coltrane JR. dies in a car accident in California |
| 1983 | Founded the Sai Anantam Ashram, Aguora Hills, CA |
| 1987 | Divine Songs (Avatar Book Institute, 1987) |
| 1990 | Infinite Chants (Avatar Book Institute, 1990) |
| 1995 | Glorious Chants (Avatar Book Institute, 1995) |
| 1998 | Priceless Jazz Collection (GRP, 1998; compilation) |
| 1999 | Astral Meditations (Impulse!, 1999; compilation) |
| 2004 | Translinear Light (Impulse!, 2004), produced by Ravi Coltrane |
| 2006 | The Impulse Story (Impulse!, 2006; compilation) |
| 2007 | Dies on January 12, 2007. Buried in Pinelawn Memorial Park, Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York. |
