John Coltrane discography
John Coltrane in 1963
Studio albums45
Live albums11
Compilation albums23
Video albums2
Singles19
Appearances59
Documentaries3
Television2

This article presents the discography of the American jazz saxophonist and bandleader John Coltrane (1926–1967).

Introduction

Coltrane participated in his first recording sessions while enlisted in the Navy from August 6, 1945, to August 11, 1946.[1] He performed eight numbers in a pickup band that included trumpeter Dexter Culbertson.[2] These were private recordings not made for official release. However, one track from the session, "Hot House", eventually appeared on the 1992 compilation The Last Giant: The John Coltrane Anthology.[3]

There are conflicting sources as to whether he made his first professional recording session with Dinah Washington: Jazzdisco.org[4] lists the session as September 27, 1949 in New York City, but Lewis Porter's John Coltrane: His Life and Music states that he was on tour with the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band during that time.[5] Most sources confirm that he recorded with Billy Valentine on November 7 in Los Angeles for Mercury Records. In subsequent years, Coltrane sat in on recording sessions with Gillespie, Johnny Hodges, Earl Bostic, and Gay Crosse.

In September 1955, Coltrane joined the Miles Davis Quintet[6] and appeared on several Miles Davis-led recordings, including 'Round About Midnight and Milestones. He briefly joined Thelonious Monk in May 1957, and their handful of recordings together have been collected on albums such as 1961's Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane. In 1958, he rejoined Davis' band and stayed until April 1960; during that time he participated in the 1959 Kind of Blue sessions.

In April 1957, he signed a contract with Prestige Records; it is unclear if this was a two-year deal or a one-year contract plus a one-year option.[7][8] Many of Coltrane's recordings for Prestige could be classified as "sideman" recordings and informal jam sessions (or "blowing sessions", in the then-current terminology). He also made his first albums as a group leader, including his 1957 debut, Coltrane. That same year, Prestige allowed him to fulfill a promise that he would make an album for Blue Note,[9] leading to 1957's Blue Train. After Coltrane gained prominence in the early 1960s, Prestige reissued a number of Coltrane's sideman and jam sessions under his name to capitalize on his success. The Prestige Recordings collects all of Coltrane's recordings for Prestige with the exception of his sideman work with Davis.

When his Prestige contract expired, Coltrane signed a two-year contract (one year, plus a one-year option) with Atlantic Records in April 1959.[10][11] He was the leader of all of these sessions except Bags & Trane and The Avant-Garde, where he was featured with Milt Jackson and Don Cherry respectively. Albums from this period include Giant Steps and My Favorite Things. The Heavyweight Champion box collects his recordings for Atlantic, including all known outtakes.

Coltrane became the first artist to sign with the new Impulse! Records when it bought out his Atlantic contract in April 1961.[12] He would record for the label until the end of his life, and his success earned Impulse! a reputation as "The House That Trane Built".[13] Albums from this final period include the live album Live at Birdland, A Love Supreme, and Ascension.

All of the companies Coltrane worked with during his lifetime have compiled and reissued his material. In addition, Impulse! has issued several previously unreleased live recordings, including Live in Japan and The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording. Coltrane's concert, television and radio performances generated dozens of unauthorized and bootleg recordings. Pablo Records, a label that specializes in live recordings,[14] purchased rights to several tapes of his performances,[15] and is therefore considered a legitimate source despite never signing him to its label.

Studio albums

Prestige Records studio albums

List of albums released with John Coltrane under contract
Release date Album Personnel Recording date
1957 Coltrane (reissued as The First Trane!) Johnnie Splawn, Sahib Shihab, Red Garland, Mal Waldron, Paul Chambers, Albert "Tootie" Heath 1957-05-31
1958 John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor 1957-08-23
1958 Soultrane Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor 1958-02-07
List of albums assembled after John Coltrane's contract expired
Release date Album Personnel Recording date
1959 Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette (co-leader) Paul Quinichette (co-leader), Mal Waldron, Julian Euell, Ed Thigpen 1957-05-17
1959 The Cats Idrees Sulieman, Tommy Flanagan, Kenny Burrell, Doug Watkins, Louis Hayes 1957-04-18
1961-01-00 Lush Life Earl May, Art Taylor, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Donald Byrd, Louis Hayes, Albert "Tootie" Heath 1957-05-31, 1957-08-16, 1958-01-10
1961-12-00 Settin' the Pace Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor 1958-03-26
1962 Standard Coltrane Wilbur Harden, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb 1958-07-11
1963-05-00 Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (co-leader) Kenny Burrell (co-leader), Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb 1958-03-07
1963 Stardust Wilbur Harden, Freddie Hubbard, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, Art Taylor 1958-07-11, 1958-12-26
1963 Dakar Cecil Payne, Pepper Adams, Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor 1957-04-20
1964-04-20 The Believer Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard, Louis Hayes, Art Taylor, Gil Coggins, Ray Draper, Spanky DeBrest, Larry Ritchie 1957-12-20, 1958-01-10, 1958-12-26
1964-08-00 Black Pearls Donald Byrd, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor 1958-05-23
1965-05-00 Bahia Wilbur Harden, Freddie Hubbard, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor, Jimmy Cobb 1958-07-11, 1958-12-26
1966 The Last Trane Donald Byrd, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Earl May, Louis Hayes, Art Taylor 1957-08-16, 1958-01-10, 1958-03-26

Blue Note Records studio albums

Release date Album Personnel Recording date
1958 Blue Train Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones 1957-09-15

Savoy Records studio albums

Release date Album Personnel Recording date
1958 Tanganyika Strut (co-leader) Wilbur Harden (co-leader), Curtis Fuller, Tommy Flanagan, Howard Williams, Alvin Jackson, Art Taylor 1958-05-13, 1958-06-24
1958 Jazz Way Out (co-leader) Wilbur Harden (co-leader), Curtis Fuller, Tommy Flanagan, Alvin Jackson, Art Taylor 1958-06-24
1976 Countdown
(Originally released as Wilbur Harden's album Mainstream 1958 in 1958) 		Wilbur Harden (co-leader), Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Louis Hayes 1958-03-13

Atlantic Records studio albums

List of albums released with John Coltrane under contract
Release date Album Personnel Recording date
1960-01-00 Giant Steps Tommy Flanagan, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor, Jimmy Cobb, Cedar Walton, Lex Humphries 1959-05-04, 1959-05-05, 1959-12-02
1961-02-00 Coltrane Jazz Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, McCoy Tyner, Steve Davis, Elvin Jones 1959-03-26, 1959-11-24, 1959-12-02, 1960-10-21
1961-03-00 My Favorite Things McCoy Tyner, Steve Davis, Elvin Jones 1960-10-21, 1960-10-24, 1960-10-26
1961-11-00 Olé Coltrane Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Art Davis, Elvin Jones 1961-05-25
List of albums released after John Coltrane's contract expired
Release date Album Personnel Recording date
1962-07-00 Coltrane Plays the Blues McCoy Tyner, Steve Davis, Elvin Jones 1960-10-24
1964-06-00 Coltrane's Sound McCoy Tyner, Steve Davis, Elvin Jones 1960-10-24, 1960-10-26
1966 The Avant-Garde (co-leader) Don Cherry (co-leader), Charlie Haden, Percy Heath, Ed Blackwell 1960-06-28, 1960-07-08

Impulse! Records studio albums

List of albums assembled by John Coltrane
Release date Album Personnel Recording date
1961-09-01 Africa/Brass Pat Patrick, Freddie Hubbard, Booker Little, Britt Woodman, Julian Priester, Charles Greenlee, Carl Bowman, Bill Barber, Garvin Bushell, Julius Watkins, Jim Buffington, Bob Northern, Donald Corrado, Robert Swisshelm, Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Art Davis, Elvin Jones 1961-05-23, 1961-06-07
1962-08-00 Coltrane McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones 1962-04-11, 1962-06-19, 1962-06-20, 1962-06-29
1963-02-00 Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (co-leader) Duke Ellington (co-leader), Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Aaron Bell, Sam Woodyard 1962-09-26
1963-03-00 Ballads McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Reggie Workman (1961-12-21), Elvin Jones 1961-12-21, 1962-09-18, 1962-11-13
1963-07-00 Impressions McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes (1963-04-29), Eric Dolphy, Reggie Workman (1961-11-05) 1961-11-05, 1962-09-18, 1963-04-29
1963-07-00 John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (co-leader) Johnny Hartman (co-leader), McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones 1963-03-07
1964-01-09 Live at Birdland McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones 1963-10-08, 1963-11-18
1964-07-00 Crescent McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones 1964-04-27, 1964-06-01
1965-01-00 A Love Supreme McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones 1964-12-09
1965-08-00 The John Coltrane Quartet Plays McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison (1965-05-17), Art Davis (1965-02-18), Elvin Jones 1965-02-18, 1965-05-17
1966-02-00 Ascension McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Marion Brown, Art Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Dewey Johnson, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, John Tchicai 1965-06-28
1966-09-00 Meditations McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Pharoah Sanders, Rashied Ali 1965-11-23
1967-01-00 Kulu Sé Mama McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Pharoah Sanders, Donald Rafael Garrett, Frank Butler, Juno Lewis 1965-06-10, 1965-06-16, 1965-10-14
1967-09-00 Expression Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali 1967-02-15, 1967-03-07
List of posthumous John Coltrane albums
Recording date Album Personnel Release date
1963-03-06 Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones 2018-06-29
1964-06-24[16] Blue World McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones 2019-09-27
1965-05-26, 1965-06-10 Transition McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones 1970-07-00
1965-06-10, 1965-06-16 Living Space McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones 1998-03-10
1965-08-26 Sun Ship McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones 1971
1965-09-02 First Meditations (for quartet) McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones 1977
1965-10-01 Om McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Donald Garrett, Pharoah Sanders, Joe Brazil 1968-01-00
1963-07-07, 1965-10-14 Selflessness: Featuring My Favorite Things McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Pharoah Sanders, Donald Garrett, Roy Haynes, Frank Butler, Juno Lewis 1969
1967-02-15 Stellar Regions Alice Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali 1995-10-10
1967-02-22 Interstellar Space Rashied Ali 1974
1966-02-02, 1968-01-29 Cosmic Music (with Alice Coltrane) Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali, Ray Appleton, Ben Riley 1968
1965-06-16, 1965-09-22, 1966-02-02 Infinity Pharoah Sanders, McCoy Tyner, Alice Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali, Ray Appleton, Charlie Haden, Joan Chapman, Elvin Jones, Oran Coltrane 1972

Live albums

Impulse! Records live albums

List of live albums with John Coltrane as main artist, showing recording date, personnel, label and release date
Release date Album Personnel Recording date
1962-03-00 Live! at the Village Vanguard Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones 1961-11-02, 1961-11-03
1965 New Thing at Newport (split LP with Archie Shepp) McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones (John Coltrane's set) 1965-07-02
1966-12-00 Live at the Village Vanguard Again! Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali, Emanuel Rahim 1966-05-28
1971 Live in Seattle McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Donald Garrett, Pharoah Sanders 1965-09-30
1973 Concert in Japan Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali 1966-07-22
1991 Live in Japan Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali 1966-07-11, 1966-07-22
1993 Newport '63 Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Jimmy Garrison, Roy Haynes 1961-11-02, 1963-07-07
1997-09-23 The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes, Garvin Bushell, Ahmed Abdul-Malik 1961-11-01-03, 1961-11-05
2001-09-25 The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali, Algie DeWitt 1967-04-23
2005 Live at the Half Note: One Down, One Up McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones 1965-03-26, 1965-05-07
2007-07-03 My Favorite Things: Coltrane at Newport McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Jimmy Garrison, Roy Haynes (1963), Elvin Jones (1965) 1963-07-07, 1965-07-02
2014-09-23 Offering: Live at Temple University Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Johnson, Rashied Ali 1966-11-11
2021-10-22 A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Donald Garrett, Pharoah Sanders, Carlos Ward 1965-10-02
2023-07-14 Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy[17] Eric Dolphy, Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, and Reggie Workman 1961 (mid-year)

Pablo Records live albums

List of live albums released by Pablo Records, showing recording date, personnel and release date
Release date Album Personnel Notes Recording date
1977 Afro Blue Impressions McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones Stockholm (first date); Berlin, Germany (second date) 1963-10-22,
1963-11-02
1979 The Paris Concert McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones 1962-11-17,
1963-11-0?
1980 The European Tour McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones Stockholm, Sweden 1963-10-22
1981 Bye Bye Blackbird McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones Stockholm, Sweden 1962-11-19
2001 Live Trane: The European Tours Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones 7-CD set of the above recordings, plus previously unissued tracks. 1961-11-18
– 1963-11-04

Live albums released by miscellaneous labels

List of live albums released on miscellaneous labels, showing recording date, personnel and release date
Release date Recording date Album / label Personnel
1974 1965-07-27, 1965-07-28 Live in Paris / Charly McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones
1978 1965-05-07 Brazilia / Blue Parrot McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones
1988 1965-07-27, 1965-07-28 Live in Antibes / France's Concert McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones
2009 1961-11-20 The Complete Copenhagen Concert / Gambit Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Elvin Jones
2015 1961-11-18–1961-11-23 So Many Things: The European Tour 1961 / Acrobat Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Elvin Jones

Appearances

With Miles Davis

List of albums recorded during Coltrane's tenure with Miles Davis, showing recording date, label and release date
Release date Album Label Recording date
1956 What is Jazz? (Leonard Bernstein instructional album) [One track only] Columbia 1956-09-10
1956-04-00 Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet Prestige 1955-11-16
1957-03-04 'Round About Midnight Columbia 1955-10-26, 1956-06-05, 1956-09-10
1957-07-00 Cookin' with The Miles Davis Quintet Prestige 1956-10-26
1958-03-00 Relaxin' with The Miles Davis Quintet Prestige 1956-05-11, 1956-10-26
1958-09-02 Milestones Columbia 1958-02-04, 1958-03-04
1958 Legrand Jazz (Michel Legrand album) [4 tracks only] [18] Columbia 1958-06-25
1959 Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants [October 26, 1956 track only] [19] Prestige 1956-10-26
1959 Kind of Blue Columbia 1959-03-02, 1959-04-22
1959 Jazz Track [May 26, 1958 session only] Columbia 1958-05-26
1960-01-00 Workin' with The Miles Davis Quintet Prestige 1956-05-11, 1956-10-26
1961-05-00 Steamin' with The Miles Davis Quintet Prestige 1956-05-11, 1956-10-26
1964 Miles Davis at Newport 1958 Columbia 1958-07-03
1973 Jazz at the Plaza Vol. I Columbia 1958-09-09
2014 All of You: The Last Tour 1960 Acrobat 1960-03-22 – 1960-04-09
1961-12-11 Someday My Prince Will Come [2 tracks only] Columbia 1961-03-20, 1961-03-21

With Thelonious Monk

List of albums recorded during Coltrane's tenure with Thelonious Monk, showing recording date, label and release date
Year released Album Label Recording date
1957 Monk's Music Riverside 1957-06-26
1959 Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane Jazzland 1957-04-16, 1957-06-26, 1957-06-27, 1957-07-00
1959 Thelonious Himself [April 16, 1957 session only] Riverside 1957-04-16
1993 Live at the Five Spot Discovery! Blue Note 1958-09-11
2005 Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall Blue Note 1957-11-29

Other appearances

List of albums and 78 rpm singles with John Coltrane as session musician, showing recording date, session leader, label and release date
Release date Album Leader Label Recording date
1949 (session date) "How Long, How Long / Beer Drinking Baby" (78 rpm disc)[20] Billy Valentine Mercury 1949-11-07
1949 (session date) "Ain't Gonna Cry No More / I Want You to Love Me" (78 rpm disc)[21] Billy Valentine Mercury 1949-11-07
1949 (session date) "Say When / You Stole My Wife, You Horse Thief" (78 rpm disc)[22] Dizzy Gillespie Capitol 1949-11-21
1949 (session date) "Tally Ho / I Can't Remember" (78 rpm disc)[23] Dizzy Gillespie Capitol 1949-11-21
1950 (session date) "Carambola / Honeysuckle Rose" (78 rpm disc)[24] Dizzy Gillespie Capitol 1950-01-09
1952 (session date) "Easy Rockin' / G.C. Rock"[25] Gay Crosse Republic 1952
1952 (session date) "No Better for You / Tired of Being Shoved Around"[26] Gay Crosse Republic 1952
1952 (session date) "Fat Sam from Birmingham / Bittersweet"[27] Gay Crosse Gotham 1952-01-19
1952[28] Earl Bostic and His Alto Sax, Vol. 4 (10-inch album)[29][30] Earl Bostic King 1952-08-15
1954 [31] More of Johnny Hodges[32] Johnny Hodges Norgran / Verve 1954-08-05
1956 Earl Bostic for You[33][34] Earl Bostic King 1952-04-07, 1952-08-15
1956[35] Dance Time[36] Earl Bostic King 1952-04-07, 1952-08-15
1956[37] The Blues and Used to Be Duke[38][39] Johnny Hodges Norgran / Verve 1954-07-02, 1954-08-05
1956 Chambers' Music: A Jazz Delegation from the East Paul Chambers Jazz West 1956-03-00
1956 Jazz in Transition (sampler, one track only) Pepper Adams Transition 1956-04-20
1956 Informal Jazz (reissued as Two Tenors) Elmo Hope Prestige 1956-05-07
1956 Tenor Madness (title track only) Sonny Rollins Prestige 1956-05-24
1956-12-00 Whims of Chambers Paul Chambers Blue Note 1956-09-21
1957 Tenor Conclave No session leader Prestige 1956-09-07
1957 Mating Call Tadd Dameron Prestige 1956-11-30
1957 Taylor's Wailers (March 22, 1957 session only)[40] Art Taylor Prestige 1957-03-22
1957 Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors The Prestige All Stars Prestige 1957-03-22
1957 A Blowin' Session Johnny Griffin Blue Note 1957-04-06
1957 Mal/2 Mal Waldron Prestige 1957-04-19, 1957-05-17
1957 Baritones and French Horns (reissued as Dakar) Pepper Adams Prestige 1957-04-20
1957 Blues for Tomorrow East Coast All-Stars Riverside 1957-06-25
1957 Winner's Circle No session leader Bethlehem 1957-10-00
1958 Sonny's Crib Sonny Clark Blue Note 1957-09-01
1958 Wheelin' & Dealin' The Prestige All Stars Prestige 1957-09-20
1958 All Mornin' Long Red Garland Prestige 1957-11-15
1958 The Ray Draper Quintet featuring John Coltrane Ray Draper New Jazz 1957-12-20
1958 Art Blakey Big Band[41] Art Blakey Bethlehem 1957-12-00
1958 Groove Blues Gene Ammons Prestige 1958-01-03
1958 The Big Sound Gene Ammons Prestige 1958-01-03
1958 Mainstream 1958: The East Coast Jazz Scene Wilbur Harden Savoy 1958-03-15
1959 The Cats No session leader Prestige 1957-04-18
1959 New York, N.Y. (one track only) George Russell Decca 1958-09-12
1959 Stereo Drive or Hard Driving Jazz (reissued as Coltrane Time) Cecil Taylor United Artists 1958-10-13
1959 A Tuba Jazz (reissued as Like Sonny) Ray Draper Jubilee 1958-11-00
1959 Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago Cannonball Adderley Mercury 1959-02-03
1960 Soul Junction Red Garland Prestige 1957-11-15
1962 High Pressure Red Garland Prestige 1957-11-15, 1957-12-13
1962 Dig It! (March 22, 1957 and December 13, 1957 sessions only)[42] Red Garland Prestige 1957-12-13
1964 The Dealers Mal Waldron Prestige 1957-04-19, 1957-09-20
1961-12-00 Bags & Trane Milt Jackson Atlantic 1959-01-15
1964 Four for Trane (as producer only) Archie Shepp Impulse! 1964-08-10

Singles

List of singles and EPs, showing label and release date
Release date Single Label
Unknown "Time Was (Part 1) / Time Was (Part 2)"[43] Prestige
1957 "Blue Train, Part 1 / Blue Train, Part 2" Blue Note
1958 [44] "Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Part 1) / Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Part 2)"[45] Prestige
1958 "Traneing In, Part One / Traneing In, Part Two" Prestige
1958 "Moment's Notice, Part 1 / Moment's Notice, Part 2" Blue Note
1959 "Good Bait (Part 1) / Good Bait (Part 2)" Prestige
1959 "Naima / Cousin Mary" Atlantic
1960 "I Want to Talk About You (Part 1) / I Want to Talk About You (Part 2)" Prestige
1960 "Lush Life / I Love You" Prestige
1961 "My Favorite Things (Part 1) / My Favorite Things (Part 2)" Atlantic
1961 "Greensleeves / Easy to Remember" Impulse!
1962 Ballads (EP) Impulse!
1963 John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (EP) Impulse!
1963 "Nancy (with the Laughing Face) / Up 'Gainst the Wall" Impulse!
1963 "Stardust / Love Thy Neighbor" Prestige
1963 "The Believer / Dakar" Prestige
1964 "Limehouse Blues / Stars Fell on Alabama" (with Cannonball Adderley) Limelight
1965 "By the Numbers (Pt. 1) / By the Numbers (Pt. 2)" (with Red Garland) Prestige
1966 "I Love You / You Leave Me Breathless" Prestige

Compilation albums

List of compilations and remix albums with John Coltrane as main artist, showing label and release date
Release date Compilation Label
1962 The Best of Birdland: Volume 1. (Side A only) Roulette
1966 John Coltrane Plays for Lovers Prestige
1970 The Best of John Coltrane: His Greatest Years Impulse!
1970-02-00 The Best of John Coltrane Atlantic
1970-04-00 The Coltrane Legacy Atlantic
1972 The Best of John Coltrane: His Greatest Years, Vol. 2 Impulse!
1972 More Lasting Than Bronze Prestige
1972 Infinity Impulse!
1972 Echoes of an Era (Side D only) Roulette
1973 The Art of John Coltrane: The Atlantic Years Atlantic
1974 The Best of John Coltrane: His Greatest Years, Vol. 3 Impulse!
1974 The Africa/Brass Sessions, Volume 2 Impulse!
1975 High Step (with Paul Chambers) Blue Note
1975 The Stardust Session Prestige
1975-03-00 Alternate Takes Atlantic
1977 Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions Savoy
1977 Gold Coast Savoy
1978 Countdown: The Savoy Sessions Savoy
1978 On a Misty Night Prestige
1978 The Mastery of John Coltrane, Vol. 1: Feelin' Good Impulse!
1978 The Mastery of John Coltrane, Vol. 2: To the Beat of a Different Drum Impulse!
1978 The Mastery of John Coltrane, Vol. 3: Jupiter Variation Impulse!
1979 The Mastery of John Coltrane, Vol. 4: Trane's Modes Impulse!
1980 Coltrane/Dolphy Carrere
1975 The Gentle Side of John Coltrane Impulse! / GRP
1992 The Major Works of John Coltrane GRP
1992 The Last Giant: The John Coltrane Anthology Rhino
1993 Dear Old Stockholm Impulse!
1995 The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings Atlantic
1998 The Prestige Recordings Prestige
1998 The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Recordings Impulse!
1998-03-10 Living Space Impulse!
1999-01-26 Trane's Blues Blue Note
1999-10-26 The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane Columbia
2000-02-15 The Very Best of John Coltrane[46] Rhino
2000-11-07 Ken Burns Jazz: John Coltrane Verve
2001-01-23 Coltrane for Lovers Impulse! / Verve
2001-07-24 The Very Best of John Coltrane[47] Impulse!
2005-10-25 Prestige Profiles, Vol. 9: John Coltrane[48] Prestige
2006-09-26 Fearless Leader[49] Prestige
2007-09-18 Interplay[50] Prestige
2008-06-09 Opus Collection: A Man Called Trane[51] Rhino
2009-10-06 Side Steps[52] Prestige
2012-06-12 The Very Best of John Coltrane: The Prestige Era[53] Prestige
2016-07-08 The Atlantic Years in Mono[54] Rhino
2018-11-16 John Coltrane: 1963: New Directions[55] Impulse!

Documentaries

Video albums

Television

Notes

  1. ^ John Coltrane: His Life and Music, Lewis Porter, p. 37. (1998, University of Michigan Press)
  2. ^ John Coltrane: His Life and Music, Lewis Porter, pp. 43-45. (1998, University of Michigan Press)
  3. ^ John Coltrane: His Life and Music, Lewis Porter, pp. 308, 340. (1998, University of Michigan Press)
  4. ^ Jazzdisco.org
  5. ^ John Coltrane: His Life and Music, Lewis Porter, p. 345. (1998, University of Michigan Press)
  6. ^ John Coltrane: His Life and Music, Lewis Porter, p. 95. (1998, University of Michigan Press)
  7. ^ Chasin' The Trane, J.C. Thomas, p. 91 (1975, Doubleday): "The designated two-year period may have also been a one-year contract plus a one-year option, too, but no one seems to know for sure."
  8. ^ Coltrane: The Story of a Sound, Ben Ratliff, p. 34. (2007, Farrar, Straus and Giroux): "The contract, dated April 9, 1957, was for peanuts: $300 per album, and three albums a year."
  9. ^ John Coltrane: His Life and Music, Lewis Porter, p. 127. (1998, University of Michigan Press): "Just a few months after Coltrane, the Blue Note label got special permission from Prestige to produce the second album under John's leadership."
  10. ^ Chasin' The Trane, J.C. Thomas, p. 114 (1975, Doubleday)
  11. ^ John Coltrane: His Life and Music, Lewis Porter, p. 140. (1998, University of Michigan Press)
  12. ^ John Coltrane: His Life and Music, Lewis Porter, pp. 190-191. (1998, University of Michigan Press)
  13. ^ The House that Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records, Ashley Kahn. (2006, W.W. Norton)
  14. ^ "Pablo Records page". Archived from the original on 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  15. ^ Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice, Tad Hershorn, p. 368. (2001, University of California Press)
  16. ^ Nate Chinen (2019-08-16). "A Lost Album From John Coltrane, With Thanks To A French-Canadian Director". NPR.org.
  17. ^ Chinen, Nate (2023-05-31). "John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy's fearless experiment sets a new album ablaze". Music News. Consider This. NPR. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  18. ^ Discogs: Michel Legrand, Legrand Jazz
  19. ^ Jazzdisco.org
  20. ^ Jazzdisco.org
  21. ^ Jazzdisco.org
  22. ^ Jazzdisco.org
  23. ^ Jazzdisco.org
  24. ^ Jazzdisco.org
  25. ^ Jazzdisco.org (7-inch disc?)
  26. ^ Jazzdisco.org (7-inch disc?)
  27. ^ Jazzdisco.org (7-inch disc?)
  28. ^ Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records: 1950-1975 (6th Edition), Tim Neely, p. 141. (2008, Krause Publications)
  29. ^ Jazzdisco.org
  30. ^ Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records: 1950-1975 (6th Edition), Tim Neely, p. 141. (2008, Krause Publications)
  31. ^ Goldmine Record Album Price Guide (5th Edition), Tim Neely, p. 286. (2007, Krause Publications)
  32. ^ Jazzdisco.org (10-inch album?) (1 track only)
  33. ^ Jazzdisco.org
  34. ^ Discogs: Earl Bostic, Earl Bostic For You
  35. ^ Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records: 1950-1975 (6th Edition), Tim Neely, p. 141 (2008, Krause Publications)
  36. ^ Jazzdisco.org
  37. ^ Goldmine Record Album Price Guide (5th Edition), Tim Neely, p. 286. (2007, Krause Publications)
  38. ^ Jazzdisco.org (10-inch album?) (2 tracks only?)
  39. ^ Discogs - label art for 7-inch single "Used to Be Duke" does not list Coltrane's name [1]
  40. ^ Jazzdisco.org
  41. ^ Jazzdisco.org
  42. ^ Jazzdisco.org
  43. ^ Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records: 1950-1975 (6th Edition), Tim Neely, p. 253. (2008, Krause Publications)
  44. ^ Discogs: Wess - Coltrane - Quinichette, Things Ain't What They Used To Be
  45. ^ Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records: 1950-1975 (6th Edition), Tim Neely, p. 253. (2008, Krause Publications)
  46. ^ Allmusic: John Coltrane - The Very Best of John Coltrane
  47. ^ Discogs: John Coltrane - The Very Best of John Coltrane
  48. ^ Allmusic: Prestige Profiles, Vol. 9
  49. ^ Allmusic: Fearless Leader
  50. ^ Allmusic: Interplay
  51. ^ Allmusic: A Man Called Trane
  52. ^ Allmusic: Side Steps
  53. ^ Allmusic: The Very Best of John Coltrane: The Prestige Era
  54. ^ Rhino: John Coltrane - The Atlantic Years In Mono
  55. ^ Sexton, Paul (2018-10-19). "John Coltrane's 1963 Masters Gathered On 'New Directions' Set | uDiscover". uDiscover Music. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  56. ^ Amazon.com: John Coltrane: A True Innovator
  57. ^ Allmusic.com: Impressions of Coltrane (DVD)
  58. ^ BBC One - imagine..

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