John Coltrane discography

Infobox Artist Discography
Artist = John Coltrane


Caption =
Studio = 114
Live = 29
Compilation = 6
Video =
Music videos = 7
Tribute =
EP = 8
Singles = 7
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In his relatively brief career, John Coltrane recorded over 100 live and studio albums, both as a leader and a sideman, authoring one of the most deep and diverse musical works of his century. The bulk of Coltrane's work as a leader was recorded for the Prestige, Atlantic and Impulse! labels. Other labels recorded Coltrane as a leader, most notably Blue Note, for whom he recorded the famous "Blue Train" album. Some of his later work, in particular live recordings, was released by foreign labels. Most of Coltrane's recordings as a sideman were made when he was with the Miles Davis quintet. The majority of these are collected in the Columbia box set, but the quintet also made a number of important recordings for Prestige.

Early recordings

Coltrane’s first recordings were with the Jimmy Johnson Big Band and Dexter Culbertson’s U.S. Navy Band in 1945. His first recorded solo was on "Hot House" with Culbertson; it is available on the compilation "". Coltrane also recorded under the leadership of Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Hodges, Earl Bostic, Dinah Washington and Gay Crosse prior to joining the Miles Davis Quintet.

Most of these recordings were made before the LP (long play record) became the standard format, so the albums listed below were either 78s or LPs released a significant time after their recording. 45s (singles) are listed only if unavailable in other formats.

Earl Bostic

* "Earl Bostic and his Orchestra" (1952) (78)
* "Earl Bostic and his Alto Sax, Vol. 4" (1952) (LP)

Gay Crosse

* "Fat Sam from Birmingham b/w Bittersweet" (1952) (45)
* "Easy Rockin’ b/w G.C. Rock" (1952) (45)
* "No Better for You b/w Tired of Being Shoved Around" (1952) (45)

Dexter Culbertson’s U.S. Navy Band

* "Dexter Culbertson’s U.S. Navy Band" (1946) (4 unnumbered 78s)

Dizzy Gillespie

* "Strictly Bebop" (1950) (78)
* "The Complete Recordings with Dizzy" (1949-1951) (LP)
* "The Champ" (1951) (Coltrane on 2 tracks only) (78)
* "Trane’s First Ride 1951" (2 volumes) (1951) (LP)
* "School Days" (1951) (78)
* "The Champ" (1951) (78)
* "Birk’s Works" (1951) (LP)

Johnny Hodges

* "At a Dance, In the Studio, On the Radio" (1954) (78)
* "Used to Be a Duke" (Coltrane on 2 tracks only) (1954) (78)

Dinah Washington

* "The Good Old Days" (1949) (45)
* "The Blues" (1949) (45)
* "Fast Movin’ Mama b/w Juice Head Man of Mine" (1949) (45)
* "The Richest Guy in the Graveyard b/w unknown" (1949) (45)

With Miles Davis

See Miles Davis for more information on Coltrane’s recordings with Davis.

Compilations:

* "The Best of Miles Davis and John Coltrane" [Columbia] (1 disc)
* "The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane" [Columbia] (6 discs)

1955:

* "Circle in the Round" (1955) (Coltrane on 3 tracks only)
* "'Round About Midnight" (1955)
* "Basic Miles" (1955)
* "" (1955)

1956:

* "Workin'" (1956)
* "Steamin'" (1956)
* "Relaxin'" (1956)
* "Cookin'" (1956)
* "Miles Davis Quintet at Peacock Alley" (1956)
* "Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants" (1956) (Coltrane on 1 track only)

1958:

* "Milestones" (1958)
* "Makin' Wax" (1958)
* "Jazz Tracks" (1958)
* "'58 Sessions" (1958)
* "Black Giants" (1958)
* "Miles & Monk at Newport" (1958)
* "Miles Davis All Stars featuring John Coltrane with Cannonball Adderley" [radio broadcast] (1958)

1959:

* "Kind of Blue" (1959)

1960:

* "Live at Olympia Paris" (1960)
* "Miles Davis and John Coltrane Live in Stockholm" (1960)

1961:

* "Someday My Prince Will Come" (1961) (Coltrane on 2 tracks only)

With Thelonious Monk

1957:

* "Thelonious Himself"
* "Monk's Music"
* "Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane"
* "The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings"
* "Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall" (released 2005)

Albums by label

Prestige

In 1957, Coltrane signed a two-year contract to record exclusively with Prestige Records. Many of Coltrane's recordings for Prestige could be classified as "sidemen" recordings, as these albums were the results of rather informal jam sessions (“blowing sessions,” in the then-current terminology) under various leaders, most often Mal Waldron. When Coltrane began to gain prominence in the early 1960’s, Prestige also reissued a number of Coltrane’s recordings as a sideman under his own name to capitalize on his success. The leaders of such albums are indicated below. The "The Prestige Recordings" collects all of Coltrane’s recordings for Prestige with the exception of his work with Miles Davis.

Compilations:

* "Fearless Leader" [Prestige] (6 discs)
* "The Prestige Recordings" [Prestige] (16 discs)

1956:
* "High Step" (with Paul Chambers)
* "Informal Jazz" (with Elmo Hope)
* "Mating Call" (Tadd Dameron, leader)
* " Tenor Conclave"
* "Tenor Madness" (Sonny Rollins, leader) (Coltrane on title track only)

1957:
* "Chambers' Music" (Paul Chambers, leader) (1956)
* "Whims Of Chambers" (Paul Chambers, leader) (1956)
* " The Cats" (with Tommy Flanagan and Kenny Burrell)
* "Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette" (with Paul Quinichette)
* "Coltrane" [Prestige]
* "Dakar" [Prestige]
* "The Dealers" (with Mal Waldron)
* "Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors"
* "Mal-2" (with Mal Waldron)
* "Traneing In" [Prestige]
* "Wheelin' and Dealin'" (with Mal Waldron)
* "Winner's Circle" (Oscar Pettiford] , leader)
* "The Ray Draper Quintet featuring John Coltrane" (1957)
* "All Mornin' Long" (1957) (with Red Garland)
* "Soul Junction" (1957) (with Red Garland)
* "High Pressure" (1957) (with Red Garland)
* "Dig It!" (1957) (with Red Garland)
* "Taylor's Wailers" (Art Taylor, leader)
* "'Art Blakey Big Band"

1958:
* "Bahia" [Prestige]
* "The Believer" [Prestige]
* "Black Pearls" [Prestige]
* "The Last Trane" [Prestige]
* "Lush Life" [Prestige]
* "Mainstream 1958" (with Wilbur Harden and Tommy Flanagan)
* "Settin' the Pace" [Prestige]
* "Soultrane" [Prestige]
* "Standard Coltrane" [Prestige]
* "Stardust" [Prestige]
* "A Tuba Jazz" (1958) (with Ray Draper)
* "Groove Blues" (Gene Ammons, leader) (1958)
* "The Big Sound"(Gene Ammons, leader) (1958)
* "Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane" (1958)

Blue Note

1957:

* "Sonny's Crib" (Sonny Clark, leader)
* "A Blowing Session" (with Johnny Griffin)

1958:

* "Blue Train" [Blue Note]
* "Trane's Blues" [Blue Note]
* " Hard Driving Jazz" (Cecil Taylor, leader) (aka. Hard Driving Jazz)

Savoy

1958:

* "" (with Wilbur Harden)
* "" (with Wilbur Harden)
* "Gold Coast" (with Wilbur Harden
* "Jazz Way Out" (with Wilbur Harden)
* "Tanganyika Strut" (with Wilbur Harden)

Atlantic

Coltrane signed a two-year contract with Atlantic Records in 1959. He was the leader of all of these sessions except "Bags and Trane" and "The Avant-Garde", where he was featured with Milt Jackson and Don Cherry respectively. Coltrane made many of his most famous recordings for Atlantic, including "Giant Steps" and his soprano debut, the popular "My Favorite Things". The "" box collects all of Coltrane’s recordings for Atlantic, including all known outtakes.

Compilations:
* "The Very Best of John Coltrane" (1 disc) (2000)
* "" (7 discs)
* "The Very Best of the Atlantic Years" (2007)

1959:
* "Bags and Trane" (with Milt Jackson)

1960:
* " Alternate Takes" (released 1975)
* "The Avant-Garde" (with Don Cherry) (released 1966)
* "The Coltrane Legacy" (released 1970)
* "Coltrane's Sound" (released 1964)
* "Giant Steps"
* "Coltrane Jazz"
* "My Favorite Things"
* "Coltrane Plays the Blues"
* "Olé Coltrane"

Impulse!

Coltrane was the first artist to sign with the new Impulse! Records label which started in 1961 and where he spent the rest of his career. Coltrane was able to release albums as often as he wished (with a minimum of two albums a year). The "" box set collects all of the recordings of the quartet of Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones. The rest of Coltrane’s Impulse! recordings are not collected.

Compilations:

* "" (8 discs)
* "The Impulse Albums: Volume One" (5 discs) (2007)
* "My Favorite Things: Coltrane at Newport" (2007)

1961:
* "Africa/Brass"
* "Impressions"
* "The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings" (1961) (4 discs)

1962:
* "Ballads"
* "Coltrane"
* "Duke Ellington & John Coltrane"

1963:
* "John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman"
* "Live at Birdland"
* "Newport '63"

1964:
* "Crescent"
* "A Love Supreme"

1965:
* "Ascension"
* "First Meditations"
* " Gleanings"
* ""
* "The John Coltrane Quartet Plays"
* "Kulu Sé Mama"
* ""
* " Live in Seattle"
* " Living Space"'
* "The Major Works of John Coltrane
* "Meditations"
* "Om"
* "To the Beat of a Different Drum"
* "Transition"
* ""
* "Sun Ship"
* "New Thing at Newport" [Coltrane on one side, Archie Shepp on the other]

1966:
* "Cosmic Music"
* "Live in Japan" (4 discs)
* "Live at the Village Vanguard Again!"

1967:
* "Expression"
* "Interstellar Space"
* ""
* "Stellar Regions"

Pablo

Pablo Records has posthumously released a number of Coltrane’s live recordings, including the celebrated Afro-Blue Impressions.

* "Afro-Blue Impressions" (1961) [Pablo]
* "European Tours" (1961) [Pablo] (7 discs)
* " Bye Bye Blackbird" [Pablo Records]
* "The Paris Concert" [Pablo]

Other labels

Most of the labels listed below have posthumously released live recordings, including releases from foreign labels recorded off the radio.

* "The Bethlehem Years" (1957) (Art Blakey, leader) [Bethlehem]
* "Legrand Jazz" (1958) (Michel Legrand, leader) (Coltrane on 3 tracks only)
* "New York" (1958) (George Russell, leader) (Coltrane on 1 track only)
* "Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago" [aka "Cannonball and Coltrane"] (Polygram) (1959)
* "Like Sonny" (1959) [Roulette]
* "The Complete Copenhagen Concert" (1961) [Magnetic]
* "The Complete Paris Concerts" (1961) [Magnetic]
* "The 1961 Helsinki Concert " (1961) [Gambit]
* "'Live in Stockholm 1961" (1961) [LeJazz]
* "The Complete 1962 Stockholm Concert" [Magnetic]
* "The Complete Graz Concert" (1962) [Charly]
* "Live at Birdland 1962" (1962) [LeJazz]
* "Live in Stockholm 1963" (1963) [Charley]
* " Brazilia" (1965) [Blue Parrot]
* " Creation" (1965) [Blue Parrot]
* "Live in Antibes" [French Radio Classic Concerts]
* "Live in Paris (album)" [Charley]

Compilations/Boxsets

* "The Prestige Recordings" (16 discs)
* "" (8 discs)
* "" (7 discs)
* "The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane" (6 discs)
* "" (2 discs)
* "" (Verve Records) (1 disc)
* "Coltrane for Lovers" (Verve Records) (1 disc)

Videos

* "Jazz Casual: John Coltrane" (1963)
* "Coltrane and Cannonball" (1998)
* "The World According to John Coltrane" (2002)
* "John Coltrane: A True Innovator" (2004)
* "Trane Tracks: The Legacy of John Coltrane" (2005)
* "John Coltrane: Impressions of John Coltrane" (2006)
* "Impressions of Coltrane" (2007)

Besides the appearances listed below, Coltrane made a couple dozen appearances on various European television outlets in the 1960s.

* "The Steve Allen Show" – 10/18/1955 [http://www.quietfm.com/Music/miles1955.mp3 mp3]
* "The Sounds of Miles Davis" – CBS - 1959
* "The Robert Herridge Show"– 4/2/1959
* "Sudwestfunk TV Studio" – Baden-Baden, West Germany - 11/4/1961

Albums by year

1946

* "Dexter Culbertson’s U.S. Navy Band" (Dexter Culbertson, leader) (4 unnumbered 78s)

1949

* "The Good Old Days" (Dinah Washington, leader) (45)
* "The Blues" (Dinah Washington, leader) (45)
* "Fast Movin’ Mama b/w Juice Head Man of Mine" (Dinah Washington, leader) (45)
* "The Richest Guy in the Graveyard b/w unknown" (Dinah Washington, leader) (45)
* "The Complete Recordings with Dizzy" (1949-1951) (Dizzy Gillespie, leader) (LP/CD)

1950

* "Strictly Bebop" (Dizzy Gillespie, leader) (78)
* "The Champ" (Dizzy Gillespie, leader) (Coltrane on 2 tracks only) (78)
* "Used to Be a Duke" (Johnny Hodges, leader) (Coltrane on 2 tracks only) (78)

1951

* "Trane’s First Ride 1951" (2 volumes) (Dizzy Gillespie, leader) (LP)
* "School Days" (Dizzy Gillespie, leader) (78)
* "The Champ" (Dizzy Gillespie, leader) (78)
* "Birk’s Works" (Dizzy Gillespie, leader) (LP)

1952

* "Earl Bostic and his Orchestra" (Earl Bostic, leader) (78)
* "Earl Bostic and his Alto Sax, Vol. 4" (Earl Bostic, leader) (LP)
* "Fat Sam from Birmingham b/w Bittersweet" (Gay Crosse, leader) (45)
* "Easy Rockin’ b/w G.C. Rock" (Gay Crosse, leader) (45)
* "No Better for You b/w Tired of Being Shoved Around" (Gay Crosse, leader) (45)

1954:

* "At a Dance, In the Studio, On the Radio" (Johnny Hodges, leader) (78)
* "Used to Be a Duke" (Coltrane on 2 tracks only) (1954) (78)

1955:

* "Circle in the Round" (Miles Davis, leader) (Coltrane on 3 tracks only)
* "'Round About Midnight" (Miles Davis, leader)
* "Basic Miles" (Miles Davis, leader)
* "" (Miles Davis, leader)

1956:

* "Workin'" (Miles Davis, leader)
* "Steamin'" (Miles Davis, leader)
* "Relaxin'" (Miles Davis, leader)
* "Cookin'" (Miles Davis, leader)
* "Miles Davis Quintet at Peacock Alley" (Miles Davis, leader)
* "Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants" (Miles Davis, leader) (Coltrane on 1 track only)
* "High Step" (Paul Chambers, leader)
* "Informal Jazz" (with Elmo Hope)
* "Mating Call" (Tadd Dameron, leader)
* " Tenor Conclave"
* "Chambers' Music" (Paul Chambers, leader)
* "Whims Of Chambers" (Paul Chambers, leader)
* "A Blowing Session" (with Johnny Griffin)
* "Tenor Madness" (Sonny Rollins, leader) (Coltrane on title track only)

1957:

* Thelonious Himself (Thelonious Monk, leader)
* Monk's Music (Thelonious Monk, leader)
* Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (Thelonious Monk, leader)
* The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings (Thelonious Monk, leader)
* Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall (Thelonious Monk, leader) (released 2005)
* The Cats (with Tommy Flanagan and Kenny Burrell)
* Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette (with Paul Quinichette)
* Coltrane
* Dakar
* The Dealers (with Mal Waldron)
* Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors
* Mal-2 (with Mal Waldron)
* Traneing In
* Wheelin' and Dealin' (with Mal Waldron)
* Winner's Circle (with Oscar Pettiford)
* The Ray Draper Quintet featuring John Coltrane
* All Mornin' Long (Red Garland, leader)
* Soul Junction (Red Garland, leader)
* High Pressure (Red Garland, leader)
* Dig It! (Red Garland, leader)
* Bahia
* Taylor's Wailers (Art Taylor, leader)
* Art Blakey Big Band
* The Bethlehem Years (Art Blakey, leader)

1958:

* Milestones (Miles Davis, leader)
* Makin' Wax (Miles Davis, leader)
* Jazz Tracks (Miles Davis, leader)
* '58 Sessions (Miles Davis, leader)
* Black Giants (Miles Davis, leader)
* Miles & Monk at Newport (Miles Davis, leader)
* Miles Davis All Stars featuring John Coltrane with Cannonball Adderley [radio broadcast] (Miles Davis, leader)
* The Believer
* Black Pearls
* The Last Trane
* Lush Life
* Mainstream 1958 [with Wilbur Harden and Tommy Flanagan]
* Settin' the Pace
* Soultrane
* Standard Coltrane
* Stardust
* A Tuba Jazz (Ray Draper, leader)
* Groove Blues (Gene Ammons, leader)
* The Big Sound(Gene Ammons, leader)
* Sonny's Crib (Sonny Clark, leader)
* Blue Train
* Trane's Blues
* Hard Driving Jazz (Cecil Taylor, leader) (aka. Hard Driving Jazz)
* (with Wilbur Harden)
* (with Wilbur Harden)
* Gold Coast (with Wilbur Harden)
* Jazz Way Out (with Wilbur Harden)
* Tanganyika Strut (with Wilbur Harden)
* Legrand Jazz (Michel Legrand, leader) (Coltrane on 3 tracks only)
* New York (George Russell, leader) (Coltrane on 1 track only)
* Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane

1959:

* Kind of Blue (Miles Davis, leader)
* Bags and Trane [with Milt Jackson]
* Giant Steps
* Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago [aka "Cannonball and Coltrane"]
* Like Sonny

1960:

* Live at Olympia Paris (Miles Davis, leader)
* Miles Davis and John Coltrane Live in Stockholm (Miles Davis, leader)
* Alternate Takes (released 1975)
* The Avant-Garde (with Don Cherry) (released 1966)
* The Coltrane Legacy (released 1970)
* Coltrane's Sound (released 1964)
* Coltrane Jazz
* My Favorite Things
* Coltrane Plays the Blues

1961:

* Someday My Prince Will Come (Miles Davis, leader) (Coltrane on 2 tracks only)
* Olé Coltrane
* Africa/Brass
* Impressions
* Live! at the Village Vanguard
* Afro-Blue Impressions
* The Complete Copenhagen Concert
* The Complete Paris Concerts
* Live in Stockholm 1961
* The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings (4 discs)
* The 1961 Helsinki Concert (1961) [Gambit]

1962:

* Ballads
* Coltrane
* Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
* John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
* European Tours (7 discs)
* Bye Bye Blackbird
* The Complete 1962 Stockholm Concert
* The Complete Graz Concert
* The European Tour
* Live at Birdland 1962

1963:

* Live at birdland
* Newport '63
* Live in Stockholm 1963
* The Paris Concert

1964:

* Crescent
* A Love Supreme

1965:

* Ascension
* First Meditations
* Gleanings (album)
*
* The John Coltrane Quartet Plays
* Kulu Sé Mama
*
* Live in Seattle
* Living Space
* "'The Major Works of John Coltrane
* Meditations
* Om
* To the Beat of a Different Drum
* Transition
*
* Sun Ship
* Brazilia
* Creation
* Live in Antibes
* Live in Paris (album)
* New Thing at Newport (Coltrane on one side, Archie Shepp on the other)

1966:

* Cosmic Music
* Live in Japan (4 discs)
* Live at the Village Vanguard Again!

1967:

* Expression (album)
* Interstellar Space
*
* Stellar Regions

Sources

* [http://www.jazzdisco.org/trane/ John Coltrane - Jazz Discography Project]
* [http://www.alwaysontherun.net/coltrane/disc.htm| A French Discography]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:dvftxqr5ldfe~T2| All Music Guide]
* [http://home.att.net/~dawild/john_coltrane_discography.htm| David Wild’s Wildplace Discography]
* Chasin’ The Trane, J.C. Thomas (Da Capo Paperback, 1975)
* John Coltrane: His Life and Music, Lewis Porter (The University of Michigan Press, 1999)