John William Coltrane (1926 - 1967)

Tenor, Soprano, and Alto Saxophones, Flute

"Trane"

"Coltrane's trademark was his unique sound which bespoke a relentless search for perfection yet was always, even in the most elevated realms of abstraction, compellingly passionate and alive."
-- Nat Hentoff

Some Key Recordings as Leader:

• Blue Train - Blue Note CDP 746095 CD, 1957
• Soultrane - Original Jazz Classics OJC 021 CD, 1958
• Giant Steps - Atlantic A2 1311 CD, 1959
• My Favorite Things - Atlantic 1361 CD, 1960
• The Complete Africa/Brass - Impulse! IMPD 2-168 CD, 1961
• Crescent - Impulse! MCAD 5889 CD, 1964
• A Love Supreme - Impulse! GRD 155 CD, 1964
• The Major Works of John Coltrane - Impulse! GRD 21132 CD, 1965
• Meditations - Impulse! MCAD 39139 CD, 1965
• Interstellar Space - Impulse! GRD 110 CD, 1967

Key Partners:

• McCoy Tyner
• Elvin Jones
• Jimmy Garrison
• Eric Dolphy
• Pharoah Sanders
• Rashied Ali
• Alice Coltrane

Some Other Key Recordings:

With Miles Davis
• 'Round About Midnight - Columbia CK 40610 CD, 1955-56
• Milestones - Columbia CK 40837 CD, 1958
• Kind of Blue - Columbia CK 40579 CD, 1959
With Thelonious Monk
• Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane - Original Jazz Classics OJC 039 CD, 1957

Further Explorations

• A Love Supreme - Keith Severson's John Coltrane Pages
• My Favorite Things - Scott Anderson's Coltrane Page
• Recording Dates - Esa Onttonen's Trane Discography

All contributions are welcomed