Giant Steps is a studio album by the jazz musician John Coltrane. It was released in February 1960 through Atlantic Records. This was Coltrane's first album as leader for the label,with which he had signed a new contract the previous year. The record is regarded as one of the most influential jazz albums of all time. Many of its tracks have become practice templates for jazz saxophonists. In 2004,it was one of fifty recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. It attained gold record status in 2018,having sold 500,000 copies.
Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet is an album by the Miles Davis Quintet which was released in July or August 1961 through Prestige Records. The recording was made at two sessions on May 11 and October 26,1956 that produced four albums:Steamin,Relaxin' with The Miles Davis Quintet,Workin' with The Miles Davis Quintet and Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet.
Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet is an album by the Miles Davis Quintet which was released c. January 1960 through Prestige Records. It was recorded in two sessions on May 11 and October 26,1956,that produced four albums:this one,Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet,Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet and Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet.
Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet is a studio album by the Miles Davis Quintet which was released in July 1957 through Prestige Records. The recording sessions were at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack,New Jersey in 1956. As the musicians had to pay for the studio time,their recordings are practically live. Two sessions on 11 May and 26 October 1956 resulted in four albums —this one,Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet,Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet and Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet.
Impressions is an album of live and studio recordings by the jazz musician and composer John Coltrane. It was released through Impulse! Records in July 1963.
Monk's Music is a jazz album by the Thelonious Monk Septet,which for this recording included Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane. It was released in November 1957 through Riverside Records. The recording was made in New York City on June 26,1957.
OléColtrane is a studio album by the jazz musician and composer John Coltrane. It was released in November 1961 through Atlantic Records. The album was recorded at A&R Studios in New York,and was the last of Coltrane's Atlantic albums to be made under his own supervision.
Whims of Chambers is a studio album by the jazz bassist Paul Chambers. It was released through Blue Note Records circa January 1957. The sextet assembled for the recording consists of trumpeter Donald Byrd,saxophonist John Coltrane,guitarist Kenny Burrell,Horace Silver,Chambers and Philly Joe Jones.
Dakar is a jazz album by the jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane. It was released in November 1963 through Prestige Records.
Coltrane is an album by the American jazz musician John Coltrane which was released in October 1957 by Prestige Records. The recordings took place at the studio of Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack,New Jersey,and document Coltrane's first session as a leader. It has been reissued at times under the title of The First Trane!.
Lush Life is a studio album by the jazz musician John Coltrane. It was released in early 1961 through Prestige Records. It was assembled from previously unissued tracks from three recording sessions at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack,New Jersey in 1957 and 1958. As Coltrane's profile increased during the 1960s,some years after the end of his Prestige contract,the label used unissued recordings to create new albums without Coltrane's input or approval.
Black Pearls is a studio album by American jazz musician John Coltrane,released in 1964 on Prestige Records. It was recorded at a single recording session on May 23,1958,at the studio of Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack,New Jersey.
Coltrane Jazz is a studio album by the jazz musician John Coltrane. It was released in early 1961 on Atlantic Records. Most of the album features Coltrane playing with his former Miles Davis bandmates,pianist Wynton Kelly,bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb during two sessions in November and December,1959. The exception is the track "Village Blues",which was recorded October 21,1960. "Village Blues" comes from the first recording session featuring Coltrane playing with pianist McCoy Tyner and drummer Elvin Jones,who toured and recorded with Coltrane as part of his celebrated "classic quartet" from 1960 to 1965.
Stardust is an album by the jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane. It was released in July 1963 through Prestige Records. It was assembled from two separate 1958 recording sessions at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Hackensack,New Jersey.
We Free Kings is a studio album by the jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk,released on Mercury Records in January 1962. His group works through a set of bluesy post-bop numbers,including a highly regarded version of Charlie Parker's "Blues for Alice". The title track,a Kirk composition,is a variation on the Christmas carol "We Three Kings".
Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors is a jazz album released in November 1957 by Prestige Records. It is credited to Idrees Sulieman,Webster Young,John Coltrane and Bobby Jaspar,with Mal Waldron,Kenny Burrell,Paul Chambers and Art Taylor.
The Cats is a jazz album released in December 1959 on New Jazz,a subsidiary label of Prestige Records. It is credited to pianist Tommy Flanagan,saxophonist John Coltrane,guitarist Kenny Burrell,and trumpeter Idrees Sulieman. It was issued after Coltrane's Prestige contract had ended. The record was the first to feature Coltrane,Burrell,and Flanagan playing together in a small group. Eleven months later,the three recorded Kenny Burrell &John Coltrane,which was first released in April of 1963 on the New Jazz label.
Johnny Griffin,Vol. 2,also known as A Blowing Session,is an album by the jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin. It was recorded in April 1957 and released in September or October the same year through Blue Note Records.
Tenor Madness is an album by jazz musician Sonny Rollins released in October 1956 by Prestige Records. It is most notable for its title track,the only known recording featuring both Rollins and John Coltrane.
The Best of John Coltrane is a 1970 compilation album released by Atlantic Records collecting recordings made by jazz saxophonist John Coltrane. The album was released shortly after his death as a part of the "Atlantic Jazz Anthology"—a series of greatest hits compilations for Atlantic jazz artists—and features performances from his brief period recording for Atlantic with new liner notes by jazz journalist Nat Hentoff.
