John Coltrane Discography - Albums By Year

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: The New Miles Davis Quintet (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)
• Taylor's Wailers (Art Taylor, leader)
• Art Blakey Big Band
• The Bethlehem Years (Art Blakey, leader)

1958:

• Bahia
• Milestones (Miles Davis, leader)
• Makin' Wax (Miles Davis, leader)
• Jazz Track (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 (Miles Davis, leader)
• The Believer
• Black Pearls
• The Last Trane
• Lush Life
• Mainstream 1958
• 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)
• Countdown: The Savoy Sessions (with Wilbur Harden)
• Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions (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
• Giant Steps
• Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago
• 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
• 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)

1962:

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

1963:

• Impressions
• Live at Birdland
• Newport '63
• Live in Stockholm 1963
• The Paris Concert

1964:

• Crescent
• A Love Supreme

1965:

• Ascension
• First Meditations
• Gleanings
• Infinity (remix album; released in 1972)
• The John Coltrane Quartet Plays
• Kulu Sé Mama
• Live at the Half Note: One Up, One Down
• Live in Seattle
• Living Space
• The Major Works of John Coltrane
• Meditations
• Om
• To the Beat of a Different Drum
• Transition
• Selflessness: Featuring My Favorite Things
• Sun Ship
• Brazilia
• Creation
• Live in Antibes
• Live in Paris
• New Thing at Newport (Coltrane on one side, Archie Shepp on the other)

1966:

• Cosmic Music
• Live in Japan
• Live at the Village Vanguard Again!

1967:

• Expression
• Interstellar Space
• The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording
• Stellar Regions