John Coltrane

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John Coltrane
Discography
This John Coltrane (September 23, 1926 - July 17, 1967) discography is largely based on Bill Cole's Coltrane discography as published in his book "John Coltrane", and features mostly studio recordings, although I've added few live recordings.
NOTE: This discography is not being updated anymore. Feel free to take the info presented on this page and make your own and better Coltrane discography. Remember to cite this page and Bill Cole's original discography as sources.

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1949
1950 1951 1952 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Symbols and abbreviations
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Leader of the session
**
Coltrane's composition
=
Released on album "..."
1949
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Nov 21, N.Y. Tally Ho *Dizzy Gillespie tp, voc
Say When Don Slaughter tp
You Stole My Wife Elmon Wright tp
I Can't Remember Willie Cook tp
Matthew Gee tb
Sam Hurt tb
Charlie Greenlea tb
Jimmy Heath as
John Coltrane as
Jessie Powell ts
Paul Gonsalves ts
Al Gibson bars
John Acea p
John Collins g
Al McKibbon b
Specs Wright d
Tiny Irvin voc

1950
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Jan 9, N.Y. Coast To Coast Same as November 21, 1949 &
Oo-La-La +Joe Carroll voc
Honeysuckle Rose +Charles Duchesne conga
Carambola +Francisco Pozo bongo
+Floyd Smith g
-John Collins g

1951
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Mar 1, Detroit Love Me *Dizzy Gillespie tp
John Coltrane as, ts
Milt Jackson vib, p
Kenny Burrell g
Percy Heath b
Kansas Fields d

1952
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Apr 7, Cincinnati Velvet Sunset Gene Redd tp, vib
Moonglow Joe Mitchell tp
Ain't Misbehavin' *Earl Bostic as
Linger Awhile Pinky Williams as
John Coltrane ts
Joe Knight p
Harold Grant g
Ike Isaacs b
Specs Wright d

Nashville Bittersweet Tommy Turrentine tp
Fat Sam From Birmingham John Coltrane as, ts
*Gay Crosse ts, vocs
Stash O'Laughlin p
Alvin Jackson b
Oliver Jackson d

1954
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Aug 5, L.A. Burgundy Walk Harold Baker tp
Sunny Side Of The Street Lawrence Brown tb
Sweet As Bear Meat Jimmy Hamilton cl
All Of Me *Jimmy Hodges as
Used To Be Duke John Coltrane ts
Skokiaan Cal Cobbs p
Poor Butterfly John Williams b
Warm Valley Louis Bellson d
Autumn In New York
Sweet Lorraine
Time On My Hands

1955
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Oct 18, N.Y., Max Is Making Wax *Miles Davis tp
Basin St. East, It Never Entered My Mind John Coltrane ts
Broadcast Red Garland p
Paul Chambers b
Philly Joe Jones d

Oct 27, N.Y. Ah-Leu-Cha Same personnel as
(Columbia) Little Melonae Oct 18, 1955.
Two Bars Hit
Budo

(According to Ian Carr's Miles discography).
(Little Melonae, March 1958?)

Ah-Leu-Cha:
Miles Davis: 'ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT (Columbia)

Oct 27, N.Y. Ah-Leu-Cha *Miles Davis tp
Budo John Coltrane ts
Stablemates Red Garland p
How Am I To Know? Paul Chambers b
Just Squeeze Me Philly Joe Jones d
S'posin'
Miles' Theme

(According to Bill Cole's Trane discography).

Nov 16, N.J. Stablemates Same personnel as
How Am I To Know Oct 27, N.Y.
Just Squeeze Me
Miles' Theme
S'posin'

(According to Ian Carr's Miles discography).

= MILES DAVIS: The New Miles Davis Quintet (Prestige)

Nov, Detroit Trane's Strane Curtis Fuller tb
Nixon, Dixon And Yates Blues John Coltrane ts
High Step Pepper Adams bars
Roland Alexander p
*Paul Chambers b
Philly Joe Jones d

Nov 12, Blue Note, Tune Up Same personnel as
Philadelphia, Walkin' (Royal Garden Blues) Oct 27, N.Y.
Broadcast

1956
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???, Broadcast Bye Bye Blackbird Same personnel as
Oct 27, N.Y.

Mar, L.A. Dexterity John Coltrane ts
East Bound Kenny Drew p
Easy To Love *Paul Chambers p
Visitations Philly Joe Jones d
J.P. Jones
Stablemates

May 7, N.Y. Weejah Donald Byrd tp
On It Hank Mobley ts
Polka Dots And Moonbeams John Coltrane ts
Avalon *Elmo Hope p
Paul Chambers b
Philly Joe Jones d

May 11, N.Y. In Your Own Sweet Way *Miles Davis tp
(Prestige Diane John Coltrane ts
session) Trane's Blues Red Garland p
Woodyn You Paul Chambers b
It Could Happen To You Philly Joe Jones d
Surrey With The Fringe On Top
Salt Peanuts
Four
The Theme, I
The Theme, II

Woodyn You & It Could Happen To You:
The Miles Davis Quintet: COOKIN' (Prestige)

May 24, N.Y. Tenor Madness *Sonny Rollins ts ÿ
John Coltrane ts
Red Garland p
Paul Chambers b
Philly Joe Jones d

= Sonny Rollins: TENOR MADNESS (Prestige)

Jun 5, N.Y. Dear Old Stockholm *Miles Davis tp
Bye Bye Blackbird John Coltrane ts
Tadd's Delight Red Garland p
Paul Chambers b
Philly Joe Jones d

= Miles Davis: 'ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT (Columbia)

Sep 7, N.Y. Just You, Just Me Hank Mobley ts
Tenor Conclave Al Cohn ts
Bob's Boys Zoot Sims ts
How Deep Is The Ocean John Coltrane ts
Red Garland p
Paul Chambers b
Art Taylor d

Sep 10, N.Y. All Of You *Miles Davis tp
'Round Midnight John Coltrane ts
Sweet Sue Red Garland p
Paul Chambers b
Philly Joe Jones d

All Of You & 'Round Midnight:
Miles Davis: 'ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT (Columbia)

Sep 21, N.Y. **Just For The Love Donald Byrd tp
**Nita John Coltrane ts
We Six Horace Silver p
Omicron *Paul Chambers b
Kenny Burrell g
Philly Joe Jones d

Oct 26, N.J. If I Were A Bell *Miles Davis tp
(Prestige) Well You Needn't John Coltrane ts
'Round Midnight Red Garland p
You're My Everything Paul Chambers b
Half Nelson Philly Joe Jones d
Oleo
I Could Write A Book
Airegin
Tune Up
Blues By Five
When Lights Are Low
Trane's Blues
Ahmad's Blues
When I Fall In Love


If I Were A Bell, You're My Everything,
I Could Write A Book & Oleo:
THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET: Relaxin' (Prestige)

Tune Up, Blues By Five, When Lights Are Low &
My Funny Valentine:
THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET: Cookin' (Prestige)

Airegin:
JOHN COLTRANE AND THE JAZZ GIANTS (Prestige)
THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET: Cookin' (Prestige)


Nov 30, N.Y. Mating Call John Coltrane ts
Soultrane *Tadd Dameron p
Gnid John Simmons b
On A Misty Night Philly Joe Jones d
Super-Jet
Romas

Mating Call:
JOHN COLTRANE AND THE JAZZ GIANTS (Prestige)

1957
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Mar 22, N.Y. Anatomy Webster Young tp
Interplay Idrees Sulieman tp
Soul Eyes Bobby Jaspar ts
Light Blue John Coltrane ts
C.T.A. Mal Waldron p
Kenny Burrell g
Paul Chambers b
*Art Taylor d

Apr 6, N.Y. The Way You Look Tonight Lee Morgan tp
Ball Bearing *Johnny Griffin ts
Smoke Stack Hank Mobley ts
All The Things You Are John Coltrane ts
Wynton Kelly p
Paul Chambers b
Art Blakey d

= Johnny Griffin: A BLOWING SESSION (Blue Note BLP 1559)

Apr 16, N.Y. Monk's Mood John Coltrane ts
Ruby, My Dear *Thelonious Monk p
Nutty Wilbur Ware b
Trinkle Tinkle Shadow Wilson d

Monk's Mood & Trinkle Tinkle:
JOHN COLTRANE AND THE JAZZ GIANTS (Prestige)
Ruby, My Dear, Trinkle Tinkle & Nutty:
Thelonious Monk: WITH JOHN COLTRANE (Riverside)

Apr 18, N.Y. Eclypso Idrees Sulieman tp
Solacium John Coltrane ts
Minor Mishap Tommy Flanagan p
Tommy's Time Kenny Burrell g
Doug Watkins b
Louis Hayes d

Apr 19, N.Y. Potpourri Bill Hardman tp
J.M.'s Dream Doll Jackie McLean as
Don't Explain John Coltrane ts
Falling In Love *Mal Waldron p
Blue Calypso Julian Euell b
Art Taylor d

Apr 20, N.Y. Dakar *John Coltrane ts
**Mary's Blues Cecil Payne bars
Route 4 Pepper Adams bars
Watches' Pit Mal Waldron p
Velvet Scene Doug Watkins b
Cat Walk Art Taylor d

May 17, N.Y. The Way You Look Tonight Idrees Sulieman tp
One By One Sahib Shihab as, bars
From This Moment On John Coltrane ts
*Mal Waldron p
Julian Euell b
Ed Thigpen d

May 17, N.Y. Cattin' *Paul Quinichette ts
Anatomy *John Coltrane ts
Vodka Mal Waldron p
Sunday Julian Euell b
Exactly Like You Ed Thigpen d
Tea For Two

May 31, N.Y. **Straight Street Johnny Splawn tp
**Chronic Blues *John Coltrane ts
While My Lady Sleeps Sahib Shihab bars
Bakai Red Garland p
Violets For Your Furs Mal Waldron p
I Hear A Rhapsody Paul Chambers b
Time Was Art Taylor d

I Hear A Rhapsody:
John Coltrane: LUSH LIFE (Prestige)

Jun 26, N.Y. Epistrophy (2 takes) Ray Copeland tp
Crepuscule With Nellie Gigi Gryce as
Well You Needn't Coleman Hawkins ts
Blues For Tomorrow John Coltrane ts
Abide With Me *Thelonious Monk p
Off Minor Wilbur Ware b
Ruby, My Dear Art Blakey d

Off Minor, Epistrophy, Well You Needn't & Ruby, My Dear:
Thelonious Monk: MONK'S MUSIC (Gateway)
Off Minor & Epistrophy:
Thelonious Monk: WITH JOHN COLTRANE (Riverside)

Aug 16, N.Y. **Trane's Slow Blues *John Coltrane ts
Toni's Dance Earl May b
Like Someone In Love Art Taylor d
I Love You
**Slowtrane

Trane's Slow Blues & Like Someone In Love:
John Coltrane: LUSH LIFE (Prestige)

I Love You:
JOHN COLTRANE AND THE JAZZ GIANTS (Prestige)
John Coltrane: LUSH LIFE (Prestige)

Aug 23, N.Y. You Leave Me Breathless John Coltrane ts
**Bass Blues *Red Garland p
**Traneing In Paul Chambers b
Soft Lights And Sweet Music Art Taylor d
Slow Dance

Soft Lights And Sweet Music:
JOHN COLTRANE AND THE JAZZ GIANTS (Prestige)

Sep 15, N.Y. **Blue Train Lee Morgan tp
**Locomotion Curtis Fuller tb
**Moment's Notice *John Coltrane ts
**Lazy Bird Kenny Drew p
I'm Old Fashioned Paul Chambers b
Philly Joe Jones d

= John Coltrane: BLUE TRAIN (Blue Note)

Sep 20, N.Y. Dealin' Prestige All Stars:
Wheelin' John Coltrane ts
Robbin's Nest Paul Quinichette ts
Things Ain't What Frank Wess ts, fl
They Used To Be Mal Waldron p
Doug Watkins b
Art Taylor d

Oct, N.Y. Not So Sleepy Winner's Circle:
Love And The Weather Donald Byrd tp
Turtle Walk Frank Rehak tb
If I'm Lucky Gene Quill as
Strictly Instrumental John Coltrane ts
Al Cohn bars
Eddie Costa p
Freddie Green g
Oscar Pettiford b
Philly Joe Jones d
Ed Thigpen d

Oct 9, N.Y. With A Song In My Heart Donald Byrd tp
(Sep 1, N.Y.?) Speak Low Curtis Fuller tb
Come Rain Or Come Shine John Coltrane ts
News For Lulu *Sonny Clark p
Sonny's Crib Paul Chambers b
Softly Art Taylor d

Nov 15, N.Y. Our Delight Donald Byrd tp
They Can't Take That John Coltrane ts
Away From Me *Red Garland p
Woody'n You George Joyner b
Undecided Art Taylor d
I Got It Bad
Soul Junction
What Is There To Say
Birks Works
Hallelujah
All Morning Long

Dec 13, N.Y. Billie's Bounce Same personnel as
Solitude Nov 15, 1957.
Two Bass Hit
Soft Winds
Lazy Mae

Billie's Bounce:
JOHN COLTRANE AND THE JAZZ GIANTS (Prestige)

Dec, N.Y. Ain't Life Grand Donald Byrd tp
El Toro Valiente Idrees Sulieman tp
Midriff Bill Hardman tp
Late Date Ray Copeland tp
The Kiss Of No Return Melba Liston tb
The Outer World Frank Rehak tb
Jimmy Cleveland tb
Sahib Shihab as
Bill Graham as
John Coltrane ts
Al Cohn ts
Bill Slapin bars
Walter Bishop p
Wendell Marshall b
*Art Blakey d

= Art Blakey: AIN'T LIFE GRAND (Affinity)

Dec, N.Y. Tippin' Donald Byrd tp
Pristine John Coltrane ts
Walter Bishop p
Wendell Marshall b
*Art Blakey d

= Art Blakey: AIN'T LIFE GRAND (Affinity)

Dec 20, N.Y. Under Paris Skies *Ray Draper tuba
Filide John Coltrane ts
Two Sons Gil Coggins p
Paul's Bal Spanky DeBrest b
Clifford's Kappa Larry Richie d
I Hadn't Anyone

1957-1958, N.Y. Besame Mucho Michel Legrand And His Orchestra
John Coltrane ts

1958
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Jan 3, N.Y. Ammons' Joy John Coltrane as, ts
Groove Blues *Gene Ammons ts
The Real McCoy Paul Quinichette ts
It Might As Well Be Spring Jerome Richardson fl
That's All Pepper Adams bars
Cheek To Cheek Mal Waldron p
Jug Handle George Joyner b
Blue Hymn Art Taylor d

Jan 10, N.Y. Lush Life Donald Byrd tp
Nakatini Serenade *John Coltrane ts
The Believer Red Garland p
Come Rain Or Come Shine Paul Chambers b
Lover Louis Hayes d

Lush Life:
John Coltrane: LUSH LIFE (Prestige)

Lover:
JOHN COLTRANE AND THE JAZZ GIANTS (Prestige)

Feb 7, N.Y. Russian Lullaby John Coltrane ts
Theme For Ernie *Red Garland p
Good Bait Paul Chambers b
You Say You Care Art Taylor d
I Want To Talk About You

= John Coltrane: SOULTRANE (Prestige)

Russian Lullaby:
JOHN COLTRANE AND THE JAZZ GIANTS (Prestige)

Mar 7, N.Y. Lyresto *John Coltrane ts
Why Was I Born Tommy Flanagan p
Freight Train Kenny Burrell g
Big Paul Paul Chambers b
I Never Knew Jimmy Cobb d

= KENNY BURRELL & JOHN COLTRANE (Prestige)

Mar 13, N.Y. Well's Fargo *Wilbur Harden fl
West 42nd Street John Coltrane ts
W.F.F.P.H. Tommy Flanagan p
Snuffy Doug Watkins b
Rhodomagnetics Louis Hayes d

= John Coltrane-Wilbur Harden: COUNTDOWN (Savoy)

Mar 26, N.Y. Rise 'n Shine John Coltrane ts
I See Your Face Before Me *Red Garland p
If There Is Someone Paul Chambers b
Lovelier Than You Jimmy Cobb d
Little Melonae
**By The Numbers

Apr 2, N.Y. Two Bass Hit *Miles Davis tp
Straight, No Chaser Julian Adderley as
Milestones John Coltrane ts
Red Garland p
Paul Chambers b
Philly Joe Jones d

= Miles Davis: MILESTONES (Columbia)

Apr 3, N.Y. Dr. Jekyll Same personnel as
Sid's Ahead Apr 2, 1958.

= Miles Davis: MILESTONES (Columbia)

Apr, N.Y. Plaza Jazz At The Plaza *Miles Davis tp
My Funny Valentine John Coltrane ts
If I Were A Bell Julian Adderley as
Oleo Bill Evans p
Paul Chambers b
Philly Joe Jones d

May 23, N.Y. Black Pearls Donald Byrd tp
Lover Come Back To Me *John Coltrane ts
Sweet Sapphire Blues Red Garland p
Paul Chambers b
Jimmy Cobb d

May 26, N.Y. Green Dolphin Street *Miles Davis tp
Stella By Starlight Julian Adderley as
Put Your Little Foot Out John Coltrane ts
Bill Evans p
Paul Chambers b
Philly Joe Jones d

Jun 25, N.Y. Wild Man Miles Davis tp
(May?) 'Round Midnight Jerome Richardson cl, bars
The Jitterbug Waltz Phil Woods as
John Coltrane ts
Herbie Mann fl
Betty Glaman harp
Eddie Costa vib
Bill Evans p
Paul Chambers b
Kenny Dennis d
*Michel Legrand arr, dir

Jul 3, Newport Ah-Leu-Cha *Miles Davis tp
Jazz Festival Straight, No Chaser Julian Adderley as
Two Bass Hit John Coltrane ts
Fran-Dance Bill Evans p
Bye Bye Blackbird Paul Chambers b
The Theme Jimmy Cobb d

Jul 11, N.Y. Spring Is Here Wilbur Harden tp
Invitation *John Coltrane ts
I'm A Dreamer Red Garland p
Love Thy Neighbour Paul Chambers b
Don't Take Your Love Away Jimmy Cobb d
Stardust Art Taylor d
I'll Get By
My Ideal

Invitation:
JOHN COLTRANE AND THE JAZZ GIANTS (Prestige)

Aug 18, N.Y. Dial Africa *Wilbur Harden tp, flgh
Domba Curtis Fuller tb
Gold Coast John Coltrane ts
Tanganyika Strut Tommy Flanagan p
Alvin Jackson b
Art Taylor d

= John Coltrane-Wilbur Harden: AFRICA (Savoy)

Aug 25, N.Y. B.J. *Wilbur Harden tp, flgh
Anedao Curtis Fuller tb
Once In A While John Coltrane ts
Howard Williams p
Alvin Jackson b
Art Taylor d

= John Coltrane-Wilbur Harden: AFRICA (Savoy)

Sep 12, N.Y. Manhattan Art Farmer tp
Doc Severinsen tp
Ernie Royal tp
Bob Brookmeyer tb
Frank Rehak tb
Tom Mitchell tb
Hal McKusick as
John Coltrane ts
Sol Schlinger bars
Bill Evans p
Barry Galbraith g
Milt Hinton b
Charlie Persip d
Jon Hendricks narrator
*George Russell con, arr

Oct 13, N.Y. Shifting Down Kenny Dorham tp
Like Someone In Love *John Coltrane ts
Double Clutching *Cecil Taylor p
Just Friends Chuck Israels b
Louis Hayes d

= John Coltrane: COLTRANE TIME (Boplicity)

Nov, N.Y. Essil's Dance *Ray Draper tuba
Doxy John Coltrane ts
I Talk To The Trees John Maher p
Yesterdays Spanky DeBrest b
Angel Eyes Larry Ritchie d
Oleo

Dec 26, N.Y. Do I Love You Because Freddie Hubbard tp
You're Beautiful *John Coltrane ts
Then I'll Be Tired Of You Red Garland p
Something I Dreamed Last Paul Chambers b
Night Art Taylor d
Bahia Jimmy Cobb d
Time After Time
**Goldsboro Express

1959
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Jan 15, Atlantic Bags And Trane *John Coltrane ts
Studios, N.Y. Three Little Words *Milt Jackson vib
Be-Bop Hank Jones p
The Night We Called It A Day Paul Chambers b
The Late Late Blues Connie Kay d
Centerpiece
Stairway To The Stars
Blues Legacy

= Milt Jackson & John Coltrane: BAGS & TRANE (Atlantic)
= John Coltrane: THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION (Atlantic/Rhino)

Feb 3, Chicago Grand Central *Julian Adderley as
The Sleeper John Coltrane ts
You're A Weaver Of Dreams Wynton Kelly p
Wabash Paul Chambers b
Limehouse Blues Jimmy Cobb d
Stars Fell On Alabama

= CANNONBALL & COLTRANE (EmArcy)

Mar 2, N.Y. Freddie Freeloader *Miles Davis tp
So What Julian Adderley as
Blue In Green John Coltrane ts
Wynton Kelly p
Bill Evans p
Paul Chambers b
Jimmy Cobb d

= Miles Davis: KIND OF BLUE (Columbia)

Mar 26, Atlantic **Giant Steps *John Coltrane ts
Studios, N.Y. **Naima Cedar Walton p
**Like Sonny Paul Chambers b
Lex Humphries d

= John Coltrane: THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION (Atlantic/Rhino)
Giant Steps, Naima:
John Coltrane: GIANT STEPS (Atlantic) (CD only!)

Apr 22, N.Y. Flamenco Sketches Same personnel as
All Blues Mar 2, 1959.

= Miles Davis: KIND OF BLUE (Columbia)

May 4, Atlantic **Spiral *John Coltrane ts
Studios, N.Y. **Countdown Tommy Flanagan p
**Countdown (Alternate Take) Paul Chambers b
Art Taylor d

= John Coltrane: THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION (Atlantic/Rhino)

May 5, Atlantic **Syeeda's Song Flute (2 takes) Same personnel as
Studios, N.Y. **Mr. P.C. May 4, 1959.
**Giant Steps
**Cousin Mary (2 takes)

= John Coltrane: THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION (Atlantic/Rhino)
= John Coltrane: GIANT STEPS (Atlantic) (CD only!)

Nov 24, Atlantic Little Old Lady *John Coltrane ts
Studios, N.Y. I'll Wait And Pray (2 takes) Wynton Kelly p
Paul Chambers b
Jimmy Cobb d

= John Coltrane: THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION (Atlantic/Rhino)
= John Coltrane: COLTRANE JAZZ (Atlantic) (CD only!)

Dec 2, Atlantic **Naima Same personnel as
Studios, N.Y. **Harmonique November 24, 1959.
My Shining Hour
**Like Sonny
**Fifth House
**Some Other Blues

= John Coltrane: THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION (Atlantic/Rhino)
Naima:
John Coltrane: GIANT STEPS (Atlantic)

1960
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Mar 22, Stockholm So What *Miles Davis tp
On Green Dolphin Stret John Coltrane ts
All Blues/The Theme Wynton Kelly p
Coltrane Interview Paul Chambers b
So What Jimmy Cobb d
Fran-Dance
Walkin'/The Theme

= Miles Davis & John Coltrane: LIVE IN STOCKHOLM 1960
(Dragon Records)

Jun 28, Atlantic Cherryco *Don Cherry tp
Studios, N.Y. The Blessing *John Coltrane ts, ss
Charlie Haden b
Ed Blackwell d

= John Coltrane: THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION (Atlantic/Rhino)
= John Coltrane & Don Cherry: THE AVANT-GARDE (Atlantic)

Jul 8, Atlantic Focus On Sanity *Don Cherry tp
Studios, N.Y. Bemsha Swing *John Coltrane ts, ss
The Invisible Percy Heath b
Ed Blackwell d

= John Coltrane: THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION (Atlantic/Rhino)
= John Coltrane & Don Cherry: THE AVANT-GARDE (Atlantic)

Summer, N.Y. **Exotica *John Coltrane ts
Birdland **One And Four McCoy Tyner p
**Simple Like Steve Davis b
Billy Higgins d

Oct 21, Atlantic **Village Blues (2 takes) *John Coltrane ts, ss
Studios, N.Y. My Favorite Things McCoy Tyner p
Steve Davis b
Elvin Jones d

= John Coltrane: THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION (Atlantic/Rhino)
Village Blues:
John Coltrane: COLTRANE JAZZ (Atlantic)
My Favorite Things:
John Coltrane: MY FAVORITE THINGS (Atlantic)

Oct 24, N.Y. Summertime Same personnel as
Blues To Elvin Oct 21, 1960.
**Blues To Bechet
**Blues To You
**Mr. Day
**Mr. Syms
**Mr. Knight
**Central Park West
Body And Soul
**Satellite
**26-2
**Untitled Original

= John Coltrane: THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION (Atlantic/Rhino)
Summertime:
John Coltrane: MY FAVORITE THINGS (Atlantic)
Central Park West, Body And Soul & Satellite:
John Coltrane: COLTRANE'S SOUND (Atlantic)

Oct 26, N.Y. But Not For Me Same personnel as
Everytime We Say Goodbye Oct 21, 1960.
**Liberia
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
**Equinox

But Not For Me & Everytime We Say Goodbye:
John Coltrane: MY FAVORITE THINGS (Atlantic)

Liberia, The Night Has A Thousand Eyes & Equinox:
John Coltrane: COLTRANE'S SOUND (Atlantic)

1961
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Mar 20, N.Y. Someday My Prince Will Come *Miles Davis tp
Hank Mobley ts
John Coltrane ts
Wynton Kelly p
Paul Chambers b
Jimmy Cobb d

Mar 21, N.Y. Teo *Miles Davis tp
John Coltrane ts
Wynton Kelly p
Paul Chambers b
Jimmy Cobb d

May 23, N.Y. Greensleeves (2 takes) Booker Little tp
Song Of The Underground Britt Woodman tb
Railroad Carl Bowman euphonium
Julius Watkins fr horn
Donald Corrado fr horn
Bob Northern fr horn
Robert Swisshel fr horn
Bill Barber tuba
Eric Dolphy as, bcl, fl
*John Coltrane ts
Laurdine Patrick reeds
McCoy Tyner p
Art Davis b
Elvin Jones d

= John Coltrane: AFRICA/BRASS (Impulse!)

May 25, N.Y. **Ole Freddie Hubbard tp
**Dahomey Dance Eric Dolphy as, fl
Aisha *John Coltrane ts, ss
Original Untitled Ballad McCoy Tyner p
Reggie Workman b
Art Davis b
Elvin Jones d

Jun 7, N.Y. **Africa (2 takes) Same personnel as
**Blues Minor May 23, 1961.

= John Coltrane: AFRICA/BRASS (Impulse!)

Nov 2, N.Y. Softly As In A Morning Eric Dolphy bcl
Village Sunrise *John Coltrane ts, ss
Vanguard **Chasin' The Trane McCoy Tyner p
Reggie Workman b
Jimmy Garrison b
Elvin Jones d

= John Coltrane: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD (Impulse!)

Nov 3, N.Y. **Spiritual Same personnel as
Village Nov 2, 1961.
Vanguard

= John Coltrane: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD (Impulse!)

Nov 5, N.Y. **India Same personnel as
Village **Impressions Nov 2-3, 1961.
Vanguard
= John Coltrane: IMPRESSIONS (Impulse!)

End of November, My Favorite Things Eric Dolphy bcl, fl, as
Copenhagen **Blue Train *John Coltrane ts
**Naima McCoy Tyner p
**Mr. P.C. Reggie Workman b
I Want To Talk About You Elvin Jones d
**Impressions
**Spiritual

Dec 21, N.Y. Greensleeves *John Coltrane ts, ss
It's Easy To Remember McCoy Tyner p
Jimmy Garrison b
Elvin Jones d

1962
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Apr 11, N.Y. The Inch Worm Same personnel as
**Big Nick Dec 21, 1961.
Soul Eyes

The Inch Worm & Soul Eyes:
John Coltrane: COLTRANE (Impulse!)
Soul Eyes:
THE GENTLE SIDE OF JOHN COLTRANE (Impulse!)

Jun 21, N.Y. **Miles' Mode Same personnel as
Dec 21, 1961.

= John Coltrane: COLTRANE (Impulse!)

Jun 29, N.Y. **Tunji (Toon-Gee) Same personnel as
Out Of This World Dec 21, 1961.

= John Coltrane: COLTRANE (Impulse!)

Sep 18, N.Y. Nancy Same personnel as
What's New Dec 21, 1961.
**Up 'Gainst The Wall

Up 'Gainst The Wall:
John Coltrane: IMPRESSIONS (Impulse!)
Nancy & What's New:
THE GENTLE SIDE OF JOHN COLTRANE (Impulse!)
John Coltrane: BALLADS (Impulse!)

Sep 26, N.Y. Stevie *John Coltrane ts, ss
In A Sentimental Mood *Duke Ellington p
Angelica Aaron Bell b
My Little Brown Book Jimmy Garrison b
The Feeling Of Jazz Sam Woodyard d
**Big Nick Elvin Jones d
Take The Coltrane

= DUKE ELLINGTON & JOHN COLTRANE (Impulse!)
In A Sentimental Mood & My Little Brown Book:
THE GENTLE SIDE OF JOHN COLTRANE (Impulse!)


Nov 13, N.Y. Too Young To Go Steady *John Coltrane ts, ss
All Or Nothing At All McCoy Tyner p
They Say It's Wonderful Jimmy Garrison b
I Wish I Knew Elvin Jones d
You Don't Know What Love Is
Say It Over And Over Again

All except They Say It's Wonderful:
John Coltrane: BALLADS (Impulse!)

???, Europe **Traneing In Same personnel as
Nov 13, 1962.

1963
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Mar 6-7, N.Y. They Say It's Wonderful *John Coltrane ts, ss
Lush Life McCoy Tyner p
Autumn Serenade Jimmy Garrison p
My One And Only Love Elvin Jones d
Vilia Johnny Hartman voc
Dedicated To You
You Are Too Beautiful

All except Vilia:
JOHN COLTRANE AND JOHNNY HARTMAN (Impulse!)
Vilia:
FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES (Impulse!)
Lush Life & My One And Only Love:
THE GENTLE SIDE OF JOHN COLTRANE (Impulse!)

Apr 29, Van **After The Rain *John Coltrane ts, ss
Gelder Dear Old Stockholm McCoy Tyner p
Studio, Jimmy Garrison b
Englewood Roy Haynes d
Cliffs,
New Jersey = John Coltrane: DEAR OLD STOCKHOLM (Impulse!)

After The Rain:
John Coltrane: IMPRESSIONS (Impulse!)
THE GENTLE SIDE OF JOHN COLTRANE (Impulse!)

Jul 7, Newport My Favorite Things Same personnel as
I Want To Talk About You Apr 29, 1963.

My Favorite Things:
John Coltrane: MY FAVORITE THINGS (Jazz Masterworks)

Sep, Stockholm **Mr. P.C. Same personnel as
**Traneing In Apr 29, 1963.
**Spiritual
I Want To Talk About You

= John Coltrane: LIVE IN STOCKHOLM 1963 (Affinity)

Oct 8, N.Y. **The Promise *John Coltrane ts, ss
Birdland **Afro-Blue McCoy Tyner p
I Want To Talk About You Jimmy Garrison b
Elvin Jones d

= John Coltrane: LIVE AT BIRDLAND (Impulse!)

I Want To Talk About You:
THE GENTLE SIDE OF JOHN COLTRANE (Impulse!)

Nov 18, N.Y **Your Lady Same personnel as
Birdland **Alabama Oct 8, 1963.

= John Coltrane: LIVE AT BIRDLAND (Impulse!)

Alabama:
THE SMITHSONIAN COLLECTION OF CLASSIC JAZZ VOL. 5
THE GENTLE SIDE OF JOHN COLTRANE (Impulse!)

1964
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Apr 27, N.Y. & **Crescent Same personnel as
Jun 1, N.Y. **Lonnie's Lament Oct 8, 1963.
**Wise One
**The Drum Thing
**Bessie's Blues

= John Coltrane: CRESCENT (Impulse!)
Wise One:
THE GENTLE SIDE OF JOHN COLTRANE (Impulse!)

Dec 9, N.Y. **Acknowledgement Same personnel as
**Resolution Oct 8, 1963.
**Pursuance
**Psalm

= John Coltrane: A LOVE SUPREME (Impulse!)

1965
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???, Europe **Acknowledgement *John Coltrane ts
**Resolution McCoy Tyner p
**Pursuance Jimmy Garrison b
**Psalm Elvin Jones d

= John Coltrane: A LOVE SUPREME (Jazz Masterworks)

Feb 18, N.Y. Nature Boy John Coltrane ts, ss
McCoy Tyner p
Jimmy Garrison b
Art Davis b
Elvin Jones d

= THE JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET PLAYS (Impulse!)

Mar 28, N.Y. Nature Boy *John Coltrane ts
Village Gate McCoy Tyner p
Jimmy Garrison b
Elvin Jones d

May 17, N.Y. Chim Chim Cheree Same personnel as
**Brazilia Mar 28, 1965.
**Song Of Praise

= THE JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET PLAYS (Impulse!)

May 26, Van **Dear Lord *John Coltrane ts
Gelder **One Down, One Up McCoy Tyner p
Studio, **After The Crescent Jimmy Garrison b
Englewood Roy Haynes d
Cliffs,
New Jersey = John Coltrane: DEAR OLD STOCKHOLM (Impulse!)

Dear Lord:
THE GENTLE SIDE OF JOHN COLTRANE (Impulse!)

Jun 10, Van **Transition Same personnel as
Gelder **Welcome Mar 28, 1965.
Studio, **Suite-
Englewood Prayer And Meditation: Day
Cliffs, Peace And After
New Jersey Prayer And Meditation: Evening
Affirmation
Prayer And Meditation: 4 A.M.

= John Coltrane: TRANSITION (Impulse!)

Jun 16, N.Y. **Living Space Same personnel as
**Vigil Mar 28, 1965.

Vigil:
John Coltrane: TRANSITION (Impulse!)

Jun 28, N.Y. **Welcome Same personnel as
(Jun 10??) Mar 28, 1965.

= THE GENTLE SIDE OF JOHN COLTRANE (Impulse!)

Jun 28, N.Y. **Ascension, part 1 Freddie Hubbard tp
**Ascension, part 2 Dewey Johnson tp
Marion Brown as
John Tchicai as
*John Coltrane ts
Archie Shepp ts
Pharaoh Sanders ts
McCoy Tyner p
Art Davis b
Jimmy Garrison b
Elvin Jones d

= John Coltrane: ASCENSION (Impulse!)
= THE MAJOR WORKS OF JOHN COLTRANE (Impulse!)

Jul 2, N.Y. **One Down, One Up *John Coltrane ts, ss
McCoy Tyner p
Jimmy Garrison b
Elvin Jones d
Norman O'Connor narrator

Aug 26, N.Y. **Sun Ship *John Coltrane ts
**Attaining McCoy Tyner p
**Dearly Beloved Jimmy Garrison b
**Ascent Elvin Jones d
**Amen

= John Coltrane: SUN SHIP (Impulse!)

Sep 2, N.Y. **Consequences Same personnel as
**Love Aug 26, 1965.
**Compassion
**Serenity
**Joy

= John Coltrane: FIRST MEDITATIONS (Impulse!)

Sep 22, N.Y. **Joy Same personnel as
Aug 26, 1965.

= John Coltrane: FIRST MEDITATIONS (Impulse!)

Sep 30, Seattle, **Cosmos *John Coltrane ts
Washington Out Of This World Pharaoh Sanders ts
The Penthouse Body And Soul McCoy Tyner p
Tapestry In Sound Donald Garrett bcl
**Evolution Jimmy Garrison b
Afro-Blue Elvin Jones d

= John Coltrane: LIVE IN SEATTLE (Impulse!)

Oct 1, Seattle, **Om, part 1 *John Coltrane ts
Washington **Om, part 2 Pharaoh Sanders ts
Joe Brazil fl
McCoy Tyner p
Donald Garrett b, bcl
Jimmy Garrison b
Elvin Jones d

= John Coltrane: OM (Impulse!)
= THE MAJOR WORKS OF JOHN COLTRANE (Impulse!)

Oct, L.A. **Selflessness *John Coltrane ts
Pharaoh Sanders ts
Donald Garrett b, bcl
McCoy Tyner p
Jimmy Garrison b
Elvin Jones d, perc
Frank Butler d, perc
Juno Lewis perc

Oct, L.A. Kulu Se Mama *John Coltrane ts
Pharaoh Sanders ts
Donald Garrett b, bcl
McCoy Tyner p
Jimmy Garrison b
Elvin Jones d
Frank Butler d
Juno Lewis voc, perc

= John Coltrane: KULU SE MAMA (Impulse!)

Nov 23, N.Y. **The Father And The Son And *John Coltrane ts
The Holy Ghost Pharaoh Sanders ts
**Compassion McCoy Tyner p
**Consequences Jimmy Garrison b
**Serenity Elvin Jones d
**Love Rashied Ali d

= John Coltrane: MEDITATIONS (Impulse!)

1966
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Feb 2, San **Manifestation *John Coltrane ts, bcl
Francisco **Reverend King Pharaoh Sanders ts, fl
**Peace On Earth Alice Coltrane p
**Leo Rashied Ali d
Jimmy Garrison b
Ray Appleton perc
Joan Chapman tamboura

May 28, N.Y. **Naima *John Coltrane ts, ss, bcl
Village My Favorite Things Pharaoh Sanders ts, fl
Vanguard Alice Coltrane p
Jimmy Garrison b
Rashied Ali d
Emanuel Rahim perc

Jul 22, Tokyo, **Meditations *John Coltrane ts, bcl
Japan **Leo, parts 1, 2, 3 Pharaoh Sanders ts, bcl
**Peace On Earth, parts 1, 2 Alice Coltrane p
Jimmy Garrison b
Rashied Ali d

1967
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Feb 15, **Seraphic Light *John Coltrane ts
Van Gelder **Sun Star Alice Coltrane p
Studio, **Sun Star (alt. take) Jimmy Garrison b
Englewood **Stellar Regions Rashied Ali d
Cliffs, **Stellar Regions (alt. take)
N.J. **Iris
**Offering
**Configuration
**Jimmy's Mode
**Tranesonic
**Tranesonic (alt. take)

= John Coltrane: STELLAR REGIONS (Impulse!)

Offering:
John Coltrane: EXPRESSION (Impulse!)

Feb 22, N.Y. **Mars *John Coltrane ts
**Venus Rashied Ali d
**Jupiter
**Saturn

= John Coltrane: INTERSTELLAR SPACE (Impulse!)

Mar 17, N.Y. **Expression *John Coltrane ts
**Ogunde Alice Coltrane p
(**To Be) Jimmy Garrison b
Rashied Ali d

[Rebel Queen]

John Coltrane's Eternal 'A Love Supreme'
New Release Includes Rare Live Performance
(click the link at the bottom to watch Coltrane perform "a love supreme" and another video with Miles Davis. THE VIDEO DOESNT DO HIM OR THIS PIECE JUSTICE BUT JUST A LIL SOMETHING SOMETHING...)

Watch an All Songs Considered presentation on "Acknowledgement" from A Love Supreme.
Watch a video of Coltrane performing A Love Supreme in 1965.


Chuck StewartJohn and Alice Coltrane.

VikingA Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album book cover.

Morning Edition, November 26, 2002 · Saxophone legend John Coltrane's 1964 recording, A Love Supreme, is one of the masterworks in the canon of jazz: most musicians know it. Many have performed parts -- if not all -- of the 32-minute suite.

Now, a new edition of the Coltrane album has been released. It includes the original studio recording plus the only live performance of the complete work. The double CD is a result of research for a new book, A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album. Its author, Ashley Kahn, prepared an essay on the project for Morning Edition.

"John Coltrane is one of those rare musical figures who transcends both his time and category," Kahn says. "Today, in addition to jazz fans, rockers and rappers, head-bangers and hip-hoppers all swear their allegiance to him. And no album in his catalog reaches a wider audience than A Love Supreme, what he called his 'humble offering to God.'"

A Love Supreme was recorded one December evening in Rudy Van Gelder's legendary studio in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Pianist McCoy Tyner remembers the unusual, almost magical atmosphere surrounding the session. "Rudy that day dimmed the lights in his studio. I'd never seen him do that and it sort of set an atmosphere. There was just something very, very special about that particular session."

Drummer Elvin Jones says Coltrane "never wrote out any music for us. When he played we more or less had to imagine, or feel, how to interpret the song. And it got to the point where I felt I was almost part of his mind, almost telepathic in a way."

The quartet, which also included bassist Jimmy Garrison, needed little more than the seed of a melodic idea when it hit the studio. Tyner adds: "We had been playing some of that music and we didn't know what it was going to be until we got into the studio. And then it all came together."

Coltrane constructed the suit's main theme around a simple four-note pattern -- based on the words "a love supreme."

But A Love Supreme is more than just a musical statement, Kahn says. "It's an unusually complete vision of one man's spirituality expressed through his art. Coltrane used the tools he had available and that he knew: a saxophone, a well-practiced quartet -- even his own voice -- to create music worthy of his creator."

In a 1966 interview, Coltrane discussed religion and spirituality. "I've always felt that even though a man was not a Christian, he still has to know the truth some way or another. Or if he was a Christian, he could know the truth." he said. "The truth itself doesn't have any name on it to me. And each man has to find this for himself, I think."

Kahn says the influence of A Love Supreme can't just be measured by the sales charts. "The truest gauge of this album's effect is in the intensity with which people speak of A Love Supreme and how they pass it on from one person to another -- like a cherished, holy object. And in a way it is."


click here to watch Coltrane Performing a love supreme.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...storyId=855350

[Akyeame Kwame]

thx for the addition Rebel Queen, my father got me the book last yr...i've read about a chapter of it but unfortunately haven't gotten a chance to return to it since thx for spreading the good word about 'Trane

[Rebel Queen]

Youre very welcome.. and thank you for starting the thread.. Im on my way to get his album this weekend!!!!!

[Akyeame Kwame]

No prob...was inspired by the Pharoah Sanders Thread. You're going to get a copy of A Love Supreme?

AK

[Rebel Queen]

At first i thought A love supreme was just the title of 1 piece but then i was informed that its the overall title of a four movement composition. When i heard what i thought was just the one piece i was like WOAH I gotta have it. So yesss my first choice will be the love supreme album. I'm not going shopping on my own which is a good thing cause lord knows im gonna need some help. I'm not very experienced when it comes to jazz music buttt i attended my first jazz festival last year. It was beautiful...I was like mannnn what took me so long to find out about this!!! LoL But ive been REALLY getting into it and i only wish i had gotten into this genre of music earlier. Ok i answered wayyy more than you asked. LOL . Peace Brother Kwame...

RQ

[Rebel Queen]

Does anyone know much about his wife Alice Coltrane???

[Sun Ship]

Orisha John Coltrane



First of all, I want to thank you Brother Akyeame_Kwame, for giving us this discography…presently I probably have almost everything listed in the discography in CD form. At one time I had all of this discography in album form (analog - the best way to listen) and then eventually tape. Both for the most part, my albums and tapes, got away from me (long story!). If I've missed anything, I've probably heard it, from someone else collection. But I'm sure there is alot I've never heard, for Coltrane was a very prolific composer, improvisationalist and recording artist and also so many things may be out-of-print, that's why searching vintage album collections are eventually essential.

If you ever go to a decent record shop, you will probably notice that besides the CD collection of Miles Davis…Coltrane’s stack is probably the largest Jazz collection there is. I’ve seen it take up two and three roles. Many times they are different improvisational interpretations of the same piece, like there are about 2 complete versions of “Love Supreme� or the three different versions of “I want to talk about you� and so forth.

I can’t start to talk about how Coltrane influenced my life, many of my contemporaries, progressive Black thought, revolutionary poetry and progressive Black music in general.

His music is like a spiritual rudder to the subconscious and superconscious mind of those who listen to him religiously.

There are more books written about John Coltrane than probably any other Black Artist and his name and legacy has been invoked in the revolutionary prose of many poets over the years. Those who understand the power of movement and vibration, enharmonics, oscillation and sound, know that music is not only an art, but also a science. There is a direct correlation to the destruction of our community and the acidic verbiage that is attached to the profaning of sacred rhythms and holy intonations (most gang'sta rap). The enemy knows this, that’s why he feeds his children Mozart and John Coltrane, and ours consume 50cent and Snoop Dog.

Believe me, I’m sure when they found out that light, string theories and all other Quantum sciences where glued together by different frequencies and oscillations they took our sacred music into the laboratories.

Coltrane along with Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman, Archie Shepp, Pharaoh Sanders, Thelonious Monk, Sun Ra and Charles Mingus, just to name a few, gave us a whole new generation Black musical scientist. Most of which, have been either ignored or circumvented. This has nothing to do with the Wynton Marsalis movement…let’s be clear about this!


Also Sister Rebel Queen,...Alice Coltrane, who was an essential part of Coltrane’s spriritual development in the last years of his life, is still recording. I heard she has lived and taught as a spiritual Guru over the years. Both of her sons Ravi and Oran Coltrane (both saxophone players) are on here latest release: Translinear Light

Below is one of my favorite quotes…I originally had this quote embedded in a signature at the bottom of all my post, but was informed that whole graphic was oversized…so I just switched to the .Gif movie you see now:

“For us, the Coltranes’ music embodies the idea that if we are to transcend boundaries and create new alternatives for revolutionary social change, then we must dig deep into the spirit,�

-A quote from Assata Zerai, Syracuse University sociology professor and her husband Fanon Wilkins concerning the naming of their daughter, Coltrane, for jazz musicians Alice and John Coltrane. (Ebony magazine article, “The Name Game� 6/98)


...again spiritual Queen Alice Coltrane

[Akyeame Kwame]

Orisha John Coltrane



First of all, I want to thank you Brother Akyeame_Kwame, for giving us this discography…presently I probably have almost everything listed in the discography in CD form. At one time I had all of this discography in album form (analog - the best way to listen) and then eventually tape. Both for the most part, my albums and tapes, got away from me (long story!). If I've missed anything, I've probably heard it, from someone else collection. But I'm sure there is alot I've never heard, for Coltrane was a very prolific composer, improvisationalist and recording artist and also so many things may be out-of-print, that's why searching vintage album collections are eventually essential.

If you ever go to a decent record shop, you will probably notice that besides the CD collection of Miles Davis…Coltrane’s stack is probably the largest Jazz collection there is. I’ve seen it take up two and three roles. Many times they are different improvisational interpretations of the same piece, like there are about 2 complete versions of “Love Supreme” or the three different versions of “I want to talk about you” and so forth.

I can’t start to talk about how Coltrane influenced my life, many of my contemporaries, progressive Black thought, revolutionary poetry and progressive Black music in general.

His music is like a spiritual rudder to the subconscious and superconscious mind of those who listen to him religiously.

There are more books written about John Coltrane than probably any other Black Artist and his name and legacy has been invoked in the revolutionary prose of many poets over the years. Those who understand the power of movement and vibration, enharmonics, oscillation and sound, know that music is not only an art, but also a science. There is a direct correlation to the destruction of our community and the acidic verbiage that is attached to the profaning of sacred rhythms and holy intonations (most gang'sta rap). The enemy knows this, that’s why he feeds his children Mozart and John Coltrane, and ours consume 50cent and Snoop Dog.

Believe me, I’m sure when they found out that light, string theories and all other Quantum sciences where glued together by different frequencies and oscillations they took our sacred music into the laboratories.

Coltrane along with Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman, Archie Shepp, Pharaoh Sanders, Thelonious Monk, Sun Ra and Charles Mingus, just to name a few, gave us a whole new generation Black musical scientist. Most of which, have been either ignored or circumvented. This has nothing to do with the Wynton Marsalis movement…let’s be clear about this!


Also Sister Rebel Queen,...Alice Coltrane, who was an essential part of Coltrane’s spriritual development in the last years of his life, is still recording. I heard she has lived and taught as a spiritual Guru over the years. Both of her sons Ravi and Oran Coltrane (both saxophone players) are on here latest release: Translinear Light

Below is one of my favorite quotes…I originally had this quote embedded in a signature at the bottom of all my post, but was informed that whole graphic was oversized…so I just switched to the .Gif movie you see now:

“For us, the Coltranes’ music embodies the idea that if we are to transcend boundaries and create new alternatives for revolutionary social change, then we must dig deep into the spirit,”

-A quote from Assata Zerai, Syracuse University sociology professor and her husband Fanon Wilkins concerning the naming of their daughter, Coltrane, for jazz musicians Alice and John Coltrane. (Ebony magazine article, “The Name Game” 6/98)


...again spiritual Queen Alice Coltrane

htp Baba Sun Ship,

no problem, just wanted to share...i like Orisha as an alternative to saint...that must've been a huge record collection...my father has a lot of the discography still on record...he doesn't trust cd's...scratch too easy...as soon as he gets one (usually from tracks i recorded for him over the internet) he puts it on tape.

in your reference to a lot of the decadent rap that's out here, i remember Baba Charles Finch did a lecture where he mentioned that in Kmt, certain rhythms were illegal...banned because of what they could do to Hue-man and Hue-woman BE-ings...i'm sure these whiteys researched all of these rhythms and put them in tracks behind 50cent.

an older (than me) brother who plays Black improvisational music said something that always stuck with me...he said that "Jazz is what Afrikan music sounds like in a hostile context...in the context of war that Afrikan people found Ourselves in." it is certainly powerful...specifically Coltrane... you said that "when they found out that light, string theories and all other Quantum sciences where glued together by different frequencies and oscillations they took our sacred music into the laboratories"...i'm sure...the effect it has on you and the whole space you are in is undescribable...you can get chills up your spine and feel the neurons in your brain tilting at an axis and spinning at a quickening pace...Black Powerful!!!

stay BlackNificent,

Akyeame_Kwame

[rebelAfrika]

"writers treat me like COLTRANE, insane"--Public Enemy (from the song "Don't Believe the Hype")

[Akyeame Kwame]

All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws.

John Coltrane

I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about musical structures and the more theoretical aspects of music.

John Coltrane

You can play a shoestring if you're sincere.

John Coltrane

[Akyeame Kwame]

"I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I'm doing . . . the emotional reaction is all that matters as long as there's some feeling of communication, it isn't necessary that it be understood."

John Coltrane quotes

[Akyeame Kwame]

“Over all, I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things that he knows of and senses in the universe. . . That’s what I would like to do. I think that’s one of the greatest things you can do in life and we all try to do it in some way. The musician’s is through his music.�

John Coltrane

[Akyeame Kwame]

“Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music for the first time, as if I had never heard it before. Being so inescapably a part of it, I’ll never know what the listener gets, what the listener feels, and that’s too bad.�

John Coltrane

[Akyeame Kwame]

“Sometimes I’d think I was making music through the wrong end of a magnifying glass.�

John Coltrane