John Coltrane is rightly regarded as one of the major forces in twentieth-century jazz, a distinction made all the more remarkable by the fact that the majority of that force came in the span of a few short years, from 1960 until his death in 1967 at the age of 40. Before recording the landmark…
A Prestige all-star session featuring four up-and-coming tenor sax players, including two (Sims, Cohn) from Woody Herman’s band.
Coltrane’s first session is mostly by-the-books stuff from an artist who would be re-writing the book in a few years.
This is one of the earliest recordings of the Prestige All-Stars, an ad-hoc collection of stars from Prestige’s roster, featuring the first appearance of Mal Waldron’s “Soul Eyes.” Many years later, when Waldron passed away at the ripe old age (relative to jazz musicians) of 77, the NY Times would remember him as “the last…
Trane recorded this one-off, hard-bop session for Blue Note with a 19-year-old Lee Morgan.
One of the most exciting of Coltrane’s Prestige sessions, featuring what was now being billed as the Red Garland Trio.
Another Prestige all-star album, this time featuring a trio of tenor sax players: Coltrane, Quinichette and the criminally underrated Wess.
The album that introduced the world to Coltrane’s sheets of sound.
Two generations of tenors come together on this Prestige session from 1957 featuring a few Mal Waldron originals.
This is the album where Coltrane completely distances himself from the company of mere mortals.
An archival release of Prestige sessions from 1957 and 1958 featuring a rare trio combo and the classic Red Garland quartet.
Coltrane steps away from chromatic thirds to make a straightforward jazz album that swings.
A fan favorite of evergreen genius from the “new” John Coltrane Quartet, featuring two tracks of Trane on soprano sax.
Eric Dolphy and a herd of horns join the John Coltrane Quartet for the biggest, baddest brass band you’ve ever heard.
The best vibraharpist and the best tenor sax player of their day join forces for an album that, frankly, isn’t their best.