Category: John Coltrane

John Coltrane is rightly regarded as one of the major forces in twentieth-century jazz, a distinction made all the more remarkable by the…

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.

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.

The best vibraharpist and the best tenor sax player of their day join forces for an album that, frankly, isn’t their best.