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John Coltrane
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CAREER SPAN:
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# Albums
1950s
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22
1960s
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30
1980s
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1
1990s
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38
2000s
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50
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score: 
2.5785
2.5785
John Coltrane Album Rankings
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1
3.8251Although never formally signed, an oral agreement between John Coltrane and Blue Note Records founderAlfred Lionwas indeed honored onBlue Train-- Coltrane's only collection of sides as a principal art ...more
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3.7061History will undoubtedly enshrine this disc as a watershed the likes of which may never truly be appreciated. ...more
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4
3.5346Although seemingly impossible to comprehend, this landmark jazz recording was made in less than three days. ...more
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5
3.4580Arguably John Coltrane's finest all-around album, this recording has brilliant versions of "AfroBlue" and "I Want to Talk About You"; the second half of the latter features Coltrane on unaccompanied t ...more
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6
3.3113First things first: let’s take it as read that this is a classic of the 20th century jazz canon and an essential point of reference in Coltrane’s own tumultuous career. ...more
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7
3.2513John Coltrane'sA Love Supremeis one of the most compelling, spiritual testimonies in the history of jazz. ...more
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Amazon
8
3.2155Coltrane's sessions for Atlantic in late October 1960 were prolific, yielding the material forMy Favorite Things,Coltrane Plays the Blues, andColtrane's Sound. ...more
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Amazon
9
3.2148This CD reissues what was arguably the finest of the John Coltrane-Pharoah Sanderscollaborations. ...more
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Amazon
10
3.2056Over the course of two crucial discs,The Major Works of John Coltranecompiles the saxophonist's most important extended free jazz pieces from 1965. ...more
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Amazon
11
2.9866Just when you think you've collected everything by The John Coltrane Quartet, the Impulse tape fairy devises another way of reselling you Trane's back cat. But what the hell. ...more
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12
2.8761Not released for the first time until 1974 but now available in expanded form as a CD, this set of duets by tenor saxophonist John Coltrane and drummerRashied Aliare full of fire, emotion and constant ...more
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13
2.8571Other thanFirst Meditations, which was not released at the time,Sun Ship(reissued on CD by Impulse) was the final studio album by John Coltrane's classic quartet (with pianistMcCoy Tyner, bassistJimmy ...more
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14
2.7879The title of this album fits perfectly for John Coltrane was certainly at an important transitional point in his career at the time. ...more
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Amazon
16
2.4014After coming to prominence with Miles Davis' legendary mid-Fifties quintet, saxophonist John Coltrane went on to an unparalleled explosion of creativity over the next decade until his untimely death i ...more
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17
2.3689Released in 2000,The Very Best of John Coltraneis hardly the first best-of collection by the seminal saxophonist, and you can bet certain that it won't be the last. ...more
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19
1.0784Every five years since 1986, the corporate custodians of Impulse! have served up batches of Coltrane reissues and unreleased tapes to commemorate a birthday ending in 0 or 5. ...more
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20
0.3453This LP is a hodgepodge of memorable John Coltrane performances from the 1961-63 period. "India" and "Impressions" are taken from 'Trane's famous Nov. ...more
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23
0.3344This was Coltrane's last popular album before he moved deeper into avant-garde realms, leaving many in his audience behind. It has the feel of a summing up and taking account. ...more
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25
0.3290 Superior post-bop with the then-current Miles rhythm section of Wynton Kelly , piano, Paul Chambers , bass and Jimmy Cobb, drums. ...more
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Walmart
27
0.3237Throughout John Coltrane's discography there are a handful of decisive and controversial albums that split his listening camp into factions. ...more
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Amazon
28
0.3209This is a major set, "new" music from John Coltrane that was recorded February 15, 1967, (five months before his death) but not released for the first time until 1995. ...more
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Amazon
30
0.2970Three of the four lengthy performances on this CD are taken from one of the John Coltrane Quartet's greatest performances: the 1963 Newport Jazz Festival. ...more
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31
0.2850 Taken from several European concerts (producer Norman Granz is vague about the exact dates but those listed are educated guesses), this double CD finds John Coltrane and his classic Quartet playing t ...more
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Amazon
32
0.2783If you came across a CD titled Getz for Lovers, Prez for Lovers, or Baker for Lovers, you wouldn't be the least bit surprised. ...more
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33
0.2751John Coltrane's matchup with singer Johnny Hartman, although quite unexpected, works extremely well. ...more
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Amazon
35
0.2542 Not released initially until 1977, the music on this 1992 CD was the last recording made by the classic John Coltrane Quartet; other slightly later records found the group augmented by additional mus ...more
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36
0.2542 The last official Coltrane studio album made before his death (and released shortly after), this finds him trying out a textural experiment with his tenor and flute (an unexplored instrument for him) ...more
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Amazon
40
0.2333This is a reissue of the albums Interplay (Prestige 7112), and Mal Waldron -- Mal 2 (Prestige 1111). Three studio sessions were involved. ...more
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Amazon
41
0.0000Recently released anthology featuring early '60s Coltrane recordings at both Birdland and the Half Note. ...more
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Amazon
43
0.0000This LP, whose contents have been reissued in different sets on CD, features John Coltrane in two different settings. ...more
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Amazon
45
0.0000This CD reissue consolidates a very good session by tenor-saxophonist John Coltrane. ...more
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Overstock
50
0.0000 This two-LP set matches together the very different sounding tenors of John Coltrane and Paul Quinichette in a jam-session type setting from 1957 (although three of the five songs were actually compo ...more
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