Coltrane_(1957_album)

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Coltrane (1957 album)

1957 studio album by John Coltrane

For the 1962 album of the same name by John Coltrane, see Coltrane (1962 album).

Coltrane is an album by the American jazz musician John Coltrane which was released in October 1957 by Prestige Records.[1][2] The recordings took place at the studio of Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack, New Jersey, and document Coltrane's first session as a leader. It has been reissued at times under the title of The First Trane!.

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Background

As a result of his exposure as a member of the Miles Davis Quintet, Prestige Records owner and producer Bob Weinstock offered Coltrane a recording contract. Dated April 9, 1957, it stipulated three albums per year at $300 per album.[7] Coltrane had previously recorded as a sideman, and had co-led a session with Paul Quinichette (released in 1959 as Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette), but never as sole bandleader.[8]

Coltrane had been fired by Davis in April 1957 for drug abuse, and had returned to Philadelphia to end his habit.[9] He returned to New York City for mid-May sessions with Prestige, this one taking place the day after Memorial Day. By the summer, Coltrane would be recording with Thelonious Monk and playing as a member of Monk's quartet for the rest of the year.[10]

For his debut, Coltrane chose a tune by his friend Calvin Massey, in addition to three standards including the relatively obscure "Time Was". Sidemen included Paul Chambers and Red Garland from the Davis band, and Philadelphia colleagues Johnnie Splawn and Albert Heath.

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Personnel

References

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    DeVito, Chris; Fujioka, Yasuhiro; Schmaler, Wolf; Wild, David (2013). Porter, Lewis (ed.). The John Coltrane Reference. New York/Abingdon: Routledge. p. 468. ISBN 9780415634632. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
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    Parnes, Sid, ed. (October 12, 1957). "October Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. p. 31. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
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    Coltrane at AllMusic
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    DownBeat: January 23, 1958 vol. 25, No. 2
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    Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 284. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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    Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 46. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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    Ben Ratliff. Coltrane: The Story of A Sound. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. ISBN 978-0-374-12606-3, p. 34
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    Lewis Porter. John Coltrane: His Life and Music. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1999. ISBN 0-472-10161-7, pp. 117-8.
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    Ratliff, pp. 34-35.
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    Porter, pp. 108-9.
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