Coltrane (1957 album)

Coltrane
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1957 (1957-10)[1][2]
RecordedMay 31, 1957
StudioVan Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreHard bop
Length41:50
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7105
ProducerBob Weinstock
John Coltrane chronology
Coltrane
(1957)
Blue Train
(1958)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
DownBeat[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[6]

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!.

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ DownBeat: January 23, 1958 vol. 25, No. 2
  4. ^ Coltrane at AllMusic
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 284. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 46. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.