John coltrane biography prestige 7105

          This album was Trane's first as a leader, and an auspicious move from sideman to a force to be reckoned with in his own right.

        1. A review of John Coltrane's first album, Coltrane, released in October on Prestige Records and featuring "Violets for Your Furs.".
        2. John Coltrane – Coltrane.
        3. The Prestige cover is iconic, one of the finest portraits ever taken of John Coltrane, monumental, powerful, brooding and profound.
        4. Would be the year that Coltrane truly came into his own.

          5. John Coltrane – Coltrane....

          Coltrane (1957 album)

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

          1957 studio album by John Coltrane

          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!.

          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 Dav