The following is a selected discography of recordings consulted during the research for this thesis. For more complete discographical information, see the “Notes” section below.
Soultrane (1957) Prestige P-7142; OJCCD-021-2
Blue Train (1957) Blue Note CDP-7243 8 53428 0 6
Enhanced multimedia CD-ROM
Giant Steps (1959) Atlantic 1311-2
My Favorite Things (1960) Atlantic 1361-2
Coltrane’s Sound (1960) Atlantic 1419-2
“Live” at the Village Vanguard (1961) Impulse! MCAD-39136
Newport ’63 (1963) Impulse! GRD-128
Afro Blue Impressions (2 discs; 1963) Pablo VICJ-40040
Africa/Brass (1961) Impulse! MCAD-42001
Coltrane (1963) Impulse! MCAD-5883
Crescent (1964) Impulse! IMPD-200
A Love Supreme (1964) Impulse! GRD-155
Transition (1965) Impulse! GRD-124
New Thing at Newport (with Archie Shepp) (1965) Impulse! GRD-105
Sun Ship Impulse! IMPD-167
Live in Seattle (2 discs; 1965) Impulse! GRD-2-146
The Major Works of John Coltrane (2 discs, 1965) Impulse! GRD-2-113 (Contains “Ascension [Editions I & II],” “Om,” “Kulu Se Mama,” and “Selflessness.”)
Meditations (1965) Impulse! MCAD-39139
Live at the Village Vanguard Again! (1966) Impulse! IMPD-213
Live in Japan (4 discs; 1966) Impulse! GRD-4-102
Interstellar Space (1967) Impulse! GRD-110
Expression (1967) Impulse! GRD-131
Stellar Regions (1967; first release 1995) Impulse! IMPD-169
The Classic Quartet — Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings (8 discs; 1961-1965; compilation 1998) Impulse! IMPD8-280
notes
Many of the Impulse! recordings have been released in as many as three or more compact disc editions by MCA, GRP, and Verve. See the Verve Music Group website for more information.
for a more extensive discography, please see the following:
Fujioka, Yasuhiro with Porter, Lewis and Hamada, Yoh-Ichi. John Coltrane: A Discography and Musical Biography. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1995.
Ruhlmann, William. “Going to Extremes: John Coltrane on Record.” Goldmine 23 June 1995: 18-38, 136-152