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

studio album by John Coltrane

Coltrane is an album by the American jazz musician John Coltrane which was released in October 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, , it stipulated three albums per year at $ per album.^[7] Coltrane had previously recorded as a sideman, and had co-led a session with Paul Quinichette (released in as Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette), but never as sole bandleader.^[8]

Coltrane had been fired by Davis in April for drug abuse, and ha