# John Coltrane discography

This article presents the discography of the American jazz saxophonist and bandleader John Coltrane (1926–1967).

## Introduction

Coltrane participated in his first recording sessions while enlisted in the Navy from August 6, 1945, to August 11, 1946. He performed eight numbers in a pickup band that included trumpeter Dexter Culbertson. These were private recordings not made for official release. However, one track from the session, "Hot House", eventually appeared on the 1992 compilation The Last Giant: The John Coltrane Anthology.
There are conflicting sources as to whether he made his first professional recording session with Dinah Washington: Jazzdisco.org lists the session as September 27, 1949 in New York City, but Lewis Porter's John Coltrane: His Life and Music states that he was on tour with the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band during that time. Most sources confirm that he recorded with Billy Valentine on November 7 in Los Angeles for Mercury Records. In subsequent years, Coltrane sat in on recording sessions with Gillespie, Johnny Hodges, Earl Bostic, and Gay Crosse.
In September 1955, Coltrane joined the Miles Davis Quintet and appeared on several Miles Davis-led recordings, including 'Round About Midnight and Milestones. He briefly joined Thelonious Monk in May 1957, and their handful of recordings together have been collected on albums such as 1961's Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane. In 1958, he rejoined Davis' band and stayed until April 1960; during that time he participated in the 1959 Kind of Blue sessions.
In April 1957, he signed a contract with Prestige Records; it is unclear if this was a two-year deal or a one-year contract plus a one-year option. Many of Coltrane's recordings for Prestige could be classified as "sideman" recordings and informal jam sessions (or "blowing sessions", in the then-current terminology). He also made his first albums as a group leader, including his 1957 debut, Coltrane. That same year, Prestige allowed him to fulfill a promise that he would make an album for Blue Note, leading to 1957's Blue Train. After Coltrane gained prominence in the early 1960s, Prestige reissued a number of Coltrane's sideman and jam sessions under his name to capitalize on his success. The Prestige Recordings collects all of Coltrane's recordings for Prestige with the exception of his sideman work with Davis.
When his Prestige contract expired, Coltrane signed a two-year contract (one year, plus a one-year option) with Atlantic Records in April 1959. He was the leader of all of these sessions except Bags & Trane and The Avant-Garde, where he was featured with Milt Jackson and Don Cherry respectively. Albums from this period include Giant Steps and My Favorite Things. The Heavyweight Champion box collects his recordings for Atlantic, including all known outtakes.
Coltrane became the first artist to sign with the new Impulse! Records when it bought out his Atlantic contract in April 1961. He would record for the label until the end of his life, and his success earned Impulse! a reputation as "The House That Trane Built". Albums from this final period include the live album Live at Birdland, A Love Supreme, and Ascension.
All of the companies Coltrane worked with during his lifetime have compiled and reissued his material. In addition, Impulse! has issued several previously unreleased live recordings, including Live in Japan and The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording. Coltrane's concert, television and radio performances generated dozens of unauthorized and bootleg recordings. Pablo Records, a label that specializes in live recordings, purchased rights to several tapes of his performances, and is therefore considered a legitimate source despite never signing him to its label.

## Studio albums
### Prestige Records studio albums

List of albums released with John Coltrane under contract :
| Release date | Album | Personnel | Recording date |
| 1957 | Coltrane (reissued as The First Trane!) | Johnnie Splawn, Sahib Shihab, Red Garland, Mal Waldron, Paul Chambers, Albert "Tootie" Heath | 1957-05-31 |
| 1958 | John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio | Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | 1957-08-23 |
| 1958 | Soultrane | Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | 1958-02-07 |
List of albums assembled after John Coltrane's contract expired :
| Release date | Album | Personnel | Recording date |
| 1959 | Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette (co-leader) | Paul Quinichette (co-leader), Mal Waldron, Julian Euell, Ed Thigpen | 1957-05-17 |
| 1959 | The Cats | Idrees Sulieman, Tommy Flanagan, Kenny Burrell, Doug Watkins, Louis Hayes | 1957-04-18 |
| 1961-01-00 | Lush Life | Earl May, Art Taylor, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Donald Byrd, Louis Hayes, Albert "Tootie" Heath | 1957-05-31, 1957-08-16, 1958-01-10 |
| 1961-12-00 | Settin' the Pace | Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | 1958-03-26 |
| 1962 | Standard Coltrane | Wilbur Harden, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb | 1958-07-11 |
| 1963-05-00 | Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (co-leader) | Kenny Burrell (co-leader), Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb | 1958-03-07 |
| 1963 | Stardust | Wilbur Harden, Freddie Hubbard, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, Art Taylor | 1958-07-11, 1958-12-26 |
| 1963 | Dakar | Cecil Payne, Pepper Adams, Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor | 1957-04-20 |
| 1964-04-20 | The Believer | Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard, Louis Hayes, Art Taylor, Gil Coggins, Ray Draper, Spanky DeBrest, Larry Ritchie | 1957-12-20, 1958-01-10, 1958-12-26 |
| 1964-08-00 | Black Pearls | Donald Byrd, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor | 1958-05-23 |
| 1965-05-00 | Bahia | Wilbur Harden, Freddie Hubbard, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor, Jimmy Cobb | 1958-07-11, 1958-12-26 |
| 1966 | The Last Trane | Donald Byrd, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Earl May, Louis Hayes, Art Taylor | 1957-08-16, 1958-01-10, 1958-03-26 |

### Blue Note Records studio albums

| Release date | Album | Personnel | Recording date |
| 1958 | Blue Train | Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones | 1957-09-15 |

### Savoy Records studio albums

| Release date | Album | Personnel | Recording date |
| 1958 | Tanganyika Strut (co-leader) | Wilbur Harden (co-leader), Curtis Fuller, Tommy Flanagan, Howard Williams, Alvin Jackson, Art Taylor | 1958-05-13, 1958-06-24 |
| 1958 | Jazz Way Out (co-leader) | Wilbur Harden (co-leader), Curtis Fuller, Tommy Flanagan, Alvin Jackson, Art Taylor | 1958-06-24 |
| 1976 | Countdown (Originally released as Wilbur Harden's album Mainstream 1958 in 1958) | Wilbur Harden (co-leader), Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Louis Hayes | 1958-03-13 |

### Atlantic Records studio albums

List of albums released with John Coltrane under contract :
| Release date | Album | Personnel | Recording date |
| 1960-02-00 | Giant Steps | Tommy Flanagan, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor, Jimmy Cobb, Cedar Walton, Lex Humphries | 1959-05-04, 1959-05-05, 1959-12-02 |
| 1961-02-00 | Coltrane Jazz | Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, McCoy Tyner, Steve Davis, Elvin Jones | 1959-03-26, 1959-11-24, 1959-12-02, 1960-10-21 |
| 1961-03-00 | My Favorite Things | McCoy Tyner, Steve Davis, Elvin Jones | 1960-10-21, 1960-10-24, 1960-10-26 |
| 1961-11-00 | Olé Coltrane | Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Art Davis, Elvin Jones | 1961-05-25 |
List of albums released after John Coltrane's contract expired :
| Release date | Album | Personnel | Recording date |
| 1962-07-00 | Coltrane Plays the Blues | McCoy Tyner, Steve Davis, Elvin Jones | 1960-10-24 |
| 1964-06-00 | Coltrane's Sound | McCoy Tyner, Steve Davis, Elvin Jones | 1960-10-24, 1960-10-26 |
| 1966 | The Avant-Garde (co-leader) | Don Cherry (co-leader), Charlie Haden, Percy Heath, Ed Blackwell | 1960-06-28, 1960-07-08 |

### Impulse! Records studio albums

List of albums assembled by John Coltrane :
| Release date | Album | Personnel | Recording date |
| 1961-09-01 | Africa/Brass | Pat Patrick, Freddie Hubbard, Booker Little, Britt Woodman, Julian Priester, Charles Greenlee, Carl Bowman, Bill Barber, Garvin Bushell, Julius Watkins, Jim Buffington, Bob Northern, Donald Corrado, Robert Swisshelm, Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Art Davis, Elvin Jones | 1961-05-23, 1961-06-07 |
| 1962-08-00 | Coltrane | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones | 1962-04-11, 1962-06-19, 1962-06-20, 1962-06-29 |
| 1963-02-00 | Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (co-leader) | Duke Ellington (co-leader), Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Aaron Bell, Sam Woodyard | 1962-09-26 |
| 1963-03-00 | Ballads | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Reggie Workman (1961-12-21), Elvin Jones | 1961-12-21, 1962-09-18, 1962-11-13 |
| 1963-07-00 | Impressions | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes (1963-04-29), Eric Dolphy, Reggie Workman (1961-11-05) | 1961-11-05, 1962-09-18, 1963-04-29 |
| 1963-07-00 | John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (co-leader) | Johnny Hartman (co-leader), McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones | 1963-03-07 |
| 1964-01-09 | Live at Birdland | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones | 1963-10-08, 1963-11-18 |
| 1964-07-00 | Crescent | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones | 1964-04-27, 1964-06-01 |
| 1965-01-00 | A Love Supreme | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones | 1964-12-09 |
| 1965-08-00 | The John Coltrane Quartet Plays | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison (1965-05-17), Art Davis (1965-02-18), Elvin Jones | 1965-02-18, 1965-05-17 |
| 1966-02-00 | Ascension | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Marion Brown, Art Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Dewey Johnson, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, John Tchicai | 1965-06-28 |
| 1966-09-00 | Meditations | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Pharoah Sanders, Rashied Ali | 1965-11-23 |
| 1967-01-00 | Kulu Sé Mama | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Pharoah Sanders, Donald Rafael Garrett, Frank Butler, Juno Lewis | 1965-06-10, 1965-06-16, 1965-10-14 |
| 1967-09-00 | Expression | Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali | 1967-02-15, 1967-03-07 |
List of posthumous John Coltrane albums :
| Recording date | Album | Personnel | Release date |
| 1963-03-06 | Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones | 2018-06-29 |
| 1964-06-24 | Blue World | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones | 2019-09-27 |
| 1965-05-26, 1965-06-10 | Transition | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones | 1970-07-00 |
| 1965-06-10, 1965-06-16 | Living Space | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones | 1998-03-10 |
| 1965-08-26 | Sun Ship | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones | 1971 |
| 1965-09-02 | First Meditations (for quartet) | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones | 1977 |
| 1965-10-01 | Om | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Donald Garrett, Pharoah Sanders, Joe Brazil | 1968-01-00 |
| 1963-07-07, 1965-10-14 | Selflessness: Featuring My Favorite Things | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Pharoah Sanders, Donald Garrett, Roy Haynes, Frank Butler, Juno Lewis | 1969 |
| 1967-02-15 | Stellar Regions | Alice Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali | 1995-10-10 |
| 1967-02-22 | Interstellar Space | Rashied Ali | 1974 |
| 1966-02-02, 1968-01-29 | Cosmic Music (with Alice Coltrane) | Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali, Ray Appleton, Ben Riley | 1968 |
| 1965-06-16, 1965-09-22, 1966-02-02 | Infinity | Pharoah Sanders, McCoy Tyner, Alice Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali, Ray Appleton, Charlie Haden, Joan Chapman, Elvin Jones, Oran Coltrane | 1972 |

## Live albums
### Impulse! Records live albums

List of live albums with John Coltrane as main artist, showing recording date, personnel, label and release date :
| Release date | Album | Personnel | Recording date |
| 1962-03-00 | Live! at the Village Vanguard | Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones | 1961-11-02, 1961-11-03 |
| 1965 | New Thing at Newport (split LP with Archie Shepp) | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones (John Coltrane's set) | 1965-07-02 |
| 1966-12-00 | Live at the Village Vanguard Again! | Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali, Emanuel Rahim | 1966-05-28 |
| 1971 | Live in Seattle | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Donald Garrett, Pharoah Sanders | 1965-09-30 |
| 1973 | Concert in Japan | Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali | 1966-07-22 |
| 1991 | Live in Japan | Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali | 1966-07-11, 1966-07-22 |
| 1993 | Newport '63 | Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Jimmy Garrison, Roy Haynes | 1961-11-02, 1963-07-07 |
| 1997-09-23 | The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings | Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes, Garvin Bushell, Ahmed Abdul-Malik | 1961-11-01-03, 1961-11-05 |
| 2001-09-25 | The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording | Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali, Algie DeWitt | 1967-04-23 |
| 2005 | Live at the Half Note: One Down, One Up | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones | 1965-03-26, 1965-05-07 |
| 2007-07-03 | My Favorite Things: Coltrane at Newport | McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Jimmy Garrison, Roy Haynes (1963), Elvin Jones (1965) | 1963-07-07, 1965-07-02 |
| 2014-09-23 | Offering: Live at Temple University | Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Johnson, Rashied Ali | 1966-11-11 |
| 2021-10-22 | A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Donald Garrett, Pharoah Sanders, Carlos Ward | 1965-10-02 |
| 2023-07-14 | Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy | Eric Dolphy, Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, and Reggie Workman | 1961 (mid-year) |

### Pablo Records live albums

List of live albums released by Pablo Records, showing recording date, personnel and release date :
| Release date | Album | Personnel | Notes | Recording date |
| 1977 | Afro Blue Impressions | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones | Stockholm (first date); Berlin, Germany (second date) | 1963-10-22, 1963-11-02 |
| 1979 | The Paris Concert | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones | | 1962-11-17, 1963-11-0? |
| 1980 | The European Tour | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones | Stockholm, Sweden | 1963-10-22 |
| 1981 | Bye Bye Blackbird | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones | Stockholm, Sweden | 1962-11-19 |
| 2001 | Live Trane: The European Tours | Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones | 7-CD set of the above recordings, plus previously unissued tracks. | 1961-11-18 – 1963-11-04 |

### Live albums released by miscellaneous labels

List of live albums released on miscellaneous labels, showing recording date, personnel and release date :
| Release date | Recording date | Album / label | Personnel |
| 1965 | 1964-2-23, 1965-4-2 | Creation / Blue Parrot | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones |
| 1974 | 1965-07-27, 1965-07-28 | Live in Paris / Charly | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones |
| 1978 | 1965-05-07 | Brazilia / Blue Parrot | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones |
| 1988 | 1965-07-27, 1965-07-28 | Live in Antibes / France's Concert | McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones |
| 2009 | 1961-11-20 | The Complete Copenhagen Concert / Gambit | Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Elvin Jones |
| 2009 | 1966-07-02 | Last Performance At Newport / FreeFactory | Jimmy Garrison, Rashied Ali, Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders |
| 2015 | 1961-11-18–1961-11-23 | So Many Things: The European Tour 1961 / Acrobat | Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Elvin Jones |

## Appearances
### With Miles Davis

List of albums recorded during Coltrane's tenure with Miles Davis, showing recording date, label and release date :
| Release date | Album | Label | Recording date |
| 1956 | What is Jazz? (Leonard Bernstein instructional album) [One track only] | Columbia | 1956-09-10 |
| 1956-04-00 | Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet | Prestige | 1955-11-16 |
| 1957-03-04 | 'Round About Midnight | Columbia | 1955-10-26, 1956-06-05, 1956-09-10 |
| 1957-07-00 | Cookin' with The Miles Davis Quintet | Prestige | 1956-10-26 |
| 1958-03-00 | Relaxin' with The Miles Davis Quintet | Prestige | 1956-05-11, 1956-10-26 |
| 1958-09-02 | Milestones | Columbia | 1958-02-04, 1958-03-04 |
| 1958 | Legrand Jazz (Michel Legrand album) [4 tracks only] | Columbia | 1958-06-25 |
| 1959 | Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants [October 26, 1956 track only] | Prestige | 1956-10-26 |
| 1959 | Kind of Blue | Columbia | 1959-03-02, 1959-04-22 |
| 1959 | Jazz Track [May 26, 1958 session only] | Columbia | 1958-05-26 |
| 1960-01-00 | Workin' with The Miles Davis Quintet | Prestige | 1956-05-11, 1956-10-26 |
| 1961-05-00 | Steamin' with The Miles Davis Quintet | Prestige | 1956-05-11, 1956-10-26 |
| 1964 | Miles Davis at Newport 1958 | Columbia | 1958-07-03 |
| 1973 | Jazz at the Plaza Vol. I | Columbia | 1958-09-09 |
| 1974 | 1958 Miles | Columbia | 1958-05-26, 1958-09-09 |
| 2014 | All of You: The Last Tour 1960 | Acrobat | 1960-03-22 – 1960-04-09 |
| 1961-12-11 | Someday My Prince Will Come [2 tracks only] | Columbia | 1961-03-20, 1961-03-21 |

### With Thelonious Monk

List of albums recorded during Coltrane's tenure with Thelonious Monk, showing recording date, label and release date :
| Year released | Album | Label | Recording date |
| 1957 | Monk's Music | Riverside | 1957-06-26 |
| 1959 | Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane | Jazzland | 1957-04-16, 1957-06-26, 1957-06-27, 1957-07-00 |
| 1959 | Thelonious Himself ("Monk's Mood" only) | Riverside | 1957-04-16 |
| 1993 | Live at the Five Spot Discovery! | Blue Note | Late summer 1957 |
| 2005 | Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall | Blue Note | 1957-11-29 |
| 2006 | Complete Live at the Five Spot 1958 | Gambit | 1958-09-11 |

### Other appearances

List of albums and 78 rpm singles with John Coltrane as session musician, showing recording date, session leader, label and release date :
| Release date | Album | Leader | Label | Recording date |
| 1949 (session date) | "How Long, How Long / Beer Drinking Baby" (78 rpm disc) | Billy Valentine | Mercury | 1949-11-07 |
| 1949 (session date) | "Ain't Gonna Cry No More / I Want You to Love Me" (78 rpm disc) | Billy Valentine | Mercury | 1949-11-07 |
| 1949 (session date) | "Say When / You Stole My Wife, You Horse Thief" (78 rpm disc) | Dizzy Gillespie | Capitol | 1949-11-21 |
| 1949 (session date) | "Tally Ho / I Can't Remember" (78 rpm disc) | Dizzy Gillespie | Capitol | 1949-11-21 |
| 1950 (session date) | "Carambola / Honeysuckle Rose" (78 rpm disc) | Dizzy Gillespie | Capitol | 1950-01-09 |
| 1952 (session date) | "Easy Rockin' / G.C. Rock" | Gay Crosse | Republic | 1952 |
| 1952 (session date) | "No Better for You / Tired of Being Shoved Around" | Gay Crosse | Republic | 1952 |
| 1952 (session date) | "Fat Sam from Birmingham / Bittersweet" | Gay Crosse | Gotham | 1952-01-19 |
| 1952 | Earl Bostic and His Alto Sax, Vol. 4 (10-inch album) | Earl Bostic | King | 1952-08-15 |
| 1954 | More of Johnny Hodges | Johnny Hodges | Norgran / Verve | 1954-08-05 |
| 1956 | Earl Bostic for You | Earl Bostic | King | 1952-04-07, 1952-08-15 |
| 1956 | Dance Time | Earl Bostic | King | 1952-04-07, 1952-08-15 |
| 1956 | The Blues and Used to Be Duke | Johnny Hodges | Norgran / Verve | 1954-07-02, 1954-08-05 |
| 1956 | Chambers' Music: A Jazz Delegation from the East | Paul Chambers | Jazz West | 1956-03-00 |
| 1956 | Jazz in Transition (sampler, one track only) | Pepper Adams | Transition | 1956-04-20 |
| 1956 | Informal Jazz (reissued as Two Tenors) | Elmo Hope | Prestige | 1956-05-07 |
| 1956 | Tenor Madness (title track only) | Sonny Rollins | Prestige | 1956-05-24 |
| 1956-12-00 | Whims of Chambers | Paul Chambers | Blue Note | 1956-09-21 |
| 1957 | Tenor Conclave | No session leader | Prestige | 1956-09-07 |
| 1957 | Mating Call | Tadd Dameron | Prestige | 1956-11-30 |
| 1957 | Taylor's Wailers (March 22, 1957 session only) | Art Taylor | Prestige | 1957-03-22 |
| 1957 | Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors | The Prestige All Stars | Prestige | 1957-03-22 |
| 1957 | A Blowin' Session | Johnny Griffin | Blue Note | 1957-04-06 |
| 1957 | Mal/2 | Mal Waldron | Prestige | 1957-04-19, 1957-05-17 |
| 1957 | Baritones and French Horns (reissued as Dakar) | Pepper Adams | Prestige | 1957-04-20 |
| 1957 | Blues for Tomorrow | East Coast All-Stars | Riverside | 1957-06-25 |
| 1957 | Winner's Circle | No session leader | Bethlehem | 1957-10-00 |
| 1958 | Sonny's Crib | Sonny Clark | Blue Note | 1957-09-01 |
| 1958 | Wheelin' & Dealin' | The Prestige All Stars | Prestige | 1957-09-20 |
| 1958 | All Mornin' Long | Red Garland | Prestige | 1957-11-15 |
| 1958 | The Ray Draper Quintet featuring John Coltrane | Ray Draper | New Jazz | 1957-12-20 |
| 1958 | Art Blakey Big Band | Art Blakey | Bethlehem | 1957-12-00 |
| 1958 | Groove Blues | Gene Ammons | Prestige | 1958-01-03 |
| 1958 | The Big Sound | Gene Ammons | Prestige | 1958-01-03 |
| 1958 | Mainstream 1958: The East Coast Jazz Scene | Wilbur Harden | Savoy | 1958-03-15 |
| 1959 | The Cats | No session leader | Prestige | 1957-04-18 |
| 1959 | New York, N.Y. (one track only) | George Russell | Decca | 1958-09-12 |
| 1959 | Stereo Drive or Hard Driving Jazz (reissued as Coltrane Time) | Cecil Taylor | United Artists | 1958-10-13 |
| 1959 | A Tuba Jazz (reissued as Like Sonny) | Ray Draper | Jubilee | 1958-11-00 |
| 1959 | Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago | Cannonball Adderley | Mercury | 1959-02-03 |
| 1960 | Soul Junction | Red Garland | Prestige | 1957-11-15 |
| 1961-07 | Bags & Trane | Milt Jackson | Atlantic | 1959-01-15 |
| 1962 | High Pressure | Red Garland | Prestige | 1957-11-15, 1957-12-13 |
| 1962 | Dig It! (March 22, 1957 and December 13, 1957 sessions only) | Red Garland | Prestige | 1957-12-13 |
| 1964 | The Dealers | Mal Waldron | Prestige | 1957-04-19, 1957-09-20 |
| 1964 | Four for Trane (as producer only) | Archie Shepp | Impulse! | 1964-08-10 |

## Singles

List of singles and EPs, showing label and release date :
| Release date | Single | Label |
| Unknown | "Time Was (Part 1) / Time Was (Part 2)" | Prestige |
| 1957 | "Blue Train, Part 1 / Blue Train, Part 2" | Blue Note |
| 1958 | "Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Part 1) / Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Part 2)" | Prestige |
| 1958 | "Traneing In, Part One / Traneing In, Part Two" | Prestige |
| 1958 | "Moment's Notice, Part 1 / Moment's Notice, Part 2" | Blue Note |
| 1959 | "Good Bait (Part 1) / Good Bait (Part 2)" | Prestige |
| 1959 | "Naima / Cousin Mary" | Atlantic |
| 1960 | "I Want to Talk About You (Part 1) / I Want to Talk About You (Part 2)" | Prestige |
| 1960 | "Lush Life / I Love You" | Prestige |
| 1961 | "My Favorite Things (Part 1) / My Favorite Things (Part 2)" | Atlantic |
| 1961 | "Greensleeves / Easy to Remember" | Impulse! |
| 1962 | Ballads (EP) | Impulse! |
| 1963 | John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (EP) | Impulse! |
| 1963 | "Nancy (with the Laughing Face) / Up 'Gainst the Wall" | Impulse! |
| 1963 | "Stardust / Love Thy Neighbor" | Prestige |
| 1963 | "The Believer / Dakar" | Prestige |
| 1964 | "Limehouse Blues / Stars Fell on Alabama" (with Cannonball Adderley) | Limelight |
| 1965 | "By the Numbers (Pt. 1) / By the Numbers (Pt. 2)" (with Red Garland) | Prestige |
| 1966 | "I Love You / You Leave Me Breathless" | Prestige |

## Compilation albums

List of compilations and remix albums with John Coltrane as main artist, showing label and release date :
| Release date | Compilation | Label |
| 1962 | The Best of Birdland: Volume 1. (Side A only) | Roulette |
| 1966 | John Coltrane Plays for Lovers | Prestige |
| 1970 | The Best of John Coltrane: His Greatest Years | Impulse! |
| 1970-02-00 | The Best of John Coltrane | Atlantic |
| 1970-04-00 | The Coltrane Legacy | Atlantic |
| 1972 | The Best of John Coltrane: His Greatest Years, Vol. 2 | Impulse! |
| 1972 | More Lasting Than Bronze | Prestige |
| 1972 | Infinity | Impulse! |
| 1972 | Echoes of an Era (Side D only) | Roulette |
| 1973 | The Art of John Coltrane: The Atlantic Years | Atlantic |
| 1974 | The Best of John Coltrane: His Greatest Years, Vol. 3 | Impulse! |
| 1974 | The Africa/Brass Sessions, Volume 2 | Impulse! |
| 1975 | The Gentle Side Of John Coltrane | Impulse! |
| 1975 | High Step (with Paul Chambers) | Blue Note |
| 1975 | The Stardust Session | Prestige |
| 1975-03-00 | Alternate Takes | Atlantic |
| 1977 | Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions | Savoy |
| 1977 | Gold Coast | Savoy |
| 1978 | Countdown: The Savoy Sessions | Savoy |
| 1978 | On a Misty Night | Prestige |
| 1978 | The Mastery of John Coltrane, Vol. 1: Feelin' Good | Impulse! |
| 1978 | The Mastery of John Coltrane, Vol. 2: To the Beat of a Different Drum | Impulse! |
| 1978 | The Mastery of John Coltrane, Vol. 3: Jupiter Variation | Impulse! |
| 1979 | The Mastery of John Coltrane, Vol. 4: Trane's Modes | Impulse! |
| 1980 | Coltrane/Dolphy | Carrere |
| 1992 | The Major Works of John Coltrane | GRP |
| 1992 | The Last Giant: The John Coltrane Anthology | Rhino |
| 1993 | Dear Old Stockholm | Impulse! |
| 1995 | The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings | Atlantic |
| 1998 | The Prestige Recordings | Prestige |
| 1998 | The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Recordings | Impulse! |
| 1998-03-10 | Living Space | Impulse! |
| 1999-01-26 | Trane's Blues | Blue Note |
| 1999-10-26 | The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane | Columbia |
| 2000-02-15 | The Very Best of John Coltrane | Rhino |
| 2000-11-07 | Ken Burns Jazz: John Coltrane | Verve |
| 2001-01-23 | Coltrane for Lovers | Impulse! / Verve |
| 2001-07-24 | The Very Best of John Coltrane | Impulse! |
| 2005-10-25 | Prestige Profiles, Vol. 9: John Coltrane | Prestige |
| 2006-09-26 | Fearless Leader | Prestige |
| 2007-09-18 | Interplay | Prestige |
| 2008-06-09 | Opus Collection: A Man Called Trane | Rhino |
| 2009-10-06 | Side Steps | Prestige |
| 2012-06-12 | The Very Best of John Coltrane: The Prestige Era | Prestige |
| 2016-07-08 | The Atlantic Years in Mono | Rhino |
| 2018-11-16 | 1963: New Directions | Impulse! |

## Documentaries

* The World According to John Coltrane (1990)
* The Church of Saint Coltrane (1996)
* Trane Tracks: The Legacy of John Coltrane (2005)
* Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary (2017)

## Video albums

* John Coltrane: A True Innovator (2004)
* Impressions of Coltrane (2007)
* Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary (Impulse!, 2017)

## Television

* Jazz Casual: John Coltrane (1963)
* Imagine: Saint John Coltrane (2004)