The Last Trane

1966 studio album by John Coltrane

The Last Trane

Studio album by

John Coltrane

Released

January 1966^[1]

Recorded

August 16, 1957 (2)
January 10, 1958 (1, 4)
March 26, 1958 (3)

Studio

Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack

Genre

Jazz

Length

36:01

Label

Prestige
PRLP 7378

Producer

Bob Weinstock

John Coltrane chronology

The John Coltrane Quartet Plays
(1965)

The Last Trane
(1966)

Ascension
(1966)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]

The Last Trane is an album credited to jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1966 on Prestige Records, catalogue 7378.

It was assembled from unissued material from three separate recording sessions at the studio of Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack, New Jersey in 1957 and 1958. Coltrane was a sideman on all the original sessions, which were led by trumpeter Donald Byrd, pianist Red Garland or drummer Art Taylor.

Track listing

"Lover" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 7:58
"Slowtrane" (Coltrane) – 7:19
"By the Numbers" (Coltrane) – 12:01
"Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 8:43

Personnel

John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
Donald Byrd – trumpet (tracks 1,4)
Red Garland – piano (tracks 1,3,4)
Paul Chambers – bass (tracks 1,3,4)
Earl May – bass (track 2)
Louis Hayes – drums (tracks 1,4)
Art Taylor – drums (tracks 2,3)

References

^ Billboard Jan 15, 1966
^ The Last Trane at AllMusic
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 285. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 46. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

John Coltrane

Discography

Prestige
albums

Mating Call (with Tadd Dameron)
Tenor Conclave
Coltrane
Interplay
Wheelin' & Dealin'
John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio
Soultrane
Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette
The Cats (with Tommy Flanagan and Kenny Burrell)
Lush Life
Settin' the Pace
Standard Coltrane
Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane
Stardust
Dakar
The Believer
Black Pearls
Bahia
The Last Trane
Two Tenors

Blue Note
albums

Blue Train
Coltrane Time

Atlantic
albums

Giant Steps
Bags & Trane (with Milt Jackson)
Coltrane Jazz
My Favorite Things
Olé Coltrane
Coltrane Plays the Blues
Coltrane's Sound
The Avant-Garde

Impulse!
albums

Africa/Brass
Coltrane
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
Ballads
Impressions
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
Crescent
A Love Supreme
The John Coltrane Quartet Plays
Ascension
Meditations
Kulu Sé Mama
Expression
Om
Cosmic Music (with Alice Coltrane)
Selflessness: Featuring My Favorite Things
Transition
Sun Ship
Infinity
Interstellar Space
The Africa/Brass Sessions, Volume 2
First Meditations
Dear Old Stockholm
Stellar Regions
Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album
Blue World

With
Miles Davis

Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet
'Round About Midnight
Cookin'
Relaxin'
Milestones
Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants
Kind of Blue
Jazz Track
Workin'
Steamin'
Someday My Prince Will Come
Miles & Monk at Newport
Basic Miles
At Newport 1958
Jazz at the Plaza Vol. I
1958 Miles
Miles Davis Quintet at Peacock Alley

With
Thelonious Monk

Live albums

"Live" at the Village Vanguard
Live at Birdland
New Thing at Newport
Live at the Village Vanguard Again!
Live in Seattle
Live in Japan
Afro Blue Impressions
The Paris Concert
The European Tour
Live Trane: The European Tours
Bye Bye Blackbird
Newport '63
The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings
The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording
Live at the Half Note: One Down, One Up
Offering: Live at Temple University
A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle
Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy

Compilations

Alternate Takes
The Best of John Coltrane
The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Recordings
Coltrane for Lovers
The Coltrane Legacy
The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane
The Prestige Recordings
Countdown: The Savoy Sessions
Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions
Feelin' Good
Gold Coast
The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
High Step
The Major Works of John Coltrane
Jupiter Variation
Ken Burns Jazz: John Coltrane
The Last Giant: Anthology
Living Space
To the Beat of a Different Drum
Trane's Blues
Trane's Modes

Compositions

"26-2"
"Alabama"
"Blue Train"
"Central Park West"
"Countdown"
"Equinox"
"Giant Steps"
"Impressions"
"Lazy Bird"
"Moment's Notice"
"Mr. P.C."
"Naima"
"Ogunde"

Documentaries

The Church of Saint Coltrane
The World According to John Coltrane
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary

List of sessions
Coltrane changes
Sheets of sound
Alice Coltrane (wife)
Ravi Coltrane (son)
Philadelphia house
Dix Hills home
5893 Coltrane asteroid
John W. Coltrane Cultural Society
Tribute albums
Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane

v t e Donald Byrd
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader	Byrd's Eye View (1955) Byrd Jazz (1955) Byrd's Word (1955) Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill (1956) 2 Trumpets (with Art Farmer, 1956) The Young Bloods (with Phil Woods, 1956) Jazz Eyes (and John Jenkins ao, 1957) Fuego (1959) Byrd in Flight (1960) Free Form (1961) A New Perspective (1963) I'm Tryin' to Get Home (1964) Up with Donald Byrd (1964) Mustang! (1966) Blackjack (1967) Slow Drag (1967) Fancy Free (1969) Kofi (1969–70) Ethiopian Knights (1971) Black Byrd (1972) Street Lady (1973) Stepping into Tomorrow (1974) Places and Spaces (1975) Caricatures (1976) Thank You...For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) (1978) Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. (1979) Love Byrd (1981) Words, Sounds, Colors and Shapes (1982) Harlem Blues (1987) Getting Down to Business (1989) A City Called Heaven (1991)
With Pepper Adams	10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (1958) Off to the Races (1959) Byrd in Hand (1959) At the Half Note Cafe (1960) Motor City Scene (1960) Out of This World (1961) Chant (1961) The Cat Walk (1961) Royal Flush (1961) The Creeper (1967) Electric Byrd (1970)
With The Jazz Messengers	The Jazz Messengers (1956) Originally (1956) Art Blakey Big Band (1957) Holiday for Skins (2 volumes, 1958)
With Gigi Gryce	At Newport (and Cecil Taylor, 1957) Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet (Riverside, 1957) Jazz Lab (Columbia album) (1957) Jazz Lab (Jubilee album) (1957 [1958]) Modern Jazz Perspective (with Jackie Paris, 1957) New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (1957)
With Jackie McLean	Lights Out! (1956) 4, 5 and 6 (1956) New Soil (1959) Jackie's Bag (1959) Vertigo (1963)
With Hank Mobley	The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley (Savoy, 1956) Mobley's Message (Prestige, 1956) Jazz Message No. 2 (Savoy, 1957) Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Hank (1957) No Room for Squares (1963) Straight No Filter (1963) The Turnaround! (1963) Far Away Lands (1967)
With others	Discoveries/Presenting Cannonball Adderley (Cannonball Adderley, 1955) Jammin' with Gene (Gene Ammons, 1956) All Night Long (Kenny Burrell, 1956) All Day Long (Kenny Burrell, 1957) 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957) Whims of Chambers (Paul Chambers, 1956) Paul Chambers Quintet (1957) Sonny's Crib (Sonny Clark, 1957) My Conception (Sonny Clark, 1959) Bohemia After Dark (Kenny Clarke, 1955) Lush Life (John Coltrane, 1957–58) The Believer (John Coltrane, 1957–58) The Last Trane (John Coltrane, 1957–58) Black Pearls (John Coltrane, 1957–58) Davis Cup (Walter Davis Jr., 1959) Wailing With Lou (Lou Donaldson, 1957) Lou Takes Off (Lou Donaldson, 1957) This Is New (Kenny Drew, 1957) All Mornin' Long (Red Garland, 1957) Soul Junction (Red Garland, 1957) High Pressure (Red Garland, 1957) One Flight Up (Dexter Gordon, 1964) Ladybird (Dexter Gordon, 1965) Snap Your Fingers (Al Grey, 1962) Johnny Griffin Sextet (1958) Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 (Guru, 1993) Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (Guru, 1994–95) My Point of View (Herbie Hancock, 1993) Tone Tantrum (Gene Harris, 1977) Swamp Seed (Jimmy Heath, 1963) Informal Jazz (Elmo Hope, 1956) African High Life (Solomon Ilori, 1963) Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 (Ahmad Jamal, 1994 or 1995) Quartet-Quintet (Hank Jones, 1955) Bluebird (Hank Jones, 1955) TV Action Jazz! (Mundell Lowe, 1959) The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (1959) Goin' Out of My Head (Wes Montgomery, 1965) Hush! (Duke Pearson, 1962) Wahoo! (Duke Pearson, 1964) Another One/Oscar Pettiford Volume 2 (1955) Winner's Circle (Oscar Pettiford, et al, 1957) Blues in Trinity (Dizzy Reece, 1958) The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956) Dimensions & Extensions (Sam Rivers, 1967) Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 (1956) Don't Stop the Carnival (Sonny Rollins, 1978) Silver's Blue (Horace Silver, 1956) 6 Pieces of Silver (Horace Silver, 1956–58) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957) Taylor's Wailers (Art Taylor, 1957) Soul Sauce (Cal Tjader, 1964) A Bluish Bag (Stanley Turrentine, 1967) Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955) Pairing Off (Phil Woods, 1956)