Although it is often reported that Coltrane and Hartman had known each other since their days playing with Dizzy Gillespie's band in the late 1940s, the truth is that their time in the band never overlapped. Coltrane might have heard Hartman sing at a 1950 Apollo Theater performance at which they shared the stage.Hartman is the only vocalist with whom the saxophonist would record as a leader. Initially when producer Bob Thiele approached Hartman with Coltrane's request that the two record together Hartman was hesitant as he did not consider himself a jazz singer and did not think he and Coltrane would complement one another musically.However, Thiele encouraged Hartman to go see Coltrane perform at Birdland in New York to see if something could be worked out. Hartman did so, and after the club closed he, Coltrane and Coltrane's pianist, McCoy Tyner, went over some songs together. On March 7, 1963, Coltrane and Hartman had decided on 10 songs for the record album, but en route to the studio they heard Nat King Cole on the radio performing "Lush Life", and Hartman immediately decided that song had to be included in their album.
The compilation was made that same day at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Hartman once said that each song was done in only one take, except for "You Are Too Beautiful", which required two takes because Elvin Jones dropped one of his drumsticks during the first take.In 2005, the raw tapes were reviewed by jazz archivist Barry Kernfeld, who documented there were actually complete alternate takes for all six songs that he considered "absolutely riveting."Until clear ownership of these tapes is established between the Coltrane family and Universal Music, there are no plans for their release.
John Coltrane – tenor sax
Jimmy Garrison – double bass
Johnny Hartman - vocals
Elvin Jones – drums
McCoy Tyner – piano

John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes and was at the forefront of free jazz.

John Coltrane saw the album-length suite A Love Supreme as his gift to God. The world has come to see it as a classic -- not only Coltrane's best-known work, but one of the most important and influential jazz records ever made. Now, for the first time, the full story of A Love Supreme is available in one package.
The first disc of this deluxe edition consists of A Love Supreme as released in 1965. The second disc includes the John Coltrane Quartet's only live performance of the suite, recorded at the Antibes jazz festival that summer and receiving its first authorized release. Most notably, it also includes the long-rumored sextet version of the opening movement, receiving its first release of any kind.
Mastered by the original recording engineer, Rudy Van Gelder, and containing extensive annotation and many photographs, this is the definitive edition of an indisputable masterpiece.

Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane is a 1961 album by Thelonious Monk issued on Jazzland Records, a subsidiary of Riverside Records. It consists of material recorded four years earlier when Monk worked extensively with John Coltrane, issued after Coltrane had become a leader and jazz star in his own right.
The album was assembled by the label with material from three different sessions. The impetus for the album was the discovery of three usable studio tracks recorded by the Monk Quartet with Coltrane in July of 1957 at the beginning of the band's six-month residency at New York's legendary Five Spot club near Cooper Square.[4] To round out the release, producer Keepnews included two outtakes from the Monk's Music album recorded the previous month, and an additional outtake from Thelonious Himself recorded in April.[5] The latter selection, "Functional," is a solo piano piece by Monk.
It was reissued in 2000 on Fantasy Records as part of its series for back catalogue using the JVC 20-bit K2 coding system. Because of the historical significance of this album it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007.

Giant Steps（1959，Atlantic）：就當時的認知與製作概念而言，「Giant Steps」才是John Coltrane個人首張正式專輯（先前與John Coltrane有合約關係的唱片公司，都是在他成名之後，才紛紛以John Coltrane名義發行專輯）。就原創性與演奏難度而言，「Giant Steps」都是現代爵士樂的重要教材，對聽眾來說，急速變化的和弦進行，已經到了「耳花撩亂」的地度，這張專輯不但總結了John Coltrane之前的學習與努力，也是一個關鍵轉捩點：John Coltrane許新鮮的想法，需要另組新團來執行。特別注意抒情的「Naima」，簡單抒情的旋律，是每個人都聽得懂得雋永名曲，也是內向的Coltrane豐沛情感抒發的具體表現。

Recorded：December 9, 1964
Studio：Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
The John Coltrane Quartet[edit]
John Coltrane – bandleader, liner notes, vocals, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone[40]
Jimmy Garrison – double bass
Elvin Jones – drums, gong, timpani
McCoy Tyner – piano
Additional personnel[edit]
Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone on alternate takes of "Acknowledgement"
Art Davis – double bass on alternate takes of "Acknowledgement"
Rudy Van Gelder – engineering and mastering
Bob Thiele – production and cover photo[41]
George Gray/Viceroy – cover design
Victor Kalin – illustration
Joe Lebow – liner design