Coltrane Time
by John Coltrane
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John Coltrane bestography
Coltrane Time is ranked 26th best out of 90 albums by John Coltrane on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Coltrane is A Love Supreme which is ranked number 77 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 14,584.
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Coltrane Time track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Coltrane Time rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 19/100 | 16 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 74 Music Albums of the 1950s | 65/74 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 74 Music Albums of 1959 | 37/74 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1959 | 80/90 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | All that jazz (ish) | 63/77 | - |
| 2026 | neilgee | Top 44 Music Albums of 1959 | 10/44 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1959 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Greatest jazz albums of the 50’s | 17/20 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 38 Music Albums of the 1950s | 26/38 | 7 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | North Carolina | 39/50 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 25 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 91 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/19/2026 12:17 | Leonard | 6,629 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/18/2025 12:49 | TonySayers61 | 26,006 | 64/100 |
| ! | 11/13/2025 08:28 | Tamthebam | 23,405 | 69/100 |
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As Kingturtle noted, actually a 1959 Cecil Taylor session. United Artists insisted that Coltrane and trumpeter Kenny Dorham perform on it. Taylor was content with Trane, but otherwise wanted to choose his own sidemen. He didn't want Dorham and Dorham reportedly intensely disliked Taylor's avant-garde playing. So a tense date that doesn't jell. In addition to Dorham and Taylor's clashing styles, it probably also would've been better if Trane had worked with Taylor a few years later during Trane's Impulse period, when his playing was less hard-bop oriented (as great as that was). The rare album Trane appears on that doesn't work.
Kingturtle 03/14/2016 14:47 | #161905
Note: This was originally released in 1959 as Cecil Taylor Quintet's LP called Stereo Drive. In 1963 it was rereleased as Coltrane Time to capitalize on his success.
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