Coltrane Time
by John Coltrane

Coltrane Time by John Coltrane
Year: 1959
Overall rank: 12,821st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 19 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1959 (79th)
Award Top albums of of the 1950s (359th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,821st)

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John Coltrane bestography

Coltrane Time is ranked 27th 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 14,805.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Coltrane Time rankings summary
Overall rank: 12,821st | 1950s rank: 359th | 1959 rank: 79th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 19 votes)
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02/19/2026 12:17 Leonard  Ratings distribution  6,62270/100
 
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From 10/29/2017 08:32 | #200270
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.
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From 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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