Talk:John Coltrane discography
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Nice work. Now let's get this cleaned up, and filled out! -Maggie --70.48.205.156 00:53, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
The "As Sideman" and "As Co-Leader" sections are confusing, because a lot of the albums Coltrane recorded during the 1950's were "Prestige All-Star" albums, often under the leadership of Mal Waldron, but more collaborative efforts than anything else. Coltrane was only a sideman - in terms of actually being in the band - for Dizzy, Earl Bostic, Gay Crosse, Miles, Johnny Hodges and Monk - and maybe Cecil Taylor. I suggest only these albums be listed under "As Sidemen," and we scrap the "Co-Leader" section , integrate those albums into the main section, and indicate for each album that top billing is shared and with whom.
Also - since the title of this article is "John Coltrane Discography" and not "Complete John Coltrane Discography" - should we include titles like "Like Sonny" which merely reproduce material available on more famous albums? We should be as complete as possible, but if we include every rerelaase in a new form, the discography may become unwieldy and unhelpful.
Editor437 17:19, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Ok, so I put the leader and co-leader sections together -- basically putting all the Prestige stuff under "Leader or Co-Leader." Looks smoother to me -- any thoughts?
Editor437 06:35, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
