Coltrane

Yes, I would agree "Giant Steps" is usually the place to start, followed by "Blue Trane" and "Love Supreme". Harder to choose after that. COltrane and Johnny Hartman is always fun, and Village Vanguard Sessions has many more esoteric but nicely recorded treats.

I have many of his recordings and probably listen to him more than any other artist. Happy Birthday Trane!

"Giant Steps" and "Blue Trane" are so different yet I love them both.The Coltrane- Lee Morgan pairing on "Blue Trane" was special and I wish they had done more recordings together.I loved a lot of the Trane and Red Garland quartet/ quintet sessions on Prestige.

Jetrexpro, I saw Trane live, and McCoy Tyner, and Elvin Jones both gave up on Trane, and stayed with each other. Trane went on one of his "excursions" as he was prone to do live. Although me, Tyner, and Elvin Jones had no idea where Trane was going, the professional musicians I was seated at the table with knew everything; they even explained it to me, but I still didn't understand.

Trane's importance to Miles can not be overstated when they were together. Think about it next time you listen to any recording they made together; while the record just said "Miles Davis", as opposed to Trane and Miles, if you took Trane out of the tune, what would you have?