ABSTRACT
Note: Two private 78-rpm recordings exist that are claimed to be from before 1946. One is “I Surrender Dear” and the other is a blues, or a blues-oriented piece. Lewis Porter has heard them. However, there is no evidence, aural or otherwise, that the alto saxophonist on these tracks is John Coltrane. There is also no reason to believe that there was ever a recording of the Jimmy Johnson big band, as reported on jazzdisco.org. Coltrane's earliest known recordings were made on July 13, 1946.
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