Editing John Coltrane (section)

===1955–1957: Miles and Monk period===
In 1955, Coltrane was freelancing in Philadelphia while studying with Sandole when he received a call from trumpeter [[Miles Davis]]. Davis had been successful in the 1940s, but his reputation and work had been damaged in part by heroin addiction; he was again active and about to form a quintet. Coltrane was with this edition of the Davis band (known as the "First Great Quintet"—along with [[Red Garland]] on piano, [[Paul Chambers]] on bass, and [[Philly Joe Jones]] on drums) from October 1955 to April 1957 (with a few absences). During this period Davis released several influential recordings that revealed the first signs of Coltrane's growing ability. This quintet, represented by two marathon recording sessions for [[Prestige Records|Prestige]] in 1956, resulted in the albums ''[[Cookin' with The Miles Davis Quintet|Cookin'<nowiki/>]]'', ''[[Relaxin' with The Miles Davis Quintet|Relaxin'<nowiki/>]]'', ''[[Workin' with The Miles Davis Quintet|Workin']]'', and ''[[Steamin' with The Miles Davis Quintet|Steamin']]''. The "First Great Quintet" disbanded due in part to Coltrane's heroin addiction.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/movies/critic-s-notebook-the-miracle-of-coltrane-dead-at-40-still-vital-at-75.html|title=CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; The Miracle of Coltrane: Dead at 40, Still Vital at 75|first=Ben|last=Ratliff|date=December 7, 2001|access-date=March 29, 2019|website=[[The New York Times]]|archive-date=March 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329150142/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/07/movies/critic-s-notebook-the-miracle-of-coltrane-dead-at-40-still-vital-at-75.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the later part of 1957, Coltrane worked with [[Thelonious Monk]] at New York's [[Five Spot Café]], and played in Monk's quartet (July–December 1957), but, owing to contractual conflicts, took part in only one official studio recording session with this group. Coltrane recorded many sessions for Prestige under his own name at this time, but Monk refused to record for his old label.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blackthen.com/john-coltrane-legendary-revolutionary-saxophonist-history-jazz-music/|title=John Coltrane: Legendary and Revolutionary Saxophonist in the History of Jazz Music|website=Blackthen.com|date=May 27, 2018|access-date=March 29, 2019|archive-date=March 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329123529/https://blackthen.com/john-coltrane-legendary-revolutionary-saxophonist-history-jazz-music/|url-status=live}}</ref> A private recording made by Juanita Naima Coltrane of a 1958 reunion of the group was issued by Blue Note Records as ''Live at the Five Spot—Discovery!'' in 1993. A high quality tape of a concert given by this quartet in November 1957 was found later, and was released by Blue Note in 2005. Recorded by [[Voice of America]], the performances confirm the group's reputation, and the resulting album, ''[[Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall]]'', is very highly rated.

''[[Blue Train (album)|Blue Train]]'', Coltrane's sole date as leader for Blue Note, featuring trumpeter [[Lee Morgan]], bassist [[Paul Chambers]], and trombonist [[Curtis Fuller]], is often considered his best album from this period. Four of its five tracks are original Coltrane compositions, and the title track, "[[Moment's Notice]]", and "[[Lazy Bird]]", have become standards.