Cousin Mary

~ Recording by John Coltrane

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2Cousin Mary5:52John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)SD 1311
1.2Cousin Mary5:45John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)1311
1.3Cousin Mary5:45John Coltrane et son quartetteGiant StepsJohn Coltrane et son quartetteEP
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)232016
1.2Cousin Mary5:45John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)SD 1311
1.5Cousin Mary5:49John ColtraneThe Best of John ColtraneJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)SD 1541
1.2Cousin Mary5:45John ColtraneGiant Steps = ジャイアント・ステップスJohn Coltrane = ジョン・コルトレーンAlbum
  • JP1976-11-25
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)P-7502A
1.2Cousin Mary5:45John ColtraneJohn Coltrane's Greatest HitsJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)FCPA-1022
1.2Cousin Mary5:45John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)ATL 50 239
1.6Cousin Mary (Sestřenice Mary)5:45John ColtraneOdkazJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Supraphon (Czech production agency)1115 3286
1.2Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
  • US1986-06-16
Rhino (reissue label)01311
1.2Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
  • US1987-06-16
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)1311-2, A2 1311
1.2Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneGiant Steps (BMG Club release)John ColtraneAlbum
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)1311-2
1.2Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneGiant Steps (Atlantic Jazz re-masters series)John ColtraneAlbum
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-81337-2
1.5Cousin Mary5:49John ColtraneThe Best of John ColtraneJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)SD-1541-2
1.5Cousin Mary5:49John ColtraneThe Best Of John ColtraneJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)CD1541
2.4Cousin Mary5:49John ColtraneThe Last Giant: The John Coltrane AnthologyJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
  • US1993-06-15
Rhino (reissue label)R2 71255
1.6Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneAtlantic Jazz: The Best of the '50sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)CA 835
1.2Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
  • US1994-07-12
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabUDCD 605
2.8Cousin Mary5:49John ColtraneThe Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic RecordingsJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-08-15
Rhino (reissue label)71984
1.2Cousin Mary5:49John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
  • -1998-01-01
Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!)
1.2Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneGiant Steps (iTunes)John ColtraneAlbum
  • XW1998-01-01
Rhino (reissue label)
1.2Cousin Mary5:52John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
  • US1998-03-03
Rhino (reissue label)R2 75203
1.5Cousin Mary5:45John ColtraneThe Best of John ColtraneJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
  • JP1998-05-25
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)AMCY-2642
1.2Cousin Mary5:52John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
  • DE1998-07-02
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)8122-72399-2
1.2Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
Rhino (reissue label)8122-75203-2
1.2Cousin Mary5:49John ColtraneThe Very Best of John ColtraneJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-02-15
Rhino (reissue label)79778
1.2Cousin Mary5:45John ColtraneThe Very Best of John ColtraneJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)R2 79778
1.2Cousin Mary5:52John ColtraneGiant Steps (Atlantic Masters)John ColtraneAlbum
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Warner Jazz81227 3610-2
1.2Cousin Mary5:52John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
  • XE2003-02-21
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)8122736102
1.2Cousin Mary5:51John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
  • JP2005-12-07
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)WPCR-25023
1.2Cousin Mary5:52John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
  • JP2006-12-04
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)WPCR-25101
1.2Cousin Mary5:52John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
  • US2007-03-06
Rhino (reissue label)74796
1.2Cousin Mary5:45John ColtraneThe Very Best of the Atlantic YearsJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2007-07-23
Rhino (reissue label)8122 799789 2
1.2Cousin Mary5:45John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
  • US2009-04-07
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)R1 512581
1.2Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
Poll Winners Records27207
1.2Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneGiant Steps (mono)John ColtraneAlbum
  • JP2011-03-23
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)WPGR-10006
1.2Cousin Mary5:52John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
  • JP2011-03-23
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)WPGR-10006
4.2Cousin Mary5:45John ColtraneEvolution: The Road to Giant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
Chrome Dreams (“Maximum” bootleg biography series)CD4CD5069
1.2Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneOriginal Album Series (stereo)John ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label), Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)8122797710
2.7Cousin Mary5:49John ColtraneRhapsodyJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
Metro Select (sublabel of Union Square Music, METRSL cat prefix)METRSL014, METRSL014-2
1.8Cousin Mary5:48John ColtraneThe Rough Guide to Jazz Legends: John Coltrane: Birth of a LegendJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2012-10-01
World Music NetworkRGNET1279CD
1.7Cousin mary5:46John Coltrane feat. Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers & Art TaylorThe Very Best of John Coltrane (Released at BNF Collection)John ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2012-12-14
BnF Collection (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
1.7Cousin Mary5:50John Coltrane6 Essential Original AlbumsJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
Big3 (UK, budget compilations)BT3056
4.2Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneAn Easy Introduction to Jazz: Top 18 AlbumsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Masterworks Series706
1.7Cousin Mary5:49John ColtraneGiant Steps: The Best of the Early Years 1956-1960John ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2014-01-17
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)600136
1.2Cousin Mary5:45John ColtraneAtlantic Jazz LegendsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)8122796024
2.7Cousin Mary5:45John ColtraneFour Classic AlbumsJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
Avid JazzAMSC 1115
1.2Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneGiant Steps (24 bit, 192 kHz)John ColtraneAlbum
Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!)
1.4Cousin Mary5:49John Coltrane QuartetThe Quintessence: New York City 1956–1962John ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
Frémeaux & AssociésFA 297
1.2Cousin Mary5:52John ColtraneThe Atlantic Studio Album CollectionJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
  • US2015-02-13
Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!)
1.2Cousin Mary5:45John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
DOLDOL857H
1.3Cousin Mary5:49John ColtraneTrane: The Atlantic CollectionJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
  • US2017-06-09
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)R2 559561
1.2Cousin Mary?:??John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)081227945251, RR1 555371, SD 1311
1.7Cousin Mary5:49John ColtraneNaimaJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2018-05-17
Warner Music (global imprint of Warner Music Group, ‘W’ logo either with “Warner Music” or no text)
1.2Cousin Mary?:??John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
  • JP2018-09-26
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)WPJR-10029
2.2Cousin Mary5:52John ColtraneBlue Train + Giant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
  • -2019
Jazz Images38105
2.7Cousin Mary5:46John ColtraneEight Classic Albums: Vol.2John ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
Reel to Reel Music CompanyRTRCD108
1.5Cousin Mary5:48John ColtraneThe Best of John ColtraneJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
Delta Music Media GmbHD20005
2.7Cousin Mary5:49John ColtraneThe HitsJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
New Continent648057
1.2Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneGiant Steps (60th anniversary super deluxe edition)John ColtraneAlbum
  • XW2020-09-18
Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!)
1.2Cousin Mary5:45John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
  • -2020-09-18
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)603497848393, R2 625106
1.2Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneGiant Steps (2020 Remaster)John ColtraneAlbum
  • XW2020-09-18
Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!)
1.2Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneUltimate Jazz Classics: Giant Steps & My Favorite ThingsJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
  • -2021-06-11
Musical Concepts
1.2Cousin Mary5:47John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
High Definition Tape Transfers
1.7Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneThe Classic Albums CollectionJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
Enlightenment (A Crazy Jazz Label)EN4CD9200
1.2Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
Analogue ProductionsCAPA 010 SA
2.2Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
Analogue ProductionsCAPA 010 SA
1.2Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneNow PlayingJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)RCV1 726295
1.7Cousin Mary5:48John ColtraneINTEGRAL John Coltrane 1959 – 1962John ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
  • -2025-04-11
Diggers Factory (French vinyl crowdfunding site/record label)
1.2Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbumAtlantic (Warner Music imprint)CD 1311
1.2Cousin Mary5:52John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbumRhino (reissue label)
1.2Cousin Mary5:45John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbumAtlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino Vinyl (Rhino Records)75203, R1 75203
Withdrawn
1.23Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneTrane (40 Tracks Remastered)John ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
(unknown)
1.5Cousin Mary5:48John ColtraneSimply John Coltrane (3CDs From One of Jazz's True Legends)John ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2016-10-07
Union Square MusicSIMPTNCD038
1.2Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneJohn Coltrane Giant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)
1.2Cousin Mary5:45John ColtraneGiant StepsJohn ColtraneAlbum
  • US2024-03-08
Analogue Productions, Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)APA 010-45, SD 1311
1.4Cousin Mary5:50John ColtraneEssential Classics, Vol. 280: John ColtraneJohn ColtraneAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2024-09-27

Relationships

recording engineer:Tom Dowd (on 1959-05-04)
Phil Iehle (on 1959-05-04)
producer:Nesuhi Ertegun
double bass:Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-05-04)
drums (drum set):Art Taylor (on 1959-05-04)
piano:Tommy Flanagan (on 1959-05-04)
tenor saxophone:John Coltrane (on 1959-05-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US)
recorded at:Atlantic Recording Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-05-04)
recording of:Cousin Mary (original instrumental version) (on 1959-05-04)

Cousin Mary (original instrumental version)

composer:John Coltrane
publisher:Jowcol Music
later versions:Cousin Mary (adaptation w/ English lyrics by Leon Thomas)
Cousin Mary (adaptation w/ English lyrics by Jon Hendricks)