2014 reissue - Blue Train is a hard bop jazz album by John Coltrane, originally released in 1957 on Blue Note Records. Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, it is Coltrane's second solo album, the only one he recorded for Blue Note as a leader, and the only one he conceived personally for the label. Arguably one of the most influential titles from Coltrane and one of the greatest Blue Note releases ever.