John ColtraneFeaturing: Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, John Tchicai, Marion Brown, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner
Ascension (LP)
LabelImpulse!, ABC Impulse!GenreJazz & Improvisation
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condition (record/cover): VG+ (marks not affecting play) / VG+ (light spine and general wear)
Gatefold sleeve.
June 1965: John Coltrane assembles eleven musicians - Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Marion Brown, John Tchicai, Freddie Hubbard, Dewey Johnson and more - and burns the house down in one continuous, ecstatic conflagration. The big-band answer to Ornette's Free Jazz, and the moment the avant-garde received its official blessing from the most respected musician in jazz: after Ascension, nobody could call the new thing a fringe. Ensemble roars alternate with solo flights, the whole thing structured like a series of waves hitting the same shore harder each time. Overwhelming by design, and one of the decade's true monuments. US Impulse! pressing.
Release notes
Hard and thick gatefold cover, with "A 95" and "Stereo" printed on front, back and spine. "AS 95" printed on labels. Concentric label design.
| A | Ascension (Part 1) | 18:35 | |
| B | Ascension (Part 2) | 19:15 |
- John Tchicai
- Alto Saxophone
- Marion Brown
- Alto Saxophone
- Art Davis
- Bass
- Jimmy Garrison
- Bass
- Joe Lebow
- Design [Liner]
- Robert Flynn
- Design, Cover
- Elvin Jones
- Drums
- Van Gelder
- Mastered By
- John Coltrane Orchestra
- Orchestra
- Charles Stewart
- Photography By [Cover, Liner]
- McCoy Tyner
- Piano
- Bob Thiele
- Producer
- Archie Shepp
- Tenor Saxophone
- John Coltrane
- Tenor Saxophone
- Pharoah Sanders
- Tenor Saxophone
- Dewey Johnson
- Trumpet
- Freddie Hubbard
- Trumpet
