John Coltrane - Ascension 1965 / 2009

John Coltrane
Ascensión

Recorded in 1965, released in 1966


CD / 2009 / 320Kbps


Tracklist:
1. Ascension, Edition II
2. Ascension, Edition I


Two recordings of “Ascension” exist, called Edition I and Edition II. Edition I is contrarily the second take. Edition II is the first take and allegedly Coltrane’s preferred version.

Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, N.J on June 28, 1965


Personnel:
John Coltrane, tenor saxophone
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet
Dewey Johnson, trumpet
Marion Brown, alto saxophone
John Tchicai, alto saxophone
Pharoah Sanders, tenor saxophone
Archie Shepp, tenor saxophone
McCoy Tyner, piano
Art Davis, bass
Jimmy Garrison, bass
Elvin Jones, drums



Ascension is powerful music. It remains a uniquely draining, frighteningly human and intense experience. It’s extraordinary.


Straight, no chaser.
:)