John Coltrane - Ascension: Edition I & II (Verve Vault Series) [2LP] - Vinyl

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Ascension: Edition I & II (Verve Vault Series) [2LP] Vinyl

Name: John Coltrane - Ascension: Edition I & II (Verve Vault Series) [2LP]
Brand: Alliance Entertainment
SKU: 199957117982
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Ascension is the moment John Coltrane threw the doors wide open, and this Verve Vault Series 2LP gathers both complete takes from the session on 180-gram vinyl.

Recorded in a single 1965 session at Rudy Van Gelder's Englewood Cliffs studio and released on Impulse! in 1966, it placed eleven musicians in one room with only a loose framework to guide them. The front line reads like a roll call of the avant-garde, with Freddie Hubbard and Dewey Johnson on trumpet alongside Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Marion Brown and John Tchicai on saxophones.

"Ascension (Edition I)" and "Ascension (Edition II)" each run close to forty minutes, alternating between ferocious collective passages and individual solos that burst out of the din. The two performances take different paths through the same material, and hearing them back to back reveals just how much was being invented on the spot.

Underneath it all, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and second bassist Art Davis hold the storm together with remarkable force, while Bob Thiele's production keeps every voice vivid inside the roar.

Divisive when it first appeared and now regarded as a cornerstone of free jazz, Ascension remains a thrilling, demanding listen. Having both editions side by side lets you hear the experiment from two angles.

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