Crescent (John Coltrane album)

Crescent

Studio album by John Coltrane
Released	1964
Recorded	April 27 - June 1, 1964
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:10
Label	Impulse! Records
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Crescent is a 1964 (see 1964 in music) studio album by jazz musician John Coltrane. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Impulse! Records was an American based Jazz Record label, originally launched in 1960 by Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Events January 1 - Top of the Pops premieres on BBC television It features his jazz quartet group of McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones playing all original Coltrane compositions, with the leader playing tenor saxophone exclusively. Alfred McCoy Tyner (born 11 December 1938) is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Jimmy Garrison ( March 3, 1933 &ndash April 7, 1976) was an American Jazz Double bassist best known for Elvin Ray Jones ( 9 September 1927 &ndash 18 May 2004) was one of the most influential jazz drummers of the Post-bop era The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the Saxophone family a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s It is commonly regarded as the saxophonist's darkest album. Only the brief, infectious medium-up "Bessie's Blues", and a samba-tinged groove in the midsection of the otherwise sedate "Wise One", break the sombre mood. Samba ( is one of the most popular forms of music in Brazil. It is widely viewed as Brazil's national musical style

The music represents Coltrane's masterly return to meticulous form and structure, and post-bop modality, after several years of free-form experimentation alternating with traditional balladeering. Post-bop is a term for a form of small-combo Jazz music that evolved in the early-to-mid sixties The performances of these five compositions are considered some of the finest and most lyrical playing ever recorded by the Coltrane quartet. The album's closing track is an improvisational feature for Jones' drums (with spare melodic accompaniment from Coltrane's tenor sax and Garrison's bass at the song's beginning and end): Coltrane would continue to explore drum/saxophone conversations both in live performances with this group and on subsequent recordings such as the posthumously-released Interstellar Space (with Rashied Ali). Musical Improvisation is the creative activity of immediate Musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental Interstellar Space was the one of the final studio albums recorded by the saxophonist John Coltrane before his death in 1967 originally-released posthumously Rashied Ali (born Robert Patterson on 1 July 1935 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is an American Free jazz and avant-garde It is interesting to note that Coltrane does not solo at all on Side 2 of the original LP; the wrenching ballad "Lonnie's Lament" instead features a long bass solo by Garrison.

The album's liner notes are written by Nat Hentoff and the original LP's inner gatefold profile photograph of Coltrane is the same one which would be featured on the cover of Coltrane's next Impulse! album release, A Love Supreme. Nat Hentoff (born June 10, 1925) is an American Historian, Novelist, Jazz Critic, and Columnist for A gramophone Impulse! Records was an American based Jazz Record label, originally launched in 1960 by Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount A Love Supreme is a Jazz Album released by John Coltrane 's quartet in 1965.

Two outtakes from the session, including an early run-through of "Dear Lord", are presumed lost.

Track listing

"Crescent" – 8:41
"Wise One" – 9:00
"Bessie's Blues" – 3:22
"Lonnie's Lament" – 11:45
"The Drum Thing" – 7:22

All songs composed by John Coltrane.

Personnel

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the Saxophone family a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s Jimmy Garrison ( March 3, 1933 &ndash April 7, 1976) was an American Jazz Double bassist best known for The double bass is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed String instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra. Elvin Ray Jones ( 9 September 1927 &ndash 18 May 2004) was one of the most influential jazz drummers of the Post-bop era A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Alfred McCoy Tyner (born 11 December 1938) is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers

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