John Coltrane: Ascension (Edition 1)

Impulse/ABC-Paramount A-95 (US) [released 1965] [cover, back cover]
Impulse/ABC-Paramount AS-95 (US) [released 1965]
Impulse IMP 88119 (J) [cover]
Impulse/MCA Victor VIM-4666 (J) [released 1983] [cover, back cover]
Impulse/Nippon Columbia YP-8529-AI (J) [cover]
Impulse/WEA Pioneer 32XD-584 (J) (CD) [released 1987] [cover]

June 28, 1965
Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA

1. Ascension (Part 1) [18:49] (John Coltrane)
2. Ascension (Part 2) [19:27] (John Coltrane)

John Coltrane (ts)
Freddie Hubbard (tp)
Art Davis (b)
Elvin Jones (dr)
McCoy Tyner (p)
Marion Brown (as)
Pharoah Sanders (ts)
Archie Shepp (ts)
John Tchicai (as)
Dewey Johnson (tp)
Jimmy Garrison (b)

* Ascension (Edition 1) [DW] = Ascension (Take 1) [CJ]
* Elvin Jones solos only on Edition 1
* Ascension (Edition 1) appears also on The Major Works Of John Coltrane (GRP/Impulse grd2-113)
* Opening sections appear on Impulse Energy Essentials (Impulse ASD 9228)

Source: CJ, DW, HM, JHDB

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