John Coltrane

• Super High Material CD WITH OBI

• 4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Released in 1964, Crescent is one of sax master John Coltrane's finest albums, featuring the talents of McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones. During 1964 John Coltrane spent the least amount of time in the recording studio of his entire solo career. It wasn't until April 27 that ‘Trane, along with Tyner, Garrison and Jones went to the familiar surroundings of Rudy Van Gelder's Englewood Cliff's studio to begin work on the album that came to be called, Crescent.

PERSONNEL:

• John Coltrane - (tenor sax)
• McCoy Tyner - (piano)
• Jimmy Garrison - (bass)
• Elvin Jones - (drums)

Recorded April 27 and June 1, 1964, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

TRACKS:

• 01. Crescent
• 02. Wise One
• 03. Bessie's Blues
• 04. Lonnie's Lament
• 05. The Drum Thing