''Crescent'' is a 1964 studio album by jazz musician John Coltrane, released by

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as A-66. Alongside Coltrane on tenor saxophone, the album features McCoy Tyner (piano),

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(double bass) and Elvin Jones (drums) playing original Coltrane compositions. Coltrane does not solo at all on side two of the original LP; the ballad "Lonnie's Lament" instead features a long bass solo by Garrison. The album's closing track is an improvisational feature for Jones (with sparse melodic accompaniment from Coltrane's tenor sax and Garrison's bass at the song's beginning and end): Coltrane continued to explore drum/saxophone duets in live performances with this group and on subsequent recordings such as the posthumously released '' Interstellar Space'' (with Rashied Ali).

Legacy

An earlier version of "Lonnie's Lament" appears on '' Afro-Blue Impressions'', and an almost hour-long version of "Crescent" was recorded on '' Live in Japan''. The entire album was collected on '' The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Recordings''. Coltrane later recorded the song "After the Crescent", which appeared on 1978's '' To the Beat of a Different Drum''. The title track was later

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by Alice Coltrane for 2004's ''

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'' and McCoy Tyner on his 1991 album ''

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''. Tyner recorded it again live for the albums '' McCoy Tyner Plays John Coltrane: Live at the Village Vanguard'' and '' Live at Sweet Basil''. Guitarist

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is the soloist on the version recorded for the 2005 tribute album ''A Guitar Supreme''. The

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covered four of the songs on their ''SFJAZZ Collective 2'', with Nicholas Payton and

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soloing on the title track. Garrison's widow recalled that this album along with '' A Love Supreme'' were the two he listened to the most.

Track listing

All songs composed by John Coltrane and published by Jowcol Music ( BMI) Side one # "Crescent" – 8:41 # "Wise One" – 9:00 # "Bessie's Blues" – 3:22 Side two #

"Lonnie's Lament" – 11:45 # "The Drum Thing" – 7:22

Personnel

John Coltrane Quartet * John Coltrane –

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* McCoy Tyner – piano *

– double bass * Elvin Jones – drums Technical personnel * Bob Thiele –

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– recording and mixing * Nat Hentoff –

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Compact Disc release * Michael Cuscuna – production and liner notes * Eric Labson – digital remastering * Joe Alper – photography *

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– photography

Charts

References

Notes Bibliography * {{DEFAULTSORT:Crescent(John Coltrane album) 1964 albums Albums produced by Bob Thiele Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Hard bop albums Impulse! Records albums Instrumental albums John Coltrane albums Modal jazz albums

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