Track Lounge: Ascension-Edition II
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Through both the force of his music and his personal character, saxophonist John Coltrane remains among the most influential jazz artists of all time. After a stint with the classic Miles Davis band of the late 1950s, the tenor titan embarked on a decade of staggering creativity. With the daunting GIANT STEPS, he exploded the possibilities of post-bop harmony; subsequently, he formed his "classic quartet" with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones--the ideal group for Coltrane's ever-e...Read More >
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"Blue Waltz" is a performance by John Coltrane's Quartet of the main theme of John Coltrane's "Ascension", a much larger work recorded six weeks before this concert. This is extremely intense music. Even so, the "Ascension" performance which I'm pointing to on Rhapsody dwarfs this. Some who heard Ascension said it was one of the most powerful sounds ever recorded by humans. I had to listen to "Ascension" in small measured doses turned way down before I acclimated en... MORE
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