Crescent (John Coltrane album)
Crescent is a 1964 studio album by jazz musician John Coltrane, released by Impulse! as A-66. Alongside Coltrane on tenor saxophone, the album features McCoy Tyner (piano), Jimmy Garrison (double bass) and Elvin Jones (drums) playing original Coltrane compositions.
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| Released | July 1964 | |||
| Recorded | April 27 and June 1, 1964 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder (Englewood Cliffs) | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde jazz, post-bop, modal jazz | |||
| Length | 40:10 | |||
| Label | Impulse! A-66 | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | (positive) |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
| The Village Voice | (positive) |
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).