John Coltrane Ascension [Editions I and II]
The Wire: "...The most important record Coltrane ever made. It marked such a violent severance with his past that many critics at the time thought he had lost his mind..."
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CD Details
- Released: March 24, 2009
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: Impulse
Entertainment Reviews:
The Wire - 6/01, p.42
"...The most important record Coltrane ever made. It marked such a violent severance with his past that many critics at the time thought he had lost his mind..."Down Beat - 12/00, p.94
5 stars out of 5 - "...There is no more radical free-jazz statement than 1965's ASCENSION....this album roars and soars beyond its milieu to become one for the ages and is Coltrane's most difficult statement for jazz traditionalists to follow..."Mojo (Publisher) - p.52
Ranked #8 in Mojo's "The 50 Most Out There Albums Of All Time" - "ASCENSION remains a uniquely draining, frighteningly human and intense experience."Record Collector (magazine) - p.87
4 stars out of 5 -- "[R]adical....Consisting of a single rambling and largely cacophonous 40-mintue free jazz piece..."Tracks:
- 1.Ascension (Edition Ii)
- 2.Ascension (Edition I)
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