John Coltrane - Ascension

Composed by John Coltrane -- Released on Impulse! in February 1966

This is the 1st take of the piece, called "Edition II", recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs - N.J. , 28 June, 1965

Personnel :

Trumpet – Dewey Johnson , Freddie Hubbard
Alto Saxophone – John Tchicai , Marion Brown
Tenor Saxophone – Archie Shepp , John Coltrane , Pharoah Sanders
Piano – McCoy Tyner
Bass – Art Davis , Jimmy Garrison
Drums – Elvin Jones

Order of Soloists and Ensemble:

1. (Opening Ensemble)
2. Coltrane solo
3. (Ensemble)
4. Johnson solo
5. (Ensemble)
6. Sanders solo
7. (Ensemble)
8. Hubbard solo
9. (Ensemble)
10. Tchicai solo
11. (Ensemble)
12. Shepp solo
13. (Ensemble)
14. Brown solo
15. (Ensemble)
16. Tyner solo
17. Davis and Garrison duet
18. (Concluding Ensemble)