Crescent

Crescent

John Coltrane · 1964 Spin it Again - The Coltrane quartet in the year before everything broke open, playing like they already heard what was coming and decided to take their time anyway.

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More from John Coltrane

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The Record
LabelImpulse!
Released1964
RecordedVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; June 1 and 10, 1964
Produced byBob Thiele
Engineered byRudy Van Gelder
PersonnelJohn Coltrane (tenor saxophone), McCoy Tyner (piano), Jimmy Garrison (bass), Elvin Jones (drums)
Track listing
1. Crescent2. Bessie's Blues3. Lonnie's Lament4. The Drum Thing5. Wise One

Where are they now
John Coltrane
continued recording prolifically, moved into free jazz with A Love Supreme and beyond, died of liver cancer in 1967.
McCoy Tyner
left the quartet in 1965, built a long solo career, died in 2020.
Jimmy Garrison
remained with Coltrane until his death, worked with various artists afterward, died of lung cancer in 1976.
Elvin Jones
left the quartet in 1966, led his own Jazz Machine for decades, died of heart failure in 2004.