Crescent

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A1	Crescent Written-By – John Coltrane	8:40
A2	Wise One Written-By – John Coltrane	9:01
A3	Bessie's Blues Written-By – John Coltrane	3:30
B1	Lonnie's Lament Written-By – John Coltrane	11:42
B2	The Drum Thing Written-By – John Coltrane	7:20

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
• Mastered At – Longwear Plating

Credits

• Bass – Jimmy Garrison
• Design [Cover] – Flynn*
• Design [Liner] – Joe Lebow
• Drums – Elvin Jones
• Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
• Liner Notes – Nat Hentoff
• Mastered By – Van Gelder*
• Photography By [Cover] – Charles Stewart*
• Photography By [Gatefold] – Bob Thiele
• Piano – McCoy Tyner (tracks: A1 to B1)
• Producer – Bob Thiele
• Saxophone [Tenor] – John Coltrane

Notes

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 27 April (A2, B1, B2) and 1 June (A1, A3) 1964 [jazzdisco.org].

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side 1, etched): A-66-A
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2, etched): A-66-B
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1+2, etched): LW
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1+2, stamped): VAN GELDER

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AS-66	John Coltrane Quartet*	Crescent ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Impulse!	AS-66	US	1964
A-66 , AS-66	John Coltrane Quartet*	Crescent ‎(LP, Album, RE, Gat)	ABC Impulse!, ABC Impulse!	A-66 , AS-66	US	Unknown
UCCU-5622	John Coltrane Quartet*	Crescent ‎(CD, Album, RE, SHM)	Impulse!	UCCU-5622	Japan	2016
IMPL 5036	John Coltrane Quartet*	Crescent ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Impulse!	IMPL 5036	Italy	Unknown
IMP 12002	John Coltrane Quartet*	Crescent ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Impulse!	IMP 12002	Europe	1996

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