Ascension (Edition II)

Tracklist

A	Ascension (Part One)	18:35
B	Ascension (Part Two)	19:15

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
• Designed At – Viceroy
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – MCA Records
• Distributed By – Dischi Ricordi S.p.A.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – John Tchicai, Marion Brown
• Bass – Art Davis, Jimmy Garrison
• Design [Cover] – Robert Flynn
• Design [Liner] – Joe Lebow
• Drums – Elvin Jones
• Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
• Photography By [Cover And Liner Photos] – Charles Stewart*
• Piano – McCoy Tyner
• Producer – Bob Thiele
• Tenor Saxophone – Archie Shepp, John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders
• Trumpet – Dewey Johnson, Freddie Hubbard
• Written-By – John Coltrane

Notes

Recorded 28 June, 1965 at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
This is the 2nd pressing with the 1st take of the piece.
By accident Bob Thiele put out the wrong take. After he went through the initial press run, he switched the masters to the other take and inscribed edition II on the inside of the runout circle. So there are really two versions of ascension.

Edition II solo order

(Opening Ensemble)
Coltrane solo (3:10–5:48)
(Ensemble)
Johnson solo (7:45–9:30)
(Ensemble)
Sanders solo (11:55–14:25)
(Ensemble)
Hubbard solo (15:40–17:40)
(Ensemble)
Tchicai solo (18:50–20:00)
(Ensemble)
Shepp solo (21:10–24:10)
(Ensemble)
Brown solo (25:10–27:16)
(Ensemble)
Tyner solo (29:55–33:26)
Davis and Garrison duet (33:26–35:50)
(Concluding Ensemble)

Release year from runout info.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): IMPL 5002/1
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): IMPL 5002/2
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): 62 IMP 424◊1L 8d 8 7 76
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): 62 IMP 424◊2L 8d 8 7 76

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AS-95, A-95	John Coltrane	Ascension (Edition II) ‎(LP, Album)	Impulse!, Impulse!	AS-95, A-95	US	1965
A-95	John Coltrane	Ascension (Edition II) ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Impulse!	A-95	US	1967
RR-98-245-2	John Coltrane	Ascension ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Oldis, VAPP association, Release Records	RR-98-245-2	Russia	1998
SH-3076	John Coltrane	Ascension ‎(LP, Album)	Impulse!	SH-3076	Japan	1966
AS-95	John Coltrane	Ascension (Edition II) ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Impulse!, ABC Records	AS-95	US	1973

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