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| ARTIST: | John Coltrane Quartet |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Grp Records |
| FEATURES: | Original recording remastered |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Crescent, Wise One, Bessie's Blues, Lonnies Lament, The Drum Thing |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 011105020022 |
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Customer Reviews of Crescent
Tranes Melancholy Classic Of the three albums I consider essential Trane Quartet recordings, "Live at Birdland", "Crescent", and "Love Supreme", it is "Crescent" that is most accesible and evokes the most striking beauty. Often regarded by critics as the creative lull before his masterpiece "Supreme", "Crescent" is somber, reflective, and heartfelt. In many ways, it may be my favorite Coltrane album. It is the expression of sorrow and regret before the morning. Listened to in one sitting, "Crescent" and "A Love Supreme" TOGETHER make for one of the most sublime and provocative moments in modern music history.
The classic quartet's finest
The catalogue of the classic John Coltrane Quartet 1960-65 is surely at the summit of 20th century musical endeavour.This album is at the apex of this achievement, comparing to A Love Supreme in both its unity and spiritual intensity. But here the characteristic yearning, searching, pulsating sound of the group has an altogther more melancholy, and reflective feel. The lyricism of Crescent, Wise One and Lonnie's Lament is sublime and, typically for the quartet, never sentimental. Music that shimmers like gold.
an overlooked treasure
The review below on April 27, 2004 does great justice in describing the power of this album. It is Coltrane's elegant, flawless phrasing at its best. The intricate weaving of melodic lines evokes more than emotions. It conveys a sense of structure, or mental architecture. One example includes the solo figure in the middle of the title track. The piano drops off and Coltrane plays simple 2 to 4 note phrases which eventually culminate in squealing harmonics... utterly heartbreaking. In "The Wise One", there is a sublime transition from the piano solo to Coltrane's reentry... seamless.
I prefer Crescent over the more popular A Love Supreme. At the risk of hyperbole, Crescent may be the greatest non-classical musical statement ever created.