{"product_id":"john-coltrane-ascension-edition-i-ii-new-vinyl-verve-vault-series","title":"John Coltrane – Ascension (Edition I \u0026 II) (New Vinyl) (Verve Vault Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNEW DOUBLE LP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew sealed copy. 2026 Verve Vault Series remastered reissue. Remastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound and pressed on 180 gram vinyl. Pressed in Germany by Optimal Media. Gatefold jacket. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAscension is an album by John Coltrane, recorded in 1965 and released the following year on Impulse! Records. Presented as a single extended composition, it features an eleven piece ensemble that includes Freddie Hubbard, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe performance moves between dense collective improvisation and individual solos, with multiple horns creating a forceful, continuously shifting texture. Its scale, intensity, and open structure marked a clear departure from Coltrane’s earlier quartet recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInitially divisive, Ascension became an important document of Coltrane’s move into free jazz and of the broader avant garde movement developing in the mid 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTRACKLIST:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAscension (Edition I)\u003cbr\u003eA Ascension (Part 1)\u003cbr\u003eB Ascension (Part 2)\u003cbr\u003eAscension (Edition II)\u003cbr\u003eC Ascension (Part 1)\u003cbr\u003eD Ascension (Part 2)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Resolute Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48105525903618,"sku":"0199957117982","price":64.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0007\/9304\/files\/JohnColtrane_Ascension_EditionI_II.jpg?v=1783710342","url":"https:\/\/resoluterecords.ca\/products\/john-coltrane-ascension-edition-i-ii-new-vinyl-verve-vault-series","provider":"Resolute Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}