John Coltrane – Crescent (SHM-SACD single layer)

“Crescent” from 1964 features John Coltrane’s quartet with McCoy Tyner (piano), Jimmy Garrison (bass) and Elvin Jones (drums) at the height of their powers. After several years of experimentation, the album represents a masterful return to meticulous forms and structures: to post-bop. The five original compositions by Coltrane, who plays only tenor saxophone on the tracks, are considered some of the most beautiful and lyrical ever recorded by the “Golden Quartet.” Garrison’s widow said that “Crescent” and “A Love Supreme,” released a year later, were the albums her husband listened to most often.

As part of the popular “Verve Acoustic Sounds Series,” Universal Music Japan presents the sonically impressive remastering of this jazz classic as a limited edition Japan SHM-SACD in a mini LP cardboard sleeve with OBI stripe. The original recording sessions for “Crescent” took place on April 27 and June 1, 1964, at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

This title is an SHM SACD. This format is the further development of the single-layer SACD and uses a particularly light-transparent plastic (Super High Material). It allows a much better readability of the pit-land structures on the surface than is possible with hybrid SACDs. Universal’s SHM SACDs are generally re-digitized to DSD from the albums’ master tapes without any changes. SHM SACDs can be played on any SACD player. Please do not use L’Art du Son or alcohol-based cleaning agents. – Please note: All titles are designed by Universal Music as limited edition collector’s items for the Japanese market.

Lista pieselor

1.    Crescent
2.    Wise One
3.    Bessie’s Blues
4.    Lonnie’s Lament
5.    The Drum Thing