June 01 2025 at 12AM

Continuing on our tour of Coltrane's landmark 1965 recordings, we arrive at Ascension. Arguably the most important recording of Coltrane's entire cannon, it announced Coltrane's unrestrained solidarity with the "New Black Music" revolution and was hailed by Down Beat as "possibly the most powerful human sound ever recorded".

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ArtistAlbumTrack
Brigid Mae PowerSilver Strand Tapes - EPSoft Sun
Qauttro ManiGeorge Crumb Edition: Volume 4Zeitgeist: III. Monnochord
Dr. Eva Davidovà, recordistRomane Gil'a: 1958-71 Field Recordings of Roma Songs from Slovakia, Eastern Czechia & Northern HungaryKali sas Iboja (Iboja was black)
John ColtraneAscensionAscension, Edition II, Pt. 1
John ColtraneAscensionAscension, Edition II, Pt. 2
Bill FrisellUnspeakableSundust
Arthur RussellLove Is Overtaking MeClose My Eyes