Ascension cover

Ascension

Recorded
Released

Two trumpeters, five saxophonists, a pianist, two bassists and a drummer gather, and for 40 minutes, they leave it all on the field. Fervid solos are bracketed by wailing, polyphonic ensemble passages; Elvin Jones drives the music hard, but still seems like he’s sprinting to catch up with the horn players, who are riding rocket sleds. Explosive and unremitting, but the more you listen, the more beautiful it gets.

Phil Freeman

Recommended by

Suggestions
The Observer cover

The Observer

Mecca Normal
La Nuit cover

La Nuit

Proton Burst
Message From Home cover

Message From Home

Pharoah Sanders
Love In Us All cover

Love In Us All

Pharoah Sanders
Nipples cover

Nipples

Peter Brötzmann
Roxy Music cover

Roxy Music

Roxy Music
★ cover

David Bowie
Live at the East cover

Live at the East

Pharoah Sanders
Heritage Of The Invisible II cover

Heritage Of The Invisible II

Aquiles Navarro, Tcheser Holmes