Bessie's Blues

John Coltrane · 1964 (year to be confirmed)

Context

Composition by John Coltrane, published by Jowcol Music, 3 min 22 s long, on side 1 of the album Crescent (Impulse!, July 1964). The quartet plays in its classic lineup with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones. The album was recorded in April and June 1964 at the Van Gelder studio in Englewood Cliffs.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Spiritual jazz, Modal. Among the origins and influences of Spiritual jazz: Modal, Free jazz.

By the same artist

• Lush Life (1963)
• Alabama (1963)
• Acknowledgement (A Love Supreme) (1965)
• Ascension (1965)
• My One and Only Love (1963)
• My Favorite Things (1961)

Sources

• EN: Crescent (John Coltrane album)

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