Home / Music / John Coltrane's Crescent quartet: Tyner, Garrison, and JonesMusic linernotes album music john-coltraneJohn Coltrane's Crescent quartet: Tyner, Garrison, and JonesCrescent features John Coltrane on tenor and soprano saxophone, McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesCrescent is Coltrane at his most melodic — a calm before the free-jazz stormNaima was recorded with Miles Davis's rhythm section, not Coltrane's usual bandColtrane blew up his quartet to 21 musicians for Africa/BrassBlue Train has five tracks — four Coltrane originals and a standardBallads was John Coltrane's second Impulse! album — but the first to focus entirely on balladsExploreSusana Baca's La Vida... es un EspírituSusana Baca's Gracias a la VidaBill Laurance live at MontreuxSteven Stapleton has been Nurse With Wound since 1978Michelle Zauner is the creative force behind Japanese BreakfastPrevious Just a Little Lovin' is Shelby Lynne's tribute to Dusty SpringfieldNext John Coltrane's Ballads was recorded over two sessions in 1961 and 1962