Meditations (album)
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| Studio album by John Coltrane | ||
| Released | 1965 | |
| Recorded | November 23, 1965 | |
| Genre | Jazz | |
| Length | 40:31 | |
| Label | Impulse! Records | |
| Producer(s) | Bob Thiele | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| John Coltrane chronology | ||
| Kulu Sé Mama (1965) |
Meditations (1965) |
Live At The Village Vanguard Again! (1966) |
Meditations is a 1965 album by John Coltrane. It features Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders as soloists, both playing tenor saxophones. Much of the recording is fairly avant-garde, featuring passages in free rhythm and extended saxophone techniques such as honked and overblown notes, and Sanders' trademark multiphonic "sheets of sound."
Alternative versions of tracks 2-5 had been recorded in September 1965 by the same musicians minus Sanders. These recordings were later issued as First Meditations (for quartet).
[edit] Track listing
- "The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost" – 12:51
- "Compassion" – 6:50
- "Love" – 8:09
- "Consequences" – 9:11
- "Serenity" – 3:28
[edit] Personnel
- John Coltrane — tenor saxophone, leader
- Pharoah Sanders — tenor saxophone
- McCoy Tyner — piano
- Jimmy Garrison — bass
- Elvin Jones — drums
- Rashied Ali — drums
