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Meditations is a 1966 album by John Coltrane, released by Impulse! Records (A-9110) and often described as a 'spiritual successor' to A Love Supreme. It features Coltrane alongside Pharoah Sanders, both on tenor saxophone. The album was recorded on November 23, 1965, and represents the final session with Coltrane’s classic quartet — McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones — augmented here by Sanders and second drummer Rashied Ali. Tyner and Jones would leave the group soon afterward, while Sanders, Ali, Garrison, and Alice Coltrane formed the core of Coltrane’s subsequent ensemble. Earlier versions of several pieces (Compassion, Love, Consequences,
| 1 | The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost | ♡ | 12:52 | John Coltrane | |
| 2 | Compassion | ♡ | 6:51 | John Coltrane | John Coltrane / John Coltrane Quartet |
| 3 | Love | ♡ | 8:10 | John Coltrane | John Coltrane / John Coltrane Quartet |
| 4 | Consequences | ♡ | 9:12 | John Coltrane | |
| 5 | Serenity | ♡ | 3:30 | John Coltrane |
Links
- Folder:
R:\__Jazz\_J\John Coltrane\1965. John Coltrane - Meditations (1996) - Explorer: Open folder
- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000197324
Credits
Bass — Jimmy Garrison Composed By — John Coltrane Drums — Elvin Jones, Rashied Ali Engineer — Rudy Van Gelder Mastered By — Rudy Van Gelder Piano — McCoy Tyner Producer — Bob Thiele Tenor Saxophone — John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders
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