Meditations (album)

Meditations
Studio album by John Coltrane
Released	1965
Recorded	November 23 1965
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:31
Label	Impulse! Records
Producer	Bob Thiele
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
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 extensive passages in free rhythm and extended saxophone techniques such as honked, multiphonic, and overblown notes. Alternative versions of tracks 2-5 had been recorded in September 1965 by the same musicians minus Sanders and Ali. These recordings were later issued as First Meditations (for quartet) and were more restrained, containing less squealing and overblown notes.

Track listing

1. "The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost" – 12:51
2. "Compassion" – 6:50
3. "Love" – 8:09
4. "Consequences" – 9:11
5. "Serenity" – 3:28

Personnel

• John Coltrane — tenor saxophone, leader
• Pharoah Sanders — tenor saxophone
• McCoy Tyner — piano
• Jimmy Garrison — bass
• Elvin Jones — drums
• Rashied Ali — drums