Meditations

Rating

Album: Meditations
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Father And The Son And The Holy Ghost Album Version	More Info...	12:51
2)	Compassion Album Version	More Info...	6:49
3)	Love Album Version	More Info...	8:09
4)	Consequences Album Version	More Info...	9:13
5)	Serenity Album Version	More Info...	3:29
2)	Compassion	More Info...	0:07
3)	Love	More Info...	0:08
4)	Consequences	More Info...	0:09
5)	Serenity	More Info...	0:03

Album: Meditations
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Father And The Son And The Holy Ghost Album Version	More Info...	12:51
2)	Compassion Album Version	More Info...	6:49
3)	Love Album Version	More Info...	8:09
4)	Consequences Album Version	More Info...	9:13
5)	Serenity Album Version	More Info...	3:29
2)	Compassion	More Info...	0:07
3)	Love	More Info...	0:08
4)	Consequences	More Info...	0:09
5)	Serenity	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone, percussion); Pharoah Sanders (tenor saxophone, tambourine, bells); McCoy Tyner (piano); Jimmy Garrison (acoustic bass); Elvin Jones, Rashied Ali (drums).
Producer: Bob Thiele.
Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna.
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on November 23, 1965. Includes original release liner notes by Nat Hentoff.
Digitally remastered using 20-bit technology by Erick Labson (MCA Music Media Studios).
Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone, percussion); Pharoah Sanders (tenor saxophone, percussion); McCoy Tyner (piano); Jimmy Garrison (bass instrument, double bass); Elvin Jones (drums, drum); Rashied Ali (drum).
The year 1965 was a turning point in the life of John Coltrane. It was at this point that he crossed the line into the free jazz arena that he had been approaching since the early '60s. Besides his landmark Ascension, no album better illustrates this than the awe-inspiring Meditations. Coltrane's regular quartet -- McCoy Tyner (piano), Jimmy Garrison (bass), and Elvin Jones (drums) -- is expanded here with second drummer Rashied Ali (who assumed Jones' spot after this album) and saxophonist Pharoah Sanders. This conglomeration produces some dense textures, especially in the epic first track "The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost." This sonic hurricane is a 13-minute outpouring of spiritual emotion that is at once compelling and exhausting. Elsewhere, the group delicately follows Coltrane's lead on the passionate "Love" and swings with abandon on the raucous "Consequences" as Sanders and 'Trane battle like warriors above the churning rhythm section. Finally, the aptly titled "Serenity" is a swirling free-form improvisation gently touching back down to earth after an adventurous ride through the heavens.

Professional Reviews

The Wire (6/01, p.42) - "...The greatest session of Coltrane's career. It's a gospelised suite influenced by the mutant folk strains Albert Ayler was experimenting with..."

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