Meditations (album)
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{{Infobox Album |
| Name = Meditations
| Type = Album
| Artist = [[John Coltrane]]
| Cover = ColtraneMeditationsCover.jpg
| Released = [[1965]]
| Recorded = [[November 23]] [[1965]]
| Genre = [[Jazz]]
| Length = 40:31
| Label = [[Impulse! Records]]
| Producer = [[Bob Thiele]]
| Reviews = [[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:btcibk09hakc]
| Last album = ''[[Kulu Sé Mama]]''<br>(1965)
| This album = ''Meditations''<br>(1965)
| Next album = ''[[Live At The Village Vanguard Again!]]''<br>(1966) |
}}
'''''Meditations''''' is a [[1965]] album by [[John Coltrane]]. It features Coltrane and [[Pharoah Sanders]] as soloists, both playing [[tenor saxophone]]s. Much of the recording is fairly [[Avant-garde jazz|avant-garde]], featuring extensive passages in free rhythm and extended saxophone techniques such as honked and overblown notes, as well as [[multiphonics]].
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|First Meditations (for quartet)]]'' and were more restrained, containing less squealing and overblown notes.
==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
==Personnel==
* John Coltrane — [[tenor saxophone]], leader
* Pharoah Sanders — [[tenor saxophone]]
* [[McCoy Tyner]] — [[piano]]
* [[Jimmy Garrison]] — [[Double bass|bass]]
* [[Elvin Jones]] — [[Drum kit|drums]]
* [[Rashied Ali]] — [[Drum kit|drums]]
{{John Coltrane}}
[[Category:1965 albums]]
[[Category:John Coltrane albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Bob Thiele]]
[[Category:Impulse! Records albums]]
[[fr:Meditations]]