Meditations (album) 5272577 225662076 2008-07-14T20:02:35Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{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" &ndash; 12:51 # "Compassion" &ndash; 6:50 # "Love" &ndash; 8:09 # "Consequences" &ndash; 9:11 # "Serenity" &ndash; 3:28 ==Personnel== * John Coltrane &mdash; [[tenor saxophone]], leader * Pharoah Sanders &mdash; [[tenor saxophone]] * [[McCoy Tyner]] &mdash; [[piano]] * [[Jimmy Garrison]] &mdash; [[Double bass|bass]] * [[Elvin Jones]] &mdash; [[Drum kit|drums]] * [[Rashied Ali]] &mdash; [[Drum kit|drums]] {{John Coltrane}} [[Category:1965 albums]] [[Category:John Coltrane albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Bob Thiele]] [[Category:Impulse! Records albums]] [[fr:Meditations]]