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Meditations is a 1966 album by John Coltrane. The album was considered the “spiritual follow-up to A Love Supreme.” It features Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders as soloists, both playing tenor saxophones. This was the last Coltrane recording to feature his classic quartet lineup of himself, bassist Jimmy Garrison, drummer Elvin Jones and pianist McCoy Tyner (augmented here as a sextet with Sanders and second drummer Rashied Ali), as both Jones and Tyner would quit the band by early 1966. Sanders, Ali, Garrison and Coltrane’s wife Alice would comprise his next group.

Track listing:
All tracks are written by John Coltrane.

Side one

“The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost” – 12:51
“Compassion” – 6:50

Side two

“Love” – 8:09
“Consequences” – 9:11
“Serenity” – 3:28

Personnel:
John Coltrane – tenor saxophone, percussion, band leader
Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone, percussion
McCoy Tyner – piano
Jimmy Garrison – double bass
Elvin Jones – drums
Rashied Ali – drums

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Released: August: 1966
Recorded: November 23, 1965
Studio: Van Gelder (Englewood Cliffs)
Length: 40:31
Label: Impulse!
A-9110
Producer: Bob Thiele