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Not released until 1977, the music on First Meditations was the last recording made by the classic John Coltrane Quartet; other slightly later records found the group incorporating additional musicians. Four of the five movements on this release (which are augmented by a lengthier second version of "Joy") would become part of the better-known Meditations album (along with another movement) two-and-a-half months later when tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and drummer Rashied Ali temporarily made the group a sextet. Coltrane (sticking here exclusively to tenor) plays passionately, alternating ferocious explorations with more lyrical sections.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
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John Coltrane, Composer, Producer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Garrison, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - McCoy Tyner, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Pharoah Sanders, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Elvin Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Thiele, Producer - Rashied Ali, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Coltrane, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Thiele, Producer
℗ 1977 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Coltrane, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Thiele, Producer
℗ 1977 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Coltrane, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Thiele, Producer
℗ 1977 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Coltrane, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Thiele, Producer
℗ 1977 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Coltrane, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bob Thiele, Producer
℗ 1978 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Not released until 1977, the music on First Meditations was the last recording made by the classic John Coltrane Quartet; other slightly later records found the group incorporating additional musicians. Four of the five movements on this release (which are augmented by a lengthier second version of "Joy") would become part of the better-known Meditations album (along with another movement) two-and-a-half months later when tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and drummer Rashied Ali temporarily made the group a sextet. Coltrane (sticking here exclusively to tenor) plays passionately, alternating ferocious explorations with more lyrical sections.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:14
- Main artists: John Coltrane
- Composer: John Coltrane
- Label: Impulse!
- Genre: Jazz
© 1977 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1977 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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