Meditations

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Meditations is a landmark free jazz album by John Coltrane, renowned for its intense spiritual exploration and avant-garde improvisation.

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instanceOf album
studio album
artist John Coltrane NERFINISHED
chronologyFollowedBy Expression
chronologyPrecededBy Kulu Sé Mama NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresMusician Elvin Jones NERFINISHED
Jimmy Garrison NERFINISHED
John Coltrane NERFINISHED
McCoy Tyner NERFINISHED
Pharoah Sanders NERFINISHED
Rashied Ali NERFINISHED
genre avant-garde jazz
free jazz
spiritual jazz
hasCriticalReputation key work of late-period John Coltrane
landmark free jazz recording
hasPart Compassion
Consequences
Love NERFINISHED
Serenity NERFINISHED
The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost NERFINISHED
instrumentationIncludes bass
drums
percussion
piano
soprano saxophone
tenor saxophone
language instrumental
length approximately 43 minutes
mainSubject spirituality
transcendence
notableFor avant-garde compositional approach
extended collective improvisation
intense spiritual exploration
partOf John Coltrane discography
performer John Coltrane NERFINISHED
producer Bob Thiele NERFINISHED
recordedForLabel Impulse! Records NERFINISHED
recordingDate 1965-11-23
recordingLocation Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey NERFINISHED
Van Gelder Studio NERFINISHED
recordLabel Impulse! NERFINISHED
Impulse! Records NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1966
styleCharacteristic dense harmonic textures
extended saxophone solos
high-energy ensemble interplay
polyrhythmic drumming

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Impulse! Records notableRelease Meditations