Meditations (John Coltrane album)

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.

Alternative versions of tracks 2–5 had been recorded in September 1965 by the same musicians minus Rashied Ali and Sanders. They were later issued as First Meditations (for quartet) in 1977.

Track listing
All tracks are written by John Coltrane.

Side one
 * 1) "The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost" – 12:51
 * 2) "Compassion" – 6:50

Side two
 * 1) "Love" – 8:09
 * 2) "Consequences" – 9:11
 * 3) "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