- jazz, free jazz
- 52 min
- 6 tracks
- Verve Reissues
First Meditations (for quartet) is an album by John Coltrane recorded on September 2, 1965, and posthumously released in 1977. It is a quartet version of a suite Coltrane would record as Meditations two months later with an expanded group. Along with Sun Ship, recorded a week earlier, First Meditations represents the final recordings of Coltrane's classic quartet featuring pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and drummer Elvin Jones.
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Character-led, grave, intimate and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- DownBeat5/5 ★
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz4/4 ★
- The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Love8:04
- 2Compassion9:33
- 3Joy8:52
- 4Consequences7:21
- 5Serenity6:12
- 6Joy (alternate version)12:15
6 tracks, 52 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- John Coltrane
- Label
- Verve Reissues
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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