John Coltrane

 

Artist:  John Coltrane
Birth Name:   John William Coltrane
Born:  September 23, 1926, Hamlet, North Carolina, USA.
Died:  July 17, 1967 (Aged 40),  Huntington, New York, USA.
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Bandleader
Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone.

John Coltrane was an American Jazz Saxophonist and Composer.  He played in style of Bebop and Hard Bop and helped pioneer the use of the modes in Jazz and was later at the forefront of Free Jazz.  He also appeared as a sideman on many album by other musicians, including Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk.  His best known and best-selling albums Blue Train i 1958 and A Love Supreme in 1964.

Title:  Meditations (Verve Vault Series) (2026)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  Verve

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  The Father And The Son And The Holy Ghost (12:51)

 2.  Compassion (6:50)

Side 2:

 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

Meditations is an album by John Coltrane, originally released on August 1966 by Impulse!, remastered and reissued on August 14, 2026 by Verve/Impulse!.  Verve Vault Series pressed on 180 Gram vinyl.