{"product_id":"john-coltrane-meditations-verve-vault-series-vinyl","title":"Pre-Order 14\/08\/26 - Coltrane, John: Meditations - Verve Vault Series (Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ttq-Z2MixJQ?si=J-CSPNPfs6kR6MvL\" height=\"300\" width=\"full\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis item is available for pre-order only and will be dispatched on or around its release date (14\/08\/26)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMeditations\u003c\/em\u003e, released in 1966 on Impulse! Records, captures John Coltrane’s late-period quartet in transition - expanding into new sonic territory while retaining the core intensity of his classic lineup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded on November 23, 1965, at Rudy Van Gelder’s Englewood Cliffs studio with producer Bob Thiele, the session includes both Coltrane’s long-standing quartet and new collaborators who would shape his music’s final phase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe personnel unites pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and drummer Elvin Jones with additional voices: tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and drummer Rashied Ali.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis expanded ensemble offers a denser, more turbulent soundscape, foreshadowing Coltrane’s move toward freer and more spiritual explorations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross the suite-like program - including 'The Father And The Son And The Holy Ghost', 'Compassion' and 'Love' - the music flows as a continuous meditation on transcendence and collective expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMeditations\u003c\/em\u003e pushes Coltrane’s spiritual jazz into heightened realms of energy and abstraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt marks one of the final appearances of his \"classic quartet\" members Tyner and Jones before they departed, leaving Coltrane to pursue new directions with Sanders and Ali.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album remains a powerful document of transformation, intensity, and devotion in Coltrane’s recorded legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack vinyl version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompassion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConsequences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSerenity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Verve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54474951983450,"sku":"5733743","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1481\/5374\/files\/john-coltrane-meditations.jpg?v=1785062075","url":"https:\/\/freebirdrecords.com\/products\/john-coltrane-meditations-verve-vault-series-vinyl","provider":"Freebird Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}