John Coltrane - First Meditations (for quartet) - (1965) Remastered (1992)

Posted By : aeolos | Date : 02 May 2010 18:28:13 | Comments : 11 |

John Coltrane - First Meditations (for quartet)
Label: Impulse / GRP | EAC img | FLAC+CUE+LOG | 287MB | scans
Genre: Jazz

Whether legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane was inverting bebop chord structures or inducing meditational depth with his complex melodies, he seemed to shift gears and gain new expertise with every passing year in the 1960s. Not released initially until 1977, the music on this 1992 CD was the last recording made by the classic John Coltrane Quartet. Don't miss it! have fun!

Track Listings

1. Love
2. Compassion
3. Joy
4. Consequences
5. Serenity
6. Joy (alternate version)

All Compositions by John Coltrane
Recorded (1-5), on September 2, 1965 at the Van Gelder Studio. Track #6 recorded at Coast Recorders, San Francisco on September 22, 1965.
Digitally re-mastered by Robert Stoughton.

Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), McCoy Tyner (piano), Jimmy Garrison (bass), Elvin Jones (drums)

Log File

Review by Scott Yanow

Not released initially until 1977, the music on this 1992 CD was the last recording made by the classic John Coltrane Quartet; other slightly later records found the group augmented by additional musicians.
Four of the five movements on this release (which are augmented by a lengthier second version of "Joy") would become part of the better-known Meditations album (along with another movement) 2½-months later when tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and drummer Rashied Ali temporarily made the group a sextet. Coltrane (sticking here exclusively to tenor) plays passionately, alternating ferocious explorations with more lyrical sections.

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Posted By: libra_winmx Date: 02 May 2010 18:34:20

Dear aeolos, hi,

Thanks a lot!
Gracias,

libra

Posted By: JabJab Date: 02 May 2010 19:50:25

Thanks aeolos for this Coltrane!

Posted By: LezDawson Date: 02 May 2010 21:17:02

Tha ks for this - but it's a bad-sounding master (compared to audiophile albums I have of JC).

Posted By: jazzbuff Date: 02 May 2010 21:19:52

Totally agree with LezDawson, plus...to my ears and sensibilities, this music's awful...even worse than "late" Coltrane blop-dweet-dweet ramblings. To be listened to only if you're totally stoned:)) But thanks for your effort.

Posted By: aeolos Date: 02 May 2010 22:08:54

Thanks guys for stopping by and expressing your opinion. For my friends LezDawson and jazzbuff I must say that it's not his best sounding recording but not that bad either, also let's not forget that Coltrane was a complex artist, not an easy going person (musically), and was considered experimental, avant-garde, and free jazz (after Ornette Coleman and Cecil Taylor, Coltrane was the main source for free jazz in the '60s. And yes, he was a heroin addict...and that most probably cost him his life...he was only 40 years old when he died...

Posted By: thirstfanatic Date: 02 May 2010 22:16:49

Hi Guys, I've never listened to JC before (at least not knowingly) but have always wanted to try. Which album do you recommend for a beginner? Thanks!

Posted By: liliacladder Date: 02 May 2010 23:10:25

thirstfanatic, Blue Train, Giant Steps, A Love Supreme

Posted By: thirstfanatic Date: 03 May 2010 00:06:35

thank you liliacladder! I will check them out

Posted By: pesaulius Date: 03 May 2010 14:54:35

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS

Posted By: Nick Cave Date: 03 May 2010 23:40:51

Monumental, Fantastico!! Graciasssssssssssss!!

Posted By: FreddieCouples Date: 04 May 2010 02:09:35

@ thirstfanatic

I wouldn't recommend the albums liliacladder recommended - sounds like just taken off of a wikipedia entry (with no inner connection between the records that is). Blue Train has weak solos of the other players (only Coltrane on Moment's Notice is remarkable), Giant Steps is rather useless for beginners and "pro's". It's actually more like an "etude" and harmonical experiment (although on the highest musical level) in regards to finding alternatives to divide the octave by something else than fifths/seconds. A Love Supreme is too advanced, too, too much "ideological" and spiritual background in that one, and not really understandable if someone doesn't know how Coltrane actually *got* there...

A good record for a beginner then would be "Coltrane Jazz" and the "Ballads" record, then "Coltrane's Sound", and then the Impulse record "Coltrane" (with 'Miles' Mode' on it). After that (that means after two months of listening to each) you are kind of "equipped" for the rest...

Btw, it took me 25 years of listening to him to be ready to really "understand" Coltrane, so take your time... ;-)

Cheers

FC

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