Episode 88 continues our prolonged investigation into the music of the John Coltrane Quartet recorded for Impuse Records with four sessions from the extremely fertile year of 1965: May 17 (“Song of Praise”), June 16 (“Vigil”), August 26 (“Ascent”), and November 23, 1965, when the quratet of John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison & Elvin Jones was joined by Pharoah Sanders (tenor saxophone) and Rashied Ali (drums) to record the remaining selections from the brilliant Meditations album, with a truncated version of “Joy” to close the show.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
MEDITATIONS
ANCESTOR WORSHIP 88
John Sinclair, Northeast Sector, Detroit, April 11, 2014 [18195]
Charlie Parker: Another Hairdo
John Coltrane Quartet: Song of Praise
John Coltrane Quartet: Ascent
John Coltrane Quartet: Vigil
John Coltrane Quartet: Love
John Coltrane Quartet: Consequences
John Coltrane Quartet: Serenity
John Coltrane Quartet: Compassion
John Coltrane Quartet: Joy
A JOINT PRODUCTION
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Produced, recorded, edited & assembled by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
Special thanks to Sunny & Beyonce Sinclair
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