This CD reissues what was arguably the finest of the
John Coltrane-
Pharoah Sanders collaborations. On five diverse but almost consistently intense movements ("The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost," "Compassion," "Love," "Consequences," and "Serenity"), the two tenor saxophonists, pianist
McCoy Tyner, bassist
Jimmy Garrison, and both
Elvin Jones and
Rashied Ali on drums create some powerful, dense, and emotional music. Unlike some of the live jams of 1966, the passionate performances never ramble on too long and the screams and screeches fit logically into the spiritual themes. This would be the last recording of
Coltrane with
Tyner and
Jones.
–
Scott Yanow, Rovi