Satellite is an instrumental jazz tune written by John Coltrane. It was first recorded on October 24, 1960 and released in 1964 on the Atlantic album Coltrane's Sound. The piece is tied to Coltrane's cycle of descending major thirds, the Coltrane Changes, a harmonic approach linked to treating the standard How High the Moon in an innovative way. The track features Coltrane on tenor sax, with McCoy Tyner on piano, Steve Davis on bass and Elvin Jones on drums. Satellite captures Coltrane’s early 60s explorations that would influence his later landmark work.
