Pharoah Sanders: Pharoah

Recently departed tenor sax legend Pharoah Sanders is captured in a collection of  1977 recordings in Germany  on this record with Tisziji Munoz/g, Clifton Chase/org, then-wife Bedria Sanders/-harmonium, Greg Bandy/dr and Steve Neil/b.

The musicians mix and match throughout, with one take of “Haravest Time” simply a melding of meditative keys and Sanders’ breathy tenor. “Love Will Find A Way” as some rockish electric guitar noodling” while “Memories of Edith Johnson” is a rubato of chanting and church like harmonium. With drummer, Sanders swings more a bit on a second (live) take of “Harvest Time”, with the biggest surprise here being how much Sanders already sounds like Ben Webster. No screaming, just sighing.

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