The Impulse Story
Released: Jun 6, 2006
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Released: Jun 6, 2006
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Like the Archie Shepp and Alice Coltrane volumes in the Impulse Story series, the Pharoah Sanders issue is one of the flawless ones -- despite the fact that it only contains four tracks. Ashley...
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Anthology: You've Got to Have Freedom
Released: Dec 27, 2005
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Released: Dec 27, 2005
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Anthology: You've Got to Have Freedom is exactly what it says but is also more. This two-disc set is culled from Pharoah Sanders' Impulse! catalog; it is these recordings that gave him his place in...
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Meditation: Pharoah Sanders Selections, Take 1
Released: Jul 20, 2004
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Released: Jul 20, 2004
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Although Pharoah Sanders first made his name in the free jazz scene of early-'60s New York and then by playing with John Coltrane in his most radical lineup, the saxophonist has never been merely a...
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With a Heartbeat
Released: Apr 22, 2003
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Released: Apr 22, 2003
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OK, this sounds like a pretty hokey concept: Pharoah Sanders and some of Bill Laswell's Material crew perform along with recordings of a heartbeat, supplied by Dr. Jean-Louis Zink. Fortunately, it...
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Save Our Children
Released: Feb 2, 1999
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Released: Feb 2, 1999
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Back with Bill Laswell after their ecstatically successful pan-African collaboration Message From Home, Sanders tries to capture that lightning again but this time, the ambience is mellower, the...
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Priceless Jazz
Released: Jun 17, 1997
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Released: Jun 17, 1997
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Priceless Jazz Collection is a mid-line series GRP assembled with the intention of providing affordable introductions to several of the most popular artists on their label. Pharoah Sanders isn't...
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Crescent with Love
Released: Oct 19, 1992
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Released: Oct 19, 1992
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This two CD set from the Evidence label features tenor-saxophonist Pharoah Sanders accompanied by a supportive rhythm section (pianist William Henderson, bassist Charles Fambrough and drummer...
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Welcome to Love
Released: Jul 17, 1990
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Released: Jul 17, 1990
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When this was first released, the slow, straight sounds of Pharoah Sanders on a series of mostly famous ballads came as a bit of a surprise to some. Others saw Sanders as following the road of his...
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