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Pharoah Sanders, my favorite saxphonist |
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peskypesky ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 18 Apr 2011 Location: NYC Status: Offline Points: 10 |
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i've never understood why he's not more well-known and respected. maybe because he never escaped Coltrane's shadow.
but in any case, he is without a doubt my favorite sax player. there are many i love. Coltrane, of course. Joe Henderson. Gary Bartz. Charlie Parker. etc et etc But no one has ever touched me with his playing the way Pharoah has, time and time again. Something about his tone and phrasing just perfectly meshes with my soul. http://www.pharoahsanders.net/
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Prog Geo ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 18 Apr 2011 Location: Athens (Greece) Status: Offline Points: 126 |
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Indeed Paul. He has groovy/funk playing.
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SaltyJon ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 06 Apr 2011 Location: Monterey, CA Status: Offline Points: 153 |
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He may not be my absolute favorite, but I've definitely enjoyed just about everything I've heard from him.
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Abraxas ![]() JMA Collaborator ![]() ![]() Joined: 10 Mar 2011 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 1251 |
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He's incredible.
I've heard most of his 60s/70s releases, and most of them are exquisite. Favorites being Karma, Thembi and Elevation.
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SaltyJon ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 06 Apr 2011 Location: Monterey, CA Status: Offline Points: 153 |
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I just ordered two of his albums, Karma and Jewels of Thought. I've listened to Karma on Grooveshark and it basically blew my mind, listened to a sample of Jewels at home over the weekend and it did the same. I'm excited.
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harmonium.ro ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Apr 2011 Location: Kobaia Status: Offline Points: 478 |
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He's playing here in a week, but I don't think I'll go...
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Ricochet ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 08 Apr 2011 Location: Nauru Status: Offline Points: 319 |
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Another one I have to listen to eventually.
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Zarathustra ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() Joined: 26 Apr 2011 Status: Offline Points: 4 |
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Agreed, amazing player and consistently so, throughout his career. Another "great" who never really got his due was Frank Morgan.
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Abraxas ![]() JMA Collaborator ![]() ![]() Joined: 10 Mar 2011 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 1251 |
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Indeed they are, also Thembi is pretty accessible with shorter compositions.
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Sean Trane ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 19 Apr 2011 Location: Brussels Status: Offline Points: 789 |
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^^^
Thanks for the tip... I shall indulge next week
I hear Black Unity is also highly regarded
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Katje ![]() Forum Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 18 Apr 2011 Location: Daegu, Korea Status: Offline Points: 48 |
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Yep, I'd vouch for Black Unity, its pretty free but not as hard listening as one would expect, with many thanks to a groovin' rhythm section which holds it together perfectly. Some of the complaints I've heard about the album are the synth sounds, but I guess that's not a problem for the peep's here.
Going back to one of his earlier albums; Tauhid, the first track 'Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt' is one of my favourites out of his overture; his raw mysticism at its best. Too bad about the filler track 'Japan', one of those attempts at traditional integration, which falls well short of the mark. Live at the East is another one which gets overlooked, with Stanley Clark on bass (he plays on Black Unity too). |
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Sean Trane ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 19 Apr 2011 Location: Brussels Status: Offline Points: 789 |
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Well I'm going to have to take back what I said about Jewels Of Thought.... That second track is simply unlistenable
I'll create a topic about this one of these days...
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Sean Trane ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 19 Apr 2011 Location: Brussels Status: Offline Points: 789 |
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OK, I re-listened to the early Pharoah this week, andI must say that uit was well needed, because I had in mind a lot of dissonant improv of free jazz (there is some of it, but not as much as I remembered it)....
Sooo Tauhid, Thembi, Summum are all rather good albums where the Coltrane (Alice more than John) heritage is still the main influence)
Karma and JoT are plagued with some more dissonant stuff... usually the later track on the album, and the other tracks are religious mumbo-jumbo.... overall in his early solo carreer, I find these two albums the least interesting.
However I find that Black Unity is is my fave so far, even if it has only one track, but what an epic track.... awesome!!!
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chuckyspell ![]() Forum Groupie ![]() Joined: 04 Jul 2011 Status: Offline Points: 76 |
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For me, he was the head turner on the Ascension album.
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Logan ![]() Forum Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 16 Jan 2011 Status: Offline Points: 48 |
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How awesome this forum is turning out to be. I certainly don't have to search hard for names that I love. Pharoah Sanders is great. I actually only own a few albums by him, Tuahid, Karma, Thembi and Black Unity, and love them all, but I have heard more of his music than that. Black Unity was the first of his I got -- great album. I really need to get more of his, Deaf Dumb Blind and Jewels of Thought have both been on my wish list for a long time as I really like what I know of them.
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"Anyone can make the simple complicated. Creativity is making the complicated simple" (Charles Mingus).
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darkshade ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Mar 2011 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 1973 |
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Slowly but surely ![]() |
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Logan ![]() Forum Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 16 Jan 2011 Status: Offline Points: 48 |
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Rather too slowly to be surely, perhaps. ![]() |
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"Anyone can make the simple complicated. Creativity is making the complicated simple" (Charles Mingus).
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wideopenears ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 27 Apr 2011 Status: Offline Points: 24 |
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I've had Karma for decades, always dug it but somehow didn't check out more stuff. Then, maybe a decade ago, I saw Pharoah with Zakir Husain and Ustad Sultan Khan and just loved that show to death. I don't have any of his more recent releases, though--I have the classics. Anyone recommend something newer?
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