Pharoah (album)
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Pharoah is an album led by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders recorded in 1976 and released on the India Navigation label.
Reception
In his review for AllMusic, John Bush commented: "Pharoah Sanders album for the India Navigation label was known alternately as Pharaoh or Harvest Time, sees his vision of the jazz group — a sonic melange approximating nirvana — beginning to drift into watery new age muzak. ...Clearly, Pharoah Sanders was losing his way a full ten years after the death of John Coltrane". JazzTimes writer Bill Shoemaker observed "he meanders through Pharoah, sprinkling snippets of melody and soulful utterance like lotus petals. The 20-minute float on a two-chord vamp is one thing, but a vocal number that sounds like a Santana reject, and a finale with the panache of a psychedelic-era rock opus, are just too much".
Track listing
All compositions by Pharaoh Sanders
- "Harvest Time" - 20:15
- "Love Will Find a Way" - 14:31
- "Memories of Edith Johnson" - 5:40
Personnel
- Pharoah Sanders - tenor saxophone, percussion, vocals
- Bedria Sanders - harmonium (track 1)
- Clifton "Jiggs" Chase - organ (tracks 2 & 3)
- Tisziji Munoz - guitar
- Steve Neil- bass
- Greg Bandy - drums (tracks 2 & 3)
- Lawrence Killian - percussion
