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| - | "[[Pharoah Sanders]]' music has been called "[[spiritual jazz]]" due to his inspiration in religious concepts such as [[karma]] and [[tawhid]] on ''[[Karma (Pharoah Sanders album)|Karma]]'' and [[Tauhid (album)|''Tauhid'']], and his rich, meditative aesthetic."--Sholem Stein | + | Hum-[[Allah]], hey<br> |
| + | Hum-Allah, hey<br> | ||
| + | Hum-Allah, hey<br> | ||
| + | Hum-Allah<br> | ||
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| + | Prince of peace won't you hear our pleas<br> | ||
| + | And ring your bells of peace<br> | ||
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| + | --"[[Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah|Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah (Prince of Peace)]]" (1969) by Pharoah Sanders | ||
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| - | You prophesied the return of mandolins<br> | + | The [[creator]] has a [[master plan]], <br /> |
| - | and tambourines and tinkling bells,<br> | + | [[peace and happiness]] for [[every man]]. <br /> |
| - | and triangles and cymbals,<br> | + | The creator has a working plan, <br /> |
| - | and they sided in on beams from [[Pharoah Sanders]] as I slept<br> | + | peace and happiness for every man. |
| - | taking me unaware, tripping,<br> | + | |
| - | blowing my mind.<br> | + | --"[[The Creator Has a Master Plan]]" (1969) by Pharoah Sanders |
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| + | "On the Sanders album, ''[[Jewels of Thought]]'', released in 1969 is a song entitled “[[Hum Allah – Hum Allah – Hum Allah]],” which makes clear how much Islam had become part of the zeitgeist of the 1960s for African Americans."--''[[The Cambridge Companion to Boxing]]'' (2019) Gerald Early | ||
| - | —"[[Sweet Songs]]" (1976) by Sarah Webster Fabio | ||
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| - | '''Pharoah Sanders''' (born '''Farrell Sanders'''; October 13, 1940 – September 23, 2022) was an American [[jazz]] saxophonist. A member of [[John Coltrane]]'s groups of the mid-1960s, Sanders was known for his [[overblowing]], harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "[[sheets of sound]]". He released over 30 albums as a leader and collaborated extensively with [[Leon Thomas]] and [[Alice Coltrane]], among others. | + | '''Pharoah Sanders''' (1940 – 2022) was an [[Music of the United States|American]] [[saxophonist]] active in [[jazz]]. A member of [[John Coltrane]]'s groups of the mid-1960s, Sanders was known for his [[overblowing]], harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "[[sheets of sound]]". He released over 30 albums as a leader and collaborated extensively with [[Leon Thomas]] and [[Alice Coltrane]], among others. |
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| + | Sanders' music has been called [[spiritual jazz]] due to his inspiration in religious concepts such as [[tawhid]] on ''[[Tauhid (album)|Tauhid]]'' (1967) and [[karma]] on ''[[Karma (Pharoah Sanders album)|Karma]]'' (1969), and his rich, meditative aesthetic. This style was seen as a continuation of Coltrane's work on albums such as ''[[A Love Supreme]]''. | ||
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| + | Noteworthy compositions include "[[The Creator Has a Master Plan]]" (1969), "[[Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah|Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah (Prince of Peace)]]" (1969), "[[Thembi|Astral Traveling]]" (1971), "[[Pharoah (album)|Harvest Time]]" (1976) and "[[You've Got to Have Freedom]]" (1980). | ||
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| + | "You've Got to Have Freedom" was of influence on the British [[acid jazz]] ans [[soul jazz]] scene from the late 1980s and 1990s. | ||
| + | ==Discography== | ||
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| + | ===As leader=== | ||
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| + | |+Overview of Pharoah Sanders albums | ||
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| + | !scope="col" align="left" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey; border-top:1px solid grey;" | Title | ||
| + | !scope="col" align="left" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey; border-top:1px solid grey;" | Year Recorded | ||
| + | !scope="col" align="left" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey; border-top:1px solid grey;" | Year Released | ||
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| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Pharoah's First]]'' (also released as ''Pharoah'' and ''Pharoah Sanders Quintet'') | ||
| + | |1964 | ||
| + | |1965 | ||
| + | |[[ESP-Disk]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Tauhid (album)|Tauhid]]'' | ||
| + | |1966 | ||
| + | |1967 | ||
| + | |[[Impulse! Records|Impulse!]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Karma (Pharoah Sanders album)|Karma]]'' | ||
| + | |1969 | ||
| + | |1969 | ||
| + | |Impulse! | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Jewels of Thought]]'' | ||
| + | |1969 | ||
| + | |1969 | ||
| + | |Impulse! | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun)]]'' | ||
| + | |1970 | ||
| + | |1970 | ||
| + | |Impulse! | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Thembi]]'' | ||
| + | |1970–1971 | ||
| + | |1971 | ||
| + | |Impulse! | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Black Unity]]'' | ||
| + | |1971 | ||
| + | |1971 | ||
| + | |Impulse! | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Live at the East]]'' | ||
| + | |1971 | ||
| + | |1972 | ||
| + | |Impulse! | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''Wisdom Through Music'' | ||
| + | |1972 | ||
| + | |1972 | ||
| + | |Impulse! | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Izipho Zam (My Gifts)]]'' | ||
| + | |1969 | ||
| + | |1973 | ||
| + | |[[Strata-East Records|Strata-East]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Village of the Pharoahs]]'' | ||
| + | |1971–1973 | ||
| + | |1973 | ||
| + | |Impulse! | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Love in Us All]]'' | ||
| + | |1973 | ||
| + | |1973 | ||
| + | |Impulse! | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Elevation (Pharoah Sanders album)|Elevation]]'' | ||
| + | |1973 | ||
| + | |1974 | ||
| + | |Impulse! | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Pharoah (album)|Pharoah]]'' | ||
| + | |1976 | ||
| + | |1977 | ||
| + | |[[India Navigation]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''Love Will Find a Way'' | ||
| + | |1977 | ||
| + | |1977 | ||
| + | |[[Arista Records|Arista]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Journey to the One]]'' | ||
| + | |1979 | ||
| + | |1980 | ||
| + | |[[Theresa Records|Theresa]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''Beyond a Dream'' | ||
| + | |1978 | ||
| + | |1981 | ||
| + | |Arista | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Rejoice (Pharoah Sanders album)|Rejoice]]'' | ||
| + | |1981 | ||
| + | |1981 | ||
| + | |Theresa | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Pharoah Sanders Live...]]'' | ||
| + | |1981 | ||
| + | |1982 | ||
| + | |Theresa | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Heart Is a Melody]]'' | ||
| + | |1982 | ||
| + | |1983 | ||
| + | |Theresa | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Shukuru]]'' | ||
| + | |1981 | ||
| + | |1985 | ||
| + | |Theresa | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Africa (Pharoah Sanders album)|Africa]]'' | ||
| + | |1987 | ||
| + | |1987 | ||
| + | |Timeless | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Oh Lord, Let Me Do No Wrong]]'' | ||
| + | |1987 | ||
| + | |1987 | ||
| + | |Doctor Jazz | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[A Prayer Before Dawn (album)|A Prayer Before Dawn]]'' | ||
| + | |1987 | ||
| + | |1987 | ||
| + | |Theresa | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Moon Child (Pharoah Sanders album)|Moon Child]]'' | ||
| + | |1989 | ||
| + | |1989 | ||
| + | |Timeless | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Welcome to Love]]'' | ||
| + | |1990 | ||
| + | |1991 | ||
| + | |Timeless | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Crescent with Love]]'' | ||
| + | |1992 | ||
| + | |1992 | ||
| + | |[[Evidence Music|Evidence]]/[[Venus Records|Venus]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''Ballads with Love'' | ||
| + | |1992 | ||
| + | |1994 | ||
| + | |Venus | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''Naima'' | ||
| + | |1992 | ||
| + | |1995 | ||
| + | |Evidence | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''Message from Home'' | ||
| + | |1996 | ||
| + | |1996 | ||
| + | |Verve | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''Save Our Children'' | ||
| + | |1997 | ||
| + | |1999 | ||
| + | |Verve | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''Spirits'' | ||
| + | |2000 | ||
| + | |2000 | ||
| + | |Meta | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''The Creator Has a Master Plan'' | ||
| + | |2003 | ||
| + | |2003 | ||
| + | |Venus Records|Venus | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''With a Heartbeat'' | ||
| + | |2003 | ||
| + | |2003 | ||
| + | |Evolver Records | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[In the Beginning 1963-1964]]'' (4 CD compilation) | ||
| + | |1963–1964 | ||
| + | |2012 | ||
| + | |ESP-Disk | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|''[[Live in Paris (1975) (Lost ORTF Recordings)]]'' | ||
| + | |1975 | ||
| + | |2020 | ||
| + | |Transversales Disques | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |scope="row"|Spotlight on Pharoah Sanders with the Latin Jazz Quintet | ||
| + | |1973 | ||
| + | |1973 | ||
| + | |Up Front (UPF-150) | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===As sideman=== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ;with [[John Coltrane]] | ||
| + | :''[[Ascension (John Coltrane album)|Ascension]]'' (Impulse!, 1965) | ||
| + | :''[[Live in Seattle (John Coltrane album)|Live In Seattle]]'' (Impulse!, 1965) | ||
| + | :''[[Om (John Coltrane album)|Om]]'' (Impulse!, 1965) | ||
| + | :''[[A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle]]'' (Impulse!, 1965) | ||
| + | :''[[Kulu Sé Mama]]'' (Impulse!, 1965) | ||
| + | :''[[Selflessness: Featuring My Favorite Things]]'' (Impulse!, 1965) | ||
| + | :''[[Meditations (John Coltrane album)|Meditations]]'' (Impulse!, 1965) | ||
| + | :''[[Live at the Village Vanguard Again!]]'' (Impulse!, 1966) | ||
| + | :''[[Live in Japan (John Coltrane album)|Live In Japan]]'' (Impulse!, 1966) | ||
| + | :''[[Offering: Live at Temple University]]'' (Impulse!, 1966) | ||
| + | :''[[Expression (album)|Expression]]'' (Impulse!, 1967) | ||
| + | :''[[The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording]]'' (Impulse!, 1967) | ||
| + | |||
| + | ;with [[Don Cherry (jazz)|Don Cherry]] | ||
| + | :''[[Symphony for Improvisers]]'' (Blue Note, 1966) | ||
| + | :''[[Where Is Brooklyn?]]'' (Blue Note, 1967) | ||
| + | |||
| + | ;with [[Alice Coltrane]] | ||
| + | :''[[A Monastic Trio]]'' (Impulse!, 1968) | ||
| + | :''[[Ptah, the El Daoud]]'' (Impulse!, 1970) | ||
| + | :''[[Journey in Satchidananda]]'' (Impulse!, 1970) | ||
| + | |||
| + | ;with [[Kenny Garrett]] | ||
| + | :''[[Beyond the Wall (Kenny Garrett album)|Beyond the Wall]]'' ([[Nonesuch Records|Nonesuch]], 2006) | ||
| + | :''[[Sketches of MD|Sketches of MD: Live at the Iridium]]'' ([[Mack Avenue Records|Mack Avenue]], 2008) | ||
| + | |||
| + | ;with [[Norman Connors]] | ||
| + | :''[[Romantic Journey]]'' (Buddah 1977) | ||
| + | :''[[This Is Your Life (Norman Connors album)|This Is Your Life]]'' (Buddah 1978) | ||
| + | :''Beyond a Dream'' (Novus 1981) | ||
| + | :''Remember Who You Are'' (MoJazz 1993) | ||
| + | |||
| + | ;with [[Tisziji Muñoz]] | ||
| + | :''Visiting This Planet'' (Anami Music, 1980's) | ||
| + | :''River of Blood'' (Anami Music, 1997) | ||
| + | :''Present Without a Trace'' (Anami Music, 1980's) | ||
| + | :''Spirit World'' (Anami Music, 1997) | ||
| + | :''Divine Radiance'' (Dreyfus/Anami Music, 2003) | ||
| + | :''Divine Radiance Live!'' (Anami Music, 2013) | ||
| + | :''Mountain Peak'' (Anami Music, 2014) | ||
| - | Sanders' music has been called [[spiritual jazz]] due to his inspiration in religious concepts such as [[Karma]] and [[Tawhid]], and his rich, meditative aesthetic. This style was seen as a continuation of Coltrane's work on albums such as ''[[A Love Supreme]]''. | + | ;with [[McCoy Tyner]] |
| + | :''[[Love & Peace (Elvin Jones-McCoy Tyner Quintet album)|Love & Peace]]'' (Trio 1982) | ||
| + | :''[[Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane]]'' (Impulse!, 1987) | ||
| - | Most of Sanders' best-selling work was made in the late [[1960s]] and early [[1970s]] for [[Impulse Records]], including the 30-minute wave-on-wave of free jazz "[[The Creator has a Master Plan]]" from the album ''[[Karma (album)|Karma]]''. Sanders's recordings such as "[[You've Got to Have Freedom]]" influenced a new generation when his music was a major influence on the British [[acid jazz]] scene from the late 1980s and 1990s. | + | ;with [[Randy Weston]] |
| - | ==Selected discography== | + | :''[[The Spirits of Our Ancestors]]'' (Verve 1992) |
| - | ===With John Coltrane=== | + | :''[[Khepera (album)|Khepera]]'' (Verve 1998) |
| - | *1965 - ''Kulu Se Mama'' | + | |
| - | *1965 - ''Om'' | + | |
| - | *1965 - ''Meditations'' | + | |
| - | *1965 - ''Ascension'' | + | |
| - | *1965 - ''Live In Seattle'' | + | |
| - | *1966 - ''Live At The Village Vanguard Again!'' | + | |
| - | *1966 - ''Live In Japan'' | + | |
| - | *1967 - ''Expression'' | + | |
| - | *1967 - ''The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording'' | + | |
| - | ===Under his own name=== | + | ;with others |
| - | *1965 - ''Pharoah's First'' ([[ESP-Disk]]) | + | :1964 – [[Sun Ra]] – ''[[Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold]]'' |
| - | *1966 - ''[[Tauhid (album)|Tauhid]]'' | + | :1965 – [[Ornette Coleman]] – ''[[Chappaqua Suite]]'' (Columbia) |
| - | *1969 - ''[[Izipho Zam]]'' | + | :1968 – [[Michael Mantler]] – [[Jazz Composer's Orchestra]] – ''[[The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (album)|The Jazz Composer's Orchestra]]'' (JCOA) |
| - | *1969 - ''[[Karma, album|Karma]]'' - features "[[The Creator Has a Master Plan]]" with vocalist [[Leon Thomas]] | + | :1968 – [[Gary Bartz]] – ''[[Another Earth (album)|Another Earth]]'' (Milestone) |
| - | *1969 - ''[[Jewels of Thought]]'' | + | :1969 – [[Leon Thomas]] – ''[[Spirits Known and Unknown]]'' (Flying Dutchman) |
| - | *1970 - ''[[Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun)]]'' - | + | :1973 – [[Larry Young (musician)|Larry Young]] – ''[[Lawrence of Newark]]'' (Perception) |
| - | *1971 - ''[[Live at the East]]'' | + | :1979 – Ed Kelly – ''Ed Kelly & Friend'' (Theresa Records) |
| - | *1971 - ''[[Black Unity]] - African rhythms with lots of drums, percussion and bass | + | :1979 – [[Hilton Ruiz]] – ''Fantasia'' (Denon) |
| - | *1971 - ''[[Thembi]]'' - the last album with [[Lonnie Liston Smith]] | + | :1980 – [[Idris Muhammad]] – ''[[Kabsha]]'' (Theresa) |
| - | *1972 - ''[[Wisdom through Music]]'' | + | :1984 – [[Benny Golson]] – ''[[This Is for You, John]]'' (Baystate) |
| - | *1973 - ''[[Elevation, album|Elevation]]'' | + | :1985 – [[Art Davis]] – ''Life'' |
| - | *1973 - ''Love In Us All'' | + | :1991 – [[Sonny Sharrock]] – ''[[Ask the Ages]]'' (Axiom) |
| - | *1976 - ''[[Pharoah (album)|Pharoah]]'' | + | :1992 – Ed Kelly – ''Ed Kelly and Pharoah Sanders'' (Evidence Records) with [[Robert Stewart (saxophonist)]] |
| - | *1977 ' ''Love Will Find a Way'' - radio-friendly r'n'b | + | :1992 – New York Unit – ''[[Over the Rainbow (New York Unit album)|Over the Rainbow]]'' (Paddle Wheel) |
| - | *1980 - ''[[Journey to the One]]'' | + | :1994 – [[Franklin Kiermyer]] – ''Solomon's Daughter'' |
| - | *1981 - ''[[Beyond a Dream]]'' | + | :1994 – [[Bheki Mseleku]] – ''Timelessness'' (Verve) |
| - | *1981 - ''Rejoice'' - | + | :1994 – Maleem [[Mahmoud Ghania]] – ''[[The Trance of Seven Colors]]'' (Axiom) |
| - | *1981 - ''Shukuru'' | + | :1995 – [[Aïyb Dieng]] – ''[[Rhythmagick]]'' |
| - | *1982 - ''[[Heart is a Melody]]'' - features live version of [[John Coltrane]]'s ''Ole'' | + | :1996 – [[Jah Wobble]] – ''Heaven & Earth'' (Island) |
| - | *1982 - ''Live'' | + | :1997 – [[Wallace Roney]] – ''[[Village (album)|Village]]'' (Warner Bros.) |
| - | *1988 - ''Africa'' | + | :1997 – [[James Blood Ulmer|Music Revelation Ensemble]] – ''[[Cross Fire (album)|Cross Fire]]'' (DIW) |
| - | *1987 - ''Oh Lord, let me do no wrong'' | + | :1998 – [[Terry Callier]] – ''Time Peace'' (Verve) |
| - | *1990 - ''Moon Child'' | + | :2000 – [[Alex Blake]] – ''Now is the Time: Live at the Knitting Factory'' |
| - | *1990 - ''Welcome to Love'' | + | :2000 – [[Kahil El'Zabar]]'s Ritual Trio – ''[[Africa N'Da Blues]]'' (Delmark) |
| - | *1993 - ''Crescent With Love'' | + | :2004 – [[David Murray (saxophonist)|David Murray]] – [[Gwotet]] (Justin Time) |
| - | *1994 - with [[Mahmoud Guinia]] ''The Trance Of Seven Colors'' - | + | :2005 – [[Will Calhoun]] – ''Native Lands'' |
| - | *1996 - ''Message From Home'' | + | :2008 – Sleep Walker – ''Into the Sun'' (in ''The Voyage'') |
| - | *1998 - ''Save Our Children'' | + | :2014 – [[Chicago Underground (jazz ensemble)|Chicago Underground]]/São Paulo Underground – ''Spiral Mercury'' |
| - | *2000 - ''Spirits'' | + | :2019 – [[Joey DeFrancesco]] – ''[[In the Key of the Universe]]'' |
| - | *2003 - ''The Creator Has A Master Plan'' | + | :2021 – [[Floating Points]] and the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] – ''[[Promises (Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra album)|Promises]]'' |
| - | ===With others=== | + | {{GFDL}} |
| - | *1966 - [[Don Cherry]] - ''[[Symphony for Improvisers]]'' | + | |
| - | *1966 - [[Don Cherry]] - ''Where Is Brooklyn?'' | + | |
| - | *1968 - [[Jazz Composer's Orchestra]] - ''Communications'' featuring [[Cecil Taylor]], [[Don Cherry]], [[Larry Coryell]], [[Gato Barbieri]], [[Carla Bley]] and [[Mike Mantler]]. | + | |
| - | *1970 - [[Alice Coltrane]] - ''[[Ptah, the El Daoud]]'' | + | |
| - | *1970 - [[Alice Coltrane]] - ''[[Journey in Satchidananda]]'' | + | |
| - | *1978 - [[Ed Kelly]] - ''[[Ed Kelly & Friends]]'' | + | |
| - | *1991 - [[Sonny Sharrock]] - ''[[Ask the Ages]]'' | + | |
| - | *1994 - [[Franklin Kiermyer]] - ''Solomon's Daughter'' | + | |
| - | *2003 - [[Bill Laswell]] - ''With A Heartbeat'' | + | |
| - | *2006 - [[Kenny Garrett]] - ''Beyond the Wall'' | + | |
| - | {{GFDL}} | + | |
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Hum-Allah, hey Prince of peace won't you hear our pleas --"Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah (Prince of Peace)" (1969) by Pharoah Sanders The creator has a master plan, --"The Creator Has a Master Plan" (1969) by Pharoah Sanders "On the Sanders album, Jewels of Thought, released in 1969 is a song entitled “Hum Allah – Hum Allah – Hum Allah,” which makes clear how much Islam had become part of the zeitgeist of the 1960s for African Americans."--The Cambridge Companion to Boxing (2019) Gerald Early |
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Pharoah Sanders (1940 – 2022) was an American saxophonist active in jazz. A member of John Coltrane's groups of the mid-1960s, Sanders was known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound". He released over 30 albums as a leader and collaborated extensively with Leon Thomas and Alice Coltrane, among others.
Sanders' music has been called spiritual jazz due to his inspiration in religious concepts such as tawhid on Tauhid (1967) and karma on Karma (1969), and his rich, meditative aesthetic. This style was seen as a continuation of Coltrane's work on albums such as A Love Supreme.
Noteworthy compositions include "The Creator Has a Master Plan" (1969), "Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah (Prince of Peace)" (1969), "Astral Traveling" (1971), "Harvest Time" (1976) and "You've Got to Have Freedom" (1980).
"You've Got to Have Freedom" was of influence on the British acid jazz ans soul jazz scene from the late 1980s and 1990s.
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Discography
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As leader
| Title | Year Recorded | Year Released | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharoah's First (also released as Pharoah and Pharoah Sanders Quintet) | 1964 | 1965 | ESP-Disk |
| Tauhid | 1966 | 1967 | Impulse! |
| Karma | 1969 | 1969 | Impulse! |
| Jewels of Thought | 1969 | 1969 | Impulse! |
| Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) | 1970 | 1970 | Impulse! |
| Thembi | 1970–1971 | 1971 | Impulse! |
| Black Unity | 1971 | 1971 | Impulse! |
| Live at the East | 1971 | 1972 | Impulse! |
| Wisdom Through Music | 1972 | 1972 | Impulse! |
| Izipho Zam (My Gifts) | 1969 | 1973 | Strata-East |
| Village of the Pharoahs | 1971–1973 | 1973 | Impulse! |
| Love in Us All | 1973 | 1973 | Impulse! |
| Elevation | 1973 | 1974 | Impulse! |
| Pharoah | 1976 | 1977 | India Navigation |
| Love Will Find a Way | 1977 | 1977 | Arista |
| Journey to the One | 1979 | 1980 | Theresa |
| Beyond a Dream | 1978 | 1981 | Arista |
| Rejoice | 1981 | 1981 | Theresa |
| Pharoah Sanders Live... | 1981 | 1982 | Theresa |
| Heart Is a Melody | 1982 | 1983 | Theresa |
| Shukuru | 1981 | 1985 | Theresa |
| Africa | 1987 | 1987 | Timeless |
| Oh Lord, Let Me Do No Wrong | 1987 | 1987 | Doctor Jazz |
| A Prayer Before Dawn | 1987 | 1987 | Theresa |
| Moon Child | 1989 | 1989 | Timeless |
| Welcome to Love | 1990 | 1991 | Timeless |
| Crescent with Love | 1992 | 1992 | Evidence/Venus |
| Ballads with Love | 1992 | 1994 | Venus |
| Naima | 1992 | 1995 | Evidence |
| Message from Home | 1996 | 1996 | Verve |
| Save Our Children | 1997 | 1999 | Verve |
| Spirits | 2000 | 2000 | Meta |
| The Creator Has a Master Plan | 2003 | 2003 | Venus |
| With a Heartbeat | 2003 | 2003 | Evolver Records |
| In the Beginning 1963-1964 (4 CD compilation) | 1963–1964 | 2012 | ESP-Disk |
| Live in Paris (1975) (Lost ORTF Recordings) | 1975 | 2020 | Transversales Disques |
| Spotlight on Pharoah Sanders with the Latin Jazz Quintet | 1973 | 1973 | Up Front (UPF-150) |
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As sideman
- with John Coltrane
- Ascension (Impulse!, 1965)
- Live In Seattle (Impulse!, 1965)
- Om (Impulse!, 1965)
- A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle (Impulse!, 1965)
- Kulu Sé Mama (Impulse!, 1965)
- Selflessness: Featuring My Favorite Things (Impulse!, 1965)
- Meditations (Impulse!, 1965)
- Live at the Village Vanguard Again! (Impulse!, 1966)
- Live In Japan (Impulse!, 1966)
- Offering: Live at Temple University (Impulse!, 1966)
- Expression (Impulse!, 1967)
- The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording (Impulse!, 1967)
- with Don Cherry
- Symphony for Improvisers (Blue Note, 1966)
- Where Is Brooklyn? (Blue Note, 1967)
- with Alice Coltrane
- A Monastic Trio (Impulse!, 1968)
- Ptah, the El Daoud (Impulse!, 1970)
- Journey in Satchidananda (Impulse!, 1970)
- with Kenny Garrett
- Beyond the Wall (Nonesuch, 2006)
- Sketches of MD: Live at the Iridium (Mack Avenue, 2008)
- with Norman Connors
- Romantic Journey (Buddah 1977)
- This Is Your Life (Buddah 1978)
- Beyond a Dream (Novus 1981)
- Remember Who You Are (MoJazz 1993)
- with Tisziji Muñoz
- Visiting This Planet (Anami Music, 1980's)
- River of Blood (Anami Music, 1997)
- Present Without a Trace (Anami Music, 1980's)
- Spirit World (Anami Music, 1997)
- Divine Radiance (Dreyfus/Anami Music, 2003)
- Divine Radiance Live! (Anami Music, 2013)
- Mountain Peak (Anami Music, 2014)
- with McCoy Tyner
- Love & Peace (Trio 1982)
- Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane (Impulse!, 1987)
- with Randy Weston
- The Spirits of Our Ancestors (Verve 1992)
- Khepera (Verve 1998)
- with others
- 1964 – Sun Ra – Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold
- 1965 – Ornette Coleman – Chappaqua Suite (Columbia)
- 1968 – Michael Mantler – Jazz Composer's Orchestra – The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (JCOA)
- 1968 – Gary Bartz – Another Earth (Milestone)
- 1969 – Leon Thomas – Spirits Known and Unknown (Flying Dutchman)
- 1973 – Larry Young – Lawrence of Newark (Perception)
- 1979 – Ed Kelly – Ed Kelly & Friend (Theresa Records)
- 1979 – Hilton Ruiz – Fantasia (Denon)
- 1980 – Idris Muhammad – Kabsha (Theresa)
- 1984 – Benny Golson – This Is for You, John (Baystate)
- 1985 – Art Davis – Life
- 1991 – Sonny Sharrock – Ask the Ages (Axiom)
- 1992 – Ed Kelly – Ed Kelly and Pharoah Sanders (Evidence Records) with Robert Stewart (saxophonist)
- 1992 – New York Unit – Over the Rainbow (Paddle Wheel)
- 1994 – Franklin Kiermyer – Solomon's Daughter
- 1994 – Bheki Mseleku – Timelessness (Verve)
- 1994 – Maleem Mahmoud Ghania – The Trance of Seven Colors (Axiom)
- 1995 – Aïyb Dieng – Rhythmagick
- 1996 – Jah Wobble – Heaven & Earth (Island)
- 1997 – Wallace Roney – Village (Warner Bros.)
- 1997 – Music Revelation Ensemble – Cross Fire (DIW)
- 1998 – Terry Callier – Time Peace (Verve)
- 2000 – Alex Blake – Now is the Time: Live at the Knitting Factory
- 2000 – Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio – Africa N'Da Blues (Delmark)
- 2004 – David Murray – Gwotet (Justin Time)
- 2005 – Will Calhoun – Native Lands
- 2008 – Sleep Walker – Into the Sun (in The Voyage)
- 2014 – Chicago Underground/São Paulo Underground – Spiral Mercury
- 2019 – Joey DeFrancesco – In the Key of the Universe
- 2021 – Floating Points and the London Symphony Orchestra – Promises
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