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Pharoah Sanders

Journey To The One

Pure Pleasure

TR 108/109

2LP Black $50
  • 180 gram double LP with gatefold sleeve
  • Re-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London
  • What separates this LP from others is that it is a group playing under his leadership where he gives all others close to equal billing
  • A jazz essential with plenty of incorporated nontraditional instrumentation
  • One of his best recording from his post Impulse career

Description

By 1980 when this was originally released Pharoah Sanders was solidly entrenched with his own voice on tenor. The passing of John Coltrane and Sanders’s fruitful years of playing with the prolific saxophone genius resulted with an unmistakable influence on his sound and explorations of the instrument. Beginning with “Greetings to Idris” the structure of the music is one that follows tradition yet opens up for the musicians to improvise within the arrangements. “Greetings to Idris” is in reference to the featured drummer Idris Muhammad who also played with Coltrane during his late period. Naturally Sanders is featured as the main instrument and his horn can be bold and demanding of your full attention. Always interested in other instruments from other cultures, much like Trane, he incorporates the Japanese instrument the koto, a beautifully harmonic stringed instrument to counter his soft rich blowing on...

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Preview Tracklist

  • 1 Greetings To Idriss
  • 2 Doktor Pitt
  • 3 Kazuko (Peace Child)
  • 4 After The Rain
  • 5 Soledad
  • 6 You’ve Got To Have Freedom
  • 7 Yemenja
  • 8 Easy To Remember
  • 9 Think About The On
  • 10 Bedria