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"T"Out There a Minute" Jazz Program" with Micheal Akutagawa (archive)

The Music of Pharoah Sanders

Sunday, July 17, 2011 | 10:00 to 12:00 | Specialty

Artist	Song	Album	Label	Comments
Pharoah Sanders	Kazuko {Peace Child)	Journey to the One	Evidence	1994, 1980 Personnel: (backup group changes from track to track): Sanders; Joe Hicks (piano); Ray Drummond (bass); and Idris Muhammad (drums); this composition includes Yoko Ito Gates on Japanese koto.
Pharaoh Sanders	Crescent	Crescent With Love (Live)	Evidence	1992 Sanders worked with Coltrane from 1964 to 1967. Album released on the 25th anniversary of Coltrane's death; and contains five Coltrane compositions, including this one. Personnel: Sanders; Charles Fambrough (bass); Sherman Fergusson (drums); Bill Henderson (piano).
Pharoah Sanders	O Lord, Let Me Do No Wrong	O Lord, Let Me Do No Wrong	CBS Records	1989 Sanders composition; lyrics by Sanders and Leon Thomas. Personnel: Sanders; Donald Smith (electric piano); William S. Henderson III (acoustic piano); Tarik Shaj (bass); Greg Banoy (drums); Leon Thomas (vocals).
Pharoah Sanders	Stormy Monday Blues	Naima	Evidence	1995 (recorded 6/1992) T. Bone Walker composition. Personnel: Sanders; John Hicks (piano); Richard Davis (bass); Tatsuya Nakamura (drums).

Pharoah Sanders	You've Got to Have Freedom	Journey to the One	Evidence	Sanders composition. Personnel: Same as #1, without Gates. Bobby Mc Ferrin is one of the backup singers.
Pharoah Sanders	Upper Egypt & Lower Egypt	Pharoah Sanders: The Impulse Story	Impulse!	2006 Originally on the album, Tauhid (GRP, 1966); Sanders composition. Personnel: Sanders (tenor sax, piccolo, percussion, vocal); Dave Burrell (piano); Sonny Sharrock (electric guitar); Henry Grimes (bass); Nat Bettis (percussion); Roger Blank (drums). Sanders and Sharrock are also to be heard working together on Sharrock's highly recommendable album, Ask the Ages (1991).
Sun Ra and His Arkestra	The World Shadow	Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold	ESP-Disk	2009, 1972; recorded 12/31/1964. Factoid from Allmusic.com's review of the album: Sanders had tried repeatedly to join the Arkestra, but Sun Ra's answer had always been that he "had all the guys he needed". Eventually, Sanders got hired as a door greeter for Arkestra performances and was, at the same time, working as a cook at the restaurant down the street from Judson Hall, where these performances took place. He finally got his chance when John Gilmore left to try his luck with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Personnel: Sun Ra (piano, celeste); Sanders; Black Harold Murray (flute, log drum); Al Evans (trumpet); Teddy Nance (trombone); Marshall Allen (alto sax); Pat Patrick (baritone sax); Alan Silva, Ronnie Boykins (bass); Cliff Jarvis, Jimmhi Johnson (drums); Art Jenkins (space voice).
Pharoah Sanders	Over the Rainbow	Naima	Evidence	1995; recorded 6/1992. Arlen, Harburg composition. Personnel: Same as #4, above.

Pharoah Sanders	The Creator Has a Master Plan	Pharoah Sanders: The Impulse Story	Impulse	2006 Originally on the album Karma (Impulse, 1969), which became the successor--in message, episodic length, and sales--to that other Impulse album, John Coltrane's A Love Supreme. Personnel: Sanders; Julius Watkins (French horn); James Spaulding (Flute); Lonnie Liston Smith (piano); Richard Davis, Reggie Workman (bass); Nat Bettis (percussion); Billy Hart (drums); Leon Thomas (vocals, percussion).
Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan	St James Infirmary	Trouble in Mind	Steeplechase	2/1980

Artist

Song

Album

Label

Comments

Pharoah Sanders

Kazuko {Peace Child)

Journey to the One

Evidence

1994, 1980 Personnel: (backup group changes from track to track): Sanders; Joe Hicks (piano); Ray Drummond (bass); and Idris Muhammad (drums); this composition includes Yoko Ito Gates on Japanese koto.

Pharaoh Sanders

Crescent

Crescent With Love (Live)

Evidence

1992 Sanders worked with Coltrane from 1964 to 1967. Album released on the 25th anniversary of Coltrane's death; and contains five Coltrane compositions, including this one. Personnel: Sanders; Charles Fambrough (bass); Sherman Fergusson (drums); Bill Henderson (piano).

Pharoah Sanders

O Lord, Let Me Do No Wrong

CBS Records

1989 Sanders composition; lyrics by Sanders and Leon Thomas. Personnel: Sanders; Donald Smith (electric piano); William S. Henderson III (acoustic piano); Tarik Shaj (bass); Greg Banoy (drums); Leon Thomas (vocals).

Pharoah Sanders

Stormy Monday Blues

Naima

Evidence

1995 (recorded 6/1992) T. Bone Walker composition. Personnel: Sanders; John Hicks (piano); Richard Davis (bass); Tatsuya Nakamura (drums).

Pharoah Sanders

You've Got to Have Freedom

Journey to the One

Evidence

Sanders composition. Personnel: Same as #1, without Gates. Bobby Mc Ferrin is one of the backup singers.

Pharoah Sanders

Upper Egypt & Lower Egypt

Pharoah Sanders: The Impulse Story

Impulse!

2006 Originally on the album, Tauhid (GRP, 1966); Sanders composition. Personnel: Sanders (tenor sax, piccolo, percussion, vocal); Dave Burrell (piano); Sonny Sharrock (electric guitar); Henry Grimes (bass); Nat Bettis (percussion); Roger Blank (drums). Sanders and Sharrock are also to be heard working together on Sharrock's highly recommendable album, Ask the Ages (1991).

Sun Ra and His Arkestra

The World Shadow

Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold

ESP-Disk

2009, 1972; recorded 12/31/1964. Factoid from Allmusic.com's review of the album: Sanders had tried repeatedly to join the Arkestra, but Sun Ra's answer had always been that he "had all the guys he needed". Eventually, Sanders got hired as a door greeter for Arkestra performances and was, at the same time, working as a cook at the restaurant down the street from Judson Hall, where these performances took place. He finally got his chance when John Gilmore left to try his luck with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Personnel: Sun Ra (piano, celeste); Sanders; Black Harold Murray (flute, log drum); Al Evans (trumpet); Teddy Nance (trombone); Marshall Allen (alto sax); Pat Patrick (baritone sax); Alan Silva, Ronnie Boykins (bass); Cliff Jarvis, Jimmhi Johnson (drums); Art Jenkins (space voice).

Pharoah Sanders

Over the Rainbow

Naima

Evidence

1995; recorded 6/1992. Arlen, Harburg composition. Personnel: Same as #4, above.

Pharoah Sanders

The Creator Has a Master Plan

Pharoah Sanders: The Impulse Story

Impulse

2006 Originally on the album Karma (Impulse, 1969), which became the successor--in message, episodic length, and sales--to that other Impulse album, John Coltrane's A Love Supreme. Personnel: Sanders; Julius Watkins (French horn); James Spaulding (Flute); Lonnie Liston Smith (piano); Richard Davis, Reggie Workman (bass); Nat Bettis (percussion); Billy Hart (drums); Leon Thomas (vocals, percussion).

Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan

St James Infirmary

Trouble in Mind

Steeplechase

2/1980