pharaoh sanders - which is his best chicken burger?

Recorded the same time as "Karma" (Impulse) which mostly comprises "The Creator Has A Master Plan." No Sharrock but similarly large rhythm section. Fantastic and orgasmic.

"Tauhid" (Impulse, 1966) does have Sharrock and is slightly more restrained but equally noisy when it desires to be.

The first self-titled album on ESP has OK playing by him but the rest of the band is a bit of a dud.

Any of his stuff with Coltrane is vital - if only to see him run off with the ball and leaving Coltrane standing, as it were - from Ascension onwards. For a drop of the hard stuff, check out Live In Seattle (2CDs) or the 4CD Live In Japan set.

What else? He is good but relatively restrained on his two albums with Don Cherry - "Where Is Brooklyn" and "Symphony for Improvisors." His solo on "Preview" by Mike Mantler/Jazz Composer's Orchestra is three minutes of white-heat puncta.

After '69 he mellows a bit. "Deaf Dumb Blind" and "Thembi" are maybe more approachable for the Sanders beginner (if less fiery), but you need to have "Black Unity" (Impulse, 1971) with Carlos Garnett, Hannibal Marvin Peterson and others. 20 minutes of screeching followed by 20 minutes of proto-ambient Fourth World beats. Phenomenal.

Leon Thomas' vocals, by the way, were a direct influence on Tim Buckley post-'68.

(i saw him on new year's eve last year; phenomenal.)

The Alice Coltrane recs. w/ Pharoah are uniformly killer, I particularly enjoy Ptah the El-Daoud.

everything he recorded for impulse is worth getting. there are three albums that haven't been reissued on cd that i rather like. "Wisdom Through Music" and "Village of the Pharoahs" are nice, more vocal / world oriented than free jazz, but still very beautiful. "Live at the East" is ok. nothing special.

i found The Latin Jazz Quintet Featuring Pharoah Sanders from 81 that i question if he's even on there. no firey playing whatsoever.

if you like Leon Thomas' voice (which i LOVE) check out his solo albums on Flying Dutchman. they've all been re-released. they play some of the songs on the Impulse albums. some tracks are a bit more soul oriented, but still nice and spiritual. Pharoah even guests on a few tracks under the psudonym Little Rock (where he's from in Arkansas)

and for more recent stuff, check out Sonny Sharrock's "Ask the Ages" from 91and "Spirits" from Pharoah, Hamid Drake and Adam Rudolph. very beautiful albums.

Saw him at the Jazz Cafe a few years ago and was particularly impressed by his bowl solo. (Holding up a resonating bowl to the mic and just letting it ring. Sounded great.)

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I got to see Pharaoh Sanders live a few years back, and even in his ripe old age he pulled out some monster performances. In terms of musicians tapping into powerful spiritual elements, there are few with more passion and power than Pharaoh.

bullshit! anyone else heard this and care to comment? rethread?

He had quite a few good ones for Impulse, and of course "Meditations" with Trane's a fine carpooling album as well. Alice Coltrane & Pharoah Sanders - The Elements is another great one for the more grooving stuff

Avoid. Buy a Machito album instead.

I guess this is Live at the East. (See thread above.)

Geez, what would the odds of THAT be?

izipho zam > tauhid > thembi = deaf dumb blind

(from most jaw-droppingly astounding to merely fantastic)

izipho zam is just MASSIVE, people

But PS is great on that other Laswell chicken-fried steak with green-tea-infusion chaser, Sonny Sharrock's classic, classic "Ask the Ages" (which has been discussed by others including me on another thread or two).

I was just kidding, but slightly jealous because I've typed in nearly the whole frozen-foods section into the search engine and have yet to come up with a thread about Giorgio Gaslini.

that leon thomas vocal always reminds me of 'boom boom boom' by the outhere brothers

― gareth (gareth), Tuesday, November 26, 2002 4:12 AM