Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders (b. 1940) is a U.S. jazz saxophonist.
Sanders was born on 13th October 1940 in Little Rock, Arkansas, under the name Farrell Sanders. He began his professional career playing tenor saxophone in Oakland, California.
Sanders moved to New York City in 1962. He received his nickname "Pharoah" from Sun Ra, with whom Sanders performed. He came to prominence playing with John Coltrane's band starting in 1965, as Coltrane began experimenting with the music which would soon become known as avant-garde jazz. Read Full BioPharoah Sanders (b. 1940) is a U.S. jazz saxophonist.
Sanders was born on 13th October 1940 in Little Rock, Arkansas, under the name Farrell Sanders. He began his professional career playing tenor saxophone in Oakland, California.
Sanders moved to New York City in 1962. He received his nickname "Pharoah" from Sun Ra, with whom Sanders performed. He came to prominence playing with John Coltrane's band starting in 1965, as Coltrane began experimenting with the music which would soon become known as avant-garde jazz.
Although he developed a slightly different style from Coltrane, Sanders was strongly influenced by their collaboration together. Sanders was also greatly influenced by Coltrane's earlier works (in which Sanders did not collaborate), particularly A Love Supreme. Spiritual elements such as the chanting in A Love Supreme would later show up in many of Sanders' own works. Sanders would also go on to produce much free jazz, being influenced by his free jazz collaborations with Coltrane, particularly Coltrane's most notable free-jazz work, Ascension (1965), as well as their dual-tenor recording Meditations (1965).
In 1968 he participated in Mike Mantler & Carla Bley's JCOA: Jazz Composer's Orchestra Association album Communications featuring Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, Larry Coryell and Gato Barbieri. This solo has been referred to by John Zorn and others as the most intense and inspiring free tenor solo ever put to tape.
In the 1970s, Sanders pursued his own recordings and continued to work with the likes of Alice Coltrane on her Journey in Satchidananda album.
In 1994 he travelled to Morocco to record with master Gnawa musician Maleem Mahmoud Ghania, resulting in the Bill Laswell-produced The Trance of Seven Colours. Sanders continued to work with Laswell, Jah Wobble, and others on the albums Message from Home (1996) and Save Our Children (1998).
Sanders is known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound".
Sanders was born on 13th October 1940 in Little Rock, Arkansas, under the name Farrell Sanders. He began his professional career playing tenor saxophone in Oakland, California.
Sanders moved to New York City in 1962. He received his nickname "Pharoah" from Sun Ra, with whom Sanders performed. He came to prominence playing with John Coltrane's band starting in 1965, as Coltrane began experimenting with the music which would soon become known as avant-garde jazz. Read Full BioPharoah Sanders (b. 1940) is a U.S. jazz saxophonist.
Sanders was born on 13th October 1940 in Little Rock, Arkansas, under the name Farrell Sanders. He began his professional career playing tenor saxophone in Oakland, California.
Sanders moved to New York City in 1962. He received his nickname "Pharoah" from Sun Ra, with whom Sanders performed. He came to prominence playing with John Coltrane's band starting in 1965, as Coltrane began experimenting with the music which would soon become known as avant-garde jazz.
Although he developed a slightly different style from Coltrane, Sanders was strongly influenced by their collaboration together. Sanders was also greatly influenced by Coltrane's earlier works (in which Sanders did not collaborate), particularly A Love Supreme. Spiritual elements such as the chanting in A Love Supreme would later show up in many of Sanders' own works. Sanders would also go on to produce much free jazz, being influenced by his free jazz collaborations with Coltrane, particularly Coltrane's most notable free-jazz work, Ascension (1965), as well as their dual-tenor recording Meditations (1965).
In 1968 he participated in Mike Mantler & Carla Bley's JCOA: Jazz Composer's Orchestra Association album Communications featuring Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, Larry Coryell and Gato Barbieri. This solo has been referred to by John Zorn and others as the most intense and inspiring free tenor solo ever put to tape.
In the 1970s, Sanders pursued his own recordings and continued to work with the likes of Alice Coltrane on her Journey in Satchidananda album.
In 1994 he travelled to Morocco to record with master Gnawa musician Maleem Mahmoud Ghania, resulting in the Bill Laswell-produced The Trance of Seven Colours. Sanders continued to work with Laswell, Jah Wobble, and others on the albums Message from Home (1996) and Save Our Children (1998).
Sanders is known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound".
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Pharoah Sanders Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Pharoah Sanders:
04 Speak Low Speak low when you speak, love, Our summer day withers away…
All or Nothing at All All or nothing at all Half a love, never appealed to…
Body and Soul My heart is sad and lonely For you I sigh, for…
Colors Mother Nature seems to love us so When she smiles there…
Got To Give It Up I used to go out to parties and stand around;…
Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah Peace is a united effort for co-ordinated control Peace is …
In a Sentimental Mood In A Sentimental Mood I can see the stars come…
My One and Only Love The very thought of you makes my heart sing Like an…
Our Roots Take my heart and carry me now And don′t let me…
Our Roots (Began In Africa) Take my heart and carry me now And don't let me…
Our Roots Began in Africa Take my heart and carry me now And don't let me…
Polka Dots and Moonbeams A country dance was being held in a garden I felt…
Speak Low Speak low when you speak, love, Our summer day withers away …
The Creator Has A Master Plan There was a time, when peace was on the earth, And…
The Nearness of You It's not the pale moon that excites me That thrills…
Too Young to Go Steady Too young to go steady, too young I hear him (her)…
Village Of The Pharoahs Part Two Beginners luck, white legs In and out, of a sleep Behind…
When Lights Are Low Listen to the melody entrancing Blending in a soft and sweet…
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Carlito1988
This song should be required hearing for every human on earth!
bennozoid
Amen to that! It’s an entirely different, higher form of musical creation that has bewitched me since I heard it maybe 25 years ago...💚🙏🏻
Gebre Menfes Kidus
Santana's "Caravanserai" album was hugely influenced by this. I only got to see Santana once in concert, in New Orleans in 1998, and Pharaoh Sanders performed with them. So incredibly good.
donita vann
Very Similar.......
B Weeks
I agree. This does remind me of that Santana era.
Glenn Hill
The first tune on Caravanserai sounds so much alike.
jazznik2
Great tune. I remember from my college days. I was fortunate enough to see Pharoah in concert in the early '80s w the vocalist Leon Thomas and a bunch of other great musicians. I found it amusing the way Pharoah introduced the band members, which he did several times. There was another band before his and also an African fashion show. One of the best concerts I've ever been to.
BRIAN COLLINSON
I was too young to get to hear & see John Coltane perform.....but Pharaoh Sanders performed with John,many times....1970-1972....PHARAOH RELEASES HIS ' KHARMA COMPOSITION '....FANTASTIC ALBUM WITH MANY BIG NAMED JAZZ MUSICIANS......I got to see Pharaoh with Leon Thomas ,McCoy Tyner Cecil McBee,Joe Henderson and Wayne Shorter...in Bostons ' Jazz Workshop Club ' beneath The Prudential Center & Clubs in NYC....Sluggs,,The Blue Note & The Village Anguard & the Village Gate.....Special Times ....those ' 70' sessions were......😎✌❤🙏👍👌
Bc Warlock
Found this at a used record store six months ago and its never left my turntable......brilliant!
Gus Martins
Bc Warlock — Happy there are still used record stores to go to.