Happy Birthday to US!

Well, Well, Well…

Blackclassical Blog is a year old on Friday so I thought id do something special to celebrate the fact that 1. I have had enough patience to keep it up-to-date and 2. well just because.

Me and Monohub have put together a larger than normal mix and its split in two parts but both will run seamlessly in a iPod or similar.

I would like to thanks all of the following:
El Reza, Monohub, Bacoso, Katonah, ElGooja, Wara Katsu + Tenacious Prayer: Diggin’ in Far East Boys, Arkadin, Simon666, Ish, Quimsy, Fslmy, Cheeba, Vesper, Jazz-Nekko, Alanmck, Killer Groove, SUN-Dayo Adewuyi, Quincy Essential Music Boys, Matthew, Kelly Haigh, Northern Comfort: RobD + Sad Eagle, Taro Nombre, Miles, Scrimshire, Scaloni, Picko-d, Dooks13, Orsi, Mr. Beatnick, the Real Semtek, Cubikmusic, Laid back Radio, Justlikemusic, Pael Black, Soul Identity, Future Ancient, Kev Mar, Liamski, DobieMPC, Nutriot, Weegee, Mofosnot, Big Poppa Love, Wall of Sound, Igor, Fat Toro, Tetsuo, Emile, Benny Kirk, Beane the Noodler, Red Rack’em, Sid Ford, amblito, Appyammer Al, Modal Bailey, Mike Mad Mongo, mateito, playjazzloud Jules, Onurengin, Isabelle, bowlerpaul, Alan ‘Chuki’ Brown, Paul Riley, SweetL80, gRaf, benny blanco, Colin Curtis, Hewan Clarke, Adrian Gibson, Pemon Rami… and more to be filled in as I remember you

Thanks for listening and all the support, much appreciated!!!

Donald Alexander Strachan: Song of Searching
Philip Cohran and the Artistic Heritage Ensemble: Black Beauty
Azar Lawrence: Beautiful and Omnipresent Love
Sun Ra: When There is No Sun
Amiri Baraka: Chant/It’s Nation Time
Pharoah Sanders: Red, Black & Green
Alice Coltrane: Universal Consciousness
Ornette Coleman: Trouble in the East pt 1
Pharoah Sanders: Creator Has a Master Plan
Ornette Coleman: Trouble in the East
Michael White: Preytude
Marion Brown: Karintha (Poem from Cane)
Black Artist’s Group: Sweet Street Song
Alice Coltrane: Galaxy Around Satchidananda
Sun Ra: Soul Vibrations of Man, When There Is No Sun
Emil Richards and the Microtonal Blues Band: Journey To Bliss Part 3
Alice Coltrane: A Love Supreme
Albert Ayler: Change Has Come
Marion Brown: Karintha Part II
Pharoah Sanders: To John
John Coltrane: A Love Supreme, Pt. 1 – Acknowledgment
Bob Thiele Emergency: A Love Supreme
John Coltrane: A Love Supreme, Pt. 4 – Psalm
Roach Om: A Poem for a Lost Soul
John Tchichai: Afrodisiaca
Last Poets: Invocation
Pheeroan Ak Laff: Michelle Del
Marion Brown: Flute Song
The Lightmen: Free As You Wanna Be
Joe McPhee: Scorpio’s Dance
Hannibal: Sunrise Forest
Hamiet Bluiett: Ayana Nneke
Sonny Murray: Suns of Africa (Pt II)
Khan Jamal: Pure Energy
Look At Teyonda: William Norwood

The Coming Of Gwilu: Eddie Gale

Song of Will: Eddie Gale

Understanding: Eddie Gale

Fulton Street: Eddie Gale

Walk with Thee: Eddie Gale

The Gleeker: Eddie Gale

Look At Teyonda: Eddie Gale

The Rain: Eddie Gale

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Mixed By Monohub/Blackclassical, November 2009
Cover Artwork Pic by: @futureancient [Follow on Twitter]
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Used with Kind Permission, Cheers Matt!
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In RESPECTFUL dedication to Stuart Baker & Gilles Peterson’s: Freedom, Rhythm and Sound BIBLE
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Thanks to all listeners over the past year
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Here you go, DOWNLOAD IT NOW

Music From The Black Museum #7: Shape your Mind to Die

Leon Thomas: Gypsy Queen
Leon Thomas: Shape your Mind to Die
Nat Adderley Sextet/Rick Holmes: In The Beginning
Nathan Davis: Makatuka
Woody Shaw: Opec/Isabel, the Liberator
Mal Waldron: Portrait of a Young Woman
Phil Ranelin: For the Children
Paris Smith: Thought Seeds
Polytechnic High School Choir/Roach Om: Unknown
Nat Adderley: Eternal Walk
Oneness of JuJu: Incognito

FREEDOM, RHYTHM AND SOUND BOOK

BY GILLES PETERSON AND STUART BAKER of Soul Jazz Records is one bad muther of a book…

This blog pretty much sums up about 60% of it, the other 40 is now being searched on a well known swap and exchange site…

Here’s a write up from SoulJazz:

Soul Jazz Records are proud to present this amazing collection of sleeves from the deepest, deepest jazz music ever – compiled by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Records).

This is a unique collection of cover artwork of revolutionary jazz music between 1965-83. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and the civil rights movement of the 1960s loom large as self-determination, economic power and musical freedom led to jazz artists finding new paths – both musical and economic.

Years before the D-I-Y cultural revolution of punk, Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, the Art Ensemble of Chicago and others ‘took control’ of their own work by recording, releasing and distributing their own music themselves.

The record sleeves of this era are as iconic and historically unique as the music itself and a striking reflection of the time; pre-desktop publishing, pre-internet these small-run (sometimes as low as 500 copies), self-made sleeves are graphically bold and radical.

‘Freedom, Rhythm and Sound’ is the first ever collection of this fascinating goldmine of album art, which represents the first wave of inspired independent production within popular music.

‘Freedom, Rhythm and Sound’ includes a large introduction contextualising the music and artwork as well as features on many of the people involved. Alongside the musicians mentioned above these include Rashied Ali, Steve Reid, Mary Lou Williams, Horace Tapscott, Lloyd McNeil, Tribe, The Last Poets, The Pharoahs, Philip Cohran, Black Artists Group and many others.

If that aint convinced you to fork out the measly sum of £20 errr sorry £16.99 then here’s some more gentle persuasion from:
TheGuardian
and
The Independent

Swing yourself over here and snag yourself a copy… If you love Jazz then you’ll love this book… Alternatively ask santa to bring you one?!? I personally couldn’t wait that long tho…

Major Props out to Stuart Baker and Gilles Peterson from blackC!

Unkown Points pt.1

My brother/Sensei from Japan delivers a serious SERIOUS TOP DRAW mix over at his blog.
Go get it…. DAMN FINE STUFF, DONT SLEEP

Unknown Points pt.1
Aki Takase / I Hear Your Music
George Otsuka / Sea Breeze
Tatsuya Takahashi 3 × Takeshi Inomata 3 / Impression
Helen Merrill / Maiden Voyage
Mitsuaki Katayama / Unknown Point
Eiji Nakayama / Cumorah
Koichi Matsukaze / Easy Going
Kazumi Watanabe / Infinite
Masabumi Kikuchi / Dancing Mist with Joe Henderson
Kiyoshi Sugimoto / Long Neal

Good to hear Helen Merrill again…

Thanks teacher! Lovely way to cure the hangover and start the weekend…

Scenes in the City – Reup

This is a re-up [;)] of an oldie but goodie from last year sometime. Originally done for the elreza blog about 12 months or more or so ago. The backbone of this mix is built around Melvin Stewart’s narration [written by Lonne Elder with some help from the genious Langston Hughes] offa Mingus Scenes in the City… and its good if you aint heard it… but i guess i would say that eh?!?

1. Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra Stars and Rockets
Chariots of the Gods OST

2. The London Jazz Four Things We Said Today
Take a new look at the Beatles

3. Charles Mingus Scenes In The City [PART ONE]
A Modern Jazz Symposium Of Music And Poetry

4. Michel LeGrande Southern Roots
Le Jazz Grande

5. Scenes In The City [PART TWO]

6. Jayne Cortez How Long Has Trane Been Gone
Celebrations And Solitudes

7. The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe
Coltrane A Spirit Speaks

8. Scenes In The City [PART THREE]

9. Jayne Cortez Homicide
Celebrations And Solitudes

10. Buddy Rich Channel One Suite [EDIT]

11. Music Inc. Ruthie’s Heart
And Big Band

12. Scenes In The City [PART FOUR]

13. The Piano Choir Effi
Handscapes

14. Fred Kaz Ameer
Eastern Exposure

15. Music Inc. On the Nile
And Big Band

16. Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite
Freedom Day We Insist!

17. Scenes In The City [PART FIVE]

It’s JAZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Music From The Black Museum #6: Tribe Records Spesh

New spiritual slammer with a bunch or remixed edits from various tribe artists mainly Doug Hammond and rounding off nicely with a bit of Brooks from Ethnic Expressions, just to whet your appetite for the reish…

Doug Hammond: Space and Things Suite; [Various bits remixed into one
long track]
Peyote Song III / Desert Fairy Princess: Phil Ranelin, Jesse Sharpes etc
Roy Brooks Last Profit [Yes Ethnic Expressions]

Big thanks to Monohub for some serious hook ups over the weekend — you’re a baaaahd man!!!

Roy Brooks and the Artistic Truth: Ethnic Expressions Live At Small’s Paradise NYC

The resissue of the decade is out on Nov 04 via pVine on Vinyl CD approx £18+post so call it £35-40, still a steal though. Just search eBay and watch the OG’s fall in price faster than the world economy last one went for $400, down from $1200 — Sheez, better qet mine on the quick sharp EL REZA?

Anyway, hop over here [HMV?!?] to snag a copy. But if you are wise you’ll get at least five of em…

eh eg? LOL!

There is a preview in a past mix here of how damn good this lp is, if its still live?!?

Peep the line up:
ROY BROOKS – drums and various percussion
NASIR JONES’ Dad: OLA DARU – trumpet and E flat horn
HAMIET BLUIETT – baritone sax and clarinet
REGGIE WORKMAN – bass
JOSEPH BONNER – acoustic piano
BLACK ROSE – ethnic expressionist
EDDIE JEFFERSON – vocalist
CECIL BRIDGEWATER – trumpet and flugelhorn
SONNY FORTUNE – alto sax and flute
JOHN STUBBERFIELD – tenor sax, flute and bass clarinet
HILTON RUIZ – electric piano (Fender Rhodes)
RICHARD LANDRUM – African percussion
LAWRENCE WILLIAMS – African percussion

Trax:
M’JUMBE
THE LAST PROPHET
THE SMART SET
EBONESS
EBONESS (Kwanza)…. Ouch!

IM-HOTEP RECORDS (CS-030)

Am off to listen to it right now…

Music From The Black Museum #5: A Sea of Faces

A bit of a random selection includes a couple of exclusive remix versions of Archie Shepp and Sam Rivers, sort of getting you ready for the iMPULSE mix when ye ole Monohub gets his arse into gear

Ann Burton: All or Nothing
Mose Allison: Wild man on the loose
Francis Coppieters Selection: Mobile
Nathan Davis: 6th Sense in the 11th House
Norman Connors: Morning Change
Archie Shepp: Song For Mozambique [Black Classical Remix]
Pierre Courbois: Short Bridge
Bruce Johnson: Astral Child
Sam Rivers: Earth Song [Black Classical Remix]
William Parker: Morning Mantra
Lee Morgan: Angela

Blue Note; Done! Next: IMPULSE!!

Get your selections/suggestions in the comments from this lot:

ABC/Impulse! 9000 series:

A 1 Kai Winding/J.J. Johnson – The Great Kai And J.J.

A 2 Ray Charles – Genius + Soul = Jazz

A 3 The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones

A 4 Gil Evans – Out Of The Cool

A 5 Oliver Nelson – The Blues And The Abstract Truth

A 6 John Coltrane – Africa/Brass

A 7 Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers (Alamode)

A 8 Max Roach – Percussion, Bitter Sweet

A 9 Gil Evans – Into The Hot

A 10 John Coltrane – Coltrane “Live” At The Village Vanguard

A 11 Quincy Jones – The Quintessence

A 12 Benny Carter – Further Definitions

A 13 Curtis Fuller – Soul Trombone

A 14 Milt Jackson – Statements

A 15 Count Basie And The Kansas City 7

A 16 Max Roach – It’s Time

A 17 Jackie Paris – Song Is Paris

A 18 McCoy Tyner – Inception

A 19 Manny Albam – Jazz Goes To The Movies

A 20 Shelly Manne – 2-3-4

A 21 John Coltrane – Coltrane

A 22 Curtis Fuller – Cabin In The Sky

A 23 Roy Haynes – Out Of The Afternoon

A 24 Michael Brown – Alarums And Excursions

A 25 Oscar Brand – Morality

A 26 Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins

A 27 The Artistry Of Freddie Hubbard

A 28 Coleman Hawkins – Desafinado

A 29 Chico Hamilton – Passin’ Thru

A 30 Duke Ellington And John Coltrane

A 31 George Wein – Midnight Concert In Paris

A 32 John Coltrane – Ballads

A 33 McCoy Tyner – Reaching Fourth

A 34 Coleman Hawkins – Today And Now

A 35 Charles Mingus – The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

A 36 V.A. – Americans In Europe, Vol. 1

A 37 V.A. – Americans In Europe, Vol. 2

A 38 Freddie Hubbard – The Body And The Soul

A 39 McCoy Tyner – Nights Of Ballads And Blues

A 40 John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman

A 41 Paul Gonsalves – Cleopatra-Feelin’ Jazzy

A 42 John Coltrane – Impressions

A 43 Sonny Stitt – Now!

A 44 Beverly Jenkins – Gordon Jenkins Presents My Wife The Blues Singer

A 45 Art Blakey – A Jazz Message

A 46 Gary McFarland – Point Of Departure

A 47 Gloria Coleman/Pola Roberts – Soul Sisters

A 48 McCoy Tyner Live At Newport

A 49 Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison – Illumination!

A 50 John Coltrane – Coltrane Live At Birdland

A 51 Shirley Scott – For Members Only

A 52 Sonny Stitt/Paul Gonsalves – Salt And Pepper

A 53 Freda Payne – After The Lights Go Down Low And Much More!!!

A 54 Charles Mingus – Five Mingus

A 55 Paul Gonsalves – Tell It The Way It Is!

A 56 Yusef Lateef – Jazz ‘Round The World

A 57 Johnny Hartman – I Just Dropped By To Say Hello

A 58 Terry Gibbs – Take It From Me

A 59 Chico Hamilton – Man From Two Worlds

A 60 Charles Mingus – Mingus Plays Piano

A 61 Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges

A 62 Lorez Alexandria – Alexandria The Great

A 63 McCoy Tyner – Today And Tomorrow

A 64 The Happy Horns Of Clark Terry

A 65 Ben Webster – See You At The Fair

A 66 John Coltrane – Crescent

A 67 Shirley Scott – Great Scott!!

A 68 J.J. Johnson – Proof Positive

A 69 Yusef Lateef Live At Pep’s

A 70 Milt Jackson – Jazz ‘N Samba

A 71 Archie Shepp – Four For Trane

A 72 Billy Taylor/Quincy Jones – My Fair Lady Loves Jazz

A 73 Shirley Scott – Everybody Loves A Lover

A 74 Johnny Hartman – The Voice That Is!

A 75 Oliver Nelson – More Blues And The Abstract Truth

A 76 Lorez Alexandria – More Of The Great

A 77 John Coltrane – A Love Supreme

A 78 Lionel Hampton – You Better Know It!!!

A 79 McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington

A 80 The Russian Jazz Quartet – Happiness

A 81 Shirley Scott – Queen Of The Organ

A 82 Chico Hamilton – Chic Chic Chico

A 83 Lambert, Hendricks And Ross – Sing A Song Of Basie

A 84 Yusef Lateef – 1984

A 85 The John Coltrane Quartet Plays

A 86 Archie Shepp – Fire Music

A 87 Coleman Hawkins – Wrapped Tight

A 88 Elvin Jones – Dear John C.

A 89 Lawrence Brown – Inspired Abandon

A 90 V.A. – The New Wave In Jazz

A 91 Sonny Rollins On Impulse!

A 92 Yusef Lateef – Psychicemotus

A 93 Shirley Scott – Latin Shadows

A 94 John Coltrane/Archie Shepp – New Thing At Newport

A 95 John Coltrane – Ascension, Ed. 1

AS 95 John Coltrane – Ascension, Ed. 2

A 96 Pee Wee Russell – Ask Me Now!

A 97 Archie Shepp – On This Night

A 98 Dannie Richmond – “In” Jazz For The Culture Set

A 99 V.A. – The Definitive Jazz Scene, Vol. 1

A 100 V.A. – The Definitive Jazz Scene, Vol. 2

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ABC/Impulse! 9100 series:

A 101 V.A. – The Definitive Jazz Scene, Vol. 3

A 9102 Chico Hamilton – El Chico

A 9103 John Lee Hooker – It Serves You Right To Suffer

A 9104 Gary McFarland – Tijuana Jazz

A 9105 Gabor Szabo – Gypsy ‘66

A 9106 John Coltrane – Kulu Se Mama | Part 2

A 9107 Louis Bellson – Thunderbird

A 9108 Earl Hines – Once Upon A Time

A 9109 Shirley Scott – On A Clear Day | Part 2 | Part 3

A 9110 John Coltrane – Meditations

A 9111 Sonny Rollins – Alfie (Soundtrack)

A 9112 Gary McFarland – Profiles

A 9113 Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle

A 9114 Chico Hamilton – The Further Adventures Of El Chico

A 9115 Stanley Turrentine – Let It Go

A 9116 Benny Carter – Additions To Further Definitions

A 9117 Yusef Lateef – A Flat, G Flat And C

A 9118 Archie Shepp Live In San Francisco

A 9119 Shirley Scott – Roll ‘Em

A 9120 John Coltrane – Expression

A 9121 Sonny Rollins – East Broadway Run Down

A 9122 Gary McFarland/Gabor Szabo – Simpatico

A 9123 Gabor Szabo – Spellbinder

A 9124 John Coltrane – Coltrane Live At The Village Vanguard Again!

A 9125 Yusef Lateef – The Golden Flute

A 9126 Roswell Rudd – Everywhere

A 9127 Clark Terry/Chico O’Farrill – Spanish Rice

A 9128 Gabor Szabo – Jazz Raga

A 9129 Oliver Nelson – Sound Pieces

A 9130 Chico Hamilton – The Dealer

A 9131 Zoot Sims – Waiting Game

A 9132 Hank Jones/Oliver Nelson – Happenings

A 9133 Shirley Scott/Clark Terry – Soul Duo

A 9134 Archie Shepp – Mama Too Tight

A 9135 Chico O’Farrill – Nine Flags

A 9136 Steve Kuhn/Gary McFarland – The October Suite

A 9137 The College Concert Of Pee Wee Russell And Henry ‘Red’ Allen

A 9138 Pharoah Sanders – Tauhid

A 9139 Marion Brown – Three For Shepp

A 9140 John Coltrane – Om

AS 9141 Shirley Scott – Girl Talk

AS 9142 Mal Waldron – Sweet Love, Bitter (Soundtrack)

AS 9143 Phil Woods – Greek Cooking

AS 9143-2 The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra – Deep passion

AS 9144 Oliver Nelson – The Kennedy Dream Part 1 | Part 2

AS 9145 V.A. – Intercollegiate Music Festival, Vol. 1

AS 9146 Gabor Szabo – The Sorcerer

AS 9147 Pee Wee Russell/Oliver Nelson – The Spirit Of ‘67

AS 9148 John Coltrane – Cosmic Music

AS 9149 Dizzy Gillespie – Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac

AS 9150 Al “Jazzbo” Collins – A Lovely Bunch Of Jazzbo Collins And The Bandidos

AS 9151 Gabor Szabo – Wind, Sky And Diamonds

AS 9152 Mel Brown – Chicken Fat

AS 9153 Oliver Nelson – Live From Los Angeles

AS 9154 Archie Shepp – The Magic Of Ju-Ju

AS 9155 Albert Ayler In Greenwich Village

AS 9156 Alice Coltrane – A Monastic Trio

AS 9157 Clark Terry – It’s What’s Happening: The Varitone Sound Of CT

AS 9158 Rolf Kuhn/Joachim Kuhn – Impressions Of New York

AS 9159 Gabor Szabo/Bob Thiele – Light My Fire

AS 9160 Elvin Jones/Richard Davis – Heavy Sounds

AS 9161 John Coltrane – Selflessness Featuring My Favorite Things

AS 9162 Archie Shepp – Three For A Quarter, One For A Dime

AS 9163 Tom Scott – The Honeysuckle Breeze

AS 9164 Bill Plummer – Cosmic Brotherhood

AS 9165 Albert Ayler – Love Cry

AS 9166 Emil Richards – Journey To Bliss

AS 9167 Gabor Szabo – More Sorcery

AS 9168 Oliver Nelson/Steve Allen – Soulful Brass

AS 9169 Mel Brown – The Wizard

AS 9170 Archie Shepp – The Way Ahead Part 1 | Part 2

AS 9171 Tom Scott – Rural Still Life

AS 9172 V.A. – Irrepressible Impulses

AS 9173 The Best Of Gabor Szabo

AS 9174 The Best Of Chico Hamilton

AS 9175 Albert Ayler – New Grass

AS 9176 Ahmad Jamal At The Top: Poinciana Revisited

AS 9177 no information

AS 9178 Ornette Coleman – Ornette At 12

AS 9179 no information

AS 9180 Mel Brown – Blues For We

AS 9181 Pharoah Sanders – Karma

AS 9182 Emil Richards – The Spirit Of 1976

AS 9183 Charlie Haden – Liberation Music Orchestra

AS 9184 Dave Mackay And Vicky Hamilton

AS 9185 Alice Coltrane – Huntington Ashram Monastery

AS 9186 Mel Brown – I’d Rather Suck My Thumb

AS 9187 Ornette Coleman – Crisis

AS 9188 Archie Shepp – For Losers

AS 9189 Milt Jackson – That’s The Way It Is

AS 9190 Pharoah Sanders – Jewels Of Thought

AS 9191 Albert Ayler – Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe

AS 9192 Buddy Montgomery – This Rather Than That

AS 9193 Milt Jackson/Ray Brown – Memphis Jackson

AS 9194 Ahmad Jamal – The Awakening

AS 9195 John Coltrane – Transition

AS 9196 Alice Coltrane – Ptah, The El Daoud

AS 9197 Clifford Coulter – East Side San Jose

AS 9198 Dave Mackay/Vicky Hamilton – Rainbow

AS 9199 Pharoah Sanders – Summun, Bukmun, Umyun (Deaf, Dumb, Blind)

AS 9200-2 The Best Of John Coltrane – His Greatest Years

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ABC/Impulse! 9200 series:

AS 9201 no information

AS 9202-2 John Coltrane Featuring Pharoah Sanders Live In Seattle Part 1 | Part 2

AS 9203 Alice Coltrane – Journey In Satchidananda

AS 9204-2 Gabor Szabo – His Great Hits

AS 9205 Genesis – Trespass

AS 9206 Pharoah Sanders – Thembi

AS 9207 Howard Roberts – Antelope Freeway

AS 9208 Albert Ayler – The Last Album

AS 9209 Mel Brown’s Fifth

AS 9210 Alice Coltrane – Universal Consciousness

AS 9211 John Coltrane – Sun Ship

AS 9212 Archie Shepp – Things Have Got To Change

AS 9213-2 Chico Hamilton – His Great Hits

AS 9214 John Klemmer – Constant Throb

AS 9215 Michael White – Spirit Dance

AS 9216 Clifford Coulter – Do It Now, Worry ‘Bout It Later

AS 9217 Ahmad Jamal – Freeflight

AS 9218 Alice Coltrane – World Galaxy

AS 9219 Pharoah Sanders – Black Unity

AS 9220 John Klemmer – Waterfalls

AS 9221 Michael White – Pneuma

AS 9222 Archie Shepp – Attica Blues

AS 9223-2 The Best Of John Coltrane – His Greatest Years, Vol. 2

AS 9224 Alice Coltrane – Lord Of Lords

AS 9225 John Coltrane – Infinity

AS 9226 Ahmad Jamal – Outertimeinnerspace

AS 9227 Pharoah Sanders Live At The East

ASD 9228 V.A. – Impulse Energy Essentials

AS 9229-2 The Best Of Pharoah Sanders

AS 9230 Milt Jackson/Ray Brown – Just The Way It Had To Be

AS 9231 Archie Shepp – The Cry Of My People

AS 9232-2 Alice Coltrane – Reflection On Creation And Space

AS 9233 Pharoah Sanders – Wisdom Through Music

AS 9234-2 Charles Mingus – Reevaluation: The Impulse Years

AS 9235-2 McCoy Tyner – Reevaluation: The Impulse Years

AS 9236-2 Sonny Rollins – Reevaluation: The Impulse Years

AS 9237-2 Freddie Hubbard – Reevaluation: The Impulse Years

AS 9238 Ahmad Jamal – Tranquility

AS 9239 Sun Ra – Atlantis

AS 9240 Keith Jarrett – Fort Yawuh

AS 9241 Michael White – The Land Of Spirit And Light

AS 9242 Sun Ra – The Nubians Of Plutonia

AS 9243 Sun Ra – The Magic City

AS 9244 John Klemmer – Intensity

AS 9245 Sun Ra – Angels And Demons At Play

AS 9246-2 John Coltrane – Concert In Japan

AS 9247 Gary Saracho – En Medio Saracho

AS 9248 Gato Barbieri – Chapter One: Latin America

AS 9249 Mel Brown – Big Foot Country Girl

AS 9250 Dewey Redman – The Ear Of The Behearer

AS 9251 Sam Rivers – Streams

AS 9252 Marion Brown – Geechee Recollections

ASH 9253-3 V.A. – The Saxophone

AS 9254 Pharoah Sanders – Village Of The Pharoahs

AS 9255 Sun Ra – Astro Black

ASH 9256-2 Duke Ellington – Reevaluation: The Impulse Years: Ellingtonia

AS 9257-2 Albert Ayler – Reevaluation: The Impulse Years

AS 9258-2 Coleman Hawkins – Reevaluation: The Impulse Years

AS 9259-2 Yusef Lateef – Reevaluation: The Impulse Years

AS 9260-2 Ahmad Jamal – Reevaluation: The Impulse Years

AS 9261 Pharoah Sanders – Elevation

AS 9262 Archie Shepp – Kwanza

AS 9263 Gato Barbieri – Chapter Two: Hasta Siempre

AS 9264 V.A. – Impulse! Artists On Tour

AS 9265 Sun Ra – Jazz In Silhouette

AS 9266-2 V.A. – Impulsively!

AS 9267-2 V.A. – No Energy Crisis

AS 9268 Michael White – Father Music, Mother Dance

AS 9269 John Klemmer – Magic And Movement

AS 9270 Sun Ra – Fate In A Pleasant Mood

AS 9271 Sun Ra – Supersonic Sounds

ASH 9272-3 V.A. – The Drums

AS 9273 John Coltrane – The Africa/Brass Sessions, Vol. 2

AS 9274 Keith Jarrett – Treasure Island

AS 9275 Marion Brown – Sweet Earth Flying

ASD 9276 Sun Ra – The Bad And The Beautiful

ASD 9277 John Coltrane – Interstellar Space

ASH 9278-2 The Best Of John Coltrane – His Greatest Years, Vol. 3

AS 9279 Gato Barbieri – Chapter Three: Viva Emiliano Zapata

ASD 9280 Pharoah Sanders – Love In Us All

AS 9281 Michael White – Go With The Flow

ASH 9282-2 Milt Jackson – The Impulse Years

AS 9283-2 Elvin Jones – The Impulse Years

ASY 9284-3 V.A. – The Bass

AS 9285-2 V.A. – Ellingtonia, Vol. 2: The Impulse Years

ASD 9286 Sam Rivers – Crystals

ASD 9287 Sun Ra – Night Of The Purple Moon (not released)

ASD 9288 Sun Ra – Visits Planet Earth (not released)

ASD 9289 Sun Ra – My Brother, The Wind (not released)

ASD 9290 Sun Ra – Sound Sun Pleasure (not released)

ASD 9291 Sun Ra – Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy (not released)

ASD 9292 Sun Ra – We Travel The Spaceways (not released)

ASD 9293 Sun Ra – Other Planes Of There (not released)

ASD 9294 Sun Ra – Art Forms Of Dimensions Tomorrow (not released)

ASD 9295 Sun Ra – Monorails And Satellites (not released)

ASD 9296 Sun Ra – Cymbals (not released)

ASD 9297 Sun Ra – Crystal Spears (not released)

ASD 9298 Sun Ra – Pathways To Unknown Worlds

ASD 9299 Howard Roberts – Equinox Express Elevator

ASD 9300 Dewey Redman – Coincide

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ABC/Impulse! 9300 series:

AS 9301 Keith Jarrett – Death And The Flower

ASD 9302 Sam Rivers – Hues

AS 9303 Gato Barbieri – Chapter Four: Alive In New York

ASD 9304 Marion Brown – Vista

AS 9305 Keith Jarrett – Backhand

ASH 9306-2 The Gentle Side Of John Coltrane

ASH 9307-2 Lucky Thompson – Dancing Sunbeam

ASD 9308 Brass Fever

ASD 9309 no information

ASD 9310 Yusef Lateef – Club Date

ASD 9311 Gloria Lynne – I Don’t Know How To Love Him

ASD 9312 Sonny Criss – Warm And Sonny

AS 9313 Jimmy Ponder – Illusions

ASD 9314 John Handy – Hard Work

AS 9315 Keith Jarrett – Mysteries

ASD 9316 Sam Rivers – Sizzle

AS 9317 Bobby Bland/B.B. King – Together Again… Live

ASD 9318 Wade Marcus – Metamorphosis

AS 9319 Brass Fever – Time Is Running Out

AS 9320 no information

AS 9321-2 Betty Carter – What A Little Moonlight Can Do

ASD 9322 Keith Jarrett – Shades

AS 9323 no information

ASD 9324 John Handy – Carnival

AS 9325 John Coltrane – The Other Village Vanguard Tapes

AS 9326 Sonny Criss – The Joy Of Sax

AS 9327 Jimmy Ponder – White Room

AS 9328 Blue Mitchell – African Violet

AS 9329 Les McCann – Music Let’s Me Be

AS 9330 Master Grady Tate

AS 9331 Keith Jarrett – Byablue

AS 9332 John Coltrane – First Meditations (For Quartet)

AS 9333 Les McCann – Change, Change, Change: Live At The Roxy

IA 9334 Keith Jarrett – Bop-Be

IA 9335-2 Oliver Nelson – The Dedication Series, Vol. II: Three Dimensions

IA 9336-2 Albert Ayler – The Dedication Series, Vol. VII: The Village Concerts

IA 9337-2 Kenny Dorham/Sonny Criss – The Dedication Series, Vol. I: The Bop Masters

AS 9338-2 McCoy Tyner – The Early Trios

IA 9339-2 Cecil Taylor/Charles Tolliver/Grachan Moncur/Archie Shepp – The Dedication Series, Vol. VIII: The New Breed

IA 9340-2 Gil Evans/Gary McFarland – The Dedication Series, Vol. IX: The Great Arrangers

IA 9341-2 Shirley Scott – The Dedication Series, Vol. III: The Great Live Sessions

IA 9342-2 Quincy Jones – The Dedication Series, Vol. IV: The Quintessential Charts

IA 9343-2 Hugh Masekela – The Dedication Series, Vol. V: The African Connection

IA 9344 no information

IZ 9345-2 The Mastery Of John Coltrane, Vol. 1 – Feelin’ Good [Although this was reissued as “Living Space”, the first 4 tracks are actually “The mastery of John Coltrane, vol. 1]

IZ 9346-2 The Mastery Of John Coltrane, Vol. 2 – To The Beat Of A Different Drum

IA 9347 Blue Mitchell – Summer Soft

AS 9348 The Best Of Keith Jarrett

IA 9349 Sonny Rollins – There Will Never Be Another You

IA 9350-2 Duke Ellington/Coleman Hawkins/John Coltrane – The Dedication Series, Vol. X: The Great Tenor Encounters

IA 9351-2 Count Basie – The Dedication Series, Vol. XI: Retrospective Sessions

IA 9352-2 Sam Rivers – The Dedication Series, Vol. XII: The Live Trio Sessions

IA 9353-2 Yusef Lateef – The Dedication Series, Vol. XIII: The Live Session

IA 9354-2 Tom Scott/John Klemmer/Gato Barbieri – The Dedication Series, Vol. XIV: Foundations

AS 9355 no information

IA 9356-2 Paul Horn – The Dedication Series, Vol. XVI: Plenty Of Horn

IA 9357-2 Archie Shepp – The Dedication Series, Vol. XVII: Further Fire Music

AS 9358 no information

IA 9359-2 Pee Wee Russell – The Dedication Series, Vol. XV: Salute To Newport

IA 9360 The Mastery Of John Coltrane, Vol. 3 – Jupiter Variation

IZ 9361/2 The Mastery Of John Coltrane, Vol. 4 – Trane’s Modes

cheers

Happy Birthday Scrimshire

Today is my good friend and all round SUPA-MEGA talented muso Scrimshire’s birthday: happy 16th mate!

Ichiban, K’s Waltz, Jean-Marie: Ronnie Mathews Trio
Some other Time, Uschi I: Keno Duke/Contemporaries
What’s Goin’ On: The Louis Hayes Group
Kaze, AiI-No-Tabi, Afloat: Sleepwalker
Malkauns [edited down for the best bits]: Don Cherry

hope you have a great day — this ones for you fella

Pharaoh Sanders: Prince of Peace Volume 01

Born October 30, 1940 North Little Rock, Arkansas. Pharaoh Sanders is a genious and I don’t really need to say much more than that?!? Anyway. Volume One is a selection of some of my faves [well it is my blog] from the emence body of work listed below. Some you will know some you might not? Volume 2 up soon.

Enjoy 1.5 hour musical journey…

Sun Song | Shukuru
Jitu | Shukuru
The Myth | Village of the Pharaohs
Love Will Find a Way | Pharoah
Village of the Pharaohs [Parts i, ii, iii] | Village of the Pharaohs
Prince of Peace | Izipho Zam (My Gifts)
Kazuko (Peace Child) | Journey to the One
Rejoice | Rejoice
Mansion World | Village of the Pharaohs
Casino Latino | Beyond A Dream

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Don Cherry Quintet-(unissued session)

(unreleased tape) NYC, Stereo Sound Studios 1/6/64
Don Cherry-cor; Pharoah Sanders-ts; Joseph Scianni-p; David Izenzon-b; J. C. Moses-d
4-6 titles + numerous false starts
Pharoah Sanders Quintet

ESP 1003 USA rec NYC 9/10/64
Pharoah Sanders-ts Stan Foster-tp Jane Getz-p William Bennett-b Marvin Pattillo-perc
Sun Ra-Featuring Pharoah Sanders and Black Harold

Saturn 165 USA rec NYC 12/31/64
Chris Capers-tp Al Evans-tp,flh Black Harold-fl Teddy Nance-tb Bernard Pettaway-btb Marshall Allen-as Danny Davis-as Pharoah Sanders-ts Pat Patrick-bs Robert Cummings-bcl Sun Ra-p Alan Silva-b,cel Clifford Jarvis-d Art Jenkins-voc
The Latin Jazz Quintet-Oh! Pharoah Speak

Trip 8008 USA rec mid 60s?
Pharoah Sanders-ts; Melvin Lastie-cor; Lonnie Hillyer-tp; Jack Jeffers-tb; Kiane Zawadi-tb; Harold Vick-ts; Hugh Brody-ss; Chuck Rainey-el-b; Alex Lane-b; Cornell Dupree-el-g; Stanley Johnson-p; George Gould-p; Ray Armando-perc; John Griggs-perc; Ray Lucas-perc; Earl Williams-perc; Pete Jackson-perc; Virgil Jones-tp,flh; Bill Ellington-b; Jerry Patterson-el-g; Tommy Derrick-perc; Juan Amalbert-perc
The Dues Payer
Daria
Midnight Montuno
Treasure of Sierra Madre (Gold of the Mother Mountain)
Shake a Lady
Haarlem
P’s and Q’s
Oh! Pharoah Speak
Ornette Coleman-Chappaqua Suite

CBS 62 896/97 F rec2 NYC 6/15/65 6/16/65 6/17/65
Ornette Coleman-as,tp Pharoah Sanders-ts David Izenzon-b Charles Moffett-d Joseph Tekula-dir large studio band
John Coltrane-Ascension

Impulse 95 USA rec Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Van Gelder Recording Studio 6/28/65
John Coltrane-ts Freddie Hubbard-tp Art Davis-b Elvin Jones-d McCoy Tyner-p Marion Brown-as Pharoah Sanders-ts Archie Shepp-ts John Tchicai-as Dewey Johnson-tp Jimmy Garrison-b
John Coltrane-The Major Works of John Coltrane

GRP/Impulse 113 USA cd2 Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Van Gelder Studios Lynnwood, WA, Camelot Studios Los Angeles, Western Recorders 6/28/65 10/1/65 10/14/65
John Coltrane-ts McCoy Tyner-p Jimmy Garrison-b Elvin Jones-d Archie Shepp-ts Pharoah Sanders-ts,perc John Tchicai-as Marion Brown-as Freddie Hubbard-tp Dewey Johnson-tp Art Davis-b Donald Garrett-bcl,b,perc Joe Brazil-fl,perc Frank Butler-d,perc Juno Lewis-perc,voc
John Coltrane-Live in Seattle

Impulse 9202 USA rec Seattle, The Penthouse 9/30/65
John Coltrane-ts,ss Pharoah Sanders-ts McCoy Tyner-p Donald Garrett-bcl,b Jimmy Garrison-b Elvin Jones-d
John Coltrane-Om

Kulu Se Mama/ Vigil/ Welcome/ Selflessness/ Dusk Dawn/ Dusk Dawn (alt).
Personnel: John Coltrane- tenor saxophone, percussion; Pharoah Sanders- tenor saxophone, kalimba; McCoy Tyner- piano; Jimmy Garrison- bass; Donald Rafael Garrett- bass, bass clarinet, percussion; Frank Butler- drums, percussion; Juno Lewis- hand drums, conch shell, percussion, vocal; Elvin Jones- drums. [THANKS MARK]

Impulse 9140 USA rec Lynwood, WA 10/1/65
John Coltrane-ts McCoy Tyner-p Jimmy Garrison-b Donald Garrett-b Elvin Jones-d Joe Brazil-fl Pharoah Sanders-ts
John Coltrane-Meditations

Impulse 9110 USA rec Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Van Gelder Recording Studio 11/23/65
John Coltrane-ts McCoy Tyner-p Elvin Jones-d Rashied Ali-d Pharoah Sanders-ts Jimmy Garrison-b
John Coltrane-Infinity

Impulse 9225 USA rec Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Van Gelder Recording Studio San Francisco, Coast Recorders 6/16/65 9/22/65 2/2/66
John Coltrane-ts,bcl Alice Coltrane-harp,tamboura,p,org,vib,tympani Joan Chapman-tamboura Jimmy Garrison-b Elvin Jones-d Charlie Haden-b Rashied Ali-perc Ray Appleton-perc Pharoah Sanders-ts,fl strings
John Coltrane/Alice Coltrane-Cosmic Music

Impulse 9148 USA rec San Francisco, Coast Recorders NYC Los Angeles, Village Recorders 2/2/66 1/29/68 4/1/72
John Coltrane-ts,bcl Alice Coltrane-p Pharoah Sanders-ts,fl Jimmy Garrison-b Rashied Ali-perc Ray Appleton-perc Ben Riley-perc
John Coltrane-Jupiter Variations

Impulse 9360 USA rec San Francisco, Coast Recorders Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Van Gelder Studios Los Angeles, Village Recorders 2/2/66 2/22/67 3/7/67 4/1/72
John Coltrane-ts,bells Alice Coltrane-p Rashied Ali-d Pharoah Sanders-tambourine,wooden-fl Ray Appleton-shakers Jimmy Garrison-b Charlie Haden-b
John Coltrane-Live At The Village Vanguard Again!

Impulse 9124 USA rec NYC, Village Vanguard 5/28/66
John Coltrane-ss,ts,bcl Pharoah Sanders-fl,ts Alice Coltrane-p Jimmy Garrison-b Rashied Ali-d Emanuel Rahim-perc
John Coltrane Quintet-Second Night in Tokyo

Impulse 8508/9/10 J rec3 Tokyo, Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Hall 7/11/66
John Coltrane-ts,Yamaha sax,bcl,perc Pharoah Sanders-ts,Yamaha sax,bcl,perc Alice Coltrane-p Jimmy Garrison-b Rashied Ali-d
John Coltrane-Live in Japan

GRP/Impulse 102 USA cd4 Tokyo, Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Hall Tokyo, Sankei Hall 7/11/66 7/22/66
John Coltrane-ss,as,ts,perc Pharoah Sanders-as,ts,bcl,perc Alice Coltrane-p Jimmy Garrison-b Rashied Ali-d
John Coltrane-Concert In Japan

Impulse 9246 USA rec2 Tokyo, Sankei Hall 7/22/66
John Coltrane-ts,Yamaha sax,bcl,perc Pharoah Sanders-ts,Yamaha sax,bcl,perc Alice Coltrane-p Jimmy Garrison-b Rashied Ali-d
Don Cherry-Symphony For Improvisers

Blue Note 84247 USA rec NYC 9/19/66
Don Cherry-cor Gato Barbieri-ts Pharoah Sanders-ts,pic Karl Berger-vib,p Henry Grimes-b Jenny Clark-b Ed Blackwell-d
Don Cherry-Where Is Brooklyn?

Blue Note 84311 USA rec NYC 11/11/66
Don Cherry-cor Pharoah Sanders-ts,pic Henry Grimes-b Ed Blackwell-d
Pharoah Sanders-Tauhid

Impulse 9138 USA rec Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Van Gelder Recording Studio 11/15/66
Pharoah Sanders-ts,wood fl Henry Grimes-b Dave Burrell-p Nat Bettis-perc Sonny Sharrock-g Roger Blank-d
John Coltrane-Expression

Impulse 9120 USA rec Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Van Gelder Recording Studio 2/15/67 3/17/67
John Coltrane-ts,fl Alice Coltrane-p Jimmy Garrison-b Rashied Ali-d Pharoah Sanders-piccolo
Various Artists-Sacred Sources 1: Live Forever

Guts & Grace/Cohiba 697 124 004-2 USA cd NYC, Olatunji Center of African Culture 4/23/67
John Coltrane-ss,ts; Pharoah Sanders-ts; Alice Coltrane-p; Jimmy Garrison-b; Rashied Ali-d; Algie DeWitt-bata drum; poss. Jumma Santos-perc
Ogunde (J. Coltrane) 5:27
(Sanders does not appear on other tracks, which feature Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley and Stevie Ray Vaughan.)
John Coltrane-The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording

Impulse 314 189 120-2 USA cd NYC, Olatunji Center of African Culture 4/23/1967
John Coltrane-ts,ss; Pharoah Sanders-ts; Alice Coltrane-p; Jimmy Garrison-b; Rashied Ali-d; Algie DeWitt-bata d; poss. Jumma Santos-perc
Sunny Murray Acoustical Swing Quintet

(possible private recording) San Francisco, Both/And last week of August 1967
Alan Shorter-flh; Carlos Ward-as; Pharoah Sanders-ts; Henry Grimes-b; Sunny Murray-d
Albert Ayler-Holy Ghost

Revenant 213 USA cd10 NYC, Renaissance Ballroom 1/21/68
Pharoah Sanders-ts; Chris Capers-tp; unknown-as; Albert Ayler-ts; unknown-ts; Dave Burrell-p; Sirone-b; Roger Blank-d
Venus/Upper and Lower Egypt (Sanders) 22:59
The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra

JCOA 1001 USA rec2 NYC, RCA Victor Studio B 1/24/68 5/8/68 6/20/68 6/21/68
Don Cherry-cor Gato Barbieri-ts Steve Lacy-ss Al Gibbons-ss Michael Mantler-comp,cond Bob Donovan-as Lew Tabackin-ts George Barrow-ts Charles Davis-brs Alan Silva-b Randy Brecker-flh Bob Northern-frh Julius Watkins-frh Jimmy Knepper-tb Jack Jeffers-btb Howard Johnson-tu Carla Bley-p Kent Carter-b Ron Carter-b Richard Davis-b Charlie Haden-b Reggie Workman-b Andrew Cyrille-d Larry Coryell-g Steve Marcus-ss Beaver Harris-d Bob Cunningham-b Eddie Gomez-b Steve Swallow-b Roswell Rudd-tb Pharoah Sanders-ts Cecil Taylor-p Jimmy Lyons-as Reggie Johnson-b
Alice Coltrane-A Monastic Trio

Impulse 9156 USA rec NYC 1/29/68 6/6/68
Alice Coltrane-p,harp Jimmy Garrison-b Ben Riley-d Pharoah Sanders-bcl Rashied Ali-d
Dave Burrell-High

Douglas 798 USA rec NYC 6/2/68 9/9/68
Dave Burrell-p Sirone-b Bobby Kapp-d Pharoah Sanders-tambourine Sunny Murray-d
Gary Bartz-Another Earth

Milestone 9018 USA rec NYC, Plaza Sound Studios 6/19/68 6/25/68
Gary Bartz-as Charles Tolliver-tp Pharoah Sanders-ts Stanley Cowell-p Reggie Workman-b Freddie Waits-d
Pharoah Sanders

(private recording) Antibes 7/20/68
Pharoah Sanders-ts; Lonnie Liston Smith-p; Sirone-b; Majeed Shabazz-d

Pharoah Sanders-Izipho Zam (My Gifts)

Strata-East 19733 USA rec Englewood, NJ, TownSound Studios 1/14/69
Nat Bettis-perc Chief Bey-African d Sonny Fortune-as Billy Hart-d Howard Johnson-tu Cecil McBee-b Pharoah Sanders-ts,perc Majeed Shabazz-d Sonny Sharrock-g Sirone-b Lonnie Liston Smith-p Leon Thomas-voc,perc Tony Wylie-perc
Pharoah Sanders-Karma

Impulse 9181 USA rec NYC 2/14/69 2/19/69
Pharoah Sanders-ts Leon Thomas-voc,perc Richard Davis-b Julius Watkins-frh James Spaulding-fl Reggie Workman-b Lonnie Liston Smith-p Billy Hart-d Nat Bettis-perc Freddie Waits-d Ron Carter-b
Pharoah Sanders-Jewels Of Thought

Impulse 9190 USA rec NYC, Plaza Sound Studios 10/20/69
Pharoah Sanders-ts,cbcl,reed fl,African thumb p,orchestra chimes,perc Leon Thomas-voc,perc Lonnie Liston Smith-p,African fl,African thumb p,perc Richard Davis-b,perc Cecil McBee-b,perc Idris Muhammad-d,perc Roy Haynes-d
Leon Thomas-Spirits Known And Unknown

Flying Dutchman 115 USA rec NYC 10/21/69 10/22/69
Leon Thomas-voc,perc Lonnie Liston Smith-p Richard Davis-b Cecil McBee-b Roy Haynes-d Richard Landrum-bongos James Spaulding-as,fl Pharoah Sanders-ts
Alice Coltrane-Ptah, The El Daoud

Impulse 9196 USA rec Dix Hills, NY, Coltrane Studios 1/26/70
Alice Coltrane-p,harp Pharoah Sanders-ts,alto-fl,bells Joe Henderson-ts,alto-fl Ron Carter-b Ben Riley-d
Pharaoh Sanders-Summun Bukmun Umyun

Impulse 9199 USA rec NYC, A&R Recording Studios 7/1/70
Pharoah Sanders-ss,cow horn,bells,tritone whistle,cowbells,wood fl,thumb p,perc Woody Shaw-tp,maracas,yodeling,perc Gary Bartz-as,bells,cowbell,shakers,perc Lonnie Liston Smith-p,cowbell,thumb p,perc Cecil McBee-b Clifford Jarvis-d Nat Bettis-balafon,yodeling,African perc Anthony Wiles-cga,African perc
Alice Coltrane-Journey in Satchidananda

Impulse 9203 USA USA NYC, Village Gate Dix Hills, NY, Coltrane Studios 7/4/70 11/8/70
Alice Coltrane-harp,p Pharoah Sanders-ss,perc Vishnu Wood-oud Charlie Haden-b Rashied Ali-d Tusli-tamboura Cecil McBee-b Majid Shabazz-bells,tambourine
Pharoah Sanders-Thembi

Impulse 9206 USA rec Los Angeles, The Record Plant NYC, The Record Plant 11/25/70 1/12/71
Pharoah Sanders-ss,ts,alto fl,koto,brass bell,balafon,maracas,cow horn,fifes Michael White-vln,perc Lonnie Liston Smith-p,el-p,claves,perc,ring cymbals,shout,balafon Cecil McBee-b,finger cymbals,perc,bird effects Clifford Jarvis-d,maracas,bells,perc James Jordan-ring cymbals Roy Haynes-d Chief Bey-African perc Majid Shabazz-African perc Anthony Wiles-African perc Nat Bettis-African perc
Alice Coltrane-(live recording)

NYC, Carnegie Hall 2/21/71
Alice Coltrane-harp,p,perc; Pharoah Sanders-ts,ss,fl,perc,fife; Archie Shepp-ts,ss,perc; Jimmy Garrison-b; Cecil McBee-b; Clifford Jarvis-d; Ed Blackwell-d; Tulsi-tamboura; Kumar Kramer-harmonium
Pharoah Sanders-Black Unity

Impulse 9219 USA rec NYC, A&R Recording Studios 11/24/71
Pharoah Sanders-ts,balaphone Marvin Peterson-tp Carlos Alfredo Garnett-ts Joe Bonner-p Cecil McBee-b Stanley Clarke-b Norman Connors-d William Hart-d Lawrence Killian-cga,talking d,balaphone
Pharoah Sanders-Village of the Pharoahs

Impulse 9254 USA rec Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Van Gelder Recording Studio NYC, A&R Recording Studios San Francisco, Wally Heider Recording 12/8/71 11/22/72 9/14/73
Pharoah Sanders-ss,voc,perc,bells,ts Sedatrius Brown-voc,perc Joe Bonner-p,shakuhachi fl,perc,voc Calvin Hill-b Jimmy Hopps-d Lawrence Killian-cga,voc,perc Kenneth Nash-sakara ceramic d,Indian murdungom d,perc,whistles Kylo Kylo-tamboura,perc Cecil McBee-b Stanley Clarke-b Norman Connors-d Marvin Peterson-perc Arthur Webb-fl
Pharoah Sanders-Live At The East

Impulse 9227 USA rec Brooklyn, The East © 1971
Stanley Clarke-b Cecil McBee-b Pharoah Sanders-ts Joe Bonner-p,harmonium Norman Connors-d Harold Vick-ts,voc Lawrence Killian-cga,balafon Billy Hart-d Hannibal Marvin Peterson-tp Carlos Garnett-fl,voc
Pharoah Sanders-Wisdom Through Music

Impulse 9233 USA rec NYC, A&R Recording Studios Los Angeles, The Village Recorder © 1972
Pharoah Sanders-ss,ts,fl James Branch-fl Joe Bonner-p Cecil McBee-b Lawrence Killian-perc Mtume-perc Badal Roy-perc Norman Connors-d
Pharoah Sanders-Elevation

Impulse 9261 USA rec Los Angeles, The Ash Grove San Francisco, Wally Heider Recording 9/7/73 9/9/73 9/13/73
Pharoah Sanders-ts,ss,shaker,voc,bells,perc Joe Bonner-p,cow horn,wood fl,voc,perc,harmonium Calvin Hill-b,tamboura,voc Michael Carvin-d,perc,voc Lawrence Killian-cga,bell tree,perc,voc John Blue-perc,voc Jimmy Hopps-perc Michael White-vln Sedratius Brown-voc Kenneth Nash-perc
Pharoah Sanders-Love In Us All

Impulse 9280 USA rec 1973
Pharoah Sanders-ts,ss Joe Bonner-p others?
Pharoah Sanders

(private recording) Boston 1973
Pharoah Sanders-ts; others?

Larry Young-Lawrence of Newark

Perception 34 USA rec NYC, Blue Rock Studio © 1973
Abdul Shahid-d; JummaSantos-tom-tom,cow bell,cga,whistle,tambourine,hi-hat; Howard T. King-d; James Flores-d; Stacey Edwards-cga; Don Pate-b; James Blood Ulmer-g; Umar Abdul Muizz-cga; Armen Halburian-cga,bells,perc; Diedre Johnson-cel; Juni Booth-b; Art Gore-d,el-p; Abdul Hakim-bongos; Poppy La Boy-perc; Cedric Lawson-el-p; Pharoah Sanders-sax,voc; Dennis Mourouse-sax,el-sax; Charles Magee-el-tp; Larry Young-org,bongos,voc
Pharoah Sanders

(private recording) Paris 1975
Pharoah Sander-ts; Danny Mixon-p; Calvin Hill-b; Greg Bandy-d

Pharoah Sanders-Pharoah

India Navigation 1027 USA cd 8/76 9/76
Pharoah Sanders-ts,voc,perc Steve Neil-b Lawrence Killian-perc Munoz-g Jiggs Chase-org Greg Bandy-d Bedria Sanders-harmonium
Norman Connors-Romantic Journey

Buddah 5682 USA rec Hollywood, The Sound Labs Hollywood, United-Western Recorders © 1977
Norman Connors-d,tymp,perc Eleanore Mills-voc Willie Weeks-b Alphonso Johnson-b Lee Ritenour-g,el-g Reggie Lucas-el-g Ray Gomez-el-g Jerry Peters-el-p,p,clavinet,harpsichord Hubert Eaves-el-p,p,clavinet Ian Underwood-synth,synth arr Kenneth Nash-cgo,perc,cymbals,gong Bobbye Hall-cga,bgo Victor Feldman-perc,bells,vib Gary Bartz-as Pharoah Sanders-ss Myrna Mathews-voc Maxine Waters-voc Julia Waters-voc Orrin Waters-voc Oscar Barshear-tp Chuck Findley-tp Gary Grant-tp Gene Goe-tp George Bohannon-tb Charlie Loper-tb Maurice Spears-b-tb Dick Hyde-tb Sidney Muldrow-Fhn Marine Robinson-Fhn Ernie Watts-fl,b-fl,a-fl,ts Fred Jackson, Jr.-fl,b-fl,a-fl,as,cl Bill Green-fl,b-fl,a-fl,pic,ts,cl Charles Veal, Jr.-concertmaster string orchestra
Pharoah Sanders-Love Will Find a Way

Arista 4161 USA rec Burbank, Kendun Recorders © 1977
Pharoah Sanders-ts,ss,perc Norman Connors-tymp,d,perc,gongs,voc Phyllis Hyman-voc Lenny White-d James Gadson-d Raymond Pounds-d David T. Walker-el-g Wah Wah Watson-el-g Alex Blake-b Eddie Watson-b Donny Beck-b Hubert Eaves-keys Bobby Lyle-keys Khalid Moss-keys Kenneth Nash-cga,bgo,cymbals,gongs,perc The Water Family-voc Ernest Watts-reeds Oscar Brashear-tp George Bohanon-tb Lew McCreary-tb Charles Findley-tp William Green-sax Terry Harrington-sax Vincent De Rosa-Frh Sidney Muldrow-Frh
Norman Connors-This Is Your Life

Arista 4177 USA rec Burbank, Kendun Recorders © 1977
Norman Connors-d,perc,tymp,voc; Miss Eleanor Mills-voc; Ralph Buzzy Jones-ss; Shunzo Ono-tp; Billy McCoy-keys; Richard Cummings-keys; Petro Bass-perc; Jean Carn-voc; Pharoah Sanders-ts; Bobby Lyle-p; Jacques Burvick-keys; Richard Tee-keys; Ronnie Coleman-keys; Mike Boddicker-synth; David T. Walker-g; Wah Wah Watson-g; Jay Graydon-g; Charles Fearing-g; Eddie Watkins-b; Kenneth Nash-cga,bgo,cymbals,gongs,perc; Elmira Collins-vib,mar,bells; James Gadson-d; George Bohanon-tb; Lew McCreary-tb; George Thacher-tb; Benny Powell-tb; Garnett Brown-tb; Oscar Brashear-tp; Nolan Smith, Jr.-tp; Ray Brown-tp; Charles Moore-tp; Sidney Muldrow-frh; James Atkinston-frh; Ernie Watts-woodwinds; Bill Green-woodwinds; Earle Dulmer-woodwinds; Fred Jackson, Jr.-woodwinds; David Ii-woodwinds; Terry Harrington-woodwinds; Harry Bluestone-string concert master
The Creator (P. Sanders/E. Mills) 7:58
(Sanders does not appear on other tracks)
Pharoah Sanders & Norman Connors-Beyond a Dream

Arista Novus 3021 USA rec Montreux Jazz Festival 7/22/78
Duke Jones-tp Pharoah Sanders-ts Buzzy Jones-ts,ss,fl Bobby Lyle-p Jacques Burvick-keys Bill McCoy-p,el-p Greg Hill-g Alex Blake-el-b Norman Connors-d,tymp,perc Lawrence Killian-cga,perc Petro Bass-perc,cga
Hilton Ruiz-Fantasia

Denon 7548 J rec NYC 12/9/78
Slide Hampton-tb Pharoah Sanders-ts Hilton Ruiz-p Reggie Workman-b Idris Muhammad-d
Ed Kelly-Ed Kelly & Friend

Theresa 106 USA rec San Francisco, Bear West Studios 12/78
Ed Kelly-p,arr Pharoah Sanders-ts,ss Peter Barshay-b Eddie Marshall-d] Don Ramsey-as Anthony Sidney-tb Harley White-brs Larry Jones-tp Oscar Williams-tp Babatunde-cga Joanne Nichol-vln Cecilia Twain-vln Marsha Gonick-vla Joseph Hebert-cel Junius Simmons-el-g,g Larry Blackshere-marimba Faye Kelly-voc Kerilynn Kelly-voc Terrance Kelly-voc Marvin Williams-string arr
Pharoah Sanders-Journey To The One

Theresa 108/109 USA rec2 San Francisco, Automatt San Francisco, Bear West Studios © 1980
Pharoah Sanders-ts,tamboura,sleigh bells John Hicks-p Idris Muhammad-d Ray Drummond-b Carl Lockett-g Eddie Henderson-flh Yoko Ito Gates-koto Paul Arslanian-harmonium,wind chimes Joe Bonner-p,el-p Bedria Sanders-harmonium James Pomerantz-sitar Phil Ford-tabla Vicki Randle-voc Ngoh Spencer-voc Dee Dee Dickerson-voc Bobby McFerrin-voc Randy Merritt-d Joy Julks-b Babatunde-shekere,cga Mark Isham-Oberheim syn Claudette Allen-voc Chris Hayes-g
Idris Muhammad-Kabsha

Theresa 110 USA rec Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Van Gelder Recording Studio 9/12/80
Idris Muhammad-d Ray Drummond-b George Coleman-ts Pharoah Sanders-ts
Pharoah Sanders-Live

Evidence 22223 USA cd San Francisco, Great American Music Hall 4/12/81, Los Angeles, Maiden Voyage 4/19/81, Santa Cruz, Kuumbwa Jazz Center 4/20/82
Pharoah Sanders-ts John Hicks-p Walter Booker-b Idris Muhammad-d
Pharoah Sanders-Live

Theresa 116 USA rec Los Angeles, Maiden Voyage 4/19/81, Santa Cruz, Kuumbwa Jazz Center 4/20/81
Pharoah Sanders-ts John Hicks-p Walter Booker-b Idris Muhammad-d
Pharoah Sanders-Rejoice

Theresa 112/113 USA rec2 NYC, The Power Station San Francisco, Bear West Studios © 1981
Pharoah Sanders-ts,bells,voc Babatunde-agogo bells,d,shekere,voc Joe Bonner-p,voc Art Davis-b Bobby Hutcherson-vib B. Kazuko Ishida-voc Elvin Jones-d Big Black-cga,voc Peter Fujii-g,voc Jorge Pomar-b,voc John Hicks-p Billy Higgins-d Danny Moore-tp Steve Turre-tb Flame Braithwaite-voc Sakinah Muhammad-voc Yvette S. Vanterpool-voc Bobby London-voc Carroll Wilson Scott-voc William S. Fischer-voc arr George V. Johnson-voc
Pharoah Sanders-Shukuru

Theresa 121 USA rec Berkeley, Live Oak Studio © 1981
Pharoah Sanders-ts,voc Leon Thomas-voc William Henderson-Kurzweil 250 Ray Drummond-b Idris Muhammad-d
Tisziji Munoz-Visiting This Planet

Anami Music 1 USA cd 11/81
Tisziji Munoz-g; Pharoah Sanders-ts; Dave Liebman-ss; John Hicks-p; Art Davis-b; Idris Muhammad-d; Guillerme Franco-perc
To Be (John Coltrane) 9:18
(Sanders does not appear on other tracks)
Pharoah Sanders-Heart Is A Melody

Theresa 118 USA rec San Francisco, Keystone Korner 1/23/82
Pharoah Sanders-ts Idris Muhammad-d William Henderson-p John Heard-b
Elvin Jones/McCoy Tyner Quintet-Love and Peace

Trio 25023 J rec Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Van Gelder Recording Studio 4/13/82 4/14/82
Elvin Jones-d Richard Davis-b McCoy Tyner-p Pharoah Sanders-ts Jean-Paul Bourelly-el-g
Benny Golson-This Is For You, John

Timeless 235 NL rec NYC, Vanguard Studio 12/20/83 12/21/83
Benny Golson-ts Pharoah Sanders-ts Cedar Walton-p Ron Carter-b Jack DeJohnette-d
Art Davis Quartet-Life

Soul Note 1143 I rec NYC 10/5/85
Pharoah Sanders-ts John Hicks-p Art Davis-b Idris Muhammad-d
Pharoah Sanders Quartet-Africa

Timeless 253 NL rec Monster, The Netherlands, Studio 44 3/11/87
Pharoah Sanders-ts John Hicks-p Curtis Lundy-b Idris Muhammad-d
A Tribute To John Coltrane-Blues For Coltrane

MCA/Impulse 42122 USA cd 7/7/87
McCoy Tyner-p Pharoah Sanders-ts David Murray-ts Cecil McBee-b Roy Haynes-d
Pharoah Sanders-Oh Lord, Let Me Do No Wrong

Doctor Jazz 40952 USA rec NYC 7/13/87
Pharoah Sanders-ts Donald Smith-el-p William S. Henderson III-p Tarik Shah-b Greg Banoy-d Leon Thomas-voc
Pharoah Sanders and William Henderson-A Prayer Before Dawn

Theresa 127 USA cd San Francisco, Hyde Street Studio Frankfurt 9/87
Pharoah Sanders-ts,misc. instruments William Henderson-p,Kurzweil synth John Hicks-p Brian McLaughlin-tabla Lyn Taussig-sarod,chandrasarang Alvin Queen-d
Pharoah Sanders-Moon Child

Timeless 326 D cd Paris, Studio Davout 10/12/89 10/13/89
Pharoah Sanders-ss,ts William Henderson-p Stafford James-b Eddie Marshall-d Cheikh Tidiane Fall-perc Leon Thomas-voc
Pharoah Sanders-Welcome to Love

Timeless 358 D cd Yerres, France, Studio Gimmick 7/17/90 7/18/90 7/19/90
Pharoah Sanders-ts,ss William Henderson-p Stafford James-b Eccleston W. Wainwright-d
The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir-Live!

OIGC 01 USA CAS Oakland, Calvin Simmons Theatre 12/1990
The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir-voc; Terrance Kelly-dir; Pharoah Sanders-ss; Ed Kelly-org,keys; Ellen Hoffman-keys; Donne Webb-org,keys; Melvin Seals-keys; Jeffrey Robinson-keys; Juan Forte-d; Omar Maxwell-d; Kevin Jennings-d; Juan Escovedo-perc; Ray Crosby-b; Tony Sanders-b; Charles Spikes-g;
Sonny Sharrock-Ask The Ages

Axiom 422-848 957 USA cd Sorcer Sound Greenpoint © 1991
Sonny Sharrock-el-g Pharoah Sanders-ts,ss Elvin Jones-d Charnett Moffett-b
The Sun Ra Arkestra-(private tape)

Oakland, CA, Koncepts Cultural Gallery 2/2/91
John Gilmore-ts; Marshall Allen-as; Pharoah Sanders-ts,shenai; unidentified-ts; unidentified-cl; Ronald Wilson-bs; unidentified-p; Jon Jang-p; Ed Kelly-p; India Cooke-vln; Kash Killion-cel; James Lewis-b; prob. E. J. Wainwright-d; unidentified-perc; June Tyson-voc; unidentified-voc

Randy Weston-The Spirits of Our Ancestors

Antilles 314-511 896 USA cd2 NYC, BMG Studios 5/20/91 5/21/91 5/22/91
Randy Weston-p Idrees Sulieman-tp Benny Powell-tb,b-tb Talib Kibwe-as,alto fl Billy Harper-ts Dewey Redman-ts Alex Blake-b Jamil Nasser-b Idris Muhammad-d Big Black-perc Azzedin Weston-perc Yassir Chadly-genbri,karkaba,clapping,voc Dizzy Gillespie-tp Pharoah Sanders-ts
Sun Ra Arkestra-(private tape)

Oakland, CA, Koncepts Cultural Gallery 11/3/91 1st set
Sun Ra-p,synth; Michael Ray-tp,voc; Eddie Gale-tp; Chris Capers-flh; Tyrone Hill-tb,voc; Marshall Allen-as,fl,perc; John Gilmore-ts,voc; Ronald Wilson-ts,bs; Pharoah Sanders-ts; James Jacson-bsn,fl,cowbell,perc; India Cooke-vln; Kash Killion-cel; Bruce Edwards-el-g; Jothan Callins-el-b; Earl “Buster” Smith-d; Elson Nascimento-surdo grande,chimes,perc

New York Unit-Over The Rainbow

Paddle Wheel KICJ-136 J cd NYC, Sear Sound 6/15/92
Pharoah Sanders-ts; John Hicks-p; Richard Davis-b; Tatsuya Nakamura-d
Pharoah Sanders Quartet-Ballads with Love

Venus 19025 J cd NYC, Sear Sound 10/19/92 10/20/92
Pharoah Sanders-ts William Henderson-p Charles Fambrough-b Sherman Ferguson-d
Pharoah Sanders Quartet-Crescent with Love

Venus 19058 J cd NYC, Sear Sound 10/19/92 10/20/92
Pharoah Sanders-ts William Henderson-p Charles Fambrough-b Sherman Ferguson-d
Sonny Sharrock/Pharoah Sanders/Charnett Moffett/Pheeroan ak Laff

Frankfurt 11/1/92
Sonny Sharrock-g; Pharoah Sanders-ts; Charnett Moffett-b; Pheeroan ak Laff-d
Norman Connors-Remember Who You Are

MoJazz 7003 USA cd LA, Sound Castle © 1993
Jerry Peters-arr,p Phyllis Hyman-voc Charles Veal-cond The Charles Veal String Orchestra Norman Connors-d,perc Bobby Lyle-keys Darryl Munyungo Jackson-perc Freddie Washington-b Doc Powell-g Mike Baker-d Paul Jackson Jr.-arr,keys,g Paulinho DaCosta-perc Angela Bofill-voc Eve Cornelious-voc Patrice Rushen-p,keys Pharoah Sanders-ts Marcus Belgrave-tp Nat Bettis-perc Stanley Clarke-b Kirk Whalum-ts others
The Arkestra-(private tape)

Washington, DC, Warner Theatre 7/3/93
John Gilmore-ts,EVI,voc; Jothan Callins-tp,flh; Fred Adams-tp; Michael Ray-tp,voc; Chris Capers-flh; Ahmed Abdullah-tp,voc; Tyrone Hill-tb,voc; Marshall Allen-as,EVI,voc; Pharoah Sanders-ts; Kenny Williams-ts,bs; James Jacson-bsn,fl,Infinity d,voc; Billy Bang-vln; Bruce Edwards-el-g; John Ore-b; Damon Choice-vib; Earl “Buster” Smith-d; Craig Haynes-d; Samarai Celestial-d; Jorge Silva-perc; Elson Nascimento-surdo grande,perc; unidentified-cga; Eddy Thomas [Thomas Thaddeus]-perc,dance; Gaston Neal-recitation

Franklin Kiermyer-Solomon’s Daughter

Evidence 22083 USA cd Water Music, NJ © 1994
Franklin Kiermyer-d Pharoah Sanders-ts John Esposito-p Drew Gress-b Chris Gekker-flh
Various Artists-Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool

GRP/Red Hot 9794 USA cd2 NYC Los Angeles London © 1994
Donald Byrd-tp Ronny Jordan-g Guru-voc Natty-voc MC Solaar-voc Ron Carter-b Michael Franti Spearhead Me’Shell NdegeOcello-b,el-p,clav,voc Herbie Hancock-p David Gamson-keys,prog Wah Wah Watson-g Luis Conte-cowbell Harvey Mason-d Lester Bowie-tp Federico Gonzalez Pena-el-p Steve Williams-d Carl Carter-el-b Danny Sadownick-perc Tadashi Yabe Toshio Matuura Raphael Sebbag Ayumi Obinata-prog Imani Wilcox Romye robinson Derrick Stewart Trevant Hardson Mark Walker Black Thought-voc Malik B-voc Hub-b Roy Ayers-vib Ramsey Lewis-p Bernie Worrell-keys Joshua Redman-ts Ben Riley-d Reggie Workman-b Leroy Jenkins-vln Alice Coltrane-p,org,harp,perc Jeff “Tain” Watts-d Kenny Kirkland-p Robert Hurst-p Pharoah Sanders-ts Don Cherry-pkt tp Branford Marsalis-ts

Maleem Mahmoud Ghania with Pharoah Sanders-The Trance of Seven Colors

Axiom 314-524 047 USA cd House of the Caid Khoubane, Medina of Essaouira, District Chbanat, Morocco 6/1/94 6/2/94 6/3/94
Maleem Mahmoud Ghania-guimbri,lead voc,tbel Pharoah Sanders-ts Maleem Boubker Ghania-guimbri,tbel Maleem Mahmoud Ahkaraz-tbel Maleem Abdellah Ghania-krkaba,voc,handclaps Abdellah Ahkaraz-krkaba,voc,handclaps El Moktar Ghania-krkaba,voc,handclaps Mohamed Abdellaoui-krkaba,voc,handclaps Mohamed Outanine-krkaba,voc,handclaps Abdellatif Abdellaoui-krkaba,voc,handclaps Hassan Machoure-krkaba,voc,handclaps Mohamed Boujmia-krkaba,voc,handclaps Abdellah Lamsouger-handclaps Maleem Abdelkabir-ghaita Abdelmalak Ben Hamou-ghaita Abderrahman Nimini-tbel Abdelmoula Hnikkich-harraz Mustapha Bousan-harraz Zaida Ghania-voc Mina Ahkaraz-voc Saida Battach-voc Fatna Ifis-voc Fatima Labied-voc Hafida Ghania-voc J’mia Ghania-voc Khadija Ghania-voc Malika Ghania-voc
Pharoah Sanders-Message From Home

Verve 314 529 578 USA cd NYC, Sony Studio Brooklyn, Greenpoint Studio © 1995
Pharoah Sanders-ts,ss,fl,bells,bowls,voc Michael White-vln William Henderson-p,el-p,voc Bernie Worrell-keys,voc Jeff Bova-prog,keys Foday Musa Suso-kora,dousongonni,voc Dominic Kanza-g Charnett Moffett-b Steve Neil-b,el-b Hamid Drake-d,tablas,frame d,voc Aiyb Dieng-chatan,cga,bells,gongs,voc Salie Suso-voc Mariama Suso-voc Fanta Mangasuba-voc Fatoumata Sako-voc
Steve Turre-Rhythm Within

Verve 27159 USA cd Englewood Cliffs, NJ , Van Gelder Recording Studios 1995
Steve Turre-tb,shells; Pharoah Sanders-ts; Jon Faddis-tp,flh,shells; Stanton Davis-tp,flh,shells; Britt Woodman-tb; Robin Eubanks-tb,shells; Frank Lacy-tb,shells; Jamal Haynes-tb,shells; Aaron Johnson-tb,shells; Douglas Purviance-tb,btb,shells; Kimati Dinizulu-one string,African d,shakere,clave,perc; Herbie Hancock-p; Andy Gonzalez-b; Victor Lewis-d,perc; Milton Cardona-cga,guiro, shakere,perc; Jimmy Delgado-timb,cowbell, shakere,perc
Jah Wobble-Heaven & Earth

Island 162-531 050 USA cd Brooklyn, Greenpoint Studio Greenhouse Studio Sonica Studio © 1995
Zi Lan Liao-voc,ku cheng Kui Hsuing Li-er-hu,don shui,bamboo fl Neville Murray-cga,bells Mark Ferda-keys Jah Wobble-b,d,gong,keys,orch,el-b Natacha Atlas-voc Justin Adams-g Pharoah Sanders-ss,fl,ts Aiyb Dieng-shatan,gongs,cga Bernie Worrell-keys,synth DJ Rob Swift-turntables Nicky Skopelitis-el-g,g Jerome ‘Bigfoot’ Brailey-d DXT-turntable Najma Akhtar-voc Inder ‘Goldfinger’ Matharu-tablas
Various Artists-Voodoo Chile: The Music of Jimi Hendrix

VAP VPVR-60847 J vid Jazz Open Stuttgart 7/23/95
Pharoah Sanders speaking 0:48
Brandon Ross-g; Cyro Baptista-perc; Jean-Paul Bourelly-g,voc; Pharoah Sanders-wood flutes,voc
Voodoo Chile (Hendrix) 3:07
All-star tribute concert to Jimi Hendrix live in Germany July 1995. Different groupings of musicians performing new arrangements of Hendrix classics, also included is a clip from Hendrix at the Beat Club 1967. Vernon Reid, David Torn, Nguyen Le, Jean-Paul Bourelly, Jack Bruce, Mick Karn, Victor Bailey, Adam Holzman, Terry Bozzio, Trilok Gurtu, Pharoah Sanders, Cassandra Wilson, Howard Levy, Hank Shroy, Curtis Watts, Brandon Ross, Cyro Baptista, and others. Running time 75 min.
Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen-(private tape)

NYC, St. Peter’s Church, John Gilmore Memorial Service 10/29/95
Marshall Allen-as,fl; Michael Ray-tp,voc; Ahmed Abdullah-tp,voc; Fred Adams-tp; Dave Gordon-tp; Tyrone Hill-tb,voc; Dick Griffin-tb; Vincent Chancey-Frh; Noel Scott-as,perc,handsprings,voc; Pharoah Sanders-ts; Michael Williams-ts,fl; James Jacson-bsn,fl,voc; Damon Choice-vib; Bruce Edwards-el-g; Samarai Celestial-d; Craig Haynes-d; Elson Nascimento-surdo grande,perc; Teddy Thomas [Thomas Thaddeus]-djembe,agogo,tambourine,bells,fire dance; Art Jenkins-voc,perc

Aiyb Dieng-Rhythmagick

Subharmonic 7021 POR cd Brooklyn, Greenpoint Studio © 1996
Aiyb Dieng-chatan,talking d,cga,bata,bass d,jimbe,gongs,bells,cymbals,metals Trilok Gurtu-d,tablas Daniel Ponce-bata,cga Carlos Cordova-b Pharoah Sanders-ts,metal fl,wood fl Bernie Worrell-org,clavinet Bootsy Collins-g,space b Nicky Skopelitis-g,12-string g Bill Laswell-low b,bowed b,samples Umar Bin Hassan-voc
Jali Kunda-Griots of West Africa & Beyond

Ellipsis Arts CD3510 USA cd Brikama, Gambia Kolda, Senegal Gabu, Guinea-Bissau 1996
Foday Musa Suso-kora,el-kora,perc,voc Jeff Bova-keys Bill Laswell-b,samples Nicky Skopelitis-prog Clive Smith-prog Pharoah Sanders-ts African musicians
Wallace Roney-Village

Warner Bros. 46649 USA cd NYC, Sear Sound 12/3/96 12/4/96 12/5/96
Wallace Roney-tp Lenny White-d Clarence Seay-b Geri Allen-p Antoine Roney-ts,bcl,ss Chick Corea-p,Fender Rhodes Michael Brecker-ts Pharoah Sanders-ts Robert “Baabe” Irving III-synth Steve Berrios-perc
Music Revelation Ensemble-Cross Fire

DIW 927 J cd NYC, Avatar 12/17/96 12/18/96
James Blood Ulmer-g Calvin “Hassen Truth” Jones-b Cornell Rochester-d Pharoah Sanders-ts John Zorn-as
Arcana-Arc of the Testimony

Axiom 314-524 431 USA cd Brooklyn, Greenpoint Studio 1997
Tony Williams-d Bill Laswell-b,6-string b,fretless b,ebo,SFX Pharoah Sanders-ts Byard Lancaster-as,bcl Graham Haynes-cor Nicky Skopelitis-g,12-string g Buckethead-g
Terry Callier-Time Peace

Verve/Forecast 314 537 317 USA cd Chicago, Tone Zone Recording Chicago, Dr. CAW Studios London, Matrix Wessex Studios © 1997
Terry Callier-voc,g Larry Bowen-tp Gary Plummley-ts Pharoah Sanders-ts Howard Levy-harm Mark Edwards-p,org Mike Kocour-p,org Ernie Denov-g John McLean-g John Moulder-g Jim Mullen-g Dave Onderdonk-g Dave Barnard-el-b Eric Hochberg-el-b,b Boscoe D’Olivera-perc Pennington McGee-perc,voc Alfredo Alias-d Hank Guaglione-d Morris Jennings-d Dave Trigwell-d Paul Wertico-d Veronica Cowper-voc Toni Moore-voc Suzanne Palmer-voc
Chakra: The Seven Centers

Meta 001 USA cd 1997
Sarita Choudry, Willem Dafoe, Sharon Gannon, Umar Bin Hassan, David Life, Dechen Thurman, Pharoah Sanders, Trilok Gurtu, Nicky Skopelitis, Bill Laswell, Jah Wobble, Graham Haynes, Jeff Bova, DJ Cheb i Sabbah, others

The Last Poets-Time Has Come

Mouth Almighty 534467 cd USA Brooklyn, Greenpoint Studios © 1997
Don “Babatunde” Eaton-d; Abiodun Oyewole-voc; Umar Bin Hassan-voc; Bill Laswell-arr; D.X.T.-voc,kalimba; Aiyb Dieng-perc,cga,gong,bells,talking d,chatan; Pharoah Sanders-ts,bottle; Pharoah Davis-voc; Andre Zachery-voc; Jamal Whatley-voc; Khalil Muhammad Hassan-voc; Chuck D-voc
Tisziji Munoz-River of Blood

Anami Music 10 USA cd NYC, Survival Studio 3/10/97
Tisziji Munoz-g,synth,shenai; Rashied Ali-d,perc; John Hicks-p; Don Pate-b; Pharoah Sanders-sax; Dave Liebman-sax
The Joy of Good Spirits (Munoz) 4:02
(Sanders does not appear on other tracks)
Tisziji Munoz-Present Without a Trace

Anami Music 11 USA cd NYC, Survival Studio 10/11/97
Tisziji Munoz-g,synth; Rashied Ali-d,perc; Bernie Senensky-p; Don Pate-b; Pharoah Sanders-sax
The Dance of the Visionaries (Munoz) 6:56
(Sanders does not appear on other tracks)
Tisziji Munoz-Spirit World

Anami Music 12 USA cd2 NYC, Survival Studio 11/3/97
Tisziji Munoz-g,synth,bells,voc; Rashied Ali-d,perc; Bernie Senensky-p; Don Pate-b; Pharoah Sanders-sax,vocal effects
Sound of Sounds (0:25)
Spirit-World Contemplation (21:46)
Harmonic Heaven (5:19)
The Final Words (11:39)
Dance The Feeling Of Love (6:43)
Thank You All Great Spirits (10:54)
Purification By Fire (10:05)
Sing Sweet Songs of Peace (3:08)
Blues For Planet Mirth (11:00)
Live To Give Heart-Love (4:08)
All compositions by Tisziji Munoz
Pharoah Sanders-Save Our Children

Verve POCJ-1418 J cd West Orange, NJ, Orange Music © 1998
Pharoah Sanders-ts,ss,double reeds,bells,perc,voc; William Henderson-p,harmonium; Bernie Worrell-org,el-p,synth; Tony Cedras-harmonium; Jeff Bova-synth,prog; Alex Blake-b; Zakir Hussain-tablas,wooden box,mbira,voc; Trilok Gurtu-d,tablas,perc; Abdou Mboup-talking d,voc; Abiodun Oyewole-voc; Asante-voc
Save Our Children (P. Sanders/A. Oyewole/A. Mboup) 7:51
Midnight in Berkeley Square (M. Sherwin/E. Maschwitz) 9:17
Jewels of Love (P. Sanders) 14:00
Kazuko (P. Sanders) 10:15
The Ancient Sounds (P. Sanders) 10:51
Far-Off Sand (Z. Hussain/P. Sanders) 9:09
Pharoah Sanders-The Remixes by Bill Laswell

Verve 12″ West Orange, NJ, Orange Music © 1998
Pharoah Sanders-ts,ss,double reeds,bells,perc,voc; William Henderson-p,harmonium; Bernie Worrell-org,el-p,synth; Tony Cedras-harmonium; Jeff Bova-synth,prog; Alex Blake-b; Zakir Hussain-tablas,wooden box,mbira,voc; Trilok Gurtu-d,tablas,perc; Abdou Mboup-talking d,voc; Abiodun Oyewole-voc; Asante-voc
Randy Weston-Khepara

Verve 314 557 821-2 USA cd NYC, Avatar Studios 2/23/98 2/24/98 2/25/98
Randy Weston-p; Alex Blake-b; Victor Lewis-d; Chief Bey-voc,Ashiko d; Neil Clark-cga,kjimbe,African perc,gong,shekere; Talib Kibwe-as,fl; Benny Powell-tb; Pharoah Sanders-ts,ss; Min Xiao Fen-pipa,gong
Pharoah Sanders/Hamid Drake/Adam Rudolph-Spirits

mah/meta 004 USA cd © 1998
Pharoah Sanders-ts,voc,wood fl,hindehoo; Hamid Drake-d,voc,def,tabla,frame drums; Adam Rudolph-handrumset (conga,djembe),udu drum,thumb piano,talking drum,bendir,bamboo fl,overtone singing,gong,perc
Sunrise 19:18
Morning in Soweto 5:00
The Thousand Petalled Lotus 7:00
I and Thou 2:05
Uma Lake 3:14
Ancient Peoples 7:35
Calling To The Luminous Beings 5:54
Roundhouse 2:28
Molimo 2:44
Sunset 5:05
All compositions by Pharoah Sanders, Adam Rudolph and Hamid Drake
This cd may be ordered directly from Meta at Meta Records
Various Artists-Searching for Jimi Hendrix

The Right Stuff 72438-59782-2-7 USA cd © 1999
Cassandra Wilson-voc; Pharoah Sanders-ts; unknown g, b, keys, perc
Angel (Jimi Hendrix) 5:57
(Sanders does not appear on other tracks)
23 Skidoo

EMI 849412 cd © 2000
Gini Ball-vln; Dinah Beamish-cel; Dennis Rollins-tb; Pharoah Sanders-ts; Anne Stephenson-vln; Eddie Tan Tan-tp; John Turnbull-arr,mixing; 23 Skidoo-prod; Chanan Hanspal-g

Gigi

Palm Pictures 2068 cd © 2001
Gigi-voc; Bill Laswell-el-b; Nicky Skopelitis-el-g; Wayne Shorter-sax; Pharoah Sanders-sax; Henry Threadgill-sax; Aiyb Dieng-perc; Karsh Kale-perc

Tisziji Munoz-Divine Radiance

Anami 36706 USA cd NYC, Right Track Recording 10/30/2001
Rashied Ali-d; Cecil McBee-b; Paul Shaffer-org,synth,p; Don Pate-b; Pharoah Sanders-ts; Ravi Coltrane-ts; Tisziji Munoz-synth,g

Pharoah Sanders-With a Heartbeat

Evolver 2015 USA cd West Orange, NJ, Orange Music © 2003
Pharoah Sanders-ts,fl; Trilok Gurtu-tabla,voc; Graham Haynes-cor,elec; Nicky Skopelitis-g,el-sitar; Jeff Bova-keys; Dr. Jean-Louis Zink-heartbeats; Bill Laswell-el-b,fl,keys

Asana 3-Peaceful Heart

Meta 0015 USA cd West Orange, NJ, Orange Music © 2003
Pharoah Sanders-ts; Laraaji-el-zither; Nicky Skopelitis-el-g
Samadhi State (Bill Laswell) 16:33
(Sanders does not appear on other tracks)

Lonesome Echo Productions-Silver Ocean

Disorient SUSHICD49 E cd Tokyo, Kingston, NYC, Chicago © 2003
Pharoah Sanders-ts; Apani-rap; Lonnie Liston Smith-p; DJ Spinna-turntable
Love (Yasushi Ide/Yoko Ota)
(Sanders does not appear on other tracks)

David Murray & The Gwo-Ka Masters featuring Pharoah Sanders-Gwotet

Justin Time CND cd
David Murray-ts; Christian Laviso-voc,g; Klod Kiavue-voc,d; Francois Ladreqeau-voc,d; Herve Samb-g; Angel Ballester Veliz-fl,as; Moises Marquez Leyva-bs; Alexander Brown-tp; Carlos Sonduy Dimet-tp; Elpidio Chappotin Delgado-tp; Leonardo Garcia Alarcon-tb; Jaribu Shahid-b,el-b; Hamid Drake-d; Pharoah Sanders-ts

The Record Box…

Another colab mix done with THE legendary elreza. Its defo a good one for the weekend:

the creator is so far out – phill musra
the inner cry – opa
between the devil and the blue horizon – hans dulfer
afrasia – les hooper
taj – nat adderley
king kong – full moon ensemble
lester bowie – for fela
maha samana – john mayer
music for nita and bert – banten

Snag it here

Guest Mix over at orsii.com

A couple of mixes i done as a guest appearence are here hosted courtesy of the ninja Panda Orsi!

01. Robin Jones – Atlas
02. Unknown – Unknown
03. Mike Nock Underground – Hobgoblin
04. Hannibal Marvin Peterson – Revelation
05. Steve Grossman – Moon Dance
06. John Gordon – Danish Drive
07. Last Poets – Two Little Boys
08. David Axelrod – Warning Sign ii
09. Andrew Hill – Lift Every Voice
10. Walter Bishop Jr – Waltz for Zweetie
11. Herbie Hancock/Jonathan Tate – Santification
12. Max Roach – Let thy people Go

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Tracklisting for Panda Breaks:

01. Prelude – Welcome
02. Francisco Mora – Samba De Amor
03. J Coles – Petits Machins
04. K Mansfield – Big Shot
05. J Cameron – Afro Metropolis
06. C Hicks – On The Wild
07. J Pearson – Bass Guitar Feature
08. S Dale – Artful Dodger
09. Randy Weston – Little Niles
10. Bubbha Thomas and the Lightmen – Country Fried Chicken
11. D Lamont – The Fickle Fugue
12. D Richmond – The Amazing Music Machine
13. Natural Essence – In Search of
14. Kamau Daaood – Army of Healers
15. Lloyd McNeil – Dig where dat’s at!
16. Byard Lancaster – Blue Trane
17. Mary Lou Williams – Act of Contrition
18. Mary Lou Williams – Intermission
19. Mary Lou Williams – Gloria #1

Thanks a million for letting me infect your cool blog!

Music From The Black Museum #4: Worldwide Weight

This is without doubt the heaviest mix on this site — Strictly for the heads… Expect lots of pots and pans getting the shit kicked out of them! and a journey that takes you to: USA, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Brazil, Denmark, Japan, Cuba, Ethiopia, Italy, Switzerland…

Trax:
Mulatu Astatke and his Ethiopian Quintet: Shagu Le allucinazioni
Janko Nilovic: African Dream
Janko Nilovic: Postscriptum
Janko Nilovic: Shadow Of Our Life
Janko Nilovic: Sacha Pacha
George Russell: The Chromatic Universe Parts [i ii
iii]
Toshiaki Yokota & The Beat Generation: Flute Adventure
Drum Circus: La-Si-Do
Drum Circus: Magical Cirrus
Afro Soul Tet: Drumbouie
Bobby Hamilton Quintet: In The Mouth Of The Beast
Babs Robert Love Planet: PacMAN / pro forma 1 / architechtirx
Staffan Abeleen Quintet: Svit Caçhasa

Stick with it MONOHUB

Music From The Black Museum #3: The Loud Minority from Christo Redentor

More spiritual goodness from the Black Museum. This one is especially for Matthew CHEERS for the help with the Coltrane thing — Very much appreciated, MONOHUB and a metaphorical Jazz Hug for ORSI

Harvey Mandell: Christo Redentor
Doug Carn: Welcome
Awakening: Epilogue
Mtume: Invocation
Buddy Terry: Baba Hengates
The Southern Freedom Arkestra: Prayer for Saude
Nation: Understand
Pharoah Sanders: Lower Egypt
Frank Foster: Loud Minority
Max Roach: Tears for Johannesburg
Stanley Cowell: Powerful Paul Robeson
Jose James: Nola
Duke Pearson: Christo Redentor
Max Roach + JC White Singers: Let Thy People Go

Coltrane ReUp

This is a reup and served courtesy of Matthew. This link was originally on podmatic and is the second most clicked link next to the blue note jobbie.

So if you missed it then nows your chance to snag it. Please thank Matthew for his efforts!

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Archie Shepp: African Drums
Cry of My People | IMPULSE 1974

Joe Lee Wilson and Bond Street: Mode for Trane
Mode for Trane | Trio 1976

Archie Shepp featuring Leon Thomas: Shoo Pee Do
Kwanza | IMPULSE 1974

Earl and Carl Grubbs, The Visitors: Naima
Neptune | MUSE 1972

Sarah Webster Fabio: Equinox
Together to the Tune of Coltrane’s Equinox | Folkways 1977

Billy Gault: Mode for Trane
When Destiny Calls | Inner City Records/Steeplechase 1976

Descendants Of Mike And Phoebe: Coltrane
A Spirit Speaks | Strata-East 1974

Alice Coltrane: Blue Nile
Ptah the El Daoud | IMPULSE 1971

Pharaoh Sanders: Upper and Lower Egypt (edit)
Tauhid | IMPULSE 1966

Gary Bartz: JUJU Man
JUJU Man | Catalyst 1976

Remember 9/11

Its friday and its sunny and its 9/11. Heres a mix thats all about peace, love and UNITY….

FOR ALL THOSE THAT DIED FOR THE GREED OF OTHERS… RIPeace!

Mark Murphy: What a Wonderful World
Mark Murphy: This Must be Earth
Mary Lou Williams: Creedo
Marion Williams: Will the Circle be Unbroken?
Byard Lancaster: Saint John Coltrane
Horace Tapscott Arkestra: Dem Folks
Randy Weston: Tanjah
Brigitte Wall: Let’s Forget The World
David Lindup: Means to an End
D Lamont: The Fickle Fugue
T Kinsey: The Virgin Land
Alan Moorhouse: West Coastin’
The Lightmen: Fancy Pants
Creative Arts Ensemble: See Discoveries
Creative Arts Ensemble: New Horizons

Music From The Black Museum #2 Spirited Black

This is actually part one but i fucked it up… No matter!

Prayer: Hamiet Bluiett
Theme from the Stargazers: David S Ware
Deep River In Her Voice: Kamau Daaood
Willis: Mary Lou Williams
Amen: Mary Lou Williams
Little Daaood: Natural Essence
Samba Lady: The ORF Bigband
Prelude/Samba De Amor: Francisco Mora
Island Fever: Larry Nozero
Furioso: Reggie Moore
Take 5: Minoru Muraoka
Bamboo Rock: Minoru Muraoka
I am NOT for Sale — A poem for Papa; Horace Tapscott: Kamau Daaood

Music From The Black Museum #1: Spirited Away

i am horace tapscott
my fingers are danching grassroots
i do not fit in form, i create form
my ears are radar charting the whispers of my ancestors
i seek the divinity in outcasts, the richness of rebels
i will pray for you on this snaggle-toothed piano
songs for the unsung
whose lineage was fed to sharks in the atlantic
i will concertize you into trance, here in this garage
conjure spirits that will sing you into remembrance
on this piano so far out of tune it opens doors to other worlds
i will climb inside this piano searching for our history
i will assemble a choir of unborn voices
to teach you what the future sounds like
i will love you with the warmth of the african sun
i walk these sacred streets remembering kola nuts and cowrie shells
and how well our uncles wore their trousers
i am horace tapscott
and i am not for sale

kamau daaood

Trax:
Intro: Save the Children
Tune Weaver: Billy Wright
Sweet Ray: Lightmen+1
Little Niles: Randy Weston
Relations: David Wertman
Earthly Delights: David Wertman
World Music: Kamau Daaood
Clear Air Dancer: David Wertman
Uhuru: Creative Arts Ensemble
Encouragement: Creative Arts Ensemble
Ring Shout Ballet: Ed Kelly Ensemble
Home Rule: Lloyd McNeill
On the Road Home: Lightmen+1
Outro

ONE BLACK CHOPSTICK…

Guest Post over at Ile Oxumare

Ish has allowed me to grace his great blog once again with a radical mix of Live Jazz and Spoken word sort of like a concert you wish happened but never did… All info is over here and there is a superb write up by him also… deeply humbeled! So dont hang around here go get it now — DEEP!

Give The Vibes Some: Khan Jamal
Black Spirits Intro, Kid bit
Children intro Haki R. Madhubuti & Nation
Take this hammer: Oliver nelson/ Gill scott heron
Natural and the spiritual: Brother Malachi Favors Magoustous
I love music Amiri Baraka
pharoahs tune Leon Thomas
H Rapp Brown part i
Wisdom through Music Pharoah Sanders
Healing Song: Pharoah Sanders
Dope Amiri Baraka
H Rapp Brown part ii
H Rapp Brown part iii
love is everywhere Pharoah Sanders
um um um leon thomas

If Spike Lee Did Movies In Audio…

I did a version of this a while back and was planning to publish on July 17th as a memorial to the day that John Coltrane died, but, a combination of lack of time, work commitments and other things got in the way…

Anyway I redid it and am glad that i did as it’s much better than the original. This one strictly for the heads… and defo not for the feint hearted. If you liked the Black State of Vietnam mix then this is for you…

So as i said; In respect of John Coltrane and George Russell. Much thanks to Monohub too although he plays down his part in this, his genius did have a lot to do with it…

Tracklisting:
Amina Claudine Myers | “Have Mercy Upon Us”
Mary Lou Williams | “Lamb of God” [Excerpt]
Unknown | “ii. Go Down Moses / John Brown’s Legacy” [Excerpt]
Aski Mohammad Toure | “Notes From a Guerilla Diary”
Morocco | “Quand le Soleil Vient”
Mary Lou Williams | “Old Time Spiritual”
Pharoah Sanders | Equinox
Horace Tapscott Arkestra | Life is Such a Sweet Thing
Ossie Davis | Congressional Black Carcus
Masabumi Kikuchi Quintet | Drizzling Rain
Ishmael Reed | St Louis Woman
David Jackson | New York Weather Report
Bob Callahan | A Bard’s Prayer
David Jackson | Sound Poem
Children & Edith Hill | Red White and Black
Selah | The Corner
George Russell | Events
Amiri Baraka | Dope
Eddie Jefferson | Freedom Jazz Dance
Amiri Baraka | Giorno Poetry Systems – Totally Corrupt
David Meltzer | Bark Is What Us Dogs Do…

George Russell RIP

Sad news that the genius that was George Russell Passed away on Monday 27th July 2009 aged 86 from complications due to Alzheimer’s.

Russell was born in Cincinnati in 1923 and attended Wilberforce University. He played drums in Benny Carter’s band and later wrote “Cubano Be/Cubano Bop” for Dizzy Gillespie’s orchestra. It premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1947 and was the first fusion of Afro-Cuban rhythms with jazz.

Russell developed the Lydian concept in 1953. It’s credited as the first theoretical contribution from jazz.

George Russell is a hugely influential, innovative figure in the evolution of modern jazz, the music’s only major theorist, one of its most profound composers, and a trail blazer whose ideas have transformed and inspired some of the greatest musicians of our time.

Russell was born in Cincinnati in 1923, the adopted son of a registered nurse and a chef on the B&O Railroad. He began playing drums with the Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps and eventually received a scholarship to Wilberforce University where he joined the Collegians, whose list of alumni include Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Fletcher Henderson, Ben Webster, Cootie Williams, Ernie Wilkins and Frank Foster. But his most valuable musical education came in 1941, when, in attempting to enlist in the Marines, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, spending 6 months in the hospital where he was taught the fundamentals of harmony from a fellow patient. From the hospital he sold his first work, “New World,” to Benny Carter. He joined Benny Carter’s Band, but was replaced by Max Roach; after Russell heard Roach, he decided to give up drumming. He moved to New York where he was part of a group of musicians who gathered in the basement apartment of Gil Evans. The circle included Miles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, Max Roach, Johnny Carisi and on occasion, Charlie Parker. He was commissioned to write a piece for Dizzy Gillespie’s orchestra; the result was the seminal “Cubano Be/Cubano Bop” the first fusion of Afro-Cuban rhythms with jazz, premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1947 and featuring Chano Pozo. Two years later his “Bird in Igor’s Yard” was recorded by Buddy DeFranco, a piece notable for its fusion of elements from Charlie Parker and Stravinsky.

It was a remark made by Miles Davis when George asked him his musical aim which set Russell on the course which has been his life. Miles said he “wanted to learn all the changes.” Since Miles obviously knew all the changes, Russell surmised that what he meant was he wanted to learn a new way to relate to chords. This began a quest for Russell, and again hospitalized for 16 months, he began to develop his “Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization.” First published in 1953, the Lydian Concept is credited with opening the way into modal music, as demonstrated by Miles in his seminal “Kind of Blue” recording. Using the Lydian Scale as the PRIMARY SCALE of Western music, the Lydian Chromatic Concept introduced the idea of chord/scale unity. It was the first theory to explore the vertical relationship between chords and scales, and was the only original theory to come from jazz. Throughout the 1950’s and 60’s, Russell continued to work on developing the Concept and leading bands under his direction. In the mid-fifties, a superb sextet, including Bill Evans and Art Farmer recorded under his direction, producing “The Jazz Workshop,” an album of astonishing originality; the often dense textures and rhythms anticipated the jazz-rock movement of the 1970’s.

During this time, he was also working odd jobs as a counterman in a lunch spot and selling toys at Macy’s at Christmas; the release of “The Jazz Workshop” put an end to Russell’s jobs outside of music. He was one of a group to be commissioned to write for the first annual Brandeis Jazz Festival in 1957—“All About Rosie” was based on an Alabama children’s song. “New York, New York,” with poetry by Jon Hendricks and featuring Bill Evans, Max Roach, John Coltrane, Milt Hinton, Bob Brookmeyer, Art Farmer and a Who’s Who of the New York jazz scene is striking in it evocation of the New York of the late fifties. From 1960, Russell began leading his own sextets around the New York area and at festivals; he also toured throughout the Midwest and Europe with his sextet. One of the important albums of this time was “Ezz-Thetic,” which featured Eric Dolphy, Don Ellis and Steve Swallow.

The above lifted from here

Here are a three ESSENTIAL selections by George that you must check out before you die:
Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature 1980 on Strata East Cat# 19761 and various other label franchises

This is my fav. and i used Events [i ii iii iv v vi vii] in this Umoja mix if you not heard it… also a segment Pt. 01 in here with a vocal overlay from Leron jones. If you listen closely, you can i think hear quite possibly the first House record before disco. This lp has it all, electronics, funk, Jazz, Soul… Way Way Way ahead of it’s time, recorded back in 1968. Special…

New York NY Decca

Another Great lp and always on constant rotation here. In manyways this lp has inspired a lot of the mixes on the blog.
The late great Jon Hendricks is narrator over cool 50’s jazz provided by Bill Evans, Max Roach, Saint John Coltrane, Milt Hinton, Bob Brookmeyer, Art Farmer. Sublime!

Jazz in the Space Age Decca

Finally, last but no means least, Jazz in the Space Age features Bill Evans and Paul Bley on keys, and a large ensemble including Ernie Royal, Dave Baker, Walt Levinsky, Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton, and Don Lamond, among others. The three-part suite “Chromatic Universe” is the bollocks, [you can hear all three parts in my scrimshire takeover mix] sort of like hancocks Succotash but on steroids… Check Don Lamond, Charlie Persip on the drums, totally killing it —> Phenomenal!!!

All are easy to get, try here

Read more about the life and work of George here.

Godbless and much love to all his family. George will be sorely missed….
from all at blackclassical. Peace!

FROM JAZZ FUNK, FUSION TO ACID JAZZ: The History Of The UK Jazz Dance Scene

by Mark ‘Snowboy’ Cotgrove with Gary Nurse on the cover if im not mistaken…

Check the blog for some cool info, vids etc or and sorry you should buy from here

Ive just ordered my copy…

Spain is the place

Jazz on a Sunday 7. Hard and as fast as you like…

INTRO:
Poets Read Their Contemporary Poetry: Before Columbus Foundation
Folkways Records: FW09702
>> For the Poets: Jayne Cortez

Symphony Jazz Ensemble: Carmen
QCA Red Mark 364
>> Carmen Opera Suite [edit]

Georges Arvanitas: Soul Jazz
COLUMBIA (France) FPX 193
>> Un Poco Loco

Bosporus Bridges:
Turkish Jazz Funk [comp] ‘68-’78
>> Erol Peckan: Senlik

Fumio Itabashi: Nature
Nippon Columbia
>> Macumba [edit]

Jaedig Jazz Group: Let’s Keep The Message
DEBUT – Japan Reissue 2xLP
>> To Iskol’ Hof

Judy Bailey Quartet: Colours
Eureka Records E-103
>> Toledo.
>> edit with Colours

Carlos Garnett: Black Love
Muse 5040
>> Mother of the Future

Enjoy!

NEXT UP MONOHUB / BC SPESH… So get your finger out Nick

Scrimshire Podcast Takeover

Done a mix for my good friend Scrimshire. Its a deep mix of Electronica, Jazz and Hip Hop. You can check it out here. All the info is at his site. I will write a better post later as am currently stuck waiting for a train at London Euston

the bit with electric instruments:
Get a Devil: Boards of Canada
Theme from Space 1999: Barry Gray
Breakaway: Bary Gray
Bomb#20 does Descartes with Dolittle: John Carpenter
Altibzz: Autechre
Zeal: Plaid
Buns: Plaid
Me and My Variflex: Ocre
Triple Helixed: Jacob
Children Talking: Aphex Twin
I See Ghosts: BoomBip-v-Venetian Snares
Energy Warning: Boards of Canada
A is to B as B is to C: Boards of Canada
More Music Less Math: Mr Projectile
Forcassa3: Bola

The jazz bit
Le Allucinazion
African Dream
Postscriptum
Shadow Of Our Life
Sachapacha
The Chromatic Universe Parts [i ii iii]
Fireflutes
La-Si-Do
Magical Cirus
Afrodesia

The mpc bit
The Dialect of the Black American
Dilla: Son of a Step clapper
Seen: Madlib
Hydrant Game: Quasimoto
anonandon: 02beat
2-B2: cLOUDEAD
The Undenied: Portishead
Defjux Maintenance: Aaesop Rock
Broadfactor: Quasimoto
My Melody: MF DOOM
Nas: Made You Look
Ghostface/Raekwon: New York
Nas: Theif Theme
Ghostwhirl: MF DOOM
Daedalus: MF DOOM
AtticaFinch: SameOle Beat
Hypnotical Gases: Organized Konfuzion
Let there be Light: Bomb #20