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1966 - John Coltrane Quintet - Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Hall - Tokyo

John Coltrane (ss, as, ts), Alice Coltrane (p), Pharoah Sanders (as, ts, bcl), Jimmy Garrison (b), Rashied Ali (dr)

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Pharoah Sanders & John Coltrane

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Album covers designed by Robert Flynn (those in the second column also designed with Barbara Flynn) for Impulse! Records from 1963 - 1969

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Spiritual jazz (or astral jazz)[1] is a sub-genre of jazz that originated in the United States during the 1960s. The genre is hard to characterize musically but draws from free, avant-garde and modal jazz and thematically focuses on transcendence and spirituality. John Coltrane's 1965 album A Love Supreme is considered landmark in the genre.

Origins

Pharoah Sanders in 1981.

Critics usually associate spiritual jazz with the 1960s but the beginnings of the genre can be traced to the 1940s and 1950s in works such as Black, Brown and Beige by Duke Ellington, Zodiac Suite by Mary Lou Williams, and Jazz at the Vespers by George Lewis.

During the 1960s in the United States, the civil rights movement was occurring, causing societal change and political movements. As a result, African-American people gained more freedom to celebrate their culture and to express themselves religiously. This led to a desire to push the conventions of jazz, with some artists choosing to search for transcendence and spirituality in their music.

John Coltrane's 1965 album A Love Supreme is generally considered the genesis of spiritual jazz though Coltrane can be heard developing the sound on the song "Spiritual" recorded four years earlier. Treblezine wrote "Spiritual jazz begins, essentially, with John Coltrane," while Pitchfork wrote "This musical exploration [of spirituality] was epitomized by tenor saxophonist John Coltrane". A Love Supreme and other works by John Coltrane inspired other jazz musicians to create music searching for transcendence. For example, Pharoah Sanders and Don Cherry were considered to have taken inspiration from Coltrane's spiritual works.

After John Coltrane's death in 1967, his wife Alice Coltrane and Sanders—both who had previously played with Coltrane—were some of the first to continue the sound of the genre. Coltrane's 1971 album Journey in Satchidananda combined spiritual jazz with influences from Hindustani classical music, after her journey into spirituality with help from Swami Satchidananda. Journey in Satchidananda used ragas, harps, sitars, and ouds to achieve its sound. Pharoah Sanders took inspiration from Arabic, Indian, and Afro-Cuban music to create early spiritual jazz albums, including Tauhid (1967) and Karma

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John Coltrane’s last band in the recording studio, 1966. Trane in front, Pharoah Sanders with flute and tenor sax, Rashied Ali way in the back on drums, Jimmy Garrison on bass, Alice Coltrane at the piano

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@sembulapeyalneerpol have you heard this yet??

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Pharoah Sanders & Starship Orchestra - Montreux Jazz Festival, Motreux, Switzerland, July 22, 1978

Plenty of Pharoah Sanders chat recently, mainly thanks to Luaka Bop's much-overdue reissue of the legendary Pharoah. A truly beautiful record, and the extra live material is very nice indeed. There's some cool ephemera and extra stuff via the Harvest Time Project, too.

Lonnie Liston Smith: Miles was encouraging us all to put our instruments through effects pedals; Pharoah didn't need that. He was a one-man effects pedal!

Pharoah isn't a mellow record by any stretch, but it does highlight the saxophonist’s gentler side. A year later at the Montreux Jazz Festival, things were anything but gentle. The video linked above with the expansive Starship Orchestra is a 25+-minute blowout, with Pharoah and the group barely coming up for air as they dive deep into the currents of a churning afro-latin groove. A thrill-ride, to say the least.

More Pharoah? Definitely check out Andy Beta's excellent “Pharoah & Phriends” mix for The Lot Radio, featuring a bunch of sweet Sanders sounds.

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10/26/2023

On this playlist, I want to celebrate some long songs, songs over ten minutes (though most will be much longer). I’ve seen songs like the following shunned for their length, which I find simply deplorable. These songs are just as beautiful as any other pieces of music and are equally worthy of celebration. Songs like these come in all sorts of forms, but I am most used to them being from ambient and progressive genres, so feel free to add some of your favorites! Because they are typically viewed in a different light, I am going to exclude classical works in this playlist.

“Station to Station” by David Bowie

“Black Unity” by Pharoah Sanders

“Close to the Edge” by Yes

“Tubular Bells” by Mike Oldfield

“Autobahn” by Kraftwerk

“Discreet Music” by Brian Eno

“The Heavenly Music Corporation” by Fripp & Eno

“In a Silent Way” by Miles Davis

“Long Season” by Fishmans

“Machine Gun” by The Peter Brötzmann Octet

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Still relevant today. Pharoah with the Last Poets, "This is Madness."

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Ray Drummond: The Bulldog of Jazz Bass

Introduction: When discussing the finest jazz bassists, Ray Drummond stands out as a true giant. Known for his versatile style and masterful technique, Drummond has carved out an extraordinary career as a performer, composer, and educator. Over the decades, he has lent his rich, resonant bass tone to countless recordings, collaborated with an astonishing array of jazz luminaries, and nurtured…

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pharoah sanders -- village of the pharoahs [parts 1-3]

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