A rare foray into #music and a kind of Christmas gift list for the musically adventurous on my #blog Curren(t) Thinking: "A Punter's Guide to Honk & Squeak Music (aka #FreeJazz) #jazz #JazzSky #MusicSky #OrnetteColeman #PharaohSanders #DonCherry #SonnySharrock doncurren.blogspot.com/2025/12/by-d...

A Punter's Guide to Honk and S...

Give this album a listen: Promises
https://open.spotify.com/album/4pDYkOvRt8GA6PxpVaHnLC?si=Rq8Fe47_RFaI2KMhQK1yng
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@jazz
#FloatingPoints
#PharaohSanders
#TheLondonSymphonyOrchestra

#Upcoming #AliceColtrane’s “The Carnegie Hall Concert” is a previously unreleased recording of a historic 1971 concert with an all-star group including #PharaohSanders, #ArchieShepp, #JimmyGarrison, #CecilMcBee, #EdBlackwell, and others. Available via #ImpulseRecords, March 21st. https://jazz.centerstagestore.com/products/alice-coltrane-the-carnegie-hall-concert-opaque-galaxy-orange-lp

Ptah the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970)
#AliceColtrane - Piano/Harp
#PharaohSanders - Tenor Saxophone/Flute
#JoeHenderson - Tenor Saxophone/Flute
#RonCarter - Double Bass
#BenRiley - Drums
Perhaps overshadowed by her next, more famous album, Ptah the El Daoud is a towering achievement - showcasing beautiful compositions and a supergroup bristling with chemistry. Henderson and Sanders make a perfect front line to bring Coltrane's spiritual and intellectual ambitions to life.
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Pharaoh Sanders & William Henderson, Altes Pfandhaus, Köln
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Pharoah Sanders (1981) by Wojciech Soporek
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#GreatAlbums1990s – TOP 20 - #PharaohSanders - #MessageFromHome (1996). Although jazz critics prefer Sanders’s Coltrane-oriented Crescent with Love (1993), MFH was a fascinating hybrid of modern jazz, African worldbeat and R&B. Sanders’ virtuosic sax is just one element among funky bass and drums, chanted vocals (“Our Roots Began in Africa” – surely one of the era’s great earworms), and the kora (on the lovely “Kumba”). A crossover gem for jazzers and non-jazzers alike.
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