Pharaoh Sanders - Village of the Pharoahs
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Like Village too, though I don't know if it's in my top five. Plus I don't think my top 5 have an order.
1 Deaf Dumb and Blind
2 Elevation
3 Pharoah
4 Izapho Zam
5 Wisdom Through Music
His greatest hits album on Impulse is a good comp of the Karma/ Tauhid/ Thembi/ Jewels of Thought period. I remember a record store dude about f15 yrs ago showing me the greatest hits album and being like "look. PSanders GREATEST HITS!!! Hahaha..." It was funny, but I didn't own any Pharoah so bought it and that was it. Anyone seen him play recently, is he still going?
1 Deaf Dumb and Blind
2 Elevation
3 Pharoah
4 Izapho Zam
5 Wisdom Through Music
His greatest hits album on Impulse is a good comp of the Karma/ Tauhid/ Thembi/ Jewels of Thought period. I remember a record store dude about f15 yrs ago showing me the greatest hits album and being like "look. PSanders GREATEST HITS!!! Hahaha..." It was funny, but I didn't own any Pharoah so bought it and that was it. Anyone seen him play recently, is he still going?
my impression is that the allmusic critics sometimes sit down and review an artist's entire discography at once, so they'll get underwhelmed by something that would have sounded fine had they listened to it on its own. I think there are some Fela reviews on there where dude is obviously tired of listening to his stuff all day and wrote something like "OMFG Fela records are all the fucking same".
ppadilha said:my impression is that the allmusic critics sometimes sit down and review an artist's entire discography at once, so they'll get underwhelmed by something that would have sounded fine had they listened to it on its own. I think there are some Fela reviews on there where dude is obviously tired of listening to his stuff all day and wrote something like "OMFG Fela records are all the fucking same".
I get the feeling they dissed Village of the Pharaohs because it doesn't sound like all the other Sanders joints. Like they had been listening to Prince of Peace on repeat all day when this heavy arabesque fusion thing fucked up their Karma. I think it's a blindingly good piece.
I get the feeling they dissed Village of the Pharaohs because it doesn't sound like all the other Sanders joints. Like they had been listening to Prince of Peace on repeat all day when this heavy arabesque fusion thing fucked up their Karma. I think it's a blindingly good piece.
LoopDreams said:Anyone seen him play recently, is he still going?
Most certainly. I saw him in LA a couple of times in the mid-to-late 00s and it was super good. But i know he's still playing more recently too. In fact, I have it on good word that he will be playing in NYC in October (PM me if you're curious - i think it's some hush-hush ish).
Most certainly. I saw him in LA a couple of times in the mid-to-late 00s and it was super good. But i know he's still playing more recently too. In fact, I have it on good word that he will be playing in NYC in October (PM me if you're curious - i think it's some hush-hush ish).
I saw him live a little over a year ago and I thought it was fucking fantastic. Can't recommend it enough if you are a Pharoah fan.
Had the privilege of seeing him live in the 90s in Manchester. Did not disappoint.
There is a complete live concert on Youtube (blocked at this client's site) with the band with John Hicks/Idris Muhammad in it. Dates from the mid-80s. It's the band that played on this:
http://www.discogs.com/Pharoah-Sanders-Live/release/2077813
Incredible playing from all of them. I would have killed to be there.
There is a complete live concert on Youtube (blocked at this client's site) with the band with John Hicks/Idris Muhammad in it. Dates from the mid-80s. It's the band that played on this:
http://www.discogs.com/Pharoah-Sanders-Live/release/2077813
Incredible playing from all of them. I would have killed to be there.
Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Heart is a Melody
Black Unity
Elevation
Tauhid
Hard to pick five, but those are the ones I always go back to.
Haven't seen him since his mid-2000s shows at Blue Note Tokyo, and in NYC, but Australian friends spoke highly of shows there in recent years.
Oh, and Village is fuckin' great.
Heart is a Melody
Black Unity
Elevation
Tauhid
Hard to pick five, but those are the ones I always go back to.
Haven't seen him since his mid-2000s shows at Blue Note Tokyo, and in NYC, but Australian friends spoke highly of shows there in recent years.
Oh, and Village is fuckin' great.
I've been a fan for a long time and found myself graduating away from the impulse to the Theresa albums, especially after seeing him live with that quartet with John Hicks about 20 years back and it's stayed that way. One of the most memorable was at Dingwalls in London when he announced a very special guest, Jean Carn came on and sang 'creator has a masterplan' for 20 mins, mindblowingly good.
Shukuru
Moon child
Journey to the one
b/w
Karma
Thembi
Shukuru
Moon child
Journey to the one
b/w
Karma
Thembi
Village of the Pharoah is a great album, seen him play several times , north sea jazz fest, couple of soul weekenders, cant remember him playing at Dingwalls as said upthread even though I regularly went there during that period of time but may have done, hazy memory !
faves
Karma > Creator still one of the best tracks ever
India Navigation s/t
Izipho Zam
Deaf Dumb Blind
Jewels Of Thought
faves
Karma > Creator still one of the best tracks ever
India Navigation s/t
Izipho Zam
Deaf Dumb Blind
Jewels Of Thought
gaz said:Village of the Pharoah is a great album, seen him play several times , north sea jazz fest, couple of soul weekenders, cant remember him playing at Dingwalls as said upthread even though I regularly went there during that period of time but may have done, hazy memory !
faves
Karma > Creator still one of the best tracks ever
India Navigation s/t
Izipho Zam
Deaf Dumb Blind
Jewels Of Thought
Same list only with Village in the place of DDB. I'll also cheat by adding on Alice Coltrane's "Journey into " LP where Sanders plays brilliantly. Probably one of the best LPs on Impulse.
faves
Karma > Creator still one of the best tracks ever
India Navigation s/t
Izipho Zam
Deaf Dumb Blind
Jewels Of Thought
Same list only with Village in the place of DDB. I'll also cheat by adding on Alice Coltrane's "Journey into " LP where Sanders plays brilliantly. Probably one of the best LPs on Impulse.
