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The Complete Pharoah Sanders Theresa Recordings
Pharoah Sanders
Label: Mosaic Records
Released: 2025
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Personnel
Pharoah Sanders
saxophone, tenor
John Hicks
piano
Ray Drummond
bass, acoustic
Walter Booker
bass, acoustic
Idris Muhammad
drums
Leon Thomas
vocals
Elvin Jones
drums
Eddie Henderson
trumpet
Bobby Hutcherson
vibraphone
Billy Higgins
drumsAlbum Description
Sanders’s discography from the 1960s and ‘70s is well-represented in the canon, but his recordings from the 1980s on Theresa Records, a small but ambitious San Francisco Bay Area label, remain overlooked, misunderstood and underrated.
The Complete Theresa Recordings of Pharoah Sanders captures the saxophonist in transition, brokering a compelling truce with the jazz tradition without mortgaging his avant-garde bona fides. Sanders embraces the blues imperative, melodic interpretations of the Great American Songbook and jazz standards.
His group features fiercely swinging, post-bop rhythm sections. Among the A-listers on board are pianist John Hicks, bassists Ray Drummond and Walter Booker and drummers Idris Muhammad and Billy Higgins. Top-tier guests making cameos include vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, trumpeter Eddie Henderson, drummer Elvin Jones and vocalist Leon Thomas.
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