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Pharoah Sanders: Tauhid
by Chris May
Conventional wisdom has it that saxophonist Pharoah Sanders' signature, late-1960s astral jazz recording is The Creator Has A Master Plan" from Karma (Impulse!, 1969). But conventional wisdom is rarely to be trusted. Clocking in at an unhurried and mesmerising 32:45, Master Plan" is certainly definitive Sanders of the time; yet Upper Egypt And Lower Egypt," from Sanders' own-name Impulse! debut, Tauhid, recorded in November, 1966, is arguably the finest statement in his astral oeuvre.At a relatively brief 16:16, ...
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