Pharoah Sanders “Izipho Zam (My Gifts)” (1973, Everland Jazz)
via Forced Exposure: Everland Jazz present a reissue of Pharoah Sanders’ “Izipho Zam (My Gifts)”, originally released in 1973. Popular and increasingly in demand, Izipho Zam (My Gifts) falls into the ‘rare’ category among record collectors and is a gift to fans of master Pharoah Sanders. This demand is partially …
Forgotten Treasure: Pharoah Sanders “You Gotta Have Freedom” (1980)
If artistic freedom is hard to define than Free Jazz is even harder to define. Jazz can be considered the art of improvising and the melodic ancher that holds down a semblance of standard is the only constraint a player can define for himself. In all cases saxophonist and Coltrane …
Forgotten Treasure: Pharoah Sanders “The Creator has a master plan” (1960)
This is some deeeeeep stuff right here. A 35 minute track from saxophonist Pharoah Sanders on the classic 1960 record titled “Karma” which came out on Impulse! (originally founded by Creed Taylor of CTI and home of some of John Coltrane’s best records). This came out during the period where there …