And now he's gone. The music world has lost a giant. So grateful I lived in SF in the 1980s, where he lived, and got to see him often. RIP, Pharoah. Your music is an inspiration to millions.
It was this version, of this track, alongside 'Visions' by Stevie Wonder that made me listen to music in a different way. I was a child, and discovered both of these tracks around the same time. Stay blessed with our ancestors Pharaoh. 🙏
...awesome.... For me it was Ella.... Sounds strange yeah, sure until you learn what life for a coloured woman in the early 20th century was like. Such poise and humility these people have.... These are the lessons that we must pass on.
Pharoah Sanders - Tenor Sax Eddie Henderson - Flugelhorn John Hicks - Piano Ray Drummond - Bass Idris Muhammad - Drums Dee Dee Dickerson, Bobby McFerrin, Vicki Randle, Ngoh Spencer - Vocals
it's no understatement to say that Pharoah is a musical treasure of the highest & most sacred kind! Every time i listen to his music i am transported to a blissful realm where enlightenment and happiness exists in abundance!
Man I didn't even know that was a thing! Took me down a bit of a rabbit hole. Seems both corny and a lot of fun, and weirdly authentic! I thought they had ditched the authenticity in the early 70s. Glad to see jazz lives everywhere
🇺🇦✌🏾💛We gotta’ have peace & love.... We gotta have freedom & more worldwide freedom for ev‘rryone! 🇺🇦✌🏾💛Many prayers of blessings along with lovin’support from the Lord-Saviour for our brothers & sisters of the Ukraine!!!
Only just heard of his passing. There were tears of sadness but also of joy knowing he left us with so many wonderful moments as he completed his journey here. May your horn blow forever with God and the angels in Heaven. RIP you ol fader!
We have lost another legend. Rest in peace Pharoah Sanders. Thank you for blessing us with such a wonderful body of work. Your music will live on eternally. I’m fortunate enough to have been able to see and hear him many years ago in Newark, NJ. Absolutely beautiful performance!🔥👏🏾❤
Thank you Pharoah Sanders and company for this most delightful music ❤️ Thank you to my dear late brother Samuel for introducing me to this awesome music. Still my favourite. Music at its Finest ❤️❤️❤️
Absolutely Feel Good Music at its Finest, you gotta have peace and love to sit and Enjoy this Awesome Classic. Heavenly, Grown Folks Music all Day Long.
only 7200 plays? A disgrace. Wake up, people, and hear the pure sound of the great Pharoah - whose music truly is a healing force in the universe. Magnificent.
+megis ynynef People of Today is not in tune. Most people that listen to this music has some sort of Knowledge of Self and Culture. Keep Hope Alive though,,,
.... when I first heard this in 1993 .... when I first to could fully comprehend the depth of it all..... I knew at that very moment that my soul had evolved.
The "Brooklyn funk essentials" do a very good rendition of "The creator has a master plan" ... I get all of the young ones to listen.... Soul inspiring...
Cm9-Dm7-Gm7-Am7. Rinse. Repeat. How they manage to keep four chords interesting for almost severn minutes is beyond my comprehension, but they surely do. John Hicks (p), Ray Drummond (b), Idris Muhammad (d). BTW, one of the singers is Bobby McFerrin, a couple of years before he recorded his first album.
Yeah it IS amazing. Pharoah is a little like John Coltrane turned rock star. But I dont mean that in a disparaging way. Pharoah, like his mentor JC and many other predecessors, has a clear mission of carrying a message of spiritual uplift through music.
First heard this on the radio going to work & wondered how could I have missed hearing this inall my years of listening. Pharoah wails.. love that opening tenor cry. Hick's as always plays beautifully. great track.
Just as the first note of this exquisite tune will continue to travel through space, backward in time, so too will our memorialization of it (on this thread). It will also mark our brief time here, sharing our appreciation of this gift, long after we have moved on. Much peace and love to you all, as we journey to the One.
Probably duplicating myself, bút what a phenomenal set of musicians! Truly reaches the soul! John Hicks is so energetic and lyrical, what a loss for humanity :-) At least recordings of his work are available to remember his contributions.. has a wonderful discordance that brings intrigue, the trumpet and flugelhorn solos are exceptional!
