{"title":"Pharoah Sanders","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"144\" data-end=\"711\"\u003ePharoah Sanders was a towering voice of spiritual jazz, known for a raw, searching tone and music that fused intensity with transcendence. Rising from John Coltrane’s circle, his classic Impulse! albums — including \u003cem data-start=\"359\" data-end=\"366\"\u003eKarma\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"368\" data-end=\"376\"\u003eThembi\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"381\" data-end=\"400\"\u003eJewels of Thought\u003c\/em\u003e — became landmarks of the genre. Later collaborations, from Alice Coltrane to the acclaimed \u003cem data-start=\"493\" data-end=\"503\"\u003ePromises\u003c\/em\u003e with Floating Points, showed his expansive vision. Explore our curated selection of Pharoah Sanders vinyl: essential reissues, rare pressings and modern classics that belong in every serious jazz collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"floating-points-pharoah-sanders-promises","title":"Floating Points \/ Pharoah Sanders \/ The London Symphony Orchestra – Promises (2021 Luaka Bop LP Coloured Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"278\" data-end=\"495\"\u003eReleased in 2021 on Luaka Bop, \u003cem data-start=\"309\" data-end=\"319\"\u003ePromises\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning collaboration between electronic composer \u003cstrong data-start=\"376\" data-end=\"395\"\u003eFloating Points\u003c\/strong\u003e (Sam Shepherd), legendary saxophonist \u003cstrong data-start=\"434\" data-end=\"453\"\u003ePharoah Sanders\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"459\" data-end=\"492\"\u003eThe London Symphony Orchestra\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"497\" data-end=\"869\"\u003eStructured as a single continuous suite in nine movements, the album blends lush orchestration, gentle electronics, and Sanders’s deeply soulful tenor saxophone into a meditative, transcendent experience. The recurring piano motif ties the work together, while Sanders’s expressive playing and the orchestra’s sweeping textures elevate the piece into something timeless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"871\" data-end=\"1047\"\u003eCritically acclaimed upon release, \u003cem data-start=\"906\" data-end=\"916\"\u003ePromises\u003c\/em\u003e was hailed as one of the finest albums of the decade, proving the enduring power of collaboration across generations and genres.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1277\" data-end=\"1425\"\u003eA deeply moving and genre-defying masterpiece, \u003cem data-start=\"1324\" data-end=\"1334\"\u003ePromises\u003c\/em\u003e is essential listening for fans of jazz, classical, and contemporary experimental music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Luaka Bop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42469174640699,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/dc5770dc-415c-41d9-820f-a91b2eeb2e98_thumbnail_4096.webp?v=1758193296"},{"product_id":"pharoah-sanders-pharoah-2023-luaka-bop-deluxe-edition-2lp-box-set","title":"Pharoah Sanders – Pharoah (2023 Luaka Bop Deluxe Edition 2LP Box Set)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"435\" data-end=\"874\"\u003eOriginally recorded in \u003cstrong data-start=\"458\" data-end=\"466\"\u003e1976\u003c\/strong\u003e and released on \u003cstrong data-start=\"483\" data-end=\"503\"\u003eIndia Navigation\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"505\" data-end=\"514\"\u003ePharoah\u003c\/em\u003e has long stood as one of \u003cstrong data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"560\"\u003ePharoah Sanders’\u003c\/strong\u003e most elusive works — intimate, spiritual, and unlike anything else in his catalogue. In \u003cstrong data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"657\"\u003e2023\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"672\"\u003eLuaka Bop\u003c\/strong\u003e restored and reissued the album in a \u003cstrong data-start=\"710\" data-end=\"728\"\u003edeluxe box set\u003c\/strong\u003e, pairing the original studio sessions with two previously unreleased live recordings from 1977 and wrapping it all in stunning archival design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"876\" data-end=\"1364\"\u003eThe album’s centrepiece, \u003cem data-start=\"901\" data-end=\"915\"\u003eHarvest Time\u003c\/em\u003e, is a deep, meditative groove — Sanders on \u003cstrong data-start=\"959\" data-end=\"978\"\u003etenor saxophone\u003c\/strong\u003e, bells, and voice, joined by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1008\" data-end=\"1026\"\u003eBedria Sanders\u003c\/strong\u003e on harmonium, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1041\" data-end=\"1058\"\u003eTisziji Muñoz\u003c\/strong\u003e on guitar, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1070\" data-end=\"1084\"\u003eSteve Neil\u003c\/strong\u003e on bass, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1098\" data-end=\"1112\"\u003eGreg Bandy\u003c\/strong\u003e on drums. The sound is stripped back, devotional and hypnotic, a world away from his Impulse-era fire. \u003cem data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1238\"\u003eLove Will Find a Way\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"1243\" data-end=\"1270\"\u003eMemories of Edith Johnson\u003c\/em\u003e unfold with the same warmth and openness, each instrument breathing in the same sacred air.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1366\" data-end=\"1723\"\u003eThe second LP, \u003cem data-start=\"1381\" data-end=\"1405\"\u003eHarvest Time Live 1977\u003c\/em\u003e, captures the piece reborn on stage in \u003cstrong data-start=\"1445\" data-end=\"1459\"\u003eMiddelheim\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1464\" data-end=\"1476\"\u003eWillisau\u003c\/strong\u003e, recorded by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1490\" data-end=\"1497\"\u003eVRT\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1502\" data-end=\"1520\"\u003eWalter Troxler\u003c\/strong\u003e. The expanded ensemble — with \u003cstrong data-start=\"1551\" data-end=\"1568\"\u003eHayes Burnett\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1570\" data-end=\"1589\"\u003eClifford Jarvis\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1595\" data-end=\"1610\"\u003eKhalid Moss\u003c\/strong\u003e — takes the composition into freer, more ecstatic terrain, the music shimmering between control and surrender.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1725\" data-end=\"2067\"\u003eRemastered by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1739\" data-end=\"1756\"\u003eChris Bellman\u003c\/strong\u003e at \u003cstrong data-start=\"1760\" data-end=\"1789\"\u003eBernie Grundman Mastering\u003c\/strong\u003e and produced under the guidance of the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1829\" data-end=\"1855\"\u003ePharoah Sanders estate\u003c\/strong\u003e, the set comes with extraordinary attention to detail: a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1913\" data-end=\"1932\"\u003e24-page booklet\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1934\" data-end=\"1962\"\u003ereplica tour memorabilia\u003c\/strong\u003e, and both matte and glossy \u003cstrong data-start=\"1990\" data-end=\"2010\"\u003egatefold sleeves\u003c\/strong\u003e housed inside an embossed \u003cstrong data-start=\"2037\" data-end=\"2064\"\u003ebox with foil detailing\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2069\" data-end=\"2289\"\u003eFor listeners of \u003cstrong data-start=\"2086\" data-end=\"2095\"\u003emodal\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"2100\" data-end=\"2113\"\u003esoul-jazz\u003c\/strong\u003e, this is the definitive edition of \u003cem data-start=\"2149\" data-end=\"2158\"\u003ePharoah\u003c\/em\u003e — a document of transcendence rediscovered, made physical again by one of the most meticulous reissue projects in recent memory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Luaka Bop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42554749255739,"sku":null,"price":135.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/a3254889911_16.jpg?v=1761383862"},{"product_id":"pharoah-sanders-thembi-2024-verve-by-request-180g-vinyl-lp-gatefold","title":"Pharoah Sanders - Thembi (2024 Verve By Request 180g Vinyl LP Gatefold)","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eRecorded across two sessions in late 1970 and early 1971, \u003cem\u003eThembi\u003c\/em\u003e captures Pharoah Sanders transitioning from his most intense free jazz explorations toward a more spiritual, accessible sound that would define his 1970s masterpieces. This 9 August 2024 reissue, part of Universal Music's Verve By Request series and pressed by Third Man Pressing on 180-gram vinyl in a gatefold sleeve, offers this landmark Impulse! recording in premium contemporary presentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe album's first side, recorded on 25 November 1970 at The Record Plant in Los Angeles, features Sanders leading a sextet through three extended explorations. \"Astral Traveling\" opens with the hypnotic, trance-inducing quality that would become Sanders' signature, layering his tenor saxophone over Lonnie Liston Smith's Fender Rhodes, Cecil McBee's bass, Clifford Jarvis' percussion-heavy drumming, and Michael White's violin. Sanders adds bells and percussion himself, creating dense rhythmic textures that support his increasingly ecstatic saxophone flights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\"Red, Black \u0026amp; Green\" addresses Pan-African consciousness through its title (referencing the Black liberation flag colours) and music, Sanders' tenor alternating between screaming intensity and tender melodicism. \"Thembi\", the title track dedicated to Sanders' wife at the time, closes the first side with a performance that balances spiritual searching with accessible beauty, pointing toward the approach Sanders would perfect on albums like Karma and Journey to the Source.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eSide two, recorded on 12 January 1971 at The Record Plant in New York City, presents a different trio configuration featuring Sanders on saxophone, Lonnie Liston Smith on acoustic piano, and Cecil McBee on bass. The absence of drums creates a more spacious, contemplative atmosphere. \"Love\" is a brief meditation, while \"Morning Prayer\" and \"Bailophone Dance\" showcase Sanders' ability to create spiritual music that honours African traditions while remaining distinctly jazz-based.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eSanders' tenor saxophone playing throughout moves between extraordinary technical control and ecstatic abandon. His tone, enormous and sometimes harsh, conveys spiritual yearning and transcendent joy. The extended technique he employs, including overtones, multiphonics, and extreme register explorations, serves emotional and spiritual expression rather than mere display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eLonnie Liston Smith's presence is crucial, his modal piano and electric piano work providing harmonic foundation while allowing space for collective improvisation. Smith would continue working with Sanders before forming his own successful Cosmic Echoes group. Cecil McBee's bass anchors both sessions with melodic invention and rhythmic solidity, while Clifford Jarvis' drumming on the first side adds propulsive energy and African-influenced polyrhythms. Michael White's violin adds another voice to the collective, his playing influenced by both jazz and Indian classical music. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Impulse!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43076407394363,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/PharoahSanders-Thembi_1LP_Cvr.webp?v=1765762735"},{"product_id":"pharoah-sanders-izipho-zam-my-gifts-2025-strata-east-lp-reissue-gatefold","title":"Pharoah Sanders - Izipho Zam (My Gifts) (2025 Strata-East LP Reissue, Gatefold)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePharoah Sanders - \u003cem\u003eIzipho Zam (My Gifts)\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 2025 Strata-East\/Mack Avenue Reissue, 180g Gatefold (SES-19733-25LP, Kevin Gray\/Cohearent Audio, RTI)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRecorded January 14, 1969\u003c\/strong\u003e at TownSound Studios, Englewood NJ — one month before \u003cem\u003eKarma\u003c\/em\u003e — with a 13-piece ensemble including Leon Thomas, Lonnie Liston Smith, Sonny Sharrock, Sonny Fortune, Howard Johnson, Cecil McBee and Billy Hart; not released until 1973 on Strata-East; described by The New York Times as one of \"15 Essential Black Liberation Jazz Tracks\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThree Sanders originals across two sides\u003c\/strong\u003e: \"Prince of Peace\" and \"Balance\" on Side A; the 28-minute title track on Side B — West African percussion, yodel-scatting vocals from Leon Thomas, free improvisation and meditative chant; Wikipedia's entry calls it \"a transitional album, between the unrelenting ferocity of Sanders's work with John Coltrane and the more blissed-out albums he would go on to make\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFirst time the original 1969 session has been officially available on vinyl since the original 1973 Strata-East pressing\u003c\/strong\u003e; mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio directly from the original analog tapes; pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI; gatefold with new liner notes by Harmony Holiday\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStrata-East\/Mack Avenue SES-19733-25LP\u003c\/strong\u003e; released October 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePharoah Sanders recorded \u003cem\u003eIzipho Zam\u003c\/em\u003e on January 14, 1969 — two years after John Coltrane's death, while still processing what that loss meant for his own music. The session assembled thirteen musicians at TownSound Studios in Englewood, New Jersey: Sonny Fortune on alto saxophone and flute, Howard Johnson on tuba, Lonnie Liston Smith on piano, Sonny Sharrock on guitar, Cecil McBee and Sirone (Norris Jones) on bass, Billy Hart and Majeed Shabazz on drums, Chief Bey on African drums, Nat Bettis and Tony Wylie on percussion, Leon Thomas on vocals and percussion, and Sanders himself on tenor, flute, percussion and voice. Orville O'Brien engineered; Clifford Jordan Jr. produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Izipho Zam\" is a Zulu phrase meaning \"my gifts.\" The title track fills all of Side B — twenty-eight minutes of West African percussion, Thomas's distinctive yodel-scat vocal technique, Sanders's tenor pushing outward, the ensemble pulling between restraint and total release. Side A holds two shorter pieces: \"Prince of Peace,\" which opens the record with Thomas's voice high in the mix, and \"Balance.\" All three compositions are Sanders originals published by Pharoah Sanders Music Company.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe session was recorded in January 1969 but sat unreleased until 1973, when Charles Tolliver and Stanley Cowell's Strata-East label issued it. This reissue is the first time the recording has been officially available on vinyl since that original pressing. Kevin Gray mastered at Cohearent Audio directly from the original analog tapes; RTI pressed it on 180g vinyl. The gatefold includes new liner notes by Harmony Holiday. Sanders died on September 24, 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strata-East","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43431231848507,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/a1393816483_10.jpg?v=1776480524"},{"product_id":"alice-coltrane-featuring-pharoah-sanders-journey-in-satchidananda-2024-impulse-stereo-gatefold-lp","title":"Alice Coltrane featuring Pharoah Sanders - Journey in Satchidananda (2024 Impulse! Stereo Gatefold LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlice Coltrane featuring Pharoah Sanders - \u003cem\u003eJourney in Satchidananda\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 2024 Impulse!\/Verve Stereo Gatefold Reissue (B0036675-01\/AS-9203)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlice Coltrane had been a disciple of Swami Satchidananda since the late 1960s. The swami had been a presence in the Coltrane household during John Coltrane's final years, and Alice's spiritual practice deepened after John's death in 1967. By November 1970, when she recorded the four studio tracks that fill most of this album, her music had moved into territory where jazz improvisation and devotional practice were no longer separable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe studio ensemble included Pharoah Sanders on soprano saxophone and percussion, Cecil McBee on bass, Rashied Ali on drums, Tulsi on tambura and Majid Shabazz on bells and tambourine. Tulsi's tambura drone is the thread that connects every studio track. It appears underneath the opening bass vamp of the title piece and remains audible throughout, giving the harmonic movement a fixed point to return to. The title track builds slowly from McBee's repeating figure through Sanders's soprano and Coltrane's harp and piano, the melody suspended rather than resolved. \"Shiva-Loka\" follows a similar approach. \"Stopover Bombay\" is the shortest piece at under three minutes, Coltrane on piano. \"Something About John Coltrane\" is the most emotionally direct track, Coltrane playing piano in a register closer to gospel than to Indian classical music, the composition acknowledging her late husband without attempting to imitate his sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Isis and Osiris\" closes the album. It was recorded four months before the studio tracks, live at the Village Gate on July 4, 1970, with a different ensemble: Charlie Haden replaces McBee on bass, Vishnu Wood plays oud, and Coltrane plays harp only. 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