The Complete Pharoah Sanders Theresa Recordings. [CD]

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.

7 sound discs

Edition Number: 282
Distributor Number: 282