Peace in Essaouira (For Sonny Sharrock)
Context
The only track on the album credited to Pharoah Sanders alone, dedicated to Sonny Sharrock. Sanders plays tenor here in the midst of a gnawa ceremony recorded in Essaouira.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Spiritual jazz, Jazz of the Maghreb and the Near East. Among the origins and influences of Spiritual jazz: Modal, Free jazz.