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Pharoah Sanders · 1966 · Composition de Pharoah Sanders (16:12)

Context

Opening track of Tauhid, recorded on 15 November 1966, four days after a Coltrane concert. Sanders's first album for Impulse!, it marks Sonny Sharrock's first appearance on record.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Free jazz, Spiritual jazz. Among the origins and influences of Free jazz: Tristano School, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Modal.

By the same artist

• The Creator Has a Master Plan (1969)
• Astral Travelling (1971)
• Red, Black & Green (1971)
• Thembi (1971)
• Harvest Time (1976)
• Peace in Essaouira (For Sonny Sharrock) (1994)

Sources

• EN: Tauhid (album)

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