Pharaoh SandersYoshi's OaklandJan. 3, 2009Review by Eric K. Arnold
Better Than: Watching Kenny G on Craig Kilborn.
Pharaoh Sanders has an impeccable jazz pedigree. One of the titans of the way-out, dissonant style known as free jazz, the tenor saxophonist emerged in the mid-'60s as a counterpart and bandmate of both Sun Ra and John Coltrane, as well as a solo artist in his own right. His recordings for Impulse, including Tauhid, Karma, and Thembi, were deeply spiritual, meditative works which
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