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Pharoah Sanders discography 1999

Session 1, 4.01, The Great Hall, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA

Pharoah Sanders reeds
William Henderson p
Hamza el Din perc, voc

1.Kazuko (Sanders) 8:36
2.Hamza Nubian piece 9:46
3.Midnight in Berkeley Square (Sherwin-Maschwitz) 11:55
4.Creator into Save Our Children (Sanders) 5:13

Part of "Celebrating Oakland... Jerry Brown Inaugral Day"

private tape


Session 2, 7.02.1999 Alice Tully Hall, NYC, 130 min.

PHAROAH SANDERS & "ALANKAR"

Pharoah Sanders saxes
Alex Blake b
William Henderson p
Badal Roy tabla
Adam Rudolph perc
Hassan Hakmoun sentir, voc

Private tape


Session 3, 24.04, Sacramento

Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
Steve Gurdy as
William Henderson p
Alex Blake b
Adam Rudolph perc
Salomon Jones perc
LeGraham Rogers perc
Yassir Chadley gimbri, voc

1.Unknown title 34:34
2.Hilife (Sanders) 14:48
3.Midnight in Berkeley Square (Sherwin-Mashwitz) 16:40
4.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 19:29
5.Save Our Children (Sanders) 9:12

Audience recording

private tape


Session 4, 30.04.1999 New Orleans Jazz Festival

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
William Henderson p
Alex Blake b
Adam Rudolph perc

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 10:17
2.Mas in Brooklyn (Sanders) 13:56
3.Highlife (Sanders) 9:14
4.Ole (Coltrane) 22:29
5.Save Our Children (Sanders) 7:24

Private tape



Session 5, 4.06.1999, Knitting Factory, NYC

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
Alex Blake b
Hamid Drake dr
Adam Rudolph perc
Julian Lage g on the last track of the second set

This is sorta 2-set jam session with longer imrovised segments and based partially on some motives from Spirits etc. The titles are for onomastic purposes basicaly ;)

set 1:

1.Morning in Soweto/The Thousand Petalled Lotus (Sanders-Drake-Rudolph-Blake) 21:56
2.Ancient Peoples (Sanders-Drake-Rudolph-Blake) 36:35
3.Encore (Sanders-Drake-Rudolph-Blake) 11:59

set 2:

1.Sax intro by Pharoah 3:59
2.Unidentified (Sanders-Drake-Rudolph-Blake) 48:06
3.Unidentified (Sanders-Drake-Rudolph-Blake) 9:42
4.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 4:34
5.I Got the Rainbow (Lage?) 7:26

private tape


>Session 6, 15.06.1999, Yoshi's, Oakland, CA

Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Yoron Israel dr
Babatunde Lea perc

set 1:

1.unindentified 29:15
2.Lazy Bird (Coltrane) 16:06
3.Midnight on Berkeley Square (Sherwin-Maschwitz) 20:51
4.Save Our Children (Sanders) 9:04

set 2:

1.Ole (Coltrane) 45:45
2.You've Got to Have Freedom (Sanders) 33:19
3.Highlife (Sanders) 11:15

private tape


Session 7, 16.06.1999, Yoshi's, Oakland, CA

Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Yoron Israel dr
Babatunde Lea perc

set 1:

1.Kazuko (Sanders) 13:33
2.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 25:48
3.Too Young to Go Steady (Adamson-McHugh) 14:23
4.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 14:53

set 2:

1.Intro + tuning 0:31
2.unidentified 29:14
3.Tina (Sanders) 20:04
4.Save Our Children (Sanders) 17:57

private tape


Session 8, 17.06.1999, Yoshi's, Oakland, CA

Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Yoron Israel dr
Babatunde Lea perc

Set 1:

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 10:00
2.Giant Steps (Coltrane) 22:56
3.Say It (over and over again) (Loesser-McHugh)19:28
4.Save Our Children (Sanders) 15:24

Set 2:

1.Morning in Soweto (Sanders) 18:52
2.Ole (Coltrane) 37:38
3.Save Our Children (Sanders) 14:35

private tape


Session 9, 18.06.1999, Yoshi's, Oakland, CA

Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Yoron Israel dr
Babatunde Lea perc

set 1:

1.Kazuko (Sanders) 11:01
2.Lazy Bird (Coltrane) 25:37
3.Nancy (with a Laughing Face) (Silvers-Van Heusen) 17:31
4.Save Our Children (Sanders) 16:39

set 2:

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 11:36
2.Tina (Sanders) 23:42
3.Highlife (Sanders) 16:20
4.unidentified 12:22
5.Save Our Children (Sanders) 8:39

private tape


Session 10, 19.06.1999, Yoshi's, Oakland, CA

Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Yoron Israel dr
Babatunde Lea perc

set 1:

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 9:24
2.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 29:49
3.Midnight in Berkeley Square (Sherwin-Maschwitz) 18:49
4.Save Our Children (Sanders) 14:44

set 2:

1.Intro 0:20
2.Kazuko/Ole/Kazuko (Sanders/Coltrane/Sanders) 26:40
3.unidentified 19:37
4.Tina (Sanders) 14:50
5.Highlife (Sanders) 17:24

private tape


Session 11, 20.06.1999, Yoshi's, Oakland, CA

Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Yoron Israel dr
Babatunde Lea perc

set 1:

1.Intro 1:45
2.Kazuko (Sanders) 7:03
3.Tina (Sanders) 26:04
4.Naima (Coltrane) 6:00
5.Giant Steps (Coltrane) 23:33
6.Save Our Children (Sanders) 16:21

set 2:

1.Intro 2:21
2.Ole (Coltrane) 31:04
3.Just for the Love (Coltrane) 18:30
4.Nozipho (Sanders) 20:40
5.Save Our Children (Sanders) 16:46

private tape


Session 12, 21.06.1999, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz

Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Babatunde Lea perc

set 1:

1.Kazuko (Sanders) 10:13
2.Ole (Coltrane) 27:40
3.Tina (Sanders) 14:34
4.Giant steps (Coltrane) 14:20
5.Save Our Children (Sanders) 10:35

set 2:

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 9:21
2.Morning in Soweto (Sanders) 22:32
3.Softly for Shyla (Henderson) 4:05
4.Wise One (Coltrane) 25:36
5.unidentified 14:48
6.Save Our Children (Sanders) 12:06

private tape


Session 13, 27.06.1999 Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Sala Kongresowa, Warszawa, Poland

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
William Henderson p
Jean Paul Bourelly g
Trilok Gurtu perc, dr, voc
Alex Blake b

1.Announcement 1:51
2.Welcome (Coltrane) 14:49
3.Ole (Coltrane) 50:00
4.Tina (Sanders) 15:17
5.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) + Final announcement 10:34
6.Interview with Pharoah 2:52

Pharoah in Warsaw, June 1999

Private tape


Session 14, 10.07, Wiesen,

Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Adam Rudolph dr

1.Ole (Coltrane) 39:42
2.Morning in Soweto (Sanders-Rudolph-Drake) 15:30
3.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 11:55
4.Save Our Children (Sanders) 9:28

private tape



Session 15, 18.08, Arco Arena, Sacramento

Pharoah Sanders ts
Carlos Santana g
others

1.Spiritual/(Da Le) Yaleo/Hannibal
2.Put Your Lights On
3.Smooth
4.Our Roots (Began In Africa)
5.Day Of Celebration/Victory Is Won
6.Aranjuez/Maria Maria
7.Europa
8.Bacalao Con Pan/Karl Perazzo/Raul Rekow/Rodney Holmes
9.Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen
10.Oye Como Va
11.Corazon Espinado/Band Introduction

Pharoah plays on 4, 5 and 11

private tape


Session 16, 4.09, Seattle, 29th Arts Festival, Opera House

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
William Henderson p
Jeff Chambers b
Babatunde Lea dr, perc

1.Kazuko (Sanders) 16:32
2.Ole (Coltrane) 30:21
3.Midnight in Berkeley Square (Sherwin-Maschwitz) 20:35
4.Save Our Children (Sanders) 8:44
5.Hilife (Sanders) 5:05

audience rec.

On the tape there is also 5-min. fragment of an interview with Pharoah private tape


Session 17, 19.10, Leverkusener Jazztage, Leverkusen, Germany

Pharoah Sanders ts
William Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Hamid Drake dr

1.Giant Steps (Coltrane) 23:35
2.Shukuru (Sanders) 26:22
3.Out of this World (Mercer-Arlen) 19:12
4.Morning in Soweto (Sanders-Rudolph-Drake) 10:44
5.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 12:18

Tracks 1, 4 and 5 are also on video (2 different TV transmissions - 3 and 4 - WDR)
Tracks 1 - 3 - FM transmission (German radio)

private tape


Session 18, 21.10, Muenchen,

Pharoah Sanders reeds
Willaim Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Hamid Drake dr
Chaouki Smahi oud, perc, voc
Yahia Smahi perc

set 1

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 10:46
2.Out of this World (Arlen-Mercer) 23:41
3.Lazy Bird (Coltrane) 14:45
4.Save Our Children (Sanders) 8:16

set 2

5.Nozipho (Sanders) 22:17
6.Midnight in Berkeley Square (Sherwin-Maswitz) 17:38
7.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 9:47
8.Unknown title 10:40

Audience recording

private tape


Session 19, 23.10, Berlin,

Pharoah Sanders reeds
Jean-Paul Bourelly g
Willaim Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Hamid Drake dr
Chaouki Smahi oud, perc, voc
Yahia Smahi perc

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 11:23
2.Ole (Coltrane) 30:43
3.Unknown title 30:46
4.Shukuru (Sanders)9:55
5.Encore - Blues fragment (Sanders-Bourelly) 5:44

Audience recording

Great concert. All of those 4 concerts from the October European tour are very good. The line-up with Henderson/Blake/Drake and Smahi brothers seemed to be perfect for Pharoah at this moment. Pharoah by himself in a very good form.

The shows were in

17.10 Darmstadt, Central
19.10 Leverkusen, Jazztage
21.10 München, Bayrischer Hof
22.10 Hannover, Pavillon
23.10 Berlin, Tränenpalast
24.10 Hamburg, Fabrik
25.10 Karlsruhe, Tollhaus
28.10 Halle, Steintor
30.10 Zuerich

Hopefully there are other shows from this tour captured.

private tape


Session 20, 30.10, Zuerich

Pharoah Sanders reeds
Willaim Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Hamid Drake dr
Chaouki Smahi oud, perc, voc
Yahia Smahi perc

1.Unknown title 14:21
2.Welcome (Coltrane) 10:44
3.Ole (Coltrane) 28:07
4.Naima (Coltrane) 8:22
5.Out of this World (Arlen-Mercer) 19:17
6.Unknown title 9:57

FM transmission

private tape


Session 21, 15.11, Jazz Cafe, London

Pharoah Sanders ts
William Henderson p
Alex Blake b
Yoron Israel dr

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 10:09
2.Ole (Coltrane) 30:37
3.Body and Soul (Green/Heyman/Sour/Eaton) 22:31
4.Speak Low (Nash) 11:18
5.Unidentified fragment 2:57
6.Highlife (Sanders) 4:45 (incomplete)

private tape


Session 22, 16.11, Jazz Cafe, London

Pharoah Sanders ts
William Henderson p
Alex Blake b
Yoron Israel dr

1.Kazuko (Sanders) 16:21
2.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 34:35
3.Say It (Over and Over Again) (Loesser-McHugh) 22:04
4.Tina (Sanders) 9:54
5.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 10:54

private tape


Session 23, 17.11, Jazz Cafe, London

Pharoah Sanders ts
William Henderson p
Alex Blake b
Yoron Israel dr

1.Highlife (Sanders) 13:46
2.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 15:39
3.Tina (Sanders) 8:23

private tape


Session 24, , Knitting Factory, NYC, Alex Blake Quintet, 6.12.1999

Alex Blake b
Pharoah Sanders ts
Chris Hunter as
John Hicks p
Victor Jones dr
Neil Clark perc

1 On the Spot (Blake) 11:47
2 Intro - Neil Clark 2:53
3 The Chief (Blake) 12:36
4 Little Help Solo (Blake-Lennon-McCartney) 6:02
5 Intro - Alex Blake 1:27
6 Now Is the Time (Blake) 9:51
7 Mystery of Love (Blake) 9:22

ALEX BLAKE QUINTET FEATURING PHAROAH SANDERS - NOW IS THE TIME (LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY) - Bubble Core Records BC-030


Session 25, 17, 18 December, Riverside Studio, Chicago, Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio with Pharoah Sanders

1. Ka-Real (Take 2) (Joseph Bowie)12:35
2. Africanos/Latinos (El Zabar-Sandoval) 9:49
3. Miles' Mode (Coltrane) 7:19
4. Autumn Leaves (Cosma-Mercer-Prevert) 11:23
5. Africa N'da Blues (ElZabar) 7:30
6. Pharoah's Song (ElZabar) 11:38
7. Ka-Real (Take 1) (Joseph Bowie) 10:44

Kahil El'Zabar dr, perc
Ari Brown p, ts, ss
Malachi Favors b
Pharoah Sanders ts

Susana Sandoval spoken word on 2

Released as KAHIL EL'ZABAR'S RITUAL TRIO WITH PHAROAH SANDERS - AFRICA N'DA BLUES - Delmark DE-519


Session 26, 28.12.1999 Steve Turre Sanctified Shells, Yoshis, Oakland,

Steve Turre tb, shells
Pharoah Sanders ts
Jon Faddis tp
Wayne Goodman tb, shells
Josh Roseman tb, shells
Stafford Hunter ttb, shells
Aaron Johnson btb, shells
Stephen Scott p
Abdou Mboop djembe, talking drum, afr. perc, kora
Andy Gonzalez b
Horacio "el Negro" Hernandez dr
Manny Oquendo timb
Giovanni Hidalgo cga

set 1

1.Funky-T (Turre) 14:28
2.Rhythm Within (Turre) 17:58
3.Macho (Para Machito) (Turre) 22:49
4.Happiness (Dinizulu-Turre) 17:09

set 2

5.The Emperor (Turre) 20:42
6.Morning (Lateef) 21:37
7.Body and Soul (Green-Heyman-Sour-Eaton) 15:41
8.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 19:56
9.Strenght (Turre) (inc) 11:28

Audience recording

Private tape


Session 27, 29.12.1999 Steve Turre Sanctified Shells, Yoshis, Oakland, 90 min

Steve Turre tb, shells
Pharoah Sanders ts
Jon Faddis tp
Wayne Goodman tb, shells
Josh Roseman tb, shells
Stafford Hunter ttb, shells
Aaron Johnson btb, shells
Stephen Scott p
Abdou Mboop djembe, talking drum, afr. perc, kora
Andy Gonzalez b
Horacio "el Negro" Hernandez dr
Manny Oquendo timb
Giovanni Hidalgo cga

private tape


Session 28, 1999, USA, Cassandra Wilson + Pharoah Sanders

Cassandra Wilson voc
Pharoah Sanders voc
rest unknown

1.Angel (Hendrix) 5:57

On SEARCHING FOR JIMI HENDRIX - The Right Stuff 72438-59782-2-7

Pharoah does not appear on the other tracks


 

 

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