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19 Oct 2009 13:16
Sun Ra Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold
Cascading celestes. Psycho percussion pounding precariously.
Squealing saxes & speaking flutes; poignant piano and space
chanting. All of these sounds and many more besides you may find
on this new re-issue of Sun Ra - Featuring Pharaoh Sanders and
Black Harold.
Originally recorded in 1964, but not greeting the public until
1976, this record mainly serves as a historical document and
curiosity exhibition, for a number of reasons. First, and most
notably, is this is the only recorded evidence of Pharaoh
Sander's tenure with the Arkestra, on tenor saxophone, replacing
mainstay John Gilmore, just a year before Sanders' famous stint
with Coltrane, including the infamous japanese performances.
Secondly, this record was recorded live during a performance, at
a time when Sun Ra was mainly being recorded in studios and loft
spaces, giving a picture-window perspective of the monolithic
Arkestra performances of the time. Lastly, the next year would
see some of the more mythic mainstays of the Sun Ra canon
released, like The Magic City, so this serves as an interesting
transitional document. Featuring Pharaoh Sanders and Black
Harold also has the first recorded version of The Shadow World,
here called The World Shadow in typically Sonny word-play.
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