The Complete Pharoah Sanders Theresa Recordings - New Mosaic

[John L]

31 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

My Pharoah Sanders Mosaic set finally arrived after a three day trip to Columbus and back for some reason. And it's the lowest number I ever remember getting . . . #013. Which is in keeping with the unlucky year I'm having.

May your Pharoah Sanders LUCKY 13 change your year for the better!

[jazzbo]

Thanks! I've had one auto and audio problem after another. . . hopefully this trend has finished now.

[medjuck]

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What do I have to do to make this image show?  

 

What I was trying to show was a picture I had taken of Pharoah at a rock festival.  Mark Stryker's excellent notes mentions Sander's influence on Kamasi Washington. Right after I took the photo I can't seem to reproduce I walked about 300 feet to see Washington who was beginning to play at a different stage.   The influence was obvious.

 

 

Edited August 28 by medjuck

[OliverM]

My box arrived here in Paris. Looking forward to digging in!

[mjazzg]

On 8/26/2025 at 4:55 PM, Clunky said:

Mosaic - not received any notice to pay VAT yet ( it's been five days or so). I've yet to order a Mosaic from JM 

Thanks, fingers crossed. I only ever get VAT requests prior to delivery, held until paid. Never retrospectively, don't like that idea at all

[gmonahan]

I'm now into disc 6 of the set. The most pleasant surprise for me has been the slow and pretty stuff. I never thought of Sanders as a ballad player, and I've especially enjoyed discovering that, especially on discs 5 and (so far) six. I'm less enthused about the fast things, especially when he starts what Mark calls (in what I agree with others are some very fine notes) "caterwauling in the stratosphere." But even there, he comes down to earth more often than he used to in the old Impulse days, and I especially enjoy John Hicks' piano. So, while I'm not over the moon like others, I think it was a worthwhile buy. Thanks to Lon and others for encouraging me to get it!

[jazzbo]

I'm really glad you have been enjoying it and that I didn't steer you wrong! I too love the ballad playing, and over the years I've come to enjoy it all, even the elements (such as the vocal chorus bits) that I didn't when I first encountered the material.

Pharoah developed in important ways over the years, even progressing into a new sort of smoother cosmicness in the Verve years. What an artist.

[medjuck]

Is it heretical to wonder if Trane had lived longer would his path have been similar to those of Pharoah, Archie Shepp and Alice Coltrane. 

[street singer]

2 hours ago, medjuck said:

Is it heretical to wonder if Trane had lived longer would his path have been similar to those of Pharoah, Archie Shepp and Alice Coltrane. 

Not at all. I often wonder about this. I finished Geoff Dyer's book 'But Beautiful' last night, and one of the passages towards the end touches on this. He mentions several of the greats who died young, in particular Clifford Brown, who died at twenty-five. He remarked that if Miles Davis had died at a similar age, there would be nothing beyond Birth of the Cool. Hard to even fathom the things that we never got to hear. And when you consider someone like Coltrane, who covered so much ground in such a short amount of time before he died...where would he have gone from there?!  

[Stompin at the Savoy]

On 8/27/2025 at 10:11 PM, medjuck said:

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What do I have to do to make this image show?  

 

What I was trying to show was a picture I had taken of Pharoah at a rock festival.  Mark Stryker's excellent notes mentions Sander's influence on Kamasi Washington. Right after I took the photo I can't seem to reproduce I walked about 300 feet to see Washington who was beginning to play at a different stage.   The influence was obvious.

 

 

 https://i.postimg.cc/xcYz7S0B/IMG-0461.jpg

 

Edited August 30 by Stompin at the Savoy

[medjuck]

21 minutes ago, Stompin at the Savoy said:

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Tnanks!

[BFrank]

4 hours ago, street singer said:

Not at all. I often wonder about this. I finished Geoff Dyer's book 'But Beautiful' last night, and one of the passages towards the end touches on this. He mentions several of the greats who died young, in particular Clifford Brown, who died at twenty-five. He remarked that if Miles Davis had died at a similar age, there would be nothing beyond Birth of the Cool. Hard to even fathom the things that we never got to hear. And when you consider someone like Coltrane, who covered so much ground in such a short amount of time before he died...where would he have gone from there?!  

Not unlike wondering what Jimi would have done. SO much speculation, but we'll never know.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

My favorite Pharoah Sanders release is "Crescent With Love", which has Sanders operating at a sedate pace for most songs. I still play it quite often.

[medjuck]

8 hours ago, BFrank said:

Not unlike wondering what Jimi would have done. SO much speculation, but we'll never know.

Maybe he would have made that record with Gil Evans. 

[Guy Berger]

I love Pharoah’s ballad playing

[Dub Modal]

21 hours ago, Guy Berger said:

I love Pharoah’s ballad playing

You're not alone there. 

[Guy Berger]

23 hours ago, Guy Berger said:

I love Pharoah’s ballad playing

“Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord” is one of the most glorious things in Impulse’s discography.  Also a major highlight in the careers of Cecil McBee (no mean feat!) and Lonnie Liston Smith

[Fred]

wow! because the lack of copies in the european stores, I ordered it directly, and arrived in Italy in two working days!