Pharoah Sanders Live...

Pharoah Sanders Live... is a live album by American saxophonist and composer Pharoah Sanders, released on the Theresa label.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "The musicianship is at a high level and, although Sanders does not shriek as much as one might hope, he is in fine form".
The authors of The [Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings] praised "Doktor Pitt," noting that it "makes the album," and calling it "a big-voiced, dramatic piece with some of Sanders's best playing from this period."
Jazz Fuel's Matt Fripp included the album in his selection of "Ten Iconic Pharoah Sanders Albums," and commented: "His former mentor John Coltrane is clearly referenced in a straight ballad reading of the standard 'Easy To Remember', whilst a fiery uptempo modal original 'You've Got To Have Freedom' clearly shadows the approach of Coltrane's classic quartet of the early 1960s."

Track listing

All compositions by Pharoah Sanders except as indicated

"You Got to Have Freedom" – 14:17
"Easy to Remember (And [So Hard">It's Easy to Remember (And So Hard to Forget)">Easy to Remember (And [So Hard to Forget)|Easy to Remember]" – 6:52
"Blues for Santa Cruz" – 8:39
"Pharomba" – 13:26
"Doktor Pitt" – 21:34 Bonus track on CD reissue

Tracks 1 & 2 recorded at The Maiden Voyage, Los Angeles, from April 16–19, 1981. Tracks 3 & 4 recorded at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, on April 20, 1981. Track 5 recorded at the Great [American Music Hall], San Francisco, on April 12, 1981.

Personnel

Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone, vocals
John Hicks – piano
Walter Booker – bass
Idris Muhammad – drums