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Pharoah Sanders discography 1981

Session 1, Pharoah Sanders, Power Station Studios, New York, NY, Bear West Studios, San Francisco, CA, 1981

Pharoah Sanders ts, bells, voice
Babatunde a go go bells, dr, shekere, voice 1-3
Joe Bonner p 1-3, 8, 9
Art. Davis b 1, 4-7
Bobby Hutcherson vibes 1, 4, 6
B. Kazuko Ishida voice 1
Elvin Jones dr 1
Big Black congas, voice 2, 3
Peter Fujii g, voice 2, 3
Jorge Pomar b 2, 3
John Hicks p 4-7
Danny Moore tp 4-7
Steve Turre tb 4-7
Flame Braithwaite voice 4, 7
Sakinah Muhammad voice 4, 7
Yvette S. Vanterpool voice 4, 7
Bobby London voice 4, 7
Caroll Wilson Scott voice 4, 7
William S. Fischer vocal arr. 4, 7
Billy Higgins dr 4-7
George V. Johnson, Jr. voice
Lois Colin harp 7, 8

1.Rejoice (Sanders) 12:47
2.Highliffe (arr. by Sanders) 7:42
3.Nigerian Juju Highlife (arr. by Sanders) 10:02
4.Origin (Sanders) 5:44
5.When Lights Are Low (B.Carter) 6:28
6.Moments Notice (Coltrane) 5:20
7.Central Parka West (Coltrane) 5:46
8.Ntjilo Ntjilo/Bird Song 4:06
9.Farah (Sanders) 5:28

Released as PHAROAH SANDERS - REJOICE - Theresa 112/113 (lp) Reissued on Evidence ECD 22020


Session 2, Pharoah Sanders Quartet, Great american Music Hall, San Francisco, 12.04.1982

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
John Hicks p
Walter Booker b
Idris Muhammad dr

1.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 21:56
2.Easy to Remember (Rogers-Hart) 13:39
3.Blues for Santa Cruz (Sanders) 18:29
4.Greetings to Idris (Sanders) 18:09
5.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 14:37

Doktor Pitt has been officially issued 2003 as a bonus track on LIVE album - a reissue of the Theresa record LIVE from 1982 (track nr 5 on the CD)

Doktor Pitt and Blues for Santa Cruz are tracks 1 and 2 on the DVD PHAROAH SANDERS - LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO! issued on EVIDENCE in May 2007 (without any catalogue number)

Private tape


Session 3, April, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco,

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
John Hicks p, harmonium
Walter Booker b
Idris Muhammad dr

1.Soledad (Sanders) 13:58
2.You've Got to Have Freedom (Sanders) 15:31
3.I Want to Talk about You (B.Eckstine) 12:10
4.Yemenja (Hicks) 23:14
5.In Your Own Sweet Way (Brubeck) 12:04
6.Origin (Sanders) 8:12
7.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 10:14

Private tape


Session 4, April, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco,

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
John Hicks p, harmonium
Walter Booker b
Idris Muhammad dr

1.I Want to Talk about You (B.Eckstine) 11:30
2.Greetings to Idris (Sanders) 14:29
3.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 10:12

Private tape


Session 5,Pharoah Sanders Quartet, Maiden Voyage, LA, 16-19.04.1981

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
John Hicks p
Walter Booker b
Idris Muhammad dr

1.You've Got to Have Freedom (Sanders) 14:10
2.Easy to Remember(Hart-Rodgers) 6:48

Released as tracks 1 and 2 on PHAROAH SANDERS - LIVE - Theresa 116
Reissued 2003 on EVIDENCE 22223


Session 6, 20.04.1981, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa, Cruz,

Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
John Hicks p
Walter Booker b
Idris Muhammad dr

1.Easy to Remember (Rogers-Hart) 10:58
2.Yemenja (J.Hicks) 22:20
3.Blues for Santa Cruz (Sanders) 16:57
4.I Want to Talk about You (B.Eckstine) 11:00
5.Greetings to Idris (Sanders) 13:55
6.Pharomba (Sanders) 20:09
7.Unidentified 11:03
8.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 10:21

Edited versions of Blues for Santa Cruz (8:41) and Pharomba (13:12) are to find as tracks nr 3 and 4 on PHAROAH SANDERS - LIVE - Theresa 116
Reissued 2003 on EVIDENCE 22223

Private tape


Session 7, 24.04.1981 EMU Ballroom, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
John Hicks p
Walter Booker b
Idris Muhammad dr

Set 1:

1.Soledad (Sanders) 17:36
2.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 24:38
3.Yemenja (Hicks) 25:28

Set 2:

1.Blues for Santa Cruz (Sanders) 19:12
2.You've Got to Have Freedom (Sanders) 17:52
3.Easy to Remember (Rogers-Hart) 10:32
4.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 11:01

Private tape


Session 8, 25.04.1981, Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
John Hicks p
Walter Booker b
Idris Muhammad dr

Set 1:

1.Soledad (Sanders) 13:32
2.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 19:16
3.Central Park West (Coltrane) 7:54
4.Greetings to Idris (Sanders) 14:09
5.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 6:20

Set 2:

1.You've Got to Have Freedom (Sanders) 19:50
2.Hicks piano piece 4:23
3.Yemenja (Hicks) 20:05
4.Easy to Remember (Rogers-Hart) 12:13
5.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 9:10

Audience recording

Private tape

Pharoah also performed on 26.04.81 at: Performing Arts Center, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA


Session 9, 11.05.1981, Chicago, 94 min

Private tape


Session 10, 19.06.1981, Paris, La Defense

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
unknown p, b and dr

1.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 22:03
2.After the Rain (Coltrane) 8:22
3.You've Got to Have Freedom (Sanders) 15:45

Audience recording

Private tape


Session 11, 2.07.1981, Dortmund

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc

William Henderson p
Paul Warburton b
Sun Ship Theus dr

Set 1:

1.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 45:15 (44:43 from the other source)
2.Naima (Coltrane) 11:28
3.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 12:35

Set 2:

1.Time Was (Luna de la Fuente-Prado-Russell) 28:07
2.Blues 17:05
3.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 4:54
4.You've Got to Have Freedom (Sanders) 13:58

Private tape


Session 12, 4.07.1981, Mannheim

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
William Henderson p
Paul Warburton b
Sun Ship Theus dr

1.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 43:23
2.Piano piece by Henderson 9:17
3.It's Easy to Remember (Rogers-Hart) 13:05
4.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 11:24
5.You've Got to Have Freedom (Sanders) 20:59

Audience recording

Private tape


Session 13, 5.07.1981, Ljubljana

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
William Henderson p
Paul Warburton b
Sun Ship Theus dr

1.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 32:15
2.It's Easy to Remember (Rogers-Hart) 8:20
3.Blues for Santa Cruz (Sanders) 22:02
4.Creator/Heart Is a Melody (Sanders-Thomas) 4:45 (inc)

FM transmission

Private tape


Session 14, 11 or 12.07.1981, Pori

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
William Henderson p
Paul Warburton b
Sun Ship Theus dr

1.Easy to Remember (Rogers-Hart) 14:13
2.You've Got to Have Freedom (Sanders) 11:45
3.The Creator Has a Master Plan into Hilife (Sanders-Thomas/Sanders) 12:09

FM transmission

Private tape


Session 15, 23.07.1981, Juan Les Pins

Pharoah Sanders ts,ss, perc, voc
William Henderson p
Paul Warburton b
Sun Ship Theus dr

1.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 25:09
2.It's Easy to Remember (Rogers-Hart) 13:59
3.Origin (Sanders) 7:04
4.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 5:12
5.Hilife (Sanders) 3:10
6.Hilife (encore) (Sanders) 4:34

2 different recordings - one is of good sound quality and consists of all tunes but It's Easy to Remember is not complete (there is a lack of about 5 min in the middle of the tune). The second one (of worse quality) consists of It's Easy to Remember (complete) and Hilife (encore)

Private tape


Session 16, 29.08.1981, Willisau

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
John Hicks p
Cameron Brown b
Sun Ship Theus dr

1.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 22:43
2.Easy to Remember (Rogers-Hart) 11:24
3.Origin (Sanders) 10:16
4.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 10:24

FM transmission

Private tape


Session 17, 09.1981, Frankfurt

Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson p
Harold Dotson b
Greg Bandy dr

1.Greetings to Idris (Sanders) 10:22
2.Blues (Sanders) 15:04
3.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 7:33
4.Origin (Sanders) 5:35

Private tape


Session 18, 4.09.1981, Parco San Rocco, Alassio

Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson p
Harold Dotson b
Greg Bandy dr

1.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 22:52
2.Easy to Remember (Rogers-Hart) 12:29
3.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 9:02
4.I Got the Blues 7:30
5.Going to Africa (Highlife) (Sanders) 9:47
6.Going to Africa (Highlife) (Sanders) (encore) 8:01

Private tape


Session 19, 5.09.1981, Saalfelden

Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson p
Harold Dotson b
Greg Bandy dr

1.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 24:40
2.Easy to Remember (Rogers-Hart) 12:50
3.Greetings to Idris (Sanders) 13:58
4.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 11:39
5.Going to Africa (Hilife) (Sanders) 11:04
6.Hilife encore (Sanders) 8:53

Private tape


Session 20, 22.10.1981, Jazz Jamboree, Sala Kongresowa, Warszawa, Poland

Pharoah Sanders, ts, voc
John Hicks p
Don Pate b
Greg Bandy dr

1.Easy to Remember (Hart-Rogers) 7:44 (incomplete)
2.Lttle Rock's Blues (Sanders) 17:09
3.Highlife (Sanders) 5:57


Pharoah in Warsaw, 22.10.1981

Private tape


Session 21,Pharoah Sanders, Live Oak Studio, 1981

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
Leon Thomas voc 3, 4
William Henderson Kurzweil 250
Ray Drummond b
Idris Muhammad dr

1.Shukuru (Sanders) 5:44
2.Body and Soul (Green/Heyman/Sour/Eyton) 7:33
3.Mas in Brooklyn (Highlife) (Francisco) 3:41
4.Sun Song (Thomas) 6:04
5.Too Young to Go Steady (Adamson, McHugh) 5:21
6.Jitu (Sanders) 5:43
7.For Big George (Sanders, Thomas) 7:59

Released as PHAROAH SANDERS - SHUKURU - Theresa 121, Reissued as Evidence ECD 22022


Session 22, Tisziji Munoz, USA, November, 1981

Tisziji Munoz g
Pharoah Sanders ts
Dave Liebman ss
John Hicks p
Art Davis b
Idris Muhammad dr
Guillerme Franco perc

1.To Be (J. Coltrane) 9:18

Released on TISZIJI MUNOZ - VISITING THIS PLANET - Anami 001CD

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