Session 1, Nightstage Cambridge 1.02.1987,

Pharoah Sanders ts
Don Brown p
John Lockwood b
Teri Lynn Carrington dr

1.unidentified standard 12:43
2.unidentified standard 13:01
3.unidentified standard 7:54
4.announcement + tuning 0:58
5.Giant Steps (Coltrane) 25:12
6.Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Burke-Van Hesuen) 14:43
7.Blues 14:32

First 3 tracks without Pharoah

Private tape

Pharoah Sanders ts
John Hicks p
Curtis Lundy b
Idris Muhammed dr

1.You've Got to Have Freedom (Sanders) 10:01
2.Naima (J. Coltrane) 5:26
3.Origin (Sanders) 6:50
4.Speak Low (Nash-Weill) 8:04
5.After the Morning (Hicks) 6:29
6.Africa (Sanders) 8:20
7.Heart to Heart (Sanders) 7:17
6.Duo (Sanders) 4:32

Released as SANDERS/HICKS/LUNDY/MUHAMMED - AFRICA - Timeless CDSJP 253

Also as a part of 3 CD set - PHAROAH SANDERS ON TIMELESS - Timeless CDSJP 008

You've Got to Have Freedom, Naima, Origin, Africa and Duo appeared in 2008 on the CD PHAROAH SANDERS - FINEST - Dopeness Galore/Timeless DG 2 005

Pharoah Sanders ts, voice
Leon Thomas voc
William Henderson p
Curtis Lundy b
Eddie Moore dr

1.Intro 2:13
2.Out of this World (Mercer-Arlen) 11:58
3.tuning 1:09
4.Out of this World (Mercer-Arlen) + talk 1:30
5.Out of this World (Mercer-Arlen) + talk 1:20
6.Out of this World (Mercer-Arlen) + talk 0:35
7.Out of this World (Mercer-Arlen) + talk 4:27
8.Out of this World (Mercer-Arlen) + talk 4:04
9.Out of this World (Mercer-Allen) 12:47
10.talk 1:08
11.Blues, Usual Blues 5:02
12.talk 1:09
13.Blues 1:08
14.talk 3:50
15.Sun Song (Precious Energy) (Thomas) 8:08
16.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 11:46

Private tape

Pharoah Sanders ts 1 - 3, 7
McCoy Tyner p
Cecil McBee b
David Murray ts on 5 - 7
Roy Haynes dr

1.Bluesin' for John C. (McCoy Tyner) 5:52
2.Naima (J. Coltrane) 6:02
3.The Promise (J. Coltrane) 8:18
4.Lazy Bird (J.Coltrane) 4:18
5.I Want to Talk about You (B.Eckstine) 9:15
6.Last of the Hipmen (Murray) 8:21
7.Trane (D. Murray) 10:14

Released on A TRIBUTE TO JOHN COLTRANE - BLUES FOR COLTRANE - MCA/Impulse 42122, 25P2310 (CD Japan)

Track 7 is on the CD version only

Pharoah Sanders ts
Donald Smith elp
William S. Henderson III p
Tarik Shah b
Gregg Bandy dr
Leon Thomas voc 1, 4, 6

1.Oh Lord, Let Me Do No Wrong (Sanders/Thomas) 5:35
2.Equinox (J. Coltrane) 9:25
3.Polka Dots And Moonbeams (Burke/Van Heusen) 6:11
4.If It Wasn't For a Woman (Thomas) 4:39
5.Clear Out of This World (Dubin/McHugh) 13:45
6.Next Time You See Me (trad.) 3:54

Released as PHAROAH SANDERS - OH LORD, LET ME DO NO WRONG - Signature - CBS Speial Product AK 40952

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
Leon Thomas voc, perc
John Hicks p
Ray Drummond b
Alvin Queen dr

Set 1:

1.You Say You Care (Robin-Styne) 18:10
2.Boom Boom (J.L.Hooker) 9:00
3.If It Wasn't for a Woman (L.Thomas) 7:46
4.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 10:18
5.On a Misty Night (Dameron) 13:00

Set 2:

1.You've Got to Have Freedom (Sanders) 21:17
2.After the Rain (Coltrane) 9:52
3.unidentified 11:14
4.Naima (Coltrane) 7:02
5.Blues 11:42
6.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 10:55

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Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
Leon Thomas voc, perc
John Hicks p
Ray Drummond b
Alvin Queen dr

1.Giant Steps (Coltrane) 11:55
2.Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Van Heusen-Burke) 13:45
3.Little Rock's Blues (Sanders) 7:50
4.You Send Me (Sam Cooke) 8:31
5.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 25:46
6.Naima (Coltrane) 7:34
7.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 13:08

Thanks to S. Blair for the info about Sam Cooke's song :)

Private tape

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
William Henderson p
Jeffrey Littleton b
Eddie Moore dr

1.Eddie Moore solo 7:04
2.Shukuru (Sanders) 11:32
3.Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Burke-Van Heusen) 15:58
4.Ole (Coltrane) 18:38
5.Giant Steps (Coltrane) 16:38
5.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 6:41

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Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
William Henderson p
Jeffrey Littleton b
Eddie Moore dr

Set 1:

1.Out of this World (Arlen-Mercer) 20:58
2.You've Got to Have Freedom (Sanders) 16:09
3.Shukuru (Sanders) 13:22
4.Giant Steps (Coltrane) 11:04
5.The Creator Has a Master Plan/Africa/Heart Is a Melody (Sanders-Thomas) 11:39
6.The Greatest Love of All (Masser-Creed) 7:37

Set 2:

1.unidentified 19:35
2.I Want to Talk about You (B.Eckstine) 13:46
3.Blues 13:46
4.Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Van Heusen-Burke) 12:26
5.Ole (Coltrane) 24:37
6.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 4:03

Private tape

Pharoah Sanders ts, double reed
William Henderson p, Kurzweil synth
John Hicks p on#7
Brian McLaughlin tabla on#5
Lynn Taussig sarod, chandrasarang on#5
Alvin Queen dr on#5

1.The Light at the Edge of the World (P. Piccioni) 5:08
2.Dedication to James W. Clark (Sanders) 5:15
3.Softly for Shyla (Henderson) 5:21
4.The Greatest Love of All (Masser/Creed) 8:23
5.Midnight at Yoshi's (Sanders) 5:57
6.Living Space (J. Coltrane) 4:32
7.After the Rain (J. Coltrane) 6:34
8.In Your Own Sweet Way (Brubeck) 7:08
9.Christmas Song (Torme/Wells) 7:25

Released as PHAROAH SANDERS - A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN - Evidence ECD 22047-2 (First 7 tracks on the Theresa lp under the same title - Theresa 127)

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
John Hicks p
Henning Kien b
Idris Muhammad dr

1.You've Got to Have Freedom (Sanders) (inc)15:41
2.Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Burke-Van Heusen) 12:12
3.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 5:49

Private tape

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
John Hicks p
Curtis Lundy b
Idris Muhammad dr

1.You've Got to Have Freedom (Sanders) 26:13
2.Easy to Remember (Rogers-Hart) 17:47
3.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 15:32
4.Africa (Sanders) 6:46

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Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
John Hicks p
Curtis Lundy b
Idris Muhammad dr

1.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 19:21
2.Blues for Santa Cruz (Sanders) 19:07
3.After the Rain (Coltrane) 7:54
4.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 7:07

Audience recording. My tape speeds up by the end of Creator Private tape

Pharoah Sanders ts
John Hicks p
Idris Muhammad dr
Curtis Lundy b

1.On a Misty Night (T.Dameron) 18:32
2.You've Got to Have Freedom (Sanders) 15:04
3.Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Burke-Van Heusen) 14:58
4.Unidentified 7:51

This recording (- the last title) circulates also as Amsterdam Nov.1987 - different source and different speed

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