Comments on: Wearing Our Hearts

By: Vincent

Vincent — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:09:00 +0000

Not my favourite Pharoah Impulse but a nice album. The title-track is a beautiful kaleidoscope of sound and the closing ‘Selflessness’ is worth the price of the album alone.

By the way, the long version of ‘Love Is Everywhere’ stops in the same place as this short version, and then the tune starts up again much slower, allowing for a lovely sax and piano meditation to unfold for the next 13 minutes or so.

By: stephen v funk

stephen v funk — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:05:58 +0000

great great album. the full lengh “love is everywhere” on the album of that title is awesome also. this stuff needs to be more widely heard….!

By: cherise

cherise — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:38:22 +0000

doug thanks for the tip. don’t know that self titled album at all but it’s now officially on my radar. the drones sound intriguing. i’ve run across “message to love” used a few times and just scratched my brow but now i won’t be shy in pickin it up. much appreciation.

and peter oh yeah for sure on “ask the ages” which i always think of as a sonny joint but pharaoh does play like its 1971 all over again.

saw pharaoh once years ago and he mostly shook some bells and did a long sultry version of “over the rainbow” which was cool for my straight friends who think that shit is what jazz should sound like but i couldn’t get off on it at all. which is why i’ve been wary of his later albums…

By: peter breslin

peter breslin — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:45:37 +0000

I liked the Laswell thing with Tony Williams…what was that called anyway? Sadly, it was stolen out of my car in LA, along with Shannon Jackson’s Red Warrior (happy birthday RSJ!) and my dogeared copy of George Russell’s The Lydian Chromatic Concept. I suspect somebody is now an improvising hero as a result of that selection of pilfered goods.

Oh yeah, it’s called Arcana.

The rippingest Sanders after Impulse for me is Sonny Sharrock’s Ask the Ages. Essential.

By: doug w

doug w — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:30:41 +0000

Cherise, my pick of post-Impulse albums is the PHAROAH album on India Navigation, which was the first lp to appear after his parting ways with the label and immediately prior to Pharoah’s blindly sailing into the quiet storm. PHAROAH is more meditative than percussive but the drones that hit about halfway through “Harvest Time” are as beguiling as any of his earlier rhythmic workouts.

More recently, I consider MESSAGE TO LOVE to be a fairly eloquent return to earlier forms, even if subsequent Laswell associations have failed to engage.

By: david

david — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:34:44 +0000

Liking the new increase in posts per week! If I was being harsh, I’d say that 70s Pharoah gets stuck in a bit of a cloying peace and love and hippy dippy happiness groove with lots of percussion and joyous jamming over 30 minutes when it could get done in five…But, that said, I wouldn’t be without any of it, for all its flaws. Presented a radio programme on Sanders this weekend, and it’s good that so much of his stuff is still in print (unlike, say, Marion Brown) – but yes, this is one OOP one that definitely deserves to see the light of day.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:26:29 +0000

Good tracks, thank you :)
I’m going to see Pharoah’s quartet next week. In a bad place in my town (Rouen, France) but well, I can walk to it !

By: cherise

cherise — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:38:46 +0000

this is some fine Pharaoh. never really dug his impulse albums for the longest time but maybe b/c the best stuff wasn’t the most readily available.

now what about Pharaoh’s post Impulse joints? what’s worth checking out? anyone help a girl on a budget out with some solid recommends?

and i can’t believe that pharaph t-shirt in the photo is real and all. available for purchase too, crazy world…