Pharoah Sanders plays tonight at the Triple Door.
Years Active: 56.
Provenance: Little Rock, Arkansas.
Essential Albums: Tauhid, Izipho Zam (My Gifts), Karma, Jewels of Thought, Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun), Thembi, Black Unity, Wisdom Through Music, Elevation, The Trance of Seven Colors (with Maleem Mahmoud Ghania).
Essential Songs: “Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt,” “Japan,” “The Creator Has a Master Plan,” “Elevation,” “Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah,” “Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord,” “Astral Travelling,” “Thembi,” “Red, Black & Green,” “Summun Bukmun Umyun,” “Love Is Everywhere,” “Harvest Time,” “You’ve Got to Have Freedom.”
Influenced by: John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, Sun Ra.
