On the occasion of tomorrow night’s one-time performance of Promises at the Hollywood Bowl, as well as the gorgeous reissue of Pharoah, here is a feature about Pharoah Sanders, which originally ran in Maggot Brain. You should definitely subscribe to it.
“‘Trane was the Father, Pharoah was the Son, I am the Holy Ghost.” –Albert Ayler
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