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Album reviews with Ian Sinclair: January 29, 2024
New releases from: Pharoah Sanders, Bill Ryder-Jones and Violent Femmes
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Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah
(Luaka Bop)
★★★★
HAVING paired Pharoah Sanders with electronic artist Floating Points on 2021’s critically acclaimed Promises, Luaka Bop have now reissued the US jazz legend’s previously hard to find 1976 album.
Recorded in a home-made studio in upstate New York, the set comprises three sections. Twenty-minute opener Harvest Time evolves over a hypnotic two chord vamp from guitarist Tisziji Munoz. With no drums, there is coolness to the track that makes it feel fresh and modern.
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