Biggest Tip!  Limited edition 2-CD Digipak. Includes a 12-page booklet with rare photos from the actual performance by Christian Rose, and an exclusive essay by longtime Down Beat contributor
Kevin Whitehead. Transcendence Sounds - the groundbreaking new archival imprint from Elemental Music - makes its stunning debut with the complete, previously unreleased concert recording of spiritual jazz titan Pharoah Sanders captured live at Paris's legendary Studio 104 on November 17th, 1975. This extraordinary release expands upon the acclaimed single LP edition previously issued by Transversales Disques, now presenting the entire concert for the first time. Transferred directly from the original master reels at the French INA archives, these pristine ORTF recordings reveal Sanders at a pivotal moment in his artistic evolution, documenting a transcendent performance featuring his stellar quartet - Danny Mixon on piano and organ, Calvin Hill on double bass, and Greg Bandy on drums. The November 1975 Paris concert captures Sanders at the crucial juncture between his revolutionary Impulse! period and his upcoming creative explorations, delivering what can only be described as a perfect storm of spiritual jazz mastery that has remained largely hidden from the world for nearly fifty years.

The complete performance includes towering versions of Sanders' cosmic anthem "The Creator Has a Master Plan", an early, revelatory performance of "Love Is Here" presented here in its full three-part suite - three full years before its studio incarnation on Love Will Find a Way - the deeply moving Coltrane-associated "I Want To Talk About You" and "Moment's Notice", the previously unknown "Ferrell's Tune", plus captivating renditions of "Lazy Bird" and "Love Is Everywhere". The expanded edition also reveals an extraordinary "Improvisation with Pipe Organ" and an intimate "Piano Medley into Pharoah's Blues", offering unprecedented insight into Sanders' creative process across nearly 90 minutes of transcendent music. This period marked a time of fierce controversy in jazz history following John Coltrane's death, when the "apostles of mystic wide open jazz" faced criticism from traditionalists who questioned their legitimacy within the jazz canon. As exclusive liner notes contributor Kevin Whitehead eloquently argues, these recordings definitively prove that Sanders' love songs belong unquestionably in the history of jazz.

Love is Here - The Complete Paris 1975 ORTF Recordings fills a crucial void in Sanders' documented legacy, partially explaining where he was creatively between the release of 1974's Love In Us All and 1977's Pharoah. The sonic quality throughout is breathtaking - crystal clear recordings that capture every nuance of Sanders' distinctive tenor cry, Mixon's mutations between acoustic piano and esoteric organ, Hill's thunderous bass foundation, and Bandy's propulsive drumming. This is spiritual jazz at its most authentic and unguarded, a living testament to the transformative power of music as divine expression. The release is available in two essential formats: a deluxe limited-edition 2-LP set on 180-gram vinyl with gatefold cover, meticulously transferred from the original master reels and including an extensive booklet featuring rare photographs from the actual performance by Christian Rose plus exclusive liner notes by longtime jazz critic/historian and Down Beat contributor Kevin Whitehead, alongside a limited edition 2-CD Digipak presenting the complete concert (for the first time on CD!) in pristine digital format with comprehensive 12-page booklet featuring the same exclusive photographic documentation and critical essays.