Pharoah Sanders
Moon Child
LabelSolid RecordsGenreJazz & Improvisation
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Paris, Studio Davout, 12 and 23 October 1989. Pharoah Sanders with William Henderson on piano, Stafford James on bass, Eddie Moore on drums and Cheikh Tidiane Fall on percussion. Produced by Wim Wigt for Timeless, released in 1990.
The Penguin Guide called it the straightest jazz album Sanders had made for years, and heard what he was after: a hypnotic groove that lets the horn float almost at will. Steve Loewy at AllMusic writes that the results may have disappointed some fans at the time, but that Sanders had reinvented himself as a more traditional improviser capable of thoughtful, pensive playing. AllMusic's note on the Timeless compilation goes further and calls it one of his most understated, most misunderstood and most moving records.
Sanders sings on the title track, in a manner that recalls The Creator Has a Master Plan without going as far out. Horace Silver's Moon Rays follows. Abdullah Ibrahim's Moniebah is the ballad. Fifty-two minutes. It is the middle of the three Timeless albums, between Africa and the ballads set Welcome to Love.
Japanese CD edition from Solid's Timeless series.
Format
Recording: October 12 and 13, 1989
Barcode on obi.
Release notes
Recording: October 12 and 13, 1989 Barcode on obi.
| 1 | Moon Child | 8:07 | |
| 2 | Moon Rays | 6:10 | |
| 3 | The Night Has A Thousand Eyes | 12:17 | |
| 4 | All Or Nothing At All | 9:23 | |
| 5 | Soon | 5:29 | |
| 6 | Moniebah | 10:43 |
- Stafford James
- Bass
- Eddie Moore
- Drums
- 田中英俊
- Liner Notes
- Cheikh Tidiane Fale
- Percussion
- William Henderson
- Piano
- Pharoah Sanders
- Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
