Journey to the One

by Pharoah Sanders

Journey to the One cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1980
  • Label: Theresa
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:12:29
  • Community rating: 3.77/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Pharoah Sanders' 'Journey to the One' marked a strong return to spiritually expansive jazz after a varied 1970s discography. The album combines modal improvisation, vocal features, and lyrical ensemble passages, reaffirming Sanders' connection to the devotional side of post-Coltrane jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, saxophone, spirituality, fusion, rhythmic, groove-laden

Tracklist

  1. Greetings To Idris (7:25)
  2. Doktor Pitt (12:03)
  3. Kazuko (Peace Child) (8:05)
  4. After The Rain (5:32)
  5. Soledad (4:53)
  6. You've Got To Have Freedom (8:03)
  7. Yemenja (5:32)
  8. Easy To Remember (6:22)
  9. Think About The One (4:11)
  10. Bedria (10:23)

Credits

  • Ray Drummond - bass
  • Idris Muhammad - drums
  • Carl Lockett - guitar
  • John Hicks - piano, composed by, arranged by
  • Eddie Henderson - flugelhorn
  • Paul Arslanian - harmonium, wind chimes
  • Yoko Ito Gates - koto
  • John Coltrane - composed by

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