Pharoah Sanders reeds
William Henderson p
Hamza el Din perc, voc

1.Kazuko (Sanders) 8:36
2.Hamza Nubian piece 9:46
3.Midnight in Berkeley Square (Sherwin-Maschwitz) 11:55
4.Creator into Save Our Children (Sanders) 5:13

Part of "Celebrating Oakland... Jerry Brown Inaugral Day"

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PHAROAH SANDERS & "ALANKAR"

Pharoah Sanders reeds
Alex Blake b
William Henderson p, African thumb piano
Badal Roy tabla
Adam Rudolph perc
Hassan Hakmoun sentir, voc

1.Pharoah/Badal 15:01
2.Hassan 11:56
3.Badal/The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 17:49
4.After the Rain (Coltrane)/Alex/Adam/Hassan 7:36
5.Badal/Adam/Hassan/Pharoah/William/Alex 15:28

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Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
Steve Gurdy as
William Henderson p
Alex Blake b
Adam Rudolph perc
Salomon Jones perc
LeGraham Rogers perc
Yassir Chadley gimbri, voc

1.Unknown title 34:34
2.Hilife (Sanders) 14:48
3.Midnight in Berkeley Square (Sherwin-Mashwitz) 16:40
4.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 19:29
5.Save Our Children (Sanders) 9:12

Audience recording

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Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
William Henderson p
Alex Blake b
Adam Rudolph perc

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 10:17
2.Mas in Brooklyn (Sanders) 13:56
3.Highlife (Sanders) 9:14
4.Ole (Coltrane) 22:29
5.Save Our Children (Sanders) 7:24

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Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
Alex Blake b
Hamid Drake dr
Adam Rudolph perc
Julian Lage g on the last track of the second set

This is sorta 2-set jam session with longer imrovised segments and based partially on some motives from Spirits etc. The titles are for onomastic purposes basicaly ;)

set 1:

1.Morning in Soweto/The Thousand Petalled Lotus (Sanders-Drake-Rudolph-Blake) 21:56
2.Ancient Peoples (Sanders-Drake-Rudolph-Blake) 36:35
3.Encore (Sanders-Drake-Rudolph-Blake) 11:59

set 2:

1.Sax intro by Pharoah 3:59
2.Unidentified (Sanders-Drake-Rudolph-Blake) 48:06
3.Unidentified (Sanders-Drake-Rudolph-Blake) 9:42
4.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 4:34
5.I Got the Rainbow (Lage?) 7:26

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Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Yoron Israel dr
Babatunde Lea perc

set 1:

1.unindentified 29:15
2.Lazy Bird (Coltrane) 16:06
3.Midnight on Berkeley Square (Sherwin-Maschwitz) 20:51
4.Save Our Children (Sanders) 9:04

set 2:

1.Ole (Coltrane) 45:45
2.You've Got to Have Freedom (Sanders) 33:19
3.Highlife (Sanders) 11:15

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Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Yoron Israel dr
Babatunde Lea perc

set 1:

1.Kazuko (Sanders) 13:33
2.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 25:48
3.Too Young to Go Steady (Adamson-McHugh) 14:23
4.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 14:53

set 2:

1.Intro + tuning 0:31
2.unidentified 29:14
3.Tina (Sanders) 20:04
4.Save Our Children (Sanders) 17:57

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Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Yoron Israel dr
Babatunde Lea perc

Set 1:

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 10:00
2.Giant Steps (Coltrane) 22:56
3.Say It (over and over again) (Loesser-McHugh)19:28
4.Save Our Children (Sanders) 15:24

Set 2:

1.Morning in Soweto (Sanders) 18:52
2.Ole (Coltrane) 37:38
3.Save Our Children (Sanders) 14:35

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Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Yoron Israel dr
Babatunde Lea perc

set 1:

1.Kazuko (Sanders) 11:01
2.Lazy Bird (Coltrane) 25:37
3.Nancy (with a Laughing Face) (Silvers-Van Heusen) 17:31
4.Save Our Children (Sanders) 16:39

set 2:

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 11:36
2.Tina (Sanders) 23:42
3.Highlife (Sanders) 16:20
4.unidentified 12:22
5.Save Our Children (Sanders) 8:39

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Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Yoron Israel dr
Babatunde Lea perc

set 1:

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 9:24
2.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 29:49
3.Midnight in Berkeley Square (Sherwin-Maschwitz) 18:49
4.Save Our Children (Sanders) 14:44

set 2:

1.Intro 0:20
2.Kazuko/Ole/Kazuko (Sanders/Coltrane/Sanders) 26:40
3.unidentified 19:37
4.Tina (Sanders) 14:50
5.Highlife (Sanders) 17:24

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Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Yoron Israel dr
Babatunde Lea perc

set 1:

1.Intro 1:45
2.Kazuko (Sanders) 7:03
3.Tina (Sanders) 26:04
4.Naima (Coltrane) 6:00
5.Giant Steps (Coltrane) 23:33
6.Save Our Children (Sanders) 16:21

set 2:

1.Intro 2:21
2.Ole (Coltrane) 31:04
3.Just for the Love (Coltrane) 18:30
4.Nozipho (Sanders) 20:40
5.Save Our Children (Sanders) 16:46

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Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Babatunde Lea perc

set 1:

1.Kazuko (Sanders) 10:13
2.Ole (Coltrane) 27:40
3.Tina (Sanders) 14:34
4.Giant steps (Coltrane) 14:20
5.Save Our Children (Sanders) 10:35

set 2:

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 9:21
2.Morning in Soweto (Sanders) 22:32
3.Softly for Shyla (Henderson) 4:05
4.Wise One (Coltrane) 25:36
5.unidentified 14:48
6.Save Our Children (Sanders) 12:06

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Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
William Henderson p
Jean Paul Bourelly g
Trilok Gurtu perc, dr, voc
Alex Blake b

1.Announcement 1:51
2.Welcome (Coltrane) 14:49
3.Ole (Coltrane) 50:00
4.Tina (Sanders) 15:17
5.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) + Final announcement 10:34
6.Interview with Pharoah 2:52

Pharoah in Warsaw, June 1999

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Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Adam Rudolph dr

1.Ole (Coltrane) 39:42
2.Morning in Soweto (Sanders-Rudolph-Drake) 15:30
3.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 11:55
4.Save Our Children (Sanders) 9:28

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Pharoah Sanders ts
Carlos Santana g
others

1.Spiritual/(Da Le) Yaleo/Hannibal
2.Put Your Lights On
3.Smooth
4.Our Roots (Began In Africa) (Sanders) 8:29
5.Day Of Celebration/Victory Is Won (Santana) 5:27
6.Aranjuez/Maria Maria
7.Europa
8.Bacalao Con Pan/Karl Perazzo/Raul Rekow/Rodney Holmes
9.Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen
10.Oye Como Va
11.Corazon Espinado/Band Introduction (Santana) 5:16

Pharoah plays on 4, 5 and 11

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Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
William Henderson p
Jeff Chambers b
Babatunde Lea dr, perc

1.Kazuko (Sanders) 16:32
2.Ole (Coltrane) 30:21
3.Midnight in Berkeley Square (Sherwin-Maschwitz) 20:35
4.Save Our Children (Sanders) 8:44
5.Hilife (Sanders) 5:05

audience rec.

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Pharoah Sanders ts
William Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Hamid Drake dr

1.Giant Steps (Coltrane) 23:35
2.Shukuru (Sanders) 26:22
3.Out of this World (Mercer-Arlen) 19:12
4.Morning in Soweto (Sanders-Rudolph-Drake) 10:44
5.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 12:18

Tracks 1, 4 and 5 are also on video (2 different TV transmissions - 3 and 4 - WDR)
Tracks 1 - 3 - FM transmission (German radio)

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Pharoah Sanders reeds
Willaim Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Hamid Drake dr
Chaouki Smahi oud, perc, voc
Yahia Smahi perc

set 1

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 10:46
2.Out of this World (Arlen-Mercer) 23:41
3.Lazy Bird (Coltrane) 14:45
4.Save Our Children (Sanders) 8:16

set 2

5.Nozipho (Sanders) 22:17
6.Midnight in Berkeley Square (Sherwin-Maswitz) 17:38
7.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 9:47
8.Unknown title 10:40

Audience recording

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Pharoah Sanders reeds
Jean-Paul Bourelly g
Willaim Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Hamid Drake dr
Dhafer Youssef oud, perc, voc

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 11:23
2.Ole (Coltrane) 30:43
3.Unknown title 30:46
4.Shukuru (Sanders)9:55
5.Encore - Blues fragment (Sanders-Bourelly) 5:44

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The European tour Fall 1999:

17.10 Darmstadt, Central
19.10 Leverkusen, Jazztage
21.10 Meunchen, Bayrischer Hof
22.10 Hannover, Pavillon
23.10 Berlin, Traenenpalast
24.10 Hamburg, Fabrik
25.10 Karlsruhe, Tollhaus
28.10 Halle, Steintor
30.10 Zuerich

Hopefully there are other shows from this tour captured ans sometime will surface.

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Pharoah Sanders reeds
Willaim Henderson kbds
Alex Blake b
Hamid Drake dr
Chaouki Smahi oud, perc, voc
Yahia Smahi perc

1.Unknown title 14:21
2.Welcome (Coltrane) 10:44
3.Ole (Coltrane) 28:07
4.Naima (Coltrane) 8:22
5.Out of this World (Arlen-Mercer) 19:17
6.Unknown title 9:57

FM transmission

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Pharoah Sanders ts
William Henderson p
Alex Blake b
Yoron Israel dr

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 10:09
2.Ole (Coltrane) 30:37
3.Body and Soul (Green/Heyman/Sour/Eaton) 22:31
4.Speak Low (Nash) 11:18
5.Unidentified fragment 2:57
6.Highlife (Sanders) 4:45 (incomplete)

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Pharoah Sanders ts
William Henderson p
Alex Blake b
Yoron Israel dr

1.Kazuko (Sanders) 16:21
2.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 34:35
3.Say It (Over and Over Again) (Loesser-McHugh) 22:04
4.Tina (Sanders) 9:54
5.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 10:54

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Pharoah Sanders ts
William Henderson p
Alex Blake b
Yoron Israel dr

1.Highlife (Sanders) 13:46
2.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 15:39
3.Tina (Sanders) 8:23

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Alex Blake b
Pharoah Sanders ts
Chris Hunter as
John Hicks p
Victor Jones dr
Neil Clark perc

1 On the Spot (Blake) 11:47
2 Intro - Neil Clark 2:53
3 The Chief (Blake) 12:36
4 Little Help Solo (Blake-Lennon-McCartney) 6:02
5 Intro - Alex Blake 1:27
6 Now Is the Time (Blake) 9:51
7 Mystery of Love (Blake) 9:22

ALEX BLAKE QUINTET FEATURING PHAROAH SANDERS - NOW IS THE TIME (LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY) - Bubble Core Records BC-030

1. Ka-Real (Take 2) (Joseph Bowie)12:35
2. Africanos/Latinos (El Zabar-Sandoval) 9:49
3. Miles' Mode (Coltrane) 7:19
4. Autumn Leaves (Cosma-Mercer-Prevert) 11:23
5. Africa N'da Blues (ElZabar) 7:30
6. Pharoah's Song (ElZabar) 11:38
7. Ka-Real (Take 1) (Joseph Bowie) 10:44

Kahil El'Zabar dr, perc
Ari Brown p, ts, ss
Malachi Favors b
Pharoah Sanders ts

Susana Sandoval spoken word on 2

Released as KAHIL EL'ZABAR'S RITUAL TRIO WITH PHAROAH SANDERS - AFRICA N'DA BLUES - Delmark DE-519

Steve Turre tb, shells
Pharoah Sanders ts
Jon Faddis tp
Wayne Goodman tb, shells
Josh Roseman tb, shells
Stafford Hunter ttb, shells
Aaron Johnson btb, shells
Stephen Scott p
Abdou Mboop djembe, talking drum, afr. perc, kora
Andy Gonzalez b
Horacio "el Negro" Hernandez dr
Manny Oquendo timb
Giovanni Hidalgo cga

set 1

1.Funky-T (Turre) 16:23
2.Rhythm Within (Turre) 17:31
3.Macho (Para Machito) (Turre) 22:30
4.Happiness (Dinizulu-Turre) 16:11

set 2

1.The Emperor (Turre) 23:40
2.Morning (Lateef) 18:06
3.Body and Soul (Green-Heyman-Sour-Eaton) 15:38
4.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 19:57
5.Strenght (Turre) 11:51

Audience recording

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Steve Turre tb, shells
Pharoah Sanders ts
Jon Faddis tp
Wayne Goodman tb, shells
Josh Roseman tb, shells
Stafford Hunter ttb, shells
Aaron Johnson btb, shells
Stephen Scott p
Abdou Mboop djembe, talking drum, afr. perc, kora
Andy Gonzalez b
Horacio "el Negro" Hernandez dr
Manny Oquendo timb
Giovanni Hidalgo cga

set 2:

1.The Emperor (Turre) 21:36
2.Morning (Y.Lateef) 18:41
3.Body and Soul (Green-Heyman-Sour-Eaton) 12:49
4.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 24:03
5.Strenght (Turre) 12:34

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Cassandra Wilson voc
Pharoah Sanders voc
rest unknown

1.Angel (Hendrix) 5:58

On SEARCHING FOR JIMI HENDRIX - The Right Stuff 72438-59782-2-7

Pharoah does not appear on the other tracks

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