On December 15, 2024, Ustad Zakir Hussain died aged 73. He was musician (tabla, percussion), composer, music producer and film actor, considered as one of the greatest tabla players of all time.Hussain recorded and performed with number of famous musicians, among the others with John McLaughlin, Jan Garbarek, Mickey Hart, Ravi Shankar, Bill Laswell, Shankar Lakshminarayana, Pat Martino, Shakti, John Handy, Pharaoh Sanders, Ali Akbar Khan and Charles Lloyd. For his work he was awarded the “Govt of India’s Sangeet Natak Akademi Award “, “Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship”, “Ratna Sadsya”, and the “United States National Endowment for the Arts’ National Heritage Fellowship”. Hussain won four “Grammy Awards”.
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Pharaoh Sanders: Karma
In May 1969, “Impulse!” label released “Karma”, the third Pharaoh Sanders album. It was recorded in February 1969, at “RCA” in New York City, and was produced by ob Thiele.
Personnel:
- Pharoah Sanders — tenor saxophone
- Lonnie Liston Smith — piano
- Julius Watkins — French horn
- James Spaulding — flute
- Reggie Workman — bass
- Ron Carter — bass
- Richard Davis — bass
- Billy Hart — drums
- Freddie Waits — drums
- Leon Thomas — vocal, percussion
- Nathaniel Bettis — percussion
- Bob Simpson – engineer
- Robert & Barbara Flynn – cover design
- Joe Lebow – liner design
- Charles Stewart – photography
Track listing:
- The Creator Has a Master Plan (part one) – Pharaoh Sanders, Leon Thomas
- The Creator Has a Master Plan (part two) – Pharaoh Sanders, Leon Thomas
- Colors – Pharaoh Sanders, Leon Thomas
Pharaoh Sanders: Black Unity
On December 8, 1971, “Impulse!” label released “Black Unity”, the seventh Pharaoh Sanders album. It was recorded in November 1971, and was produced by Lee Young.
Personnel:
- Pharoah Sanders — soprano and tenor saxophone, balafon
- Marvin “Hannibal” Peterson — trumpet
- Carlos Garnett — flute, tenor saxophone
- Joe Bonner — piano
- Stanley Clarke, Cecil McBee — bass
- Norman Connors, Billy Hart — drums
- Lawrence Killian — conga, balafon, talking drum, percussion
- Tony May — engineer
- Erick Labson — remastering
- Hollis King — art direction
- Christine Lee — graphic design
- Chuck Stewart — photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Pharaoh Sanders.
- Black Unity (part one)
- Black Unity (part two)
John Coltrane
On July 17, 1967,John William Coltrane, died aged 40. He was musician (saxophones) and composer, played key role in the process of modernizing of jazz music. With the spiritual dimension in his music and superb technique as saxophonist, he influenced innumerable musicians from various music genres. Coltrane has worked with some of the most important musicians in the jazz history including Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Johnny Hartman, Pharaoh Sanders and Dizzy Gillespie. His 1965 album “A Love Supreme” is regarded as one of the best and most important jazz album of all times.
Elvin Jones
On May 18, 2004, Elvin Ray Jones died aged 77. He was musician (drums), performed with Charles Mingus, Teddy Charles, Bud Powell and Miles Davis, but he is best known as a member of the John Coltrane quartet (from 1960 to 1966) along with Jimmy Garrison on bass and McCoy Tyner on piano, in the celebrated recording phase including the album “A love supreme”. Jones recorded with numerous artists including Art Farmer, J.J. Johnson, Aaron Bell, Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers, Pepper Adams, Kenny Burrell, Sonny Rollins, Thad Jones, Idris Sulieman, Mal Waldron, Steve Lacy, Bernie Green, Hank Jones, Jimmy Forest, Randy Weston, Curtis Fuller, Gil Evans, Harry Lookofsky, Julian Priester, Barry Harris, Clifford Jordan, Sonny Red, Yusef Lateef, Lee Konitz, Freddie Hubbard, Pony Poindexter, Duke Ellington, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Woods, Andrew Hill, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Bob Brookmeyer, Wayne Shorter, Grant Green, Joe Henderson, Larry Young, Roland Kirk, Earl Hines, Jaki Byard, Larry Coryell, Ornette Coleman, Barney Kessel, Phineas Newborn Jr, Allen Ginsberg, Joe Farrell, Frank Foster, Billy Harper, Elek Bacsik, Oregon, Jimmy Rowles, Chico Freeman, Ray Brown, Pharaoh Sanders, Lew Soloff, James Williams, Marcus Roberts, Kenny Garrett, David Murray, Sonny Sharrock, Javon Jackson, Robert Hurst, John McLaughlin, Shirley Horn, Joe Lovano, Steve Griggs, Michael Brecker, Gary LeMel and Stefano di Battista, becoming one of the most recorded artists of all time. As leader, Jones released 48 albums.
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