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Released
  
1980

Journey to the One (1980)
  
Rejoice (1981)

Release date
  
1980

Label
  
Theresa Records

Length
  
72:00

Artist
  
Pharoah Sanders

Producer
  
Pharoah Sanders

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
December 1979 in San Francisco, CA

Similar
  
Pharoah Sanders albums, Jazz albums

Journey to the One is a double album led by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders recorded in 1979 and released on the Theresa label.

Contents

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow observed "As usual, Sanders shifts between spiritual peace and violent outbursts in his tenor solos".

Track listing

All compositions by Pharaoh Sanders except as indicated

  1. "Greetings to Idris" - 7:28
  2. "Doktor Pitt" - 12:13
  3. "Kazuko" - 8:07
  4. "After the Rain" (John Coltrane) - 5:36
  5. "Soledad" - 4:56
  6. "You've Got to Have Freedom" - 6:48
  7. "Yemenja" (John Hicks) - 5:35
  8. "It's Easy to Remember" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 6:32
  9. "Think About the One" - 4:15
  10. "Bedria" - 10:30

Personnel

  • Pharoah Sanders - tenor saxophone, tambura, sleigh bells
  • Eddie Henderson - flugelhorn (tracks 2 & 6)
  • John Hicks - piano (tracks 1,2 6-8 & 10)
  • Joe Bonner - piano, electric piano (track 4 & 9)
  • Bedria Sanders - harmonium (track 5)
  • Paul Arslanian - harmonium, wind chimes (track 3)
  • Mark Isham - synthesizer (track 9)
  • James Pomerantz - sitar (track 5)
  • Yoko Ito Gates - koto (track 3)
  • Chris Hayes (track 10), Carl Lockett (tracks 1,7 & 9) - guitar
  • Ray Drummond (tracks 1,2, 6-8 & 10), Joy Julks (track 9) - bass
  • Idris Muhammad (tracks 1,2, 6-8 & 10), Randy Merritt (track 9) - drums
  • Phil Ford - tabla (track 5)
  • Babatunde Lea - shekere, congas (track 9)
  • Dee Dee Dickerson, Bobby McFerrin, Vicki Randle, Ngoh Spencer - vocals (tracks 6 & 9)
  • Claudette Allen - vocals (track 9)

    • Songs

    1Greetings To Idris7:29
    2Doktor Pitt12:13
    3Kazuko (Peace Child)8:07

    References

    Journey to the One Wikipedia
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