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Released
  
1991

Artist
  
Pharoah Sanders

Label
  
Timeless Records

Length
  
70:04

Release date
  
1991

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
July 17, 18 & 19, 1990 at Studio Gimmick, Yerres, France

Producer
  
Russ Musto and Tetsuo Hara

Welcome to Love (1991)
  
Crescent with Love (1992)

Similar
  
Pharoah Sanders albums, Jazz albums

Welcome to Love (subtitled Pharoah Sanders Plays Beautiful Ballads) is an album led by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders recorded in 1990 and first released on the Dutch Timeless label. The album features jazz standards, many of which were also recorded by John Coltrane.

Contents

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Steve Loewy observed "This performance has held up well through the years, and while the thin, reserved approach is reminiscent of Coltrane, it is still marked with Pharoah's print".

Track listing

  1. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene DePaul, Don Raye) - 4:55
  2. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 5:18
  3. "My One and Only Love" (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood) - 8:06
  4. "I Want to Talk About You" (Billy Eckstine) - 8:14
  5. "Soul Eyes" (Mal Waldron) - 9:22
  6. "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Phil Silvers) - 6:54
  7. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Van Heusen) - 7:21
  8. "Say It (Over and Over Again)" (Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh) - 6:57
  9. "Lament" (J. J. Johnson) - 6:13
  10. "The Bird Song" (Pharoah Sanders) - 6:50
  11. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) - 6:14 Bonus track on Japanese CD

Personnel

  • Pharoah Sanders - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • William Henderson - piano
  • Stafford James - bass
  • Eccleston W. Wainwright Jr. - drums
  • Songs

    1You Don't Know What Love Is4:56
    2The Nearness of You5:19
    3My One and Only Love8:07

    References

    Welcome to Love Wikipedia