Pharoah Sanders & Floating Points

Promises (Limited Gatefold - Colored Vinyl) (680899109710)

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Promises (Limited Gatefold - Colored Vinyl)

Pharoah Sanders & Floating Points

Luaka Bop

680899109710

LPS 166585

680899109710

JAZZ

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LP 29,95 €

DELUXE 180 GRAM LP

Marbled vinyl version

Xmas 2021 special edition

housed in a die-cut gatefold sleeve

INCLUDES 12x12" insert.

Promises is a collaboration between British electronic music producer Sam “Floating Points” Shepherd and American jazz legend Pharoah Sanders (with an assist from the London Symphony Orchestra), and it sits in that nebulous dimension.

The album, a sweeping, solitary composition of nine movements, combines Shepherd’s arrangements and artistic vision with the spiritual yearnings of Sanders’s tenor saxophone; the result is an otherworldly, dreamlike experience.

The strings section of the London Symphony Orchestra, fully making their arrival in Movement 6, heighten both the album’s drama and splendor. The result is a rewarding study in contrasts: an oddly cohesive conversation between the worlds of spiritual jazz, electronic music, and classical music.

PERSONNEL:

  • Pharoah Sanders - tenor sax, vocals
  • Sam Shepherd - piano, Hammond B3
  • The Strings of the London Symphony Orchestra

TRACKS:

  • SIDE A
  • A1. Movement 1 ....... 06:24
  • A2. Movement 2 ....... 02:31
  • A3. Movement 3 ....... 02:32
  • A4. Movement 4 ....... 02:31
  • A5. Movement 5 ....... 04:25
  • SIDE B
  • B1. Movement 6 ....... 08:50
  • B2. Movement 7 ....... 09:28
  • B3. Movement 8 ....... 07:22
  • B4. Movement 9 ....... 02:30