Pharoah Sanders

In The Beginning 1963-1964

ESP

His first recordings, pre-Trane. Two previously unreleased sessions with Don Cherry and Paul Bley; his debut as a leader; and the first issue ever of the complete end-of-1964 concerts with Sun Ra at Judson Hall (Sanders’ only known recordings with the Arkestra).

• Pharoah Sanders Interview - Coming To NY
• Cocktail Piece (first var.) take 1
• Cocktail Piece (first var.) take 2
• Studio Engineer Announcement
• Cherry's Dilemma
• Studio Engineer Announcement
• Rememberance (first var.)
• Medley: Thelonious Monk Compositions
• Don Cherry Interview - Ornette's Influence Pt. 1
• Don Cherry Interview - Ornette's Influence Pt. 2
• Paul Bley Interview - 1960s Avant Garde
• Generous 1 take 1 (Setting Levels)
• Generous 1 take 2
• Walking Woman take 1
• Walking Woman take 2
• Ictus
• Note: After Session Conversation
• Pharoah Sanders Interview - Musician he Performed With Pt. 1
• Bernard Stollman Interview - Meeting Pharoah Sanders
• Seven by Seven
• Bethera
• Pharoah Sanders Interview - Musician he Performed With Pt. 2
• Pharoah Sanders Interview - Meeting Sun Ra
• Dawn Over Israel
• The Shadow World
• The Second Stop Is Jupiter
• Discipline #9
• We Travel The Spaceways
• Sun Ra Interview - Being Neglected as an Artist
• Gods on Safari
• The Shadow World
• Rocket #9
• The Voice of Pan Pt. 1
• Dawn Over Israel
• Space Mates
• The Voice of Pan Pt. 2
• The Talking Drum
• Conversation With Saturn
• The Next Stop Mars
• The Second Stop is Jupiter
• Pathway to the Outer Known
• Sun Ra Interview - Meeting John Coltrane
• Pharoah Sanders Interview - John Coltrane
• Pharoah Sanders Interview - Playing at Slug's
• Max Gordon
• Pharoah Sanders Interview - Closing Comments