Pharoah Sanders - Oh Lord, Let Me Do No Wrong

1987 release from Pharoah, on Producer / proprietor Bob Thiel's post-Flying Dutchman label, Dr. Jazz. As a later work by Pharoah Sanders , OLLMDNW, is an overlooked set that’s filled with some pretty nice material! The group features electric piano by Donald Smith and acoustic piano by William Henderson – and the groove is a mixture of spiritual soul jazz with a few more standard numbers that differ from Pharoah’s albums on Impulse. At the best moments, Pharoah is blowing with all his classic magic – crafting the sort of long and raspy lines that always grab us immediately, as the rhythm section comps out modally behind him, setting up a soulfully swinging groove. Highlights include a version of Coltrane’s " Equinox", done in a building modal way that stays very faithful to the original, and a long version of "Out Of This World", one that runs for 14 minutes, building into a straight jazz groove that layers sound upon sound upon sound. Leon Thomas sings pm 3 tracks (noted by **)