Pharoah Sanders
Love In Us All
Recorded Sept. 13-14, 1973
Released in 1974 on ABC/Impulse ASD 9280
Vinyl rip @ 224/S (I did what I could)

1. Love In Us All (Sanders) 19:53
2. To John (Sanders)  20:35

Pharoah Sanders- tsx, ssx, flt 
Joe Bonner- pno 
James Branch- flt
Cecil McBee- bs
Norman Connors- drms
Lawrence Killian, Mtume, Badal Roy- pcsn

AMG EXPERT REVIEW: Recorded near the end of Pharoah Sanders' 
tenure at Impulse, Love in Us All consists of two extended 
compositions. Together, they serve as an aural representation 
of the way Sanders' music polarized the jazz world at the time. 
Like many of his "New Thing" peers, the saxophonist sought the 
sound world beyond the constraints of conventional harmony. 
This often translated into music played at the grating, far 
reaches of his instrument. "To John" finds Sanders in this 
territory. His solo begins with Coltrane-isms of short motive 
development before stretching out into a more personal sound. 
Finding himself engulfed by a rising musical tide, he plays 
like he's fighting desperately to stay above it. Soon his 
saxophone takes on a sorrowful tone as if admitting inevitable 
defeat. With little optimism apparent, it ultimately communicates 
a sense of emptiness. 

However, the often one-dimensional criticism of Sanders as an angry, 
confrontational musician fails to take in the ragged beauty of a work 
like "Love Is Everywhere." The song offers little explanation as to 
what the furor was all about. It begins with an exquisite bass vamp 
that the song builds from. "Love is everywhere" is repeatedly and 
passionately shouted as the music escalates into a disorienting swirl 
of sound. Sanders enters midway through with a surprisingly restrained 
and lyrical solo on soprano. These two songs hardly seem to belong on 
the same album and are best approached separately.

Many of the players who took musical and philosophical inspiration from 
John Coltrane failed to translate it into resonant works of their own. 
Sanders' unsuccessful attempt on "To John" falls in this category. Yet, 
in a way, Coltrane himself never created a work as emotionally direct 
as "Love Is Everywhere." 