Impulse Story Reviews

You can't really go wrong with this compilation. Sure there's only four tracks but it features his best material all crammed into one disc. We have some beautiful creations on here starting with Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt that's a short 16 minutes, by short I mean it doesn't seem that long when listening to it. It's an almost ambient jazz track and if your a fan of Eastern jazz then it's right up your alley.

Next we have The Creator Has a Master Plan. which is a 32 minute journey that can be broken down into 5 parts all-the-while still flowing together very nicely. Unlike Sun Ra's Space Is the Place track, which I find has a similar feel, this track is not clumped up in random noise and vocals. The lyrics are deep and the music is even deeper with a lovely message, no matter what God you believe in.

Astral Traveling and Spiritual Blessing are a bit more similar in style and in length. It's the type of jazz that Alice Coltrane was doing at the same time with her harp. Very spiritual (as the title suggests) and has so much soul coming out of it you'll be hard pressed not to love them, even if your the devils child. Overall, it's a great compilation and a good starting point for any new listener to Pharoah Sanders, which is what I think it was intended for.