This album features
Pharoah Sanders
playing some no-nonsense tenor in a quartet with pianist
John Hicks
, bassist
Walter Booker
, and drummer
Idris Muhammad
.
Sanders
performs
"It's Easy to Remember"
(in a style very reminiscent of early-'60s
John Coltrane
), an original
blues
, and two of his compositions, including the passionate
"You've Got to Have Freedom."
The musicianship is at a high level and, although
does not shriek as much as one might hope (the
Trane-ish
influence was particularly strong during this relatively mellow period), he is in fine form. ~ Scott Yanow