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Session 1, Orange Music Studio, West Orange, NJ + Garage Sale Studio, Los Angeles, CA

 Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw voc
Dereje Mekonnen org, elp, synth
Tony Cedras acc
Herbie Hancock elp, clavinet, synth
Amina Claudine Myers org, elp
Abegasu Shiota elp, synth
Wayne Shorter ss
Pharoah Sanders ts, ss, bells
Graham Haynes crn, flh
Henry Threadgill as, fl
Art Baron tb
Mark Taylor frh
Nicky Skopelitis 6- and 12-strings g
David Gilmore g
Zakki Jewad g
Bill Laswell bg, synth
Thomas Gobena b
Hamid Drake dr, tabla, congas, doff
Karsh Kale dr, tabla, synth
Mikias Abebayehu dr, congas
Aiyb Dieng chatan, congas, perc
Abdou Mboup congas, talking drum, djembe, perc
Setegne Satenaw masinko
Melaku Gelaw kerare
Imani Uzuri back voc
Tigist Shibbaw back voc
Hebest Tirunehe back voc
Dawit Melesse back voc
Abonesh Adenew back voc
Mizanekritos Yohannes back voc

1.Gud Fella (E.Shibabaw) 5:35
2.Mengedegna (E.Shibabaw) 5:23
3.Tew Ante Sew (E.Shibabaw) 4:20
4.Abay (E.Shibabaw) 5:18
5.Bale Washintu (E.Shibabaw, Dejene, Bekel & Sinke Asefa) 5:35
6.Guramayle (E.Shibabaw) 4:27
7.Sew Argen (E.Shibabaw) 5:16
8.Aynama (E.Shibabaw) 5:05
9.Kahn (E.Shibabaw) 3:47
10.Zomaye (E.Shibabaw) 4:00
11.Abet Wubet (E.Shibabaw) 4:06
12.Adwa (E.Shibabaw) 5:02

Produced and arranged by Bill Laswell

Horns arr. by Henry Threadgill

Released as GIGI - GIGI - Palm Pictures PALMCD 2068-2


Session 2, 13.03, Yoshi's, Oakland, CA

Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson p
Robert Hurst b
Ralph Penland dr
Dwight Tribble voc

1.Villa (Lehar) 10:54
2.Colors (Sanders-Thomas) 6:19
3.My Favorite Things (Hammerstein-Rodgers) 29:57
4.Unidentified 11:49
5.Blues 16:19

set 2

6.Welcome (Coltrane) 12:07
7.A Love Supreme (Coltrane) 21:35
8.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 25:37
9.Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Van Heusen-Burke) 14:50


Pharoah at Yoshi's 13.03.2001

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Session 3, 14.03, Yoshi's, Oakland, CA

Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson p
Robert Hurst b
Ralph Penland dr
Dwight Tribble voc

Set 1:

1.Kazuko (Sanders) 8:00
2.A Love Supreme (Coltrane) 18:00
3.Lazy Bird (Coltrane) 14:20
4.Body and Soul (Sour-Green-Heyman-Eyton) 11:01
5.Save Our Children (Sanders) 10:32

Set 2:

1.Colors (Sanders-Thomas) 6:39
2.Giant Steps (Coltrane) 13:07
3.Naima (Coltrane) 8:18
4.Villa (Lehar) 21:30
5.Soul Eyes (M.Waldron) 8:23
6.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 13:14

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Session 4, 15.03, Yoshi's, Oakland, CA

Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson p
Robert Hurst b
Ralph Penland dr
Dwight Tribble voc

Set 1:

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 14:47
2.My Favorite Things (Rodgers-Hammerstein) 34:30
3.Midnight in Berkeley Square (Sherwin-Maschwitz) 20:31

Set 2:
1.Intro 0:55
2.Kazuko (Sanders) 13:49
3.Ole (Coltrane) 40:11
4.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 16:55
5.You've Got to Have Freedom (Sanders) 15:10

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Session 5, 16.03, Yoshi's, Oakland, CA

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
William Henderson p
Robert Hurst b
Ralph Penland dr
Dwight Tribble voc

set 1:

1.Colors (Sanders-Thomas) 6:36
2.A Love supreme (Coltrane) 23:34
3.Lazy Bird (Coltrane) 19:17
4.Body and Soul (Green-Heyman-Sour-Eyton) 16:20
5.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 13:00

set 2:

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 14:56
2.My Favorite Things (Rodgers-Hammerstein) 35:20
3.unidentified 17:24
4.Villa (Lehar) 20:10
5.Save Our Children (Sanders) 10:54

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Session 6, 17.03, Yoshi's, Oakland, CA

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
William Henderson p
Robert Hurst b
Ralph Penland dr
Dwight Tribble voc

set 1:

1.Colors (Sanders-Thomas) 6:35
2.unidentified 21:20
3.Midnight in Berkeley Square (Sherwin-Maschwitz) 15:40
4.unidentified 18:13
5.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 13:53

set 2:

1.unidentified 28:55
2.Naima (Coltrane) 7:47
3.Stormy Monday Blues 24:40
4.Save Our Childern (Sanders) 13:19

 

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Session 7, 18.03, Yoshi's, Oakland, CA

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
William Henderson p
Robert Hurst b
Ralph Penland dr

set 1:

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 12:48
2.A Love Supreme (Coltrane) 27:12
3.Polka dots and Moonbeams (Van Heusen-Burke) 11:23
4.My Favorite Things (Rodgers-Hammestein) 23:24
5.Save Our Children (Sanders) 9:20

set 2:

1.Colors (Sanders-Thomas) 6:50
2.Piano intro 1:53
3.Giant steps (Coltrane) 15:13
4.Soul Eyes (Waldron) 8:28
5.All or Nothing at All (Altman-Lawrence) 25:07
6.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 21:37

Dwight Tribble voc

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Session 8, 19.03, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA,

Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson p
Robert Hurst b
Ralph Penland dr
Dwight Tribble voc

set 1:

1.Announcement 0:30
2.Colors (Sanders-Thomas) 6:31
3.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 27:18
4.Blues 23:39
5.unidentified 15:30
6.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 10:36

set 2:

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 14:47
2.Villa (Lehar) 22:25
3.Naima (Coltrane) 7:30
4.My Favorite Things (Hammerstein-Rodgers) 17:57
5.Save Our Children (Sanders) 7:54
6.Highlife (Sanders) 9:12

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Session 9, 20.03, Yoshi's, Oakland, CA

Billy Higgins Benefit

Set 1

Pharoah Sanders ts
William Henderson p
Robert Hurst b
Ralph Penland dr
Dwight Tribble voc
Bobby Hutcherson vibes

1.Announcement 2:05
2.A Love Supreme (Coltrane) 17:30
3.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 8:20

Charles Lloyd ts
Bobby Hutcherson vib
Julian Lage g
Larry Grenadier b
Tony Austin dr
Kamau Daaood recitation on 5

4.Announcement 2:50
5.Poem by Kamau Daaood 9:37
6.Announcement 1:08
7.unknown title 12:34
8.unknown title 13:07

Pharoah Sanders ts
William Henderson p
Robert Hurst b
Ralph Penland dr
Dwight Tribble voc
Bobby Hutcherson vibes

9.Prayer 10:08

set 2

Pharoah Sanders ts
William Henderson p
Robert Hurst b
Ralph Penland dr
Dwight Tribble voc
Bobby Hutcherson vibes

1.My Favorite Things (Rodgers-Hammerstein) 24:32
2.Save Our Children (Sanders) 10:17

Bobby Hutcherson vibes + prob.
William Henderson p
Robert Hurst b
Ralph Penland dr

3.unidentified 7:26

4.announcement 5:13

Charles Lloyd ts
Bobby Hutcherson vib
Julian Lage g
Larry Grenadier b
Tony Austin dr
Kamau Daaood recitation on 5

5.Poem by Kamau Daaood 9:43
6.unidentified title 7:45
7.announcement 0:45
8.unidentified 15:09
9.unidentified 15:06
10.announcement 0:49

Charles Lloyd ts
Pharoah Sanders ts
William Henderson p
Bobby Hutcherson vib
Julian Lage g
Larry Grenadier b
Robert Hurst b
Tony Austin dr
Ralph Penland dr
Dwight Tribble voc

11.Prayer 16:33

12.Billy Higgins closing announcement 3:27

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Session 10, 4.05, Chicago, Hothouse, with Kahil el Zabar Ritual Trio

Kahil el Zabar dr, perc, voc
Ari Brown p, ts, voc
Malachi Favors b
Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
Susana Sandoval spoken word on Aficanos/Latinos

Set 1

1.When I Think of You (Ari Brown) 15:59
2.Africa N'da Blues (el Zabar) 14:15
3.Aficanos/Latinos (el Zabar/Sandoval) 18:25

set 2

1.Ka-Real (Joseph Bowie) 22:14
2.Where Do You Want to Go (Ari Brown)23:36

Audience recording

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Session 11, 22.06, Norigen Stage, Toronto, JVC Jazz Festival

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
William Henderson p
Dwayne Burno b
Yoron Israel dr

1.Announcements 3:11
2.Welcome (Coltrane) 16:28
3.My Favorite Things (Rodgers-Hammerstein) 29:50
4.Midnight on Berkeley Square (Sherwin-Maschwitz) 23:40
6.Pharoah introduces the members of the group 0:50
7.Highlife (encore) (Sanders) 5:00
8.Closing announcement 0:22

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Session 12, 26.06, Catalinas, LA

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
Kenny Davis b
Ralph Penland dr
Dwight Tribble voc

Set 1:

1.Colors (Sanders-Thomas) 8:17
2.A Love Supreme (Coltrane) 34:11
3.Origin (Sanders) 20:14
4.Body and Soul (Green-Heyman-Sour-Eyton) 28:15
5.Save Our Children (Sanders) 4:37

Set 2:

1.Kazuko/Ole (Sanders/Coltrane) 27:57
2.My Favorite Things (Rogers-Hammerstein) 34:10
3.Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Van Heusen-Burke) 11:58
4.Villa (Lehar) 17:54

Audience recording

 

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Session 13, 27.06, Catalinas, LA

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
Chaouki Smahi oud
Kenny Davis b
Ralph Penland dr
Dwight Tribble voc

Second set:

1.Unidentified 28:17
this is the same tune Pharoah used to play in 1975 during his concerts in France (Paris, Reims and Marseille). Anybody knows the title? 2.Midnight in Berkeley Square (Sherwin-Maschwitz) 19:04
3.Ole (Coltrane) 30:44

Audience recording

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Session 14, 30.08, Petrillo Music Shell, Grant Park, Chicago, Chicago Jazz Festival

Kahil el Zabar dr, perc, voc
Ari Brown p, ts
Malachi Favors b
Pharoah Sanders ts
Susana Sandoval spoken word on Africanos/Latinos

1.Radio Intro 2:56
2.Intro 1:37
3.Autumn Leaves (Cosma-Prevert) 15:41
4.Ka-Real (Joseph Bowie) 17:15
5.Africanos/Latinos (el Zabar-Sandoval) 16:52
6.Where Do You Want to Go (Ari Brown) 20:47
7.Closing ann. 1:24

FM transmission

 

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Session 15, 3.09, Oakland, Art and Soul Festival

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
William Henderson p
Jeffrey Littleton b
Ralph Penland dr
E.W.Wainwright perc

1.Intro 1:45
2.Welcome (Coltrane) 10:03
3.My Favorite Things (Rogers-Hammerstein) 19:02
4.Unidentified title 11:11
5.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 15:56
6.Highlife/Save Our Children (Sanders) 8:17
7.Highlife (Sanders) 8:47

Audience recording

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Session 16, 9.09, Iridium, NYC

Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson p
Dwayne Burno b
Joe Farnsworth dr
Badal Roy tabla
Chaouki Smahi oud
Jim Rotundi tp (second set)
Steve Turre tb (second set)

set 1

1.intro (tabla + oud) 9:18
2.unknown title 10:51
3.Shukuru (Sanders) 13:53
4.Doktor Pitt (Sanders) 22:23
5.Save Our Children into Highlife (Sanders) 8:27

set 2

1.Ole intro tabla and oud 9:20
2.Ole intro 15:29
3.Ole (Coltrane) 39:49
4.unknown title 14:41

audience recording

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Session 17, 31.10, Dakota Bar, St. Paul with Kahil el Zabar Ritual Trio

Kahil el Zabar dr, perc, voc
Ari Brown p, ts, voc
Malachi Favors b, voc
Pharoah Sanders ts, voc

set 1

1.When I Think of You (Ari Brown) 19:34
2.Unidentified ballad 8:40
3.Blues 14:11
4.Where Do You Want to Go (Ari Brown) 27:50

set 2

1.Pharoah's Song (el Zabar) 20:39
2.Africa N'da Blues (el Zabar) 20:40
3.Africanos/Latinos (el Zabar) 27:33
4.Unidentified (same as nr 2 from 2nd set 1.11) 12:49

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Session 18, 1.11, Dakota Bar, St. Paul with Kahil el Zabar Ritual Trio

Kahil el Zabar dr, perc, voc
Ari Brown p, ts, voc
Malachi Favors b, voc
Pharoah Sanders ts, voc

set 1

1.When I Think of You (Ari Brown) 24:15
2.Blues 14:52
3.Africanos/Latinos (el Zabar) 19:55

set 2

1.Pharoah's Song (el Zabar) 17:31
2.Unidentified 16:33
3.Where Do You Want to Go (Ari Brown) 30:02
4.Unidentified ballad 18:10

Audience recording

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Session 19, 6.11, Catalinas, LA

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
William Henderson p
Jeffrey Littleton b
Ralph Penland dr
Dwight Tribble voc

Set 1:

1.Lazy Bird (Coltrane) 20:23
2.Body and Soul (Green-Heyman-Sour-Eyton) 21:38
3.A Love Supreme (Coltrane) 20:05
4.Blues 13:24
5.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 12:29

Set 2:

1.Colors (Sanders-Thomas) 6:29
2.Shukuru (Sanders) 13:17
3.Giant Steps (Coltrane) 11:49
4.My Favorite Things (Coltrane) 24:05
5.Highlife (Sanders) 16:30

Audience recording

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Session 20, 7.11, Catalinas, LA

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
William Henderson p
Robert Hurst b
Ralph Penland dr
Dwight Tribble voc

Set 1:

1.Welcome (Coltrane) 18:25
2.unidentified 25:12
3.Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Van Heusen-Burke) 15:17
4.Unidentified 20:48

Set 2:

1.My Favorite Things (Rodgers-Hammerstein) 38:14
2.Naima (Coltrane) 7:34
3.A Love Supreme (Coltrane) 11:48

Audience recording

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Session 21, 8.11, Catalinas, LA

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
William Henderson p
Robert Hurst b
Ralph Penland dr
Dwight Tribble voc

Set 1:

1.Kazuko (Sanders) 17:37
2.unidentified title 22:01
3.Midnight in Berkeley Square (Sherwin-Maschwitz) 15:30
4.Mr P.C. (Coltrane) 14:02
5.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 10:30

Set 2:

1.Shukuru (Sanders) 27:45
2.Giant Steps (coltrane) 21:02
3.Body and Soul (Green-Heyman-Sour-Eyton) 19:08
4.Next Time You See Me (pub.) 17:35

Audience recording

 

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Session 22, 11.11, Catalinas, LA

Pharoah Sanders ts, voc
William Henderson p
Robert Hurst b
Ralph Penland dr
Dwight Tribble voc

Set 1:

1.Shukuru (Sanders) 30:27
2.Lazy Bird (Coltrane) 16:27
3.Naima (Soltrane) 14:28
4.Equinox (Coltrane) 19:45
5.Save Our Children (Sanders) 8:01

Set 2
1.My Favorite Things (Rogers-Hammerstein) 34:39
2.Midnight in Berkeley Square (Sherwin-Maschwitz) 15:56
3.Unidentified 18:21
4.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thoams) 17:39

 

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Session 23, 31.12, London, Planit 2000 Arches

Pharoah Sanders reeds, voc
William Henderson p
Jeffrey Littleton elb
possibly Ralph Penland dr

1.My Favorite Things (Hammerstein-Rodgers) 31:43
2.The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas) 19:06
3.Giant Steps (Coltrane) 15:51
4.Country Mile (Sanders) 7:02

According to N. Turner, the show started short before the change of the date. During My Favorite Things the crowd is cheering at about 11:00/12:00

audience recording

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