Pharoah & The Underground - Spiral Mercury (2014)

Clean Feed Records: CF301
Pharoah & The Underground - Spiral Mercury
Chicago/São Paulo Underground Feat. Pharoah Sanders
http://www.cleanfeed-records...-underground-spiral-mercury/
http://www.robmazurek.com/sounds/48



* Pharoah Sanders: tenor saxophone, voice
* Rob Mazurek: cornet, electronics, flute, voice
* Chad Taylor: drums, mbira
* Matthew Lux: electric bass
* Mauricio Takara: cavaquinho, percussion, electronics
* Guilherme Granado: synths, samplers, percussion, voice

http://www.pharoahsandersjazz.com/
http://www.robmazurek.com/
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chad-taylor-mn0002551488
http://www.mattluxmusic.com/
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mauricio-takara-mn0000497477
http://www.allmusic.com/arti...ilherme-granado-mn0001014468

Recorded live by Luís Delgado at the «Jazz em Agosto Festival 2013»,
Anfiteatro ao Ar Livre, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal,
on August 11th, 2013.
http://www.musica.gulbenkian.pt/


Reviews

By Fred Thomas
http://www.allmusic.com/albu...the-underground-mw0002779257

This exceptional live document finds legendary free jazz saxophonist Pharoah
Sanders collaborating with cornetist Rob Mazurek and members of the Sao Paulo
Underground and Chicago Underground Duo. Mazurek takes a leading role for the
most part, joined by Sanders in his regular volcanic, spiritual state of
playing and supported dutifully by percussionist Maurício Takara, drummer Chad
Taylor, bassist Matt Lux, and multi-instrumentalist Guilherme Granado. The disc
tends toward the more experimental and tumultuous side of things, with
processed synth sounds clashing with the explosive organic instrumentation in a
way that brings to mind Sun Ra's rudimentary synth experimentation on his
early-'70s Saturn Records output. Over the course of the more than an hour-long
set, the group explores moody bass grooves, glitchy electronic tinkering that
occasionally borders on noise, and a kind of high-energy free expression close
in spirit to the kind Sanders pioneered in the mid-'60s with Coltrane, Ayler,
Shepp, and other free music royalty.

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By Matthew Grigg
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2014/08/pharoah-underground.html

By Karl Ackermann
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/...ercury-by-karl-ackermann.php

By Glenn Astarita
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/...review-by-glenn-astarita.php

By Troy Collins
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/...s-review-by-troy-collins.php

By Tim Niland
http://www.jazzandblues.blog...erground-spiral-mercury.html

Di Andrea Murgia (it)
http://sentireascoltare.com/...-underground-spiral-mercury/

Par Luc Bouquet (fr)
http://grisli.canalblog.com/...ves/2014/08/16/30424933.html

Por Gonçalo Falcão (pt)
http://www.jazz.pt/ponto-esc...r-spiral-mercury-clean-feed/

Por Pachi Tapiz (es)
http://www.tomajazz.com/web/?p=13881