Moon Child is an album led by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders recorded in 1989 and released on the Dutch Timeless label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz[4]

In his review for AllMusic, Steve Loewy commented: "The results may have originally disappointed some of Sanders' fans, but with time the saxophonist clearly reinvented himself as a more traditional improviser capable of thoughtful and pensive deliberations".[2]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called Moon Child "the straightest jazz album [Sanders had] made for years," and noted: "you can readily hear the kind of thing Sanders is after, a hypnotic groove that allows the horn to float almost at will."[3]

Track listing

  1. "Moon Child" (Pharoah Sanders) - 8:10
  2. "Moon Rays" (Horace Silver) - 6:15
  3. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin) - 12:19
  4. "All or Nothing at All" (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) - 9:25
  5. "Soon" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:31
  6. "Moniebah" (Abdullah Ibrahim) - 10:43

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Pharoah Sanders discography accessed January 15, 2015
  2. ^ a b Loewy, Steve. Moonchild – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1259. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 765.
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