Moon Child (Pharoah Sanders album)

Moon Child
Studio album by Pharoah Sanders
Released 1990
Recorded October 12 & 23, 1989 at Studio Davout, Paris, France
Genre Jazz
Length 52:23
Label Timeless SJP 326
Producer Wim Wigt
Pharoah Sanders chronology
A Prayer Before Dawn
(1987)
Moon Child
(1990)
Welcome to Love
(1990)

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]

In his review for AllMusic, Steve Loewy observed "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]

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. 1 2 Loewy, Steve. Moonchild – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
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