Pharoah Sanders was long apprenticed to Master John Coltrane in the second half of the 1960s. It was Coltrane's avant-garde time, with albums like Meditations and Ascension. Sanders was the student who almost rivaled the teacher, especially when it came to playing raw emotional tears and overtones. When a great void arose after the death of Coltrane in 1967, Pharoah Sanders seemed the right person
… to take over the helm. It happened in 1969 when he recorded Karma, which unmistakably carried elements of Coltrane's musical and spiritual passion. Karma contains only two pieces, culminating in the 32-minute long The Creator Has A Master Plan. While the piece initially seems like a chaotic jam session, After listening to it, Sanders appears to have everything under control. Every new part and every eruption comes at the right time. The piece got a basic groove that later became a great example for acid jazz. (HB)more
