Pharoah Sanders Live at Jazz Cafe London

In the rousing finale of this spirited performance Pharoah Sanders puts down his tenor saxophone and sings over a bubbly calypso beat His oceandeep baritone voice is not dissimilar to that of the great Joe Williams but he uses it sparingly delivering just a few choruses before starting to dance in a manner that recalls Nelson Mandelas trademark twostep He then eases his 67yearold frame into a hearty slowmo twist This is possibly not what was expected of an artist commonly perceived as an avantgarde firestarter in the mould of Albert Ayler and a committed disciple of the final phase of John Coltranes career in the mid60s