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01. Sweet Dream (11:28) Vocals - Byron Stingily
02. No Colo Do Mar (7:21) Vocals - Liliana Chachia
Don Cherry - cornet, composer
Pharoah Sanders - tenor saxophone, piccolo flute
Henry Grimes - bass
2005 remastered CD issue
Pharoah Sanders - tenor saxophone
Stan Foster - trumpet
Jane Getz - piano

Pharoah Sanders (born October 13, 1940) is an American jazz saxophonist.
Ornette Coleman once described him as "probably the best tenor player in
the
world."http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/04/19/DDGBEI9EI91.DTL&type=music
Emerging from John Coltrane's groups of the mid-60s Sanders is known for
his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as
well as his use of "sheets of sound."
Biography
Early life and career Sanders was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, under the
name Farrell Sanders. He began his professional career playing tenor
saxophone in Oakland, California.
Sanders moved to New York City in 1961 after playing with rhythm and blues
bands. He received his nickname "Pharoah" from Sun Ra, with whom Sanders
performed. He came to prominence playing with John Coltrane's band starting
in 1965, as Coltrane began adopting the avant-garde
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