(Modern Creative, Avant-Garde Jazz, World Fusion) Pharoah Sanders - With a Heartbeat - 2003, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

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Pharoah Sanders & Graham Haynes / With A Heartbeat
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REM GENRE Jazz
REM DATE 2003
REM DISCID 260BA704
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.99pb4"
PERFORMER "Pharoah Sanders"
TITLE "With a Heartbeat"
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  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Across Time"
    PERFORMER "Pharoah Sanders"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Morning Tala"
    PERFORMER "Pharoah Sanders"
    INDEX 00 17:04:28
    INDEX 01 17:06:28
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Alankara (Beats of the Heart)"
    PERFORMER "Pharoah Sanders"
    INDEX 00 24:50:11
    INDEX 01 24:52:11
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "Gamaka"
    PERFORMER "Pharoah Sanders"
    INDEX 00 33:48:33
    INDEX 01 33:50:33

OK, this sounds like a pretty hokey concept: Pharoah Sanders and some of Bill Laswell's Material crew perform along with recordings of a heartbeat, supplied by Dr. Jean-Louis Zink. Fortunately, it comes off far better in execution than one might expect. First off, the heartbeat itself is sonically treated to be more of a bass pulse, which Laswell then elaborates on when his bass is in the picture. As might be expected with Laswell, there are strong elements of dub throughout, from the sound of the basslines to the way the instruments fade in and out. Besides the heartbeat, which is always present to varying degrees, the main sounds are the guitar and electric sitar of Nicky Skopelitis and keyboards either by Jeff Bova or Laswell. Pharoah Sanders' playing is excellent, and the album is enjoyable, but one gets the sense that this is Laswell's project, and Pharoah just plays on it. If you're looking to start a Pharoah Sanders collection, begin with something from the Impulse catalog, like Karma or Thembi. As a Pharoah Sanders record, With a Heartbeat makes a fine Bill Laswell album.