Welcome to Love

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Welcome to Love
Welcome to Love.jpg
Studio album by
Pharoah Sanders
Released1991
RecordedJuly 17, 18 & 19, 1990 at Studio Gimmick, Yerres, France
GenreJazz
Length70:04
LabelTimeless CDSJP 358
ProducerRuss Musto and Tetsuo Hara
Pharoah Sanders chronology
Moon Child
(1990) 		Welcome to Love
(1991)
(1992)

Welcome to Love (subtitled Pharoah Sanders Plays Beautiful Ballads) is an album led by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders recorded in 1990 and first released on the Dutch Timeless label.[1] The album features jazz standards, many of which were also recorded by John Coltrane.

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3.5/4 stars[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Steve Loewy commented: "This performance has held up well through the years, and while the thin, reserved approach is reminiscent of Coltrane, it is still marked with Pharoah's print".[2]

Track listing[]

  1. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene DePaul, Don Raye) - 4:55
  2. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 5:18
  3. "My One and Only Love" (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood) - 8:06
  4. "I Want to Talk About You" (Billy Eckstine) - 8:14
  5. "Soul Eyes" (Mal Waldron) - 9:22
  6. "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Phil Silvers) - 6:54
  7. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Van Heusen) - 7:21
  8. "Say It (Over and Over Again)" (Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh) - 6:57
  9. "Lament" (J. J. Johnson) - 6:13
  10. "The Bird Song" (Pharoah Sanders) - 6:50
  11. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) - 6:14 Bonus track on Japanese CD

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Pharoah Sanders discography accessed January 15, 2015
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Loewy, Steve. Welcome to Love – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1259. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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