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Title: Nearly Sanders Best
Review: It took a while to get into this cd. Though I often admire Bill Laswell, sessions that he produces are often terribly uneven (except Sharrock's Ask the Ages where he basically lets the music do the talking). The title track starts with an "ambient" percussion section that makes you want to say "laswell is a genius." This is followed by an "afro-pop" song/rap that makes you want to say "why does Laswell have to mess with everything." The problem today is, everybody thinks you have to fill up a whole CD with music. Try programing this disc without the "smooth jazz" Midnight in berkely and the title track and I believe you will find this could have been Pharoah's best album and it still clocks in at about 50 minutes.
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