Pharoah Sanders second album Tauhid was recorded in 1966, one year after John Coltrane's free-jazz apex Ascension on which Sanders and Archie Shepp played the other two tenor saxes.

Tauhid, the Islamic concept of monotheism, is Arabic for unification. Pharoah is the first name given to Farrell Sanders by Sun Ra. That's what Wikipedia says.

The longest track from the album, The Upper and Lower Egypt (edit) is what I'd call the perfect way to meld body and spirit in sound. A track with polyrhythmic percussion, Sonny Sharrock's funky guitar and Pharoah joining after the groove has set in. He overblows like a lonely elephant calling for his mates in the African savanna. And then he vocalises. Reminding me of Can when they had that black singer. The joy of life. I need some more of that kind of stuff very soon.