by Scott Yanow
This album features Pharoah Sanders playing some no-nonsense tenor in a quartet with pianist John Hicks, bassist Walter Booker, and drummer Idris Muhammad. Sanders performs &It's Easy to Remember& (in a style very reminiscent of early-'60s John Coltrane), an original blues, and two of his compositions, including the passionate &You've Got to Have Freedom.& The musicianship is at a high level and, although Sanders does not shriek as much as one might hope (the Trane-ish influence was particularly strong during this relatively mellow period), he is in fine form.