NEW PHAROAH SANDERS / SUN RA RELEASE ON ESP

The ESP record label is releasing a 4 CD box on the early years of Pharoah Sanders this very month.

• pharoah sanders: in the beginning - 1963 - 1964
  (2011, 4cd, usa, esp 4069)

The box includes recordings of Pharoah Sanders Quintet plus collaborations with the Don Cherry Quintet, the Paul Bley Quartet, and with Sun Ra.
Disc three and four of the box present the Sun Ra Arkestra with Pharoah Sanders, live at the Judson Hall on December 30 and 31, 1964.

Here's two promotional videos for this box set, with Pharoah telling how he met Sun Ra and some great music samples.