| Rejoice | ||||
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| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 62:52 | |||
| Label | Theresa TR 112/113 | |||
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Rejoice is a double album led by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, recorded in 1981 and released on the Theresa label. [1]
| Rejoice | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 62:52 | |||
| Label | Theresa TR 112/113 | |||
| Pharoah Sanders chronology | ||||
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Rejoice is a double album led by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, recorded in 1981 and released on the Theresa label. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide | [4] |
| UK Vibe | [5] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz | [6] |
In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow commented: "The music always holds on to one's interest, making this one of Sanders's better later recordings". [2]
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings stated that the album is "cluttered by spurious vocals, but packed with interesting episodes," and noted that "the basic group is hard to fault, but it's rarely heard in isolation and there is always someone running interference." [3]
Imran Mirza of UK Vibe remarked: "Rejoice lovingly strives for that notion of celebration, achieving it almost immediately... this is an album that embraces its 80s surrounding soundscape, particularly during the album’s early portion of highlife songs." [5]
Writing for Jazz Journal , Derek Ansell noted that, on the opening track, "Sanders is full of complex, high-octane improvising," while the succeeding tracks present "a more mellow, mature Sanders... sounding at times like a supercharged Sonny Rollins doing his calypso thing." [7]
All compositions by Pharoah Sanders except as indicated
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