Love Will Find a Way is an album by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders. It was recorded in Burbank, California, in 1977, and was released in 1978 by Arista Records. On the album, which was produced by Norman Connors, Sanders is joined by a large ensemble of musicians.[1][2][3][4]
Love Will Find a Way, which features vocalist Phyllis Hyman, was Sanders' first release on Arista, and represented a turn toward more commercial music.[5] According to writer Tom Terrell, the album "became a quiet storm classic, sold pretty well, revived Hyman's career and positioned Pharoah as heir-apparent to Grover Washington Jr.'s throne."[6] In an interview, however, Sanders stated that he resisted being pigeonholed, commenting "No, I ain't gonna be that way, it's either me or else."[6]
A writer for Billboard called the album "a soothing, mood setting collection of instrumentally oriented cuts."[10] The Ottawa Citizen concluded that "the idea behind the album is a gentle one, a relief from the bitterness and tension so dominant in much of avant garde and free jazz, but Sanders doesn't sound at home here."[11]
