Album
Thembi / Black Unity
2015 · Jazz
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Thembi / Black Unity is a Jazz album by Pharoah Sanders, originally released in 2015. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.
About
Pharoah Sanders’ fifth outing for Impulse! (and sixth LP overall) is a mélange of some of his music’s most alluring qualitie. Gutsy free-jazz improvisation, memorable melodie, soulful open-ended vamp, widely varied instrumentation: Sanders knits all of this into one harmonious statement. <i>Thembi</i> marks pianist Lonnie Liston Smith’s last appearance with Sanders as well as his first playing Fender Rhodes electric piano, on which he lights up his original piece “Astral Traveling.” In this electric setting, Sanders’ soprano sax isn’t terribly far off from the sound of Wayne Shorter with Weather Report (their eponymous debut came out the same month, May of 1971). .
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Tracklist
- Thembi
- 1Astral Traveling5:51
- 2Red, Black & Green8:56
- 3Thembi7:05
- 4Love5:13
- 5Morning Prayer9:11
- 6Bailophone Dance5:44
- Black Unity
- 7Black Unity37:21
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Avant-Garde & Free Jazz
- abrasive
- spiritual
- cerebral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Anthony WilesPERCUSSION
- Billy HartDRUMS
- Carlos GarnettTENOR SAXOPHONE, FLUTE
- Cecil McBeeBASS BASS, EFFECTS BASS, FINGER CYMBALS, PERCUSSION
- Chief BeyPERCUSSION
- Hannibal Marvin PetersonTRUMPET, PERCUSSION
- Joe BonnerPIANO
- Lawrence KillianCONGAS, TALKING DRUM, BALAFON
- Lonnie Liston SmithPIANO, CYMBAL , BALAFON , VOICE PIANO, ELECTRIC PIANO , CLAVES, PERCUSSION PIANO, ELECTRIC PIANO , CLAVES, PERCUSSION, WRITTEN-BY
- Majid ShabazzPERCUSSION
- Michael WhiteVIOLIN, PERCUSSION
- Nat BettisPERCUSSION
- Norman ConnorsDRUMS
- Pharoah SandersALTO FLUTE, KOTO, TENOR SAXOPHONE, BELLS , BALAFON , HORN , MARACAS, FIFE ALTO FLUTE, KOTO, TENOR SAXOPHONE, BELLS , BALAFON , HORN , MARACAS, FLUTE , WRITTEN-BY SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE, BELLS, PERCUSSION
- Roy HaynesDRUMS
- Stanley ClarkeBASS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 2 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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