Pharoah Sanders – Thembi - Free Jazz Modal LP 1971 - NM Vinyl

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(Visually Graded) Vinyl looks NM and sleeve looks VG+. See pics and info below for details.

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Pharoah Sanders – Thembi

Label:    Impulse! – AS-9206, ABC Records – AS-9206
Series:    University Series Of Fine Recordings
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, 12", 33rpm
Country: US
Released: 1971
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Free Jazz, Soul-Jazz, Free Improvisation, Avante-Garde, Modal

Tracklist

A1        Astral Traveling    5:43
A2        Red, Black & Green    8:56
A3        Thembi     6:55

B1        Love    5:13
B2        Morning Prayer    9:11
B3        Bailophone Dance    5:43

Credits

    Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Pharoah Sanders (tracks: A1 to A3, B2, B3)
    Bass – Cecil McBee
    Bells, Percussion – Pharoah Sanders (tracks: A1 to A3)
    Cymbal [Finger], Percussion – Cecil McBee (tracks: A1 to A3)
    Drums, Bells, Maracas, Percussion – Clifford Jarvis (tracks: A1 to A3)
    Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Claves, Percussion – Lonnie Liston Smith (tracks: A1 to A3)
    Engineer [Assistant] – Lillian Douma, Tom Flye
    Photography By, Design – Philip Melnick
    Piano – LL Smith* (tracks: A1 to A3, B2, B3)
    Producer – Ed Michel
    Producer, Engineer – Bill Szymczyk
    Violin, Percussion – Michael White (2) (tracks: A1 to A3)
    Written-By – Cecil McBee (tracks: B1), LL Smith* (tracks: A1, B2), Pharoah Sanders (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B3)

Notes

1st US pressing which has been pressed of the ABC Impulse Jazz on Black Center Red Circle Label result of an agreement of short duration between the Charisma and the Impulse! As in the times was launched as branch jazz by ABC.
The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA, November 25, 1970 (Tracks A1 to A3)
The Record Plant, NYC, January 12, 1971 (Tracks B1 to B3)

BIO - Pharoah Sanders (born Farrell Sanders, October 13, 1940)[1] is an American jazz saxophonist. A member of John Coltrane's groups of the mid-1960s, Sanders is known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound". He has released over 30 albums as a leader and has collaborated extensively with Leon Thomas and Alice Coltrane, among others. Saxophonist Ornette Coleman described him as "probably the best tenor player in the world".[2]

Sanders' music has been called "spiritual jazz" due to his inspiration in religious concepts such as Karma and Tawhid, and his rich, meditative aesthetic.[3] This style is seen as a continuation of Coltrane's work on albums such as A Love Supreme.[4] As a result, Sanders is considered a disciple of Coltrane or, as Albert Ayler said, "Trane was the Father, Pharoah was the Son, I am the Holy Ghost" -wikipedia

- Thembi is the seventh album by free jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, released in 1971.

 Sanders moved away from the long, intense compositions of his earlier albums and produced an album of shorter tracks. He and other musicians played a large variety of instruments. Sanders played tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, balaphone, small percussion instruments, and a cow horn.

Sanders's other major collaborator, pianist and composer Lonnie Liston Smith, performs on Thembi (though this would be the last time they recorded together). Also featured are violinist Michael White, bassist Cecil McBee, and percussionists Chief Bey, Majid Shabbaz, and Nat Bettis. "Thembi", "Astral Travelling" and "Morning Prayer" were included on the two-disc anthology, You've Got to Have Freedom, on Soul Brother Records.

Lonnie Liston Smith began experimenting with electric keyboards while recording this album:

    On Thembi, that was the first time that I ever touched a Fender Rhodes electric piano. We got to the studio in California — Cecil McBee had to unpack his bass, the drummer had to set up his drums, Pharoah had to unpack all of his horns. Everybody had something to do, but the piano was just sitting there waiting. I saw this instrument sitting in the corner and I asked the engineer, 'What is that?' He said, 'That's a Fender Rhodes electric piano.' I didn't have anything to do, so I started messing with it, checking some of the buttons to see what I could do with different sounds. All of a sudden I started writing a song and everybody ran over and said, 'What is that?' And I said, 'I don't know, I'm just messing around.' Pharoah said, 'Man, we gotta record that. Whatcha gonna call it?' I'd been studying astral projections and it sounded like we were floating through space so I said let's call it 'Astral Traveling.' That's how I got introduced to the electric piano.

Smith's 1973 debut album was titled Astral Traveling, and opens with the tune of the same name. -wikipedia


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VG+
(VERY GOOD PLUS) Some visible surface wear, very minor scratches and scuffs, but minimal impact on the sound quality. Vinyl will still have good luster; labels may have minor imperfections (small labels or initials, etc.) but otherwise clean. Sleeve may have some shelf wear, or minor writing, no seem splits.
VG
(VERY GOOD) Vinyl will have noticeable scratches and scuffs that cause surface noise There should be no skips. Vinyl may appear somewhat dull and grayish. Labels may have small tears, tape marks, larger writing, etc. but still easily legible.  Sleeve may have moderate wear or writing, tape, price tags etc, seem splits. May have promo corner, hole or notch in sleeve.