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Umbo Weti: A Tribute to Leon Thomas album for sale by Babatunde Lea was released Aug 11, 2009 on the Mot�ma Music label. Vocalist Leon Thomas was a close partner to saxophonist Pharoah Sanders in the late '60s and early '70s. Umbo Weti: A Tribute to Leon Thomas songs He blended blues, R&B, gospel, soul, jazz, and yodeling (!) into a cohesive and utterly recognizable style that meshed quite well with jazz's turn toward ecstatic spiritualism in the wake of John Coltrane's and Albert Ayler's premature deaths. On this double live disc, Bay Area drummer and percussionist Babatunde Lea, who backed Thomas in the early '70s, is joined by saxophonist Ernie Watts (of Charlie Haden's Quartet West), keyboardist/vocalist Patrice Rushen, and vocalist Dwight Trible to pay tribute to his former boss. Umbo Weti: A Tribute to Leon Thomas CD music is a 2-disc set with 14 songs. ...See Full Description

Babatunde Lea - Umbo Weti: A Tribute to Leon Thomas Album Track Listing

	Trk	Song
	1	Invocation See All 2
	2	Boom Boom
	3	Cousin Mary
	4	Prince of peace
	5	Let the Rain Fall on Me
	6	Reaching Up
	7	Creator Has a Master Plan See All 2
Disc 2
	1	Umbo Weti
	2	Colors
	3	Sun Song
	4	African Tapestry (Prayer for a Continent)
	5	Song for my Father
	6	Umbo Weti Profile
	7	Video Song Sampler

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CD Universe Part number	7975497
Label	Mot‚ma Music
Orig Year	2009
Catalog number	25
Discs	2
Release Date	Aug 11, 2009
Studio/Live	Live
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Howard Sapper; Babatunde Lea
Engineer	John Greenham
Recording Time	101 minutes
Personnel	Ernie Watts - tenor saxophone Patrice Rushen - piano Dwight Trible - vocals Babatunde Lea - drums, percussion

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