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Brimming with innovation, positivity and a pervasive sense of wonder, THEMBI may become your favorite Sanders album. These tracks represent a landmark confluence of many elements: Avant-Garde chaos, static harmony and a cultural revaluation of West African instrumentation, to name a few. Omnipresent, of course, is the unmistakable tempest of Pharoah blowing his tenor out to sea. It's 1971, and this is a simultaneous celebration of the past and future of jazz set to the jingling bells of a Sunday afternoon be-in. THEMBI floats to a start with the ethereal Fender Rhodes musing of "Astral Traveling," courtesy of Lonnie Liston Smith. Though Sanders has described the melody as an impromptu thread for the changes, his plaintive long tones are as charged as ever with wisdom. In the lower register is Cecil McBee, laying down the groove with entrancing vamp lines. The title track seems like an afterthought to the classic "The Creator," replacing the traditional "head, solo, head" structure with something more closely resembling "mantra, solo, mantra." Like much of Sanders' other work, these recordings are simple in form, yet vast in content.
Rolling Stone (9/2/71, pp.43) - "...the best album in a long while from the man who can legitimately claim to have 'greened' jazz almost singlehandedly, not with merchandising techniques but with music alone..."
This is part of Impulse's The New Thing series.
Recorded at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California on November 25, 1970 and The Record Plant, New York City on January 12, 1971.
Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna.
Personnel: Pharoah Sanders (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, percussion); Michael White (violin, percussion); Lonnie Liston Smith (piano, electric piano, keyboards, claves, percussion); Lonnie Liston White (piano, electric piano); Anthony Wiles, Majid Shabazz, Nat Bettis, James Bey (drums, percussion); Clifford Jarvis, Roy Haynes (drums); James Jordan, Cecil McBee (cymbals, percussion).
Recording information: Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA (11/25/1970/01/12/1971); Record Plant, New York, NY (11/25/1970/01/12/1971).
Photographer: Philip Melnick.
Unknown Contributor Role: Pharoah Sanders.
Personnel includes: Pharoah Sanders (tenor & soprano saxophones, alto flute, fife, bailophone, brass bell, bells, maracas, cow horn, percussion); Michael White (violin, percussion); Lonnie Liston Smith (bailophone, piano, electric piano, claves, ring cymbals, percussion, background vocals); Cecil McBee (bass, finger cymbals, percussion, sound effects); Clifford Jarvis (drums, maracas, bells, percussion); Roy Haynes (drums); Chief Bey, Majid Shabazz, Anthony Wiles, Nat Bettis (percussion); James Jordon (ring cymbals).
Producers: Ed Michel, Bill Szymczyk.
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Thembi Music | List Price | $14.98 (You save $2.33) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Classics (Silents / Avant Garde), Tenor Sax | | Label | Impulse! | | Orig Year | 1971 | | All Time Sales Rank | 35653  | | CD Universe Part number | 1143042 | | Catalog number | 253 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Mar 10, 1998 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Engineer | Bill Szymcyzk | | Recording Time | 41 minutes | | Personnel | Roy Haynes - drums Michael White - violin, percussion Pharoah Sanders - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, percussion Cecil Mcbee - cymbals, percussion Clifford Jarvis - drums, maracas, bells, percussion James Jordan - ring cymbals James Jordan - ring cymbals Nat Bettis - percussion Chief Bey Majid Shabazz Anthony Wiles James Bey - drums, percussion Lonnie Liston White - piano, electric piano
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