Name: Thembi
Brand: Pharoah Sanders

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

1000145216

Colour

Black

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Format detail

Verve By Request edition pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Third Man in Detroit.

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2024-08-09

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Unive­rsal

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

00602465225730

Total Cap

9999

Black LP

Artist

Pharoah Sanders

Genre US

Jazz

Label US

Verve

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<p>Pharoah Sanders, an American jazz tenor saxophonist, was born on October 13, 1940 in Little Rock, Arkansas. With his unique style and improvisational skills, he became a prominent figure in the jazz scene. Sadly, he passed away on September 24, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Throughout his career, Pharoah Sanders left an indelible mark on the world of music with his soulful performances and contributions to the genre.</p>

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Recorded with two different ensembles, <i>Thembi</i> was a departure from the slowly developing, side-long, mantra-like grooves Pharoah Sanders had been pursuing for most of his solo career. It's musically all over the map but, even if it lacks the same consistency of mood as many of Sanders' previous albums, it does offer an intriguingly wide range of relatively concise ideas, making it something of an anomaly in Sanders' prime period. Over the six selections, Sanders romps through a tremendous variety of instruments, including tenor, soprano, alto flute, fifes, the African bailophone, assorted small percussion, and even a cow horn. Perhaps because he's preoccupied elsewhere, there's relatively little of his trademark tenor screaming, limited mostly to the thunderous cacophony of "Red, Black &amp; Green" and portions of "Morning Prayer." The compositions, too, try all sorts of different things. Keyboardist/pianist Lonnie Liston Smith's "Astral Traveling" is a shimmering, pastoral piece centered around his electric piano textures; "Love" is an intense, five-minute bass solo by Cecil McBee; and "Morning Prayer" and "Bailophone Dance" (which are segued together) add an expanded percussion section devoted exclusively to African instruments. If there's a unifying factor, it's the classic title track, which combines the softer lyricism of Sanders' soprano and Michael White's violin with the polyrhythmic grooves of the most Africanized material (not to mention a catchy bass riff). Some fans may gripe that Thembi isn't conceptually unified or intense enough, but it's rare to have this many different sides of Sanders coexisting in one place, and that's what makes the album such an interesting listen.

Thembi

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Discover Thembi by Pharoah Sanders on Audio Clarity. Available in LP format. A departure from his usual style, this album offers a wide range of musical ideas and instruments.