Cat No:
TR121X
Release Date: 01 October 2022
Label: Theresa / Pure Pleasure Records
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060149623619
Genres: Jazz
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Description
180g audiophile vinyl reissue, remastering by Cicely Baston at Air Mastering, London.
Pharoah Sanders: tenor saxophone, vocals
Leon Thomas: vocals
William Henderson: keyboards
Ray Drummond: bass
Idris Muhammad: drums
Recorded & Mixed at Live Oak Studio 1981
"Phaoah Sanders' "Shukuru" is noteworthy as being the album that reunited Sanders with vocalist Leon Thomas, who sang on some of Sanders' most endearing and powerful compositions-- among them the legendary "The Creator Has a Masterplan".
Thomas only joins the band on two tracks - "Mas in Brooklyn (Highlife)" and "Sun Song". The former gets a full calypso reading complete with steel drum sounds and chanted vocals traded between Sanders and Thomas. It's a lot of fun, but by and large, throwaway. The latter is one of the true gems on the album - a pretty ballad that serves as both a launching point for Sanders' best balladry and Thomas' vocal, with the latter soaring in his upper register wordlessly between verses intoned in his trademark baritone. It's by and large simply stunning.
The opener "Shukuru" and closing funereal piece "For Big George" are spared this as the use of synths of them are far more tasteful (although one questions Sanders' choice to intone his wife's name over the former's smokey lines, but that's another story)." - Vine Voice
"Shukuru is another compelling album from a true jazz visionary. There are nuanced layers and motifs on every track. The re-mastered sound mix is excellent with balanced stereo separation." - **** Robbie Gerson, Audiophile Audition -
Tracklisting
- 1. Shukuru
- 2. Body And Soul
- 3. Mas In Brooklyn (High Life)
- 4. Sun Song
- 5. Too Young To Go Steady
- 6. Jitu
- 7. For Big George (first vinyl release of this track)
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