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Leon Thomas

Spirits Known And Unknown

Pure Pleasure

FDS-115

LP Black $39
  • Re-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London
  • 180 gram LP x 1 Gatefold Sleeve

Description

Leon Thomas’ debut solo recording after his tenure with Pharoah Sanders is a fine one. Teaming with a cast of musicians that includes bassist Cecil McBee, flutist James Spaulding, Roy Haynes, Lonnie Liston Smith, Richard Davis, and Sanders (listed here as “Little Rock”), etc. Thomas’ patented yodel is in fine shape here, displayed alongside his singular lyric style and scat singing trademark. The set begins with a shorter, more lyrical version of Thomas’ signature tune “The Creator Has a Master Plan,” with the lyric riding easy and smooth alongside the yodel, which bubbles up only in the refrains. It’s a different story on his own “One,” with Davis’ piano leading the charge and Spaulding blowing through the center of the track, Thomas alternates scatting and his moaning, yodeling, howling, across the lyrics, through them under them and in spite of them. It’s an intense...

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Preview Tracklist

  • 1 The Creator Has A Master Plan (Peace)
  • 2 One
  • 3 Echoes
  • 4 Song For My Father
  • 5 Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' To Vietnam)
  • 6 Malcolm's Gone
  • 7 Let The Rain Fall On Me