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Pharoah Sanders
Thembi
Impulse! (AS-9206)
UMe (602465225730)
Release date: Aug 9, 2024, Worldwide
๐๐๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จโ 1971 ๐ข๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐โ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ซ๐, ๐จ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐๐ช๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ช๐ข๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฏ.
Released on Impulse! at the dawn of the 1970s, the album marks a shift in Sandersโ sound โ less turbulent than his Coltrane-inspired earlier work and more open to global influences, groove, and melody. With contributions from Cecil McBee, Lonnie Liston Smith, and Michael White, โThembiโ breathes through an ensemble deeply attuned to exploration and restraint.
The title track, dedicated to Sandersโ wife, radiates warmth and tenderness, while โAstral Travelingโ โ composed by Lonnie Liston Smith โ drifts in celestial calm, introducing Sandersโ gentler side. Elsewhere, the rhythmic propulsion of โMorning Prayerโ and the hypnotic bassline of โBailophone Danceโ summon ancestral energy, bridging African percussion, cosmic improvisation, and devotional intent.
โThembiโ remains a transcendent work: earthy yet otherworldly, intimate yet universal. It captures Pharoah Sanders at a creative peak, blending emotion, innovation, and spirituality into ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐น๐๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ท๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐.
A1
Astral Traveling
A2
Red, Black & Green
A3
Thembi
B1
Love
B2
Morning Prayer
B3
Bailophone Dance








