Pharoah Sanders – Thembi

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Label:	Impulse! – AS-9206
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Gatefold
Country:	Canada
Released:	1971
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Free Improvisation

Tracklist

A1	Astral Traveling	5:43
A2	Red, Black & Green	8:56
A3	Thembi Cymbal [Ring] – James Jordan	6:55
B1	Love	5:13
B2	Morning Prayer Cymbal [Ring], Marimba [Balophone], Voice [Shouts] – LL Smith* Drums – Roy Haynes Effects [Bird Effects] – Cecil McBee Flute [Alto, Fifes], Koto, Percussion [Brass Bell], Marimba [Balophone], Horns [Cow Horn], Maracas – Pharoah Sanders Percussion [African] – Nat Bettis Cymbal [Ring], Marimba [Balophone], Voice [Shouts] – LL Smith* Drums – Roy Haynes Effects [Bird Effects] – Cecil McBee Flute [Alto, Fifes], Koto, Percussion [Brass Bell], Marimba [Balophone], Horns [Cow Horn], Maracas – Pharoah Sanders Percussion [African] – Nat Bettis	9:11
B3	Bailophone Dance Cymbal [Ring], Marimba [Balophone], Voice [Shouts] – LL Smith* Drums – Roy Haynes Effects [Bird Effects] – Cecil McBee Flute [Alto, Fifes], Koto, Percussion [Brass Bell], Marimba [Balophone], Horns [Cow Horn], Maracas – Pharoah Sanders Percussion [African] – Nat Bettis Cymbal [Ring], Marimba [Balophone], Voice [Shouts] – LL Smith* Drums – Roy Haynes Effects [Bird Effects] – Cecil McBee Flute [Alto, Fifes], Koto, Percussion [Brass Bell], Marimba [Balophone], Horns [Cow Horn], Maracas – Pharoah Sanders Percussion [African] – Nat Bettis	5:43

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Credits

Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Pharoah Sanders (tracks: A1 to A3, B2, B3)
Bass – Cecil McBee
Bells, Percussion – Pharoah Sanders (tracks: A1 to A3)
Cymbal [Finger], Percussion – Cecil McBee (tracks: A1 to A3)
Drums, Bells, Maracas, Percussion – Clifford Jarvis (tracks: A1 to A3)
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Claves, Percussion – Lonnie Liston Smith (tracks: A1 to A3)
Engineer [Assistant] – Tom Flye
Piano – LL Smith* (tracks: A1 to A3, B2, B3)
Producer – Ed Michel
Producer, Engineer – Bill Szymczyk
Violin, Percussion – Michael White (2) (tracks: A1 to A3)
Written-By – Pharoah Sanders (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B3)

Notes

1st and seemingly only Canadian pressing on red and black Impulse label.
The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA, November 25, 1970 (Tracks A1 to A3)
The Record Plant, NYC, January 12, 1971 (Tracka B1 to B3)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): AS-9206-A TG
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): AS-9206-B TG

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Thembi (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)	ABC Records	AS-9206	US	1971
New Submission	Thembi (Cassette, Album)	Impulse!	M59206	US	1971
New Submission	Thembi (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)	ABC Records	AS-9206		1971
Recently Edited	Thembi (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, True Sound Pressing)	ABC Records	AS-9206	US	1971
New Submission	Thembi (8-Track Cartridge, Album, Stereo)	Impulse!	M 89206	US	1971