In 1969, Pharoah Sanders was incredibly active, recording no less than
four albums and releasing three. The band on Jewels of Thought is
largely the same as on Deaf Dumb Blind and Karma, with a few changes.
Idris Muhammad has, with the exception of "Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah Hum
Allah," replaced Roy Haynes, and Richard Davis has permanently replaced
Reggie Workman and Ron Carter, though Cecil McBee is still present for
the extra bottom sound. Leon Thomas and his trademark holy warble are in
the house, as is Lonnie Liston Smith. Comprised of two long cuts, the
aforementioned and "Sun in Aquarius," Jewels of Thought sees Sanders
moving out from his signature tenor for the first time and delving
deeply into reed flutes and bass clarinet. The plethora of percussion
instruments utilized by everyone is, as expected, part of the mix.
"Hum-Allah" begins with a two-chord piano vamp by Smith and Thomas
singing and yodeling his way into the band's improvisational space. For
12 minutes, Sanders and company mix it up -- especially the drummers --
whipping it first quietly down into the most pure melodic essences of
Smith's solo and then taking the tension and building to ecstatic
heights with all manner of blowing and intervallic interaction between
the various elements until it just explodes, before coming down in
pieces and settling into a hush of melodic frames and the same two-chord
vamp. On "Sun in Aquarius," African thumb pianos, reed flutes, sundry
percussion, and orchestra chimes are employed to dislocate all notions
of Western music. Things get very quiet (though there is constant
motion); the innards of the piano are brushed and hammered quietly
before Sanders comes roaring out of the tense silence with his bass
clarinet, and then the tenor and bass share an intertwined solo and
Smith starts kicking ass with impossibly large chords. It moves into
another two-chord vamp at the end of 27 minutes, to be taken out as a
closed prayer. It's more like a finished exorcism, actually, but it is
one of the most astonishing pieces by Sanders ever.
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Tracklist :
1 Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum Allah 15:04
Drums – Roy Haynes
Lyrics By – Amos Leon Thomas
2 Sun In Aquarius 27:51
Bass, Percussion – Richard Davis
Credits
Bass, Percussion – Cecil McBee
Bells [Orchestra Chimes], Contrabass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Flute
[Reed], Percussion, Thumb Piano [African] – Pharoah Sanders
Composed By – Lonnie L. Smith, Jr., Pharoah Sanders
Drums, Percussion – Idris Muhammad
Percussion, Piano, Thumb Piano [African], Flute [African] – Lonnie Liston Smith
Vocals, Percussion – Leon Thomas
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