View basket “Le Pas Du Chat Noir” has been added to your basket. Spirits Known And Unknown Leon Thomas SKU: PPAN FDS-115 Barcode: 5060149623077 34.00 £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure Released Date: 20th February 2020 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Spirits Known And Unknown quantity Add to basket Reserve Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Remastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London “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 ride and one that sets up the glorious ‘Echoes.’ This tune is Thomas at his most spiritual and uplifting, carrying the mysterious drift of his tune entwined with Spaulding’s flute and a set of Pan pipes, fluttering in and out of the mix before his wail comes to the fore as a solo. The end of side one reaches into Thomas’ past (he sang with everyone from Count Basie to Grant Green and Mary Lou Williams) for a highly original read of Horace Silver’s classic ‘Song for My Father.’ Thomas imbues the tune with so much emotion, it’s a wonder he can keep it under wraps. Side two is more free from in nature with ‘Damn Nam,’ a near rant, but one possessed with melodic vision and harmonic invention with this band. There’s also the deeply moving ‘Malcolm’s Gone,’ a co-write between Thomas and Sanders that features the latter’s gorgeous blowing, hard and true in the middle of the mix, and a wildly spiritual Eastern vibe coming through in the improvisation. “It’s the longest track on the record, and one of the most criminally ignored in Thomas’ long career. The album closes with Bell and Houston’s ‘Let the Rain Fall on Me.’ It’s a shimmering straight jazz number with a beautiful piano solo by Smith. It sends out a visionary album out on a sweet, soulful note. Ultimately, this is among Thomas’ finest moments on vinyl, proving his versatility and accessibility to an audience who, for too long already, had associated him too closely with the avant-garde and free jazz.” — AllMusic Artist Leon Thomas Genre Jazz Label Pure Pleasure Buying Options 180g 1LP Format 180g , 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings The Creator Has A Master Plan (Peace) One Echoes Song For My Father Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' To Vietnam) Malcolm's Gone Let The Rain Fall On Me Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Jazz View Product Quick View Andrew Hill Black Fire Jazz | Blue Note Tone Poet | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 26th July 2019 £38.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Andrew Hill Black Fire £38.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note Tone Poet SKU: 7752021 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 26th July 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View La Clave La Clave (Verve By Request) Jazz | Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Verve | 180g, 1LP Released 13th October 2023 £33.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders La Clave La Clave (Verve By Request) £33.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Verve SKU: 5562437 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 13th October 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Wolfgang Muthspiel Angular Blues Jazz | ECM | 1LP Released 27th March 2020 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Wolfgang Muthspiel Angular Blues £18.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 0848521 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th March 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Curtis Counce You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce (Acoustic Sounds Series) Jazz | Contemporary Records (Acoustic Sounds Series) | 180g, 1LP Released 13th October 2023 £36.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Curtis Counce You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce (Acoustic Sounds Series) £36.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Contemporary Records (Acoustic Sounds Series) SKU: 7245374 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 13th October 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bobbi Humphrey Blacks And Blues Jazz | Blue Note | 1LP Released 12th July 2019 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bobbi Humphrey Blacks And Blues £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 7752697 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th July 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nina Simone Sings The Blues Jazz | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 5th June 2003 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Nina Simone Sings The Blues £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner SKU: LSP3789 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 5th June 2003 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Coleman Hawkins And His Confreres Jazz | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 2nd November 2006 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Coleman Hawkins And His Confreres £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner SKU: MGVS6110 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 2nd November 2006 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers The Big Beat Jazz | Blue Note | 180g, 1LP Released 19th November 2021 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers The Big Beat £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 3817611 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 19th November 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nat King Cole Hittin’ the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) Jazz | Resonance Records | 10LP, Box Set Released 1st November 2019 £220.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nat King Cole Hittin’ the Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943) £220.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Resonance Records SKU: HLP9042 Formats: 10LP, Box Set Released Date: 1st November 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ralph Towner Solstice Jazz | ECM | 1LP Released 6th April 2017 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ralph Towner Solstice £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: ECM1060 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 6th April 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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