View basket “On The Corner (SuperVinyl)” 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 Artemis In Real Time Jazz | Blue Note | 1LP Released 5th May 2023 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Artemis In Real Time £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 4872855 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 5th May 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bill Frisell Four Jazz | Blue Note | 1LP Released 11th November 2022 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bill Frisell Four £30.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 4552315 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 11th November 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Alice Coltrane Journey in Satchidananda (Acoustic Sounds Series) Jazz | Impulse (Acoustic Sounds Series) | 180g, 1LP Released 31st March 2023 £36.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Alice Coltrane Journey in Satchidananda (Acoustic Sounds Series) £36.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Impulse (Acoustic Sounds Series) SKU: 4847635 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 31st March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ed Kelly & Friend Ed Kelly & Friend Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 11th December 2020 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Ed Kelly & Friend Ed Kelly & Friend £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: PPANTR106 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 11th December 2020 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket Nearly New View Product Quick View Barney Kessel Ray Brown and Shelly Manne The Poll Winners Jazz | Craft Recordings | 1LP Released 23rd October 2023 £20.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Barney Kessel Ray Brown and Shelly Manne The Poll Winners £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Craft Recordings SKU: nn274791 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 23rd October 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Charles Lloyd Quartet Love-in Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 15th July 2022 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Charles Lloyd Quartet Love-in £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: PPANSD11481 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 15th July 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Kit Downes Petter Eldh & James Maddren Vermillion Jazz | ECM | 1LP Released 27th May 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kit Downes Petter Eldh & James Maddren Vermillion £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 3885003 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th May 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists Mod Jazz Jazz | Kent | 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 28th June 2013 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists Mod Jazz £24.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Kent SKU: ACEHIQLP2011 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 28th June 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Coltrane Ballads (Acoustic Sounds Series) Jazz | Impulse | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 13th October 2020 £49.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations John Coltrane Ballads (Acoustic Sounds Series) £49.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Impulse SKU: 888930 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 13th October 2020 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Ralph Towner & John Abercrombie Five Years Later Jazz | ECM | 180g, 1LP Released 27th January 2014 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ralph Towner & John Abercrombie Five Years Later £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 3743513 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 27th January 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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