Thembi is the seventh album by American free jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, released in May 1971. It is dedicated to his South-African wife Nomathemba "Thembi" ("love, faith and …

Pharoah Sanders - Thembi. Thembi, 1971. Pharoah Sanders (sax, bells, perc); Michael White (vln, perc); Lonnie Liston Smith (p, claves, perc); Cecil McBee (b,...

Pharoah Sanders’ fifth outing for Impulse! (and sixth LP overall) is a mélange of some of his music’s most alluring qualities. Gutsy free-jazz improvisation, memorable melodies, soulful …

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Between 1967 and 1974, saxophonist Pharoah Sanders released an astonishing run of 11 classic albums on Impulse!, charting a course from intense free-jazz to deep spiritual meditations by …

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Tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders was among the most important contributors to the evolution of spiritual jazz, creating emotionally complex and uncompromisingly passionate music for …

May 18, 2011 · Recorded around the end of 1970, Thembi (a diminutive of an African Xhosa) is an amazing Pharaoh album in his classic era with a much-better-known line-up, comprising of …

May 21, 2024 · Thembi (Sanders’ South African wife’s name, abbreviated from Nomathemba) is by contrast a miniature, lighter and upbeat version of the extended workouts Pharoah is known …

Thembi is the seventh album by American free jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, released in May 1971. It is dedicated to his South-African wife Nomathemba "Thembi", as noted on the …