Jewels of Thought
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"On the Sanders album, Jewels of Thought, released in 1969 is a song entitled “Hum Allah – Hum Allah – Hum Allah,” which makes clear how much Islam had become part of the zeitgeist of the 1960s for African Americans."--The Cambridge Companion to Boxing (2019) Gerald Early |
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Jewels of Thought is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders. It was recorded at Plaza Sound Studios in New York City on October 20, 1969, and was released on Impulse! Records in the same year. The 1998 reissue merged "Sun In Aquarius" into one 27-minute-long track.
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Track listing
- "Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah" (P. Sanders, L. Smith, Jr., Amosis Leontopolis Thomas) – 15:04
- "Sun In Aquarius (Part I)" (P. Sanders, L. Smith, Jr.) – 8:22
- "Sun In Aquarius (Part II)" (P. Sanders, L. Smith, Jr.) - 19:56
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Personnel
- Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone, contrabass clarinet, reed flute, kalimba, orchestra chimes, percussion
- Leon Thomas – vocals, percussion
- Lonnie Liston Smith – piano, African flute, kalimba, percussion
- Cecil McBee – bass, percussion
- Richard Davis – bass, percussion (on #2-3 only)
- Idris Muhammad – drums, percussion
- Roy Haynes – drums (on #1 only)
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See also
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