Pharoah Sanders

• Acoustic Sounds Series reissues
• 180-gram LPs pressed at Quality Record Pressings!
• gatefold old-style tip-on jackets edition

Released in May of 1969, Karma was the famed tenor saxophonist's third Impulse! Records album and is now seen as a milestone of the Spiritual Jazz movement. A natural progression in the sonic exploration that Sanders, along with John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane, had spearheaded throughout the previous five years, the album features two tracks, the 32-minute-long "The Creator Has A Master Plan," and "Colors."

Filling the entire A-Side of the LP, "Creator," co-composed by Sanders with vocalist Leon Thomas, is as close as Spiritual Jazz comes to having its own anthem. Meanwhile, the lone B-side track, "Colors," is no less transfixing.

This reissue honors the late jazz legend who passed away in September at the age of 81 and concludes the series for 2022.

TRACKS & PERSONNEL:

• SIDE A:
• THE CREATOR HAS A MASTER PLAN ......... 19:20 min.

• Reggie Workman, Richard Davis - (bass)
• William Hart - (drums)
• James Spaulding - (flute)
• Julius Watkins - (french horn)
• Nathaniel Bettis - (percussion)
• Lonnie L. Smith Jr. - (piano)
• Pharoah Sanders - (tenor sax)
• Leon Thomas - (vocals, percussion)

• SIDE B:
• COLORS ........... 19:17 min.

• Reggie Workman, Ron Carter - (bass)
• Frederick Waits - (drums)
• Julius Watkins - (french horn)
• Lonnie L. Smith Jr. - (piano)
• Pharoah Sanders - (tenor sax)
• Leon Thomas - (vocals, percussion)