The Leon Thomas Album

by Leon Thomas

Type: Album
Released: December 1970
Label: Flying Dutchman
Country: United States
Length: 39:01
Community rating: 3.56/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The revolutionary jazz vocalist unleashed his unparalleled, idiosyncratic yodeling technique across an intensely spiritual, highly rhythmic solo album. Backed by a phenomenal band that included Pharoah Sanders, the profoundly African-influenced tracks seamlessly merge avant-garde vocal gymnastics with accessible, deeply infectious jazz-funk grooves.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, improvisation

Tracklist

Credits

Leon Thomas - primary artist, flute [freedom flute equador], vocals, maracas, flute [thailand flute] [hindewe flute], bells, written-by
Jerome Richardson - alto saxophone
Oliver Nelson - arranged by, conductor
Howard Johnson - baritone saxophone
Bob Cunningham - bass
Gene Golden - bongos
Sonny Morgan - bongos, oboe [african oboe]
Richard Landrum - congas [conga]