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Recorded at A & R Studios in New York City on July 1, 1970, Pharoah Sanders' album Deaf Dumb Blind (in Arabic "Summon Bukmun Umyun"), was released on Impulse! Records that same year. It features the leader along with fellow stars Woody Shaw, Gary Bath and Lonnie Liston Smith. The album received a 4 stars rating on AllMusic, with reviewer Thom Jurek stating that this is "a stunningly beautiful and contemplative work that showcases how intrinsic melodic phrasing and drones were to Sanders at the time. This album is a joyful noise made in the direction of the divine, and we can feel it through the speakers, down in the place that scares us."
PERSONNEL:
PHAROAH SANDERS - (soprano sax, wood flute, thumb piano, percussion)
WOODY SHAW - (trumpet, percussion)
GARY BARTZ - (alto saxophone, percussion)
LONNIE LISTON SMITH - (piano, percussion)
CECIL McBEE - (bass)
CLIFFORD JARVIS - (drums)
NATHANIEL BETTIS - (bylophone, yodeling, African percussion)
ANTHONY WILES - (conga drum, African percussion.
Recorded at A&R Studios, New York City, 1 July, 1970.
Tracklist
SIDE A:
SUMMUN, BUKMUN, UMYUN ................ (21:17)
SIDE B:
LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD ................ (18:25)