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Pharoah Sanders – Summun Bukmun Umyun – Deaf Dumb Blind
Pharoah Sanders
Summun Bukmun Umyun - Deaf Dumb Blind
Style: Jazz
Label: Impulse!
Catalog Number: AS-9199
Released: 1970, 70's
A favorite from the listening bar, Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun)‘s title is taken from verse 18 of Surat al-Baqarah in the Qur’an. “Deaf, dumb and blind as used here does not refer to the physical state, but, instead, to the spiritually handicapped. In other words, Listen but do not hear, Around but not aware, Look but do not see.” Congas, xylophones, shakers, cowbells, and various percussion meet horns and devotional sounds here for a unique combination of African and Latin rhythms with spiritual jazz. The album is composed of two long tracks filled with joyful noise. Play it loud and in full…
Recommended – Full Listen
Tags: Spiritual Jazz
Tracklist:
A Summun Bukmun Umyun
B Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord
Credits:
Alto Saxophone, Bells, Cowbell, Shaker, Percussion – Gary Bartz
Bass – Cecil McBee
Congas, Percussion [African] – Anthony Wiles
Design – Wallace Caldwell
Drums – Clifford Jarvis
Engineer – Dave Green, Dixon Van Winkle
Photography By – Chuck Stewart
Piano, Cowbell, Idiophone [Thumb Piano], Percussion – Lonnie Liston Smith
Producer – Ed Michel
Sleeve Notes – Jameelah Ali
Soprano Saxophone, Horns [Cow Horn], Bells, Whistle [Tritone], Cowbell, Flute [Wood], Idiophone [Thumb Piano], Percussion – Pharoah Sanders
Trumpet, Maracas, Yodeling, Percussion – Woody Shaw
Xylophone, Yodeling, Percussion [African] – Nathaniel Bettis
