The Creator Has a Master Plan (Leon Thomas)

Leon Thomas · 1969 · Thème en deux parties avec Pharoah Sanders, devenu hymne du spiritual jazz

Context

Opening track of Spirits Known and Unknown, co-written by Leon Thomas and Pharoah Sanders, 4 min 23. The album, Thomas's first, was recorded in New York in October 1969 and released in 1970 on Flying Dutchman under the direction of Bob Thiele.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Spiritual jazz. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Echoes (1969)
• Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam) (1969)
• Malcolm's Gone (1969)

Sources

• EN: Spirits Known and Unknown

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