Shukuru
Studio album by
Pharoah Sanders
Released1985
Recorded1981 in Berkeley, CA
GenreJazz
Length42:05
LabelTheresa TR 121
ProducerPharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders chronology
Heart is a Melody
(1982)		 Shukuru
(1985)		 Africa
(1987)

Shukuru is an album led by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders recorded in 1981 and released on the Theresa label in 1985.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide[4]

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow commented: "Sanders does a close impression of late-'50s John Coltrane on "Body and Soul" and "Too Young to Go Steady" and shows a bit more heat on the other two numbers. But fans of his most passionate dates are advised to get a sampling of the earlier Impulse recordings instead."[2]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings stated that Sanders "appears to be rethinking his strategy... turning back to standards-playing for the first time in many years," and noted that "Body and Soul" is "intelligently performed, with few new ideas, but a sympathetic synthesis of much of what has gone on between Byas and Coltrane concentrated into a relatively straightforward melodic response."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Pharoah Sanders except as indicated

  1. "Shukuru" – 5:44
  2. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 7:33
  3. "Mas in Brooklyn" – 3:41
  4. "Sun Song" (Leon Thomas) – 6:04
  5. "Too Young to Go Steady" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 5:21
  6. "Jitu" – 5:43
  7. "For Big George" (Sanders, Thomas) – 7:59 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Pharoah Sanders discography accessed January 15, 2015
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Shukuru – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 1151.
  4. ↑ Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 593.
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