Pharoah Sanders - Black UnityFor 1971s Black Unity, Pharaoh Sanders added groove to foundation of spiritual and free jazz he had explored on his previous Impulse! albums. The result is a piercing and emotive 37 minute rhythm driven title track exploration of African, Latin, aborigine and Native American sounds. This Verve By Request title is pressed on 180 gram vinyl at Third Man in Detroit.

“It sounded beautiful jumping around like that”

bright hues

John Ore on double bass

On ‘Giving the World Away

Self-produced

The group went through numerous line up changes as they recorded a series of singles which are now some of the most collectible of the era

Following the vaguely poppy shapes of 1980's album East West (BB 292CD/LP)

Covers have long been an integral part of Whitney's ethos

Over on Side 2

is ‘When will Twenty One will be released on vinyl again

juxtaposed with often dark and foreboding loops and samples that dance asynchronously around each other beneath Lena’s voice & piano/toy keyboards

House Music unfolds as one long piece