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The Anthology by Leon Thomas (Jazz) (CD, 1998)

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Here is a wonderful copy of this 1998 release. Disc(s) will be in excellent condition looking clean and well handled. Jewel cases will be replaced where necessary. Cover inserts may have minor indentations and/or dimpling present.

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Product Identifiers

ProducerClifford Jordan; Norman Schwartz; Bob Thiele

Record LabelPassion Press

UPC5013993670124

eBay Product ID (ePID)27050197747

Product Key Features

Release Year1998

FormatCD

GenreJazz

Run Time72 Mins 58 Seconds

ArtistLeon Thomas (Jazz)

Release TitleThe Anthology

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureUSA

Number of Discs1

Additional informationPersonnel: Leon Thomas (vocals, maracas, percussion); Albertine Robinson, Hilda Harris, Carl Hall (vocals); Sonny Sharrock (guitar); Cornell Dupree, Larry Coryell, Lloyd Davis (electric guitar); Sonny Morgan (berimbau, oboe, bongos, percussion); Frank Strozier, James Spaulding (flute, alto saxophone); Joe Farrell (flute); Pee Wee Ellis (soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, marimba); Jerome Richardson, Sonny Fortune (alto saxophone); Billy Harper (tenor saxophone); Howard Glover "Johnny" Johnson (baritone saxophone, tuba); Ernie Royal, Jimmy Owens (trumpet); Neal Creque (piano, electric piano, organ); Arthur Sterling, Lonnie Liston Smith (piano); John Williams & the Tick Tocks , Gordon Edwards , Richard Davis (electric bass); Idris Muhammad, Louis Hayes, Roy Haynes, Billy Cobham, Billy Hart, Herb Lovelle (drums); Richard Landrum (congas, bongos, percussion); Titos Sompa (congas); Tony Wylie, Nat Bettis, Portinho (percussion). Liner Note Author: Leon Thomas . Unknown Contributor Role: John Ellington Blair. Arranger: Leon Thomas . In 2005, the Soul Brother label basically duplicated the 1998 Leon Thomas Anthology which had started out its life as a British release in a period when Thomas' solo recordings from the '70s were basically only accessible in the used record pile. Of course it has always been possible to check him out alongside Pharoah Sanders on the classic Impulse recordings that brought him fame. "While the supply lasted, we tended to have a copy or two of those Flying Dutchman sides in stock," quoted the proprietor of one such aforementioned retail outlet. "People would bring them in out of basic dissatisfaction but they would eventually find a home and stay there and then that was the end of the supply." For the late vocalist to have progressed from a label called Flying Dutchman, in honor of its proprietor Bob Thiele, to another known as Soul Brother is in itself indicative of the expanding ranks of Thomas' audience. It is also one of the few instances where any kind of rational conclusion results from studying the names of record labels. Hipsters in the '70s would have certainly considered Thomas a soul brother, yet for the mainstream R&B audience, just a single one of his patented yodels -- more influenced by pygmy music than Switzerland or Hank Williams -- was enough to confine him to the weirdo ranks. It took several generations until a somewhat more open-minded crowd began to understand how all this related to funky favorites such as George Clinton and Horace Silver. Thomas himself tried to get the message across once given a chance to put his own recording projects together. Other than a late-'80s live set with alto saxophonist Gary Bartz, the singer's association with producer Thiele provided consistency as well as superb production values. The earlier Thomas solo sides such as his debut Spirits Known and Unknown in 1969, feature predominantly modern jazz, including alternate versions of tracks he had recorded with Sanders. B