Black Unity
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| Black Unity | |
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| Studio album by Pharoah Sanders | |
| Released | December 8, 1971 |
| Recorded | November 24, 1971 |
| Length | 37:21 |
| Label | Impulse! |
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Black Unity is a composition and album by jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, recorded and released in late 1971.
The whole album consists of a single thirty-seven-minute track, which was described by critic Joe S. Harrington as "an exercise in sustained harmonic groove that cannot be beaten"[2] when he listed it at #38 on his Top 100 Albums.
Track listing
- "Black Unity" – 37:21
Vinyl Edition
Side A: Black Unity (Part One) - 18:28
Side B: Black Unity (Part Two) - 18:58
Personnel
- Joe Bonner – Piano
- Stanley Clarke – Bass
- Norman Connors – Drums
- Carlos Garnett – Flute, Sax (Tenor)
- Billy Hart – Drums
- Lawrence Killian – Percussion, Conga, Balafon, Talking Drum
- Cecil McBee – Bass
- Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson – Trumpet
- Pharoah Sanders – Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Balafon
Production
- Michael Cuscuna – Reissue Producer
- Hollis King – Art Direction
- Erick Labson – Remastering
- Christine Lee – Graphic Design
- Tony May – Engineer
- Chuck Stewart – Photography
- Lee Young – Producer
