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    Pharoah Sanders Karma (Acoustic Sounds Series)

    Verve
    • Pharoah Sanders – The Creator Has A Master Plan
    • Pharoah Sanders – Colours
    • 1. The Creator Has A Master Plan
    • 2. Colours

    Seminal release on Impulse featuring the spiritual vocalist supreme Leon Thomas on the anthem The Creator has A Masterplan.

    Pharoah Sanders’ third Impulse! album, 1969’s Karma, is a milestone of the Spiritual Jazz movement and a natural progression in the sonic exploration that Sanders, along with John and Alice Coltrane, spearheaded.


    Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.

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