Come along, i am, Bag's groove, the journey, um um um
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Ernie Royal (trumpet), Donald Smith (fl), Jerome Richardson (alto sax), Billy Harper (tenor sax), Howard Johnson (bs), Arthur Sterling (piano), John Williams (elb), Billy Cobham (drum), Richard Landrum, Sunny Morgan (percusion), Leon Thomas (vcl), Oliver Nelson (arr)
Let's go down to Lucy's, love each other, l-o-v-e, gypsy queen, shape your mind to die, boom boom boom, C.C. rider, China doll
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Dick Griffin (trumpet), John Eckert (tb), Pee Wee Ellis (tenor sax), Cecil Payne (bs), John Blair (vln), Neal Creque (elp), Cornell Dupree (guitar), Gordon Edwards (elb) or Stanley Clarke (bass), Bernard Purdie or Airto Moreira (drum), Leon Thomas (vcl) (percusion) +voc
Sweet little angel, never let me go, i wanna be where you are, you are the sunshine of my life, just in time to see the sun, got to be there, it's my life i'm fighting for, balance of life, what are we gonna do
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Jimmy Owens (trumpet), Pee Wee Ellis (tenor sax), Neal Creque (piano), Joe Beck, Lloyd Davis (guitar), Richard Davis (bass), Bernerd Purdie (drum), Sonny Morgan (percusion), Leon Thomas (vcl) + strings
Close your eyes, little sunflower, cousin Mary, ...
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Leon Thomas (vcl), Gary Bartz (alto sax), Eddie Henderson (trumpet), ...
CD Album
MAPLESHADE 0181
SPIRITS KNOW AND UNKNOWN (21-10-1969) by leon thomas
Songs
The creator has a master plan, one, echoes, song for my father, damn nam, Malcolm's gone, let the rain fall on me
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James Spaulding (alto sax) (fl), Pharoah Sanders (alto sax) (tenor sax), Lonnie Liston Smith (piano), Richard davis, Cecil McBee (bass), Roy Haynes (drum), Richard Landrum (bg0), Leon Thomas (vcl)
Endless love, Mr Chips, stand by me, let's fall in love all over again, bedtime, you send me,
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hank crawford (alto sax), randy brecker, alan rubin (trumpet), david fathead newman (tenor sax) (fl), howard johnson (bs), cornell dupree (guitar), richard tee (keyb), wilbur bascomb (bass), bernard purdie (drum), leon thomas (voc)
james spaulding (fl), pharoah sanders (tenor sax), julius watkins (flh), lonnie smith (piano), reggie workman (piano), richard davis, reggie workman or ron carter (bass), freddie waits (drum), nat bettis (percusion), leon thomas (voc)
howard johnson (tu), sonny fortune (alto sax) (fl), pharoah sanders (tenor sax) (fl) (percusion) (voc), lonnie liston smith (piano), sonny sharrock (guitar), cecil mcbee, norris jones (bass), bill hart (drum), chief bey, nat bettis, tony wiles (percusion), leon thomas (voc) (percusion)
CD Album
STRATA 1973/3
A MEETING OF THE TIMES (19-09-1966) by roland kirk
Songs
Dream, do nothin' till you hear from me, daybreak, lover come back to me, don't get around much anymore, this love of mine, Carney and Bigard place, i didn't know about you, something' bout believing
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roland kirk (tenor sax) (fl) (sax), jaki byard or hank jones (piano), major holley or ron carter(bass), charles crosby or oliver jackson (drum), leon thomas or al hibbler (voc)
CD Album
ATL 1630
HERE COMES THE WHISTLEMAN (14-03-1965) by roland kirk
Songs
I wished on the moon, roots, aluminium baby, here comes the whistleman, making love after hours, yesterdays, step right up
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roland kirk (tenor sax) (fl) (sax), jaki byard or lonnie smith (piano), major holley (bass), charles crosby (drum), leon thomas (voc)
Oo-shoo-be-doo-be, the creator has a master plan, be natural, sun song, uncle from Ghana, be mine, Zaius, blue skies medley, in walked Bud, it don't mean a thing
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jeri brown, leon thomas (vcl), don braden or david murray (tenor sax), john hicks (piano), avery sharp or curtis lundy (bass), sangoma ewerett (drum)
I've got your number, midnight sun, softly as in a morning sunrise, the nearness of you, you must believe in spring, echoes, as long as you're living, what goes around
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jeri brown, leon thomas (vcl), don braden or david murray (tenor sax), john hicks (piano), avery sharp or curtis lundy (bass), sangoma ewerett (drum)
I remember Clifford, no more hard times, spirit of man, back to the one, a rising daystar, Dhyia Malika, dearly beloved
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malachi thompson (trumpet), carter jefferson (tenor sax), albert dailey (piano), james king (bass), nasar abeday (drum), randy abbott (percusion), leon thomas, arnae burton (voc)