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Green Hill Zone

Reprising their bandmate roles

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Pharoah Sanders: Black Unity LP (Verve By Request Series) etjs-67.2 late-night London dancefloor expounding anImpulse!, 1972 For 1971s Black Unity, Pharoah Sanders built on the foundations of spiritual free jazz hed explored on his previous albums for Impulse!, this time adding a healthy dose of heavy groove courtesy of twin bass players, Cecil McBee and a young Stanley Clarke. Over the course of a single 37 minute track (split over two sides of vinyl), he investigates the power of rhythm, building polyrhythmic vamps touching on African and Latin traditions.