benthos , Pharoah Sanders - "Jewels of Thought" (1969)
Today's lucky record store find. What an astonishing record, and what an ensemble!
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Back cover photo of Pharoah Sanders, his hand on a cane shown in focus in the foreground, whereas he appears out of focus in the background.
Photo from inside of gatefold sleeve shows Pharoah playing... a piccolo? in the studio, with a contrabass clarinet hanging from his neck.
Photos from inside of gatefold sleeve show Cecil McBee and Richard Davis playing two upright basses side-by-side; Roy Haynes playing a gong; and Leon Thomas playing a mbira.