Classic spiritual soul jazz from Pharoah Sanders - recorded with an all star lineup that includes Lonnie Liston Smith, Cecil McBee, Roy Haynes, and Michael White. The album's got a strong influence from the members on the set - particularly Lonnie Liston Smith, who seems to bring in a very nicely soulful approach to a few of the numbers, and Michael White, whose spiritual consciousness is still a bit rough-hewn and personal at this point. The record oddly shifts mood from track to track - going from the mellow soul of "Astral Traveling", into the loud free jazz of "Red Black & Green", to the modal grooving of "Thembi", and into the spiritual joy of "Love" and "Bailophone Dance" - all of which makes for a really wonderful album, one of Pharoah's strongest statements of the time! PERSONNEL: Pharoah Sanders - soprano & tenor sax Michael White - violin, percussion Lonnie Liston Smith - electirc piano, vocals Cecil McBee - bass Roy Haynes - drums Majid Shabazz - percussion Anthony Wiles - percussion Nat Bettis - percussion Los Angeles, November 25, 1970 and New York City, January 12, 1971