Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun)

Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders. It was recorded at A & R Studios in New York City on July 1, 1970, and released on Impulse! Records in the same year. The album's title is bilingual: "Summun Bukmun Umyun" is Arabic for "Deaf Dumb Blind".

Deaf Dumb Blind
(Summun Bukmun Umyun)
Studio album by
Released1970
RecordedJuly 1, 1970
GenreJazz
Length39:02
LabelImpulse! Records
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork8.6/10[2]

The phrase صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ ṣummun, bukmun, ʻumyun is taken from verse 18 of Surat al-Baqarah in the Qur'an. According to the liner notes, the album is "predicated on spiritual truths and to the future enlightenment of El Kafirun or The Rejectors of Faith (non-believers)."

The performances on the album are strongly influenced by the music of Africa.

Track listing

  1. "Summun, Bukmun, Umyun" (Sanders) – 21:16
  2. "Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord" (arr. by Lonnie Liston Smith) – 17:46

Personnel

  • Pharoah Sanders – soprano saxophone, cow horn, bells, tritone whistle, cowbells, wood flute, thumb piano, percussion
  • Woody Shaw – trumpet, maracas, yodeling, percussion
  • Gary Bartz – alto saxophone, bells, cowbell, shakers, percussion
  • Lonnie Liston Smith – piano, cowbell, thumb piano, percussion
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Clifford Jarvis – drums
  • Nathaniel Bettisxylophone, yodeling, African percussion
  • Anthony Wiles – conga drum and African percussion
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References

  1. AllMusic review
  2. Martin-McCormick, Daniel (November 10, 2017). "Pharoah Sanders: Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun)". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
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