Home / Music / Leon Thomas brought African pygmy yodelling to Pharoah Sanders' KarmaMusic linernotes album music pharoah-sandersLeon Thomas brought African pygmy yodelling to Pharoah Sanders' KarmaLeon Thomas employed a distinctive yodelling technique on Karma that he had apparently learned from African pygmy singing traditions. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesPharoah Sanders' career took off playing with John ColtranePharoah Sanders' solo recording career started on Impulse! RecordsSanders opened The Creator Has a Master Plan the same way Coltrane opened A Love SupremePharoah Sanders pushed the tenor saxophone into new sonic territory with overtone-rich extended techniques and spiritual intensityPharoah Sanders played soprano sax on EnlightenmentExplore"When Love Breaks Down" preceded Prefab Sprout's Steve McQueen by a year."Chuck E.'s in Love" was Rickie Lee Jones' signature number-four hit of 1979."Hit Me with Your Best Shot" was Pat Benatar's first Top 10 single."Making Plans for Nigel" marked XTC's commercial breakthrough.Are Friends Electric became a surprise UK number one for Tubeway ArmyPrevious Manoel Barenbein produced Gilberto Gil's 1968 self-titled albumNext Laufer produced Dado Villa-Lobos's solo debut Jardim de Cáctus