| Shukuru | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Pharoah Sanders |
| Cover: | Shukuru (album).jpg |
| Released: | 1985 |
| Recorded: | 1981 in Berkeley, CA |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 42:05 |
| Label: | Theresa TR 121 |
| Producer: | Pharoah Sanders |
| Chronology: | Pharoah Sanders |
| Prev Title: | Heart is a Melody |
| Prev Year: | 1982 |
| Next Title: | Africa |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
Shukuru is an album led by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders recorded in 1981 and released on the Theresa label in 1985.[1]
In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow commented: "Sanders does a close impression of late-'50s John Coltrane on "Body and Soul" and "Too Young to Go Steady" and shows a bit more heat on the other two numbers. But fans of his most passionate dates are advised to get a sampling of the earlier Impulse recordings instead."
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings stated that Sanders "appears to be rethinking his strategy... turning back to standards-playing for the first time in many years," and noted that "Body and Soul" is "intelligently performed, with few new ideas, but a sympathetic synthesis of much of what has gone on between Byas and Coltrane concentrated into a relatively straightforward melodic response."
All compositions by Pharoah Sanders except as indicated