title: Shukuru
text: # Shukuru
  
  Shukuru is an album led by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders recorded in 1981 and released on the Theresa label in 1985.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz | |
  | The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide | |
  
  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."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Pharoah Sanders except as indicated
  
  * "Shukuru" – 5:44
  * "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 7:33
  * "Mas in Brooklyn" – 3:41
  * "Sun Song" (Leon Thomas) – 6:04
  * "Too Young to Go Steady" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 5:21
  * "Jitu" – 5:43
  * "For Big George" (Sanders, Thomas) – 7:59 Bonus track on CD reissue
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone, vocals
  * William Henderson – keyboards
  * Ray Drummond – bass
  * Idris Muhammad – drums
  * Leon Thomas – vocals (tracks 3 & 4)
  