'Jitu' by Pharoah Sanders , song named for Jitu Weusi, Brooklyn CORE

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Title

'Jitu' by Pharoah Sanders , song named for Jitu Weusi, Brooklyn CORE

Description

This is an audio file of the song 'Jitu' by Pharoah Sanders from the album Shukuru. The song was named after Brooklyn CORE member Jitu Weusi. The photo* is of Weusi when he was still known as Leslie Campbell.

Pharoah Sanders was one of the many legendary Jazz musicians that played at the East, the afrocentric educational and cultural community center that Jitu Weusi and others established in Brooklyn in the early 1970's. Sanders album, "Live at The East" was named after the venue.


*New York Times, Jan. 23, 1969.

Creator

song: Pharoah Sanders

Source

song: Shukuru
photo: New York Times, July 23, 1969

Publisher

song: Theresa Records
photo: New York Times

Date

July 23, 1969

Rights

song: Pharoah Sanders
photo: New York Times

Collection

Citation

song: Pharoah Sanders , “'Jitu' by Pharoah Sanders , song named for Jitu Weusi, Brooklyn CORE,” corenyc.org, accessed November 21, 2024, http://corenyc.org/omeka/items/show/297.

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