Shukuru

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide	[4]

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."^[2]

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."^[3]

All compositions by Pharoah Sanders except as indicated

1. "Shukuru" – 5:44
2. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 7:33
3. "Mas in Brooklyn" – 3:41
4. "Sun Song" (Leon Thomas) – 6:04
5. "Too Young to Go Steady" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 5:21
6. "Jitu" – 5:43
7. "For Big George" (Sanders, Thomas) – 7:59 Bonus track on CD reissue

• Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone, vocals
• William Henderson – keyboards
• Ray Drummond – bass
• Idris Muhammad – drums
• Leon Thomas – vocals (tracks 3 & 4)