Poll of SPIRITUAL HATS

[Pharoah Sanders'] "Thembi" obstinately refuses to move us, a bland and strangely mechanical run-through of the familiar/ethnic/free cliches of the period, with an over-emphasis on small instruments and not enough on straight playing. [b]This was more about wearing funny hats than making music.[b] - The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, Ninth Edition (Richard Cook & Brian Morton)