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There is more than one person with Leon Thomas as their name:
1) Amerifan jazz singer
2) American singer/producer/actor
3) Australian blues/folk
4) funk/soul
1. Leon Thomas (born Amos Leon Thomas Jr. on October 4, 1937, died May 8, 1999) was an American avant garde jazz singer from East St. Louis, Illinois. He changed his name to Leone in 1974.
Thomas is best known for his work with Pharoah Sanders, particularly the 1969 song "The Creator Has a Master Plan" from Sanders' Karma album. Read more on Last.fm
This album is a less calculated attempt than its follow-up, “The Leon Thomas Album,” to showcase Thomas’s immense and versatile talents and as a result is a considerably more laid back affair. The first side of the record is especially calm, with peaceful performances of “The Creator Has a Master Plan” and “Song For My Father” being the highlight. Thomas does let loose a bit on “One,” unleashing his trademark yodeling style and showing off some great scat singing unlike much else in his catalog.
The second side livens things up a bit with the rant “Damn Nam,” an anti-war song that spices things up before “Malcolm’s Gone,” which is presumably the sort of thing people who were listening to this in 1969 would have expected: an avant-garde collaboration with Pharoah Sanders that sees both men testing the limits of their respective instruments. The result is breathtaking. Thomas cools things down on the last number, “Let the Rain Fall on Me,” which re-establishes the calm mood of the side’s first half. This is a nice album for a relaxed afternoon, not too challenging but not pure ambiance either.