Elevation (Pharoah Sanders album)

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Released 1974 Producer Ed Michel Artist Pharoah Sanders Label Impulse! Records		Length 47:18 Elevation (1973) Love in Us All (1973) Release date 1974 Genre Jazz

Recorded September 7, 9 & 14, 1973 Similar Pharoah Sanders albums, Jazz albums

Pharoah sanders elevation

Elevation is a live album by American saxophonist and composer Pharoah Sanders featuring one track recorded in the studio released on the Impulse! label.

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "This may not rate as highly as some of Sanders' other recordings for the label like Thembi or Karma, but there is plenty here for fans, and it is well worth the investigation and the purchase."

Track listing

All compositions by Pharoah Sanders except as indicated

"Elevation" - 18:01
"Greeting to Saud (Brother McCoy Tyner)" - 4:07
"Ore-Se-Rere" (Ebenezer Obey) - 5:38
"The Gathering" - 13:51
"Spiritual Blessing" - 5:41

Recorded in performance at the Ash Grove in Los Angeles, California on September 7, 1973 (tracks 3 & 4) and September 9, 1973 (tracks 1 & 5) and at Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco, California on September 13, 1973 (track 2)

Personnel

Pharoah Sanders - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, shaker, vocals, bells, percussion

Joe Bonner - piano, harmonium, cow horn, wood flute, percussion, vocals

Calvin Hill - bass, vocals, tambura

Michael Carvin - drums, vocals

Lawrence Killian - conga, bell tree, vocals

John Blue (tracks 3 & 4), Jimmy Hopps (tracks 1, 2 & 5) - percussion, vocals

Michael White - violin (track 2)

Kenneth Nash - percussion (track 2)

Sedatrius Brown - vocals (track 2)

Songs

1Elevation18:01
2Greeting to Saud (Brother McCoy Tyner)4:10
3Ore-Se-Rere (Nigerian Juju HiLife)5:38

References

Elevation (Pharoah Sanders album) Wikipedia

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