Village of the Pharoahs

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Released 1973 Producer Ed Michel Artist Pharoah Sanders Label Impulse! Records		Length 38:45 Village of the Pharoahs(1971-73) Elevation(1973) Release date 1973 Genre Jazz

Recorded December 8, 1971, November 22, 1972 and September 14, 1973 Similar Pharoah Sanders albums, Jazz albums

Pharoah sanders village of the pharoahs full album

Village of the Pharoahs is the eighth album by American saxophonist and composer Pharoah Sanders, released in 1973 on the Impulse! label.

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2½ stars stating "there are many more significant Pharoah Sanders records than this one".

Track listing

All compositions by Pharoah Sanders

"Village of the Pharoahs Part 1" - 7:15
"Village of the Pharoahs Part 2" - 5:00
"Village of the Pharoahs Part 3" - 4:50
"Myth" - 1:44
"Mansion Worlds" - 9:11
"Memories of Lee Morgan" - 5:34
"Went Like It Came" - 5:11

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 8, 1971 (track 5), at A & R Recording Studios in New York City on November 22, 1972 (track 6), and at Wally Heider Sound Studios in San Francisco, California on September 14, 1973 (tracks 1-4 & 7)

Personnel

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

Joe Bonner - piano, shakuhachi, flute, percussion, vocals

Stanley Clarke (track 5), Calvin Hill (tracks 1-4 & 7), Cecil McBee (track 5) - bass

Norman Connors - drums (track 5)

Kylo Kylo - tambura, percussion (tracks 1-3 & 7)

Lawrence Killian - conga, percussion, vocals (tracks 1-5 & 7)

Jimmy Hopps - drums, percussion, vocals (tracks 1-3 & 7)

Kenneth Nash - sakara, murdunom, percussion, whistles (track 1-4 & 7)

Sedatrius Brown - vocals (track 1-4 & 7)

Songs

1Village of the Pharoahs - Part One7:14
2Village of the Pharoahs - Part Two4:58
3Village of the Pharoahs - Part Three4:51

References

Village of the Pharoahs Wikipedia

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