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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

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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.

Contents

Pharoah sanders village of the pharoahs part one


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