Pharoah Sanders

• JAPANESE IMPORT

• IMPULSE - 60th ANNIVERSARY

• FREE JAZZ SAXOPHONE COLLECTION

• LIMITED EDITION SHM-CD (Super High Material CD)!

A seminal release from Pharoah Sanders recorded in 1973 for Impulse! Records. At this point the Impulse! label was in a renaissance, with Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane, Michael White, Sam Rivers, Marion Brown and other jazz greats all recording for the label, many of these artists having an association with John Coltrane in the 1960s, none less than saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, who had played in the groups of both John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane.

tracks & PERSONNEL:

• 01. ELEVATION
• Calvin Hill - bass
• Lawrence Killian - congas, bell tree
• Michael Carvin - drums
• Jimmy Hopps, John Blue - percussion
• Joe Bonner - piano, flute
• Pharoah Sanders - tenor & soprano sax

• 02. GREETING TO SAUD (Brother McCoy Tyner)
• Jimmy Hopps, Lawrence Killian, Michael Carvin, Pharoah Sanders - percussion
• Joe Bonner - piano
• Calvin Hill - tambura

• 03. ORE-SE-RERE
• Calvin Hill - bass
• Lawrence Killian - congas, bell tree
• Michael Carvin - drums
• John Blue - percussion
• Joe Bonner - piano, flute
• Pharoah Sanders - vocals, percussion

• 04. THE GATHERING
• Calvin Hill - bass
• Lawrence Killian - congas, bell tree
• Michael Carvin - drums
• John Blue - percussion
• Joe Bonner - piano, flute
• Pharoah Sanders - tenor & soprano sax

• 05. SPIRITUAL BLESSING
• Lawrence Killian - bell tree
• Michael Carvin - drums
• Joe Bonner - harmonium
• Jimmy Hopps, John Blue - percussion
• Pharoah Sanders - soprano sax
• Calvin Hill - tambura

Recorded in Los Angeles, 1973