Elevation (Pharoah Sanders album)

Elevation
Elevation
Live album by Pharoah Sanders
Released	1974
Recorded	September 7, 9 & 14, 1973
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:18
Label	Impulse!
Producer	Ed Michel
Pharoah Sanders chronology

Elevation is a live album by American saxophonist and composer Pharoah Sanders (containing one track recorded in the studio), released in 1973 on the Impulse! label.^[1]

Reception[]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated: "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."^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

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)

References[]

^ Impulse! Records discography accessed January 5, 2012
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed January 5, 2012.
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 7: MUZE. p. 245.CS1 maint: location (link)
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1259. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Impulse!_Records_discography-1] Impulse! Records discography accessed January 5, 2012

[Allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed January 5, 2012.

[CL-3] Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 7: MUZE. p. 245.CS1 maint: location (link)

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1259. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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