Village of the Pharoahs

Village of the Pharoahs is the eighth album by American saxophonist and composer Pharoah Sanders, released in 1973 on the Impulse! label.[1]

Village of the Pharoahs
Studio album by Pharoah Sanders
Released	1973
Recorded	December 8, 1971, November 22, 1972 and September 14, 1973
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:45
Label	Impulse!
Producer	Ed Michel
Pharoah Sanders chronology
Wisdom Through Music (1972) Village of the Pharoahs (1973) Elevation (1973)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated that "there are many more significant Pharoah Sanders records than this one".[2]

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)

References

1. Impulse! Records discography accessed January 5, 2012
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed January 5, 2012