Elevation (Pharoah Sanders album)

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
Village of the Pharoahs (1971-73) Elevation (1973) Love in Us All (1973)

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

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "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]

Track listing

All compositions by Pharoah Sanders except as indicated

1. "Elevation" - 18:01
2. "Greeting to Saud (Brother McCoy Tyner)" - 4:07
3. "Ore-Se-Rere" (Ebenezer Obey) - 5:38
4. "The Gathering" - 13:51
5. "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

1. Impulse! Records discography accessed January 5, 2012
2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed January 5, 2012.