Village of the Pharoahs

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 (1971-73) Elevation (1973)

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

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2½ stars stating "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