ELEVATION by PHAROAH SANDERS

A shining example of technical virtuosity & conceptual vision, Pharoah Sanders came to prominence like so many Jazz greats before him: having honed his professional craft playing in local Rhythm & Blues acts in Oakland, CA, Sanders traveled East in 1961 to become part of the rising avant-garde Jazz circle of New York City. This latest reissue compiled by Slow To Speak’s Francis Englehardt & Paul Nickerson highlights with equal reverence and profound awe the transitive properties of Sander’s masterful arrangement and musical prophecy, featuring two original works of the tenor great, “Elevation” & “Astral Traveling,” along with his absolutely breathtaking early groundwork with Alice Coltrane with the classic “Journey In Satchidananda.”