Izipho Zam (My Gifts)
by Pharoah Sanders
- Type: Album
- Released: 1973
- Label: Strata-East
- Country: United States
- Length: 33:06
- Community rating: 4.55/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A quintessential document of the spiritual jazz movement, this album is a sprawling, ecstatic celebration. The music is built on a foundation of dense, churning African-inspired polyrhythms from a large ensemble and features the signature yodeling of vocalist Leon Thomas.
Genres
Descriptors: spirituality, avant-garde, impassioned, ritualistic, expansive
Tracklist
- Prince of Peace (8:51)
- Balance (12:15)
- Izipho Zam (12:00)
Credits
- Pharoah Sanders - primary artist, saxophone, percussion, composed by
- Sonny Fortune - alto saxophone
- Cecil McBee - bass
- Sirone - bass
- Edgar Fitt - design
- Billy Hart - drums
- Majid Shabazz - drums
- Chief Bey - drums [african]
- Orville O'Brien - engineer [recording], lacquer cut by
- Sonny Sharrock - guitar
- Nat Bettis - percussion
- Tony Wylie - percussion
- Martin Bough - photography by, photography
- Lonnie Liston Smith - piano
- Clifford Jordan - producer
- Howard Johnson - tuba
- Leon Thomas - vocals, percussion