Ferrell Sanders, better known as Pharoah Sanders, is a jazz legend. For 60 years, he played his saxophone with two priorities: freedom and spirituality. Why does this musician deserve to be considered a legend? And quite simply because the length of his career, the artists he rubbed shoulders with and his contribution to the history … Read more
Pharoah Sanders had notably been John Coltrane’s sideman and published ” The Creator Has a Master Plan “. Pharoah Sanders, the saxophonist who helped John Coltrane explore the avant-garde and push jazz itself towards the spiritual, has died aged 81. Record label Luaka Bop, which released Sanders’ acclaimed collab and Floating Points, Promises, in 2021, … Read more
A disciple dubbed by John Coltrane in the 1960s, the “pharaoh” of the tenor sax followed a musical and spiritual path marked first by flashes, then by a certain wisdom. Recognized reference of free, he died on September 24 at 81 years old. He was one of the last free men in jazz. Not only … Read more
New York and Los Angeles., Pharoah Sanders, an influential tenor saxophonist revered in the jazz world for the spirituality of his work, has died, his record label reported. He was 81 years old. He was one of the most creative figures who made both Indian and African music his own, taking the sound of his … Read more
In the world of jazz, the names of musicians have never been anecdotal. There was a time when its most accomplished representatives gladly decked themselves out with an old regime title, like a snub to the segregation system that kept them at the bottom of the ladder: the Count (Count) Basie, the Duke (Duke) Ellington, … Read more
Pharoah Sandersone of the most creative figures of the jazz who made both Indian and African music his own by bringing his saxophone to unsuspected limits, passed away this Saturday at the age of 81. His label, Luaka Bop, announced that he died peacefully with his family and friends in Los Angeles. Always and forever, … Read more