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Mentored by John Coltrane, he explored what became known as ‘spiritual jazz’, though he insisted: ‘I just play what I feel like playing’
The Creator's Master Plan did not include eternal life for extraordinary jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, who passed away on September 24 at age 81. Amid this sadness, the good news is that said deity's overarching scheme allows for Sanders's music to keep enhancing adventurous music lovers' lives forever. Sanders's work embraced the extremes of jazz, ranging from apocalyptic noise to utmost tranquility. It united people of myriad races and musical tastes, a phenomenon that one...
Pierre Crépon pays tribute to the US saxophonist by looking at his career-defining years on the Impulse! label
Pharoah Sanders, the saxophonist who was a prominent collaborator with John Coltrane and a key figure in the spiritual jazz scene, has died. He was 81.
Pharoah Sanders, cosmic jazz saxophonist, dead at 81