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Pharoah Sanders

Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", Sanders played a prominent role in the development of free jazz and spiritual jazz through his work as a member of John Coltrane's groups in the mid-1960s, and l…

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Artist details

Type
Person
Area
United States
Born
October 13th, 1940
Died
September 24th, 2022
Genres
Labels
MCA Records
LaserLight Digital
Arista
ESP-Disk’
Verve
Last updated: March 12th, 2024·MusicBrainz

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