Pharoah Sanders, giant of spirit-driven jazz, dies at 81 Sanders, revered as one of the avant-garde's greatest tenor saxophonists, was a member of John Coltrane's final quartet.

Pharoah Sanders, an innovative jazz saxophonist who pushed the genre's boundaries with John Coltrane, Sun Ra and as a bandleader, has died at 81.

He first gained wide recognition for his work with John Coltrane. He went on to a fertile, prolific career, releasing dozens of albums as a leader. The saxophonist Pharoah Sanders in performance ...

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Pharoah Sanders, Legendary Jazz Musician, Dead at 81 The Grammy-winning saxophonist performed with John Coltrane in the 1960s before pioneering the spiritual jazz style By ...

“Pharoah Sanders,” Wilmer declared, achieved “precisely this mood” in the music he made in the late 1960s and ’70s, just before and then after his mentor, John Coltrane, died.

Jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders has died at the age of 81, according to an announcement Saturday by record label Luaka Bop and a statement from his representative.

In Pharoah Sanders' final years, Luaka Bop expressed interest in doing a proper reissue of Harvest Time. The label chose to release it as a box set alongside Sanders' final recorded album, Promises.

Pharoah Sanders, the saxophonist who helped John Coltrane explore the avant-garde and pushed jazz itself toward the spiritual, has died at the age of 81.. Record label Luaka Bop, which released ...

Pharoah Sanders, a tenor saxophonist who initially was associated with free-jazz players in the 1960s, including Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra, Don Cherry and John Coltrane, but who went on to record ...

Pharoah Sanders, the legendary tenor saxophonist who performed alongside John Coltrane in the mid-1960s, has died. He was 81. Sanders’ passing was announced on Saturday (Sept. 24) by his record ...