Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders
Artist Information
Genres: World Fusion, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Early Creative, Free Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz
Active: 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's
Born: October 13, 1940 in Little Rock, AR
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Pharoah Sanders possesses one of the most distinctive tenor saxophone sounds in jazz. Harmonically rich and heavy with overtones, Sanders' sound can be as raw and abrasive as it is possible for a saxophonist to produce. Yet, Sanders is highly regarded to the point of reverence by a great many jazz fans. Although he made his name with expressionistic, nearly anarchic free jazz in John Coltrane's late ensembles of the mid-'60s, Sanders' later music is guided by more graceful concerns.
Discography
Release: December 18, 2007
Label: Dopeness Galore
Release: July 30, 2007
Label: Universal