Pharoah Sanders lebt nicht mehr - R.I.P.

 

Jazzfest Berlin 2013, Pharoah Sanders, saxophon, - Gnawa Jazz Voodoo, Joachim Kuehn Africa Connection, feat. Pharoah Sanders 

31.10.2013, DEU, Berlin: Jazzfest Berlin 2013, Pharoah Sanders, saxophon, - Gnawa Jazz Voodoo, Joachim Kuehn Africa Connection, feat. Pharoah Sanders 

Pharoah Sanders for Interview by Ashley Kahn, JazzTimes, USA, February 2008, 12.01.2008, Vol. 38 No 1, Pages 92/93 - Photos © Detlev Schilke

Moers, DEU, 24.05.1996: Pharoah Sanders, Tenorsaxophon, 25. New Jazz Festival Moers 

Pharoah Sanders, eigentlich Ferell Sanders (* 13. Oktober 1940 in Little Rock, Arkansas; † 24. September 2022 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien), war ein amerikanischer Jazz-Musiker, Tenorsaxophonist und Multiinstrumentalist. Den Künstlernamen Pharoah verlieh ihm Sun Ra, mit dem er in New York Anfang der 1960er Jahre gemeinsam auftrat. Quelle: wikipedia - Photos © Detlev Schilke

 

Pharoah Sanders, piercing jazz saxophonist, dies at 81
Musician went from John Coltrane’s band to long solo career marked by bold improvisation, spiritual searching - The Washington Post

 

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Pharoah Sanders: Jewels of Thought

© Detlev Schilke for JazzTimes - America´s Jazz Magazine

[...] The irony is that at the age of 66, the white-bearded veteran’s music has long since grown to a full range of moods and styles. It was way back in the late ’60s, after his profile was raised high by a two-year stint in John Coltrane’s final lineup, that Sanders began to expand his sound. Subsequent recordings, on Impulse! Records in the ’70s, and a succession of independent labels through the ’80s and ’90s, brought forth an accessible, at times gentle, fusion of R&B, soul and world influences. [...]
© Ashley Kahn for JazzTimes