Pharoah Sanders
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Pharoah Sanders was an American jazz saxophonist renowned for his powerful, spiritual free jazz style and his influential work in the 1960s and beyond.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pharoah Sanders canonical | 6 |
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
composer
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human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2022 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Alice Coltrane
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Don Cherry NERFINISHED ⓘ Floating Points NERFINISHED ⓘ John Coltrane NERFINISHED ⓘ Leon Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ London Symphony Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ McCoy Tyner NERFINISHED ⓘ Sun Ra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1940-10-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2022-09-24 ⓘ |
| fullName | Farrell Sanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
free jazz
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jazz ⓘ spiritual jazz ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Coltrane
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Ornette Coleman NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
soprano saxophone
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tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| knownFor |
powerful saxophone tone
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spiritually themed compositions ⓘ use of overblowing and multiphonics ⓘ |
| movement |
avant-garde jazz
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spiritual jazz ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Africa
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Black Unity NERFINISHED ⓘ Elevation NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewels of Thought NERFINISHED ⓘ Journey to the One NERFINISHED ⓘ Karma NERFINISHED ⓘ Promises NERFINISHED ⓘ Tauhid NERFINISHED ⓘ The Creator Has a Master Plan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
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composer ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Little Rock, Arkansas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
ESP-Disk
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Impulse! Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Luaka Bop NERFINISHED ⓘ Strata-East Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Theresa Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Timeless Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Pharoah Sanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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