legendary saxophonist Pharaoh Sanders passed away in his home this Saturday. angels 81 years old, reported the record label Luaka Bop.
“We are devastated to share that Pharaoh Sanders has passed away. He died peacefully this morning in Los Angeles surrounded by family and friends. May the most beautiful person rest in peace forever,” the company said in a message posted on social media.
He was born in 1940 in Little Rock, Arkansas., saxophonist and the composer began his professional career in the early sixties.
It was 1965 when it started. Gaining fame after joining John Coltrane’s band, which discs started recording.
They worked together on different projects. The legendary saxophonist, one of the most famous jazz figures of the 20th century, died of cancer in 1967.
In his career of more than sixty years, Sanders has recorded more than thirty albums as a soloist or in collaboration with other artists (coltrane and Leon Thomas among the best known).
He has been described by critics as the great figure and creator of “spiritual jazz”. The composer, “a fat, vibrating and enveloping voice”, adopted “free jazz” as a banner.
It was his last album ‘promises’It was released in 2021 in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra and electronic music producer Sam Shepherd known as Floating Points.
Source: Informacion
