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Pharoah Sanders (born October 13 , 1940 ) is a United States Jazz Saxophonist .

Sanders was born in Little Rock, Arkansas , under the name Farrell Sanders. He began his professional career playing tenor Saxophone in Oakland, California .

Sanders moved to New York City in 1962 . He received his Nickname "Pharoah" from Sun Ra , with whom Sanders performed. He came to prominence playing with John Coltrane 's band starting in 1965 , as Coltrane began experimenting with the music which would soon become known as Avant-garde Jazz .

Sanders has collaborated with Bill Laswell , Jah Wobble and others. In 1994 he traveled to Morocco to record with master Gnawa musician Maleem Mahmoud Ghania .

Sanders is known for his overblowing and harmonic techniques on the saxophone.


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