He performed with John Coltrane in the 1960s before becoming a key figure in the spiritual jazz scene. By Mitchell Peters, Billboard Pharoah Sanders, the legendary tenor saxophonist who performed ...
Autumn is here in the Western hemisphere, and with it the anniversary of the birth of John Coltrane, Sept. 23, a jazz holiday I call Coltrane's equinox. It's the season when Black improvised music ...
The Grammy-winning saxophonist performed with John Coltrane in the 1960s before pioneering the spiritual jazz style Julia Moore is a TV writer-reporter at PEOPLE. A graduate of Northwestern University ...
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with music historian Ayana Contreras about the death of musician Pharoah Sanders and the legacy he leaves behind. And now a moment to remember saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, ...
Indeed, what brings together Sanders and the lead musical figure in this collaboration – Sam Shepherd, or Floating Points – is their shared dedication to exploring the spiritual qualities of music ...
The material here is familiar territory for Shepp: a mix of spirituals and standards, some of which he’s recorded before on Goin’ Home and other prior releases, plus one Moran original. But Shepp has ...
As the last notes of their song “Our Mountain Home” faded at The Ramkat last April, the Pharaoh Sisters were greeted with silence. Not a peep. It wasn’t supposed to be like this for the two-man folk ...