What is Pharoah Sanders?
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Pharoah Sanders | image = Pharoah_Sanders_photo.jpg |alt = Sanders holding a microphone with a saxophone slung over his body | caption = Sanders in 2006 | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Farrell Sanders | birth_date = {{birth date|1940|10|13}} | birth_place = [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|09|24|1940|10|14}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | genre = [[Jazz]], [[free jazz]], [[avant-garde jazz]], [[World music#World fusion|world fusion]], [[ethno-jazz]] | occupation = Musician, composer, bandleader | instrument = {{Hlist|[[Tenor saxophone]]}} | label = [[Douglas Records|Douglas]], [[Theresa Records|Theresa]], [[Impulse! Records|Impulse!]], [[Strata East Records|Strata East]], [[Luaka Bop]] | years_active = 1964–2022 }} '''Pharoah Sanders''' (born '''Farrell Sanders'''; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022)<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/04/19/DDGBEI9EI91.DTL&type=music | work=The San Francisco Chronicle | first=Daniel | last=King | title=Tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders burst through the gates in John Coltrane's group. Pharoah's children are Ferrell Jr, Fazal, Muzill Lumkile, Farah, Hadiya, Tomoki and Naima. At 79, he's going strong | date=June 24, 2011}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |last1=Dineen |first1=Donal |title=Donal Dineen's Sunken Treasure: 'Karma' by Pharoah Sanders (1969) |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/donal-dineen-s-sunken-treasure-karma-by-pharoah-sanders-1969-1.2705673 |website=The Irish Times |access-date=November 7, 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/albert-ayler-holy-ghost-by-andrey-henkin.php|title=Albert Ayler: Albert Ayler: Holy Ghost album review |website=Allaboutjazz.com|access-date=August 9, 2020}}</ref> was an American