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Legendary jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders has died at the age of 81, according to music labelLuaka Bop.
My beautiful friend passed away this morning.
Born in 1940, Sanders began his musical career accompanying church hymns on clarinet as a child.
When he got to high school, his band teacher introduced him to playing jazz and the saxophone.
They recorded several records together, and Sanders accompanied Coltrane on his final quintet before his death in 1967.
Sanders signed with Impulse!
He eventually left Impulse!
and went from record label to record label, ultimately unhappy with the music-industry structure.
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