About
Grammy Award-winning free jazz pioneer who is considered one of the greatest tenor saxophonists to ever live. Amiri Baraka supposedly gave him the name Pharaoh.
Trivia
He has performed internationally and has had a huge following in Japan.
Before Fame
He performed with Sun Ra, but gained more popularity when he later worked with John Coltrane. He appeared on Ascension, Coltrane's influential 1965 release.
Family Life
He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Associated With
He was born Farrell Sanders, but Sun Ra gave him the nickname Pharoah, which stuck.