jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders passed away at the age of 81.

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Jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, respected across the music world for the spirituality of his work, died at the age of 81.

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His record label confirmed his death.

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He passed away on Saturday morning in Los Angeles. He began his career with John Coltrane in 1960s.

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Record label Luaka Bop tweet about this, who released Pharoah Sanders album 'Promises' in 2021.

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We are deeply saddened to share this information that the famous saxophonist Pharoah Sanders is no longer in this world.

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He passed away peacefully this morning in Los Angeles under the shadow of his family and friends who loved him.

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One of Pharoah Sanders's most famous works is 'The Creator Has a Master Plan', which was released in 1976 in the album Karma.

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This track was about 33 minutes long.

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Pharoah Sanders was born in 1940 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He first started his career playing drums.

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After this he started playing clarinet in church. After completing his high school, he moved to Auckland City, California.

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Where his dream was to join an Art University. But he moved directly New York from Auckland.

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Pharoah Sanders told in an interview to a magazine that after coming to New York, I had absolutely no money. I was trying to survive there somehow.

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I worked here and there in New York, which got hardly $5 or $6, I buy some food and pizza.

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