Pharoah Sanders
E592051
Pharoah Sanders was an American jazz saxophonist renowned for his powerful, spiritual free jazz style and his influential work in the 1960s and beyond.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pharoah Sanders canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6402053 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pharoah Sanders Context triple: [John Coltrane, influenced, Pharoah Sanders]
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A.
Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator known for his avant-garde style and politically charged works in the 1960s and beyond.
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B.
Maceo Parker
Maceo Parker is an American funk and soul saxophonist best known for his work with James Brown and Parliament-Funkadelic, as well as his influential solo career.
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C.
Cecil Taylor
Cecil Taylor was an American pianist and poet renowned as a pioneering figure in avant-garde and free jazz, celebrated for his highly percussive, complex, and improvisational playing style.
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D.
John Coltrane
John Coltrane was a pioneering American jazz saxophonist and composer whose innovative work in bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz profoundly shaped the course of modern jazz.
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E.
Charles McPherson
Charles McPherson is an American jazz alto saxophonist known for his bebop-rooted style and long association with bassist and composer Charles Mingus.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pharoah Sanders Target entity description: Pharoah Sanders was an American jazz saxophonist renowned for his powerful, spiritual free jazz style and his influential work in the 1960s and beyond.
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A.
Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator known for his avant-garde style and politically charged works in the 1960s and beyond.
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B.
Maceo Parker
Maceo Parker is an American funk and soul saxophonist best known for his work with James Brown and Parliament-Funkadelic, as well as his influential solo career.
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C.
Cecil Taylor
Cecil Taylor was an American pianist and poet renowned as a pioneering figure in avant-garde and free jazz, celebrated for his highly percussive, complex, and improvisational playing style.
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D.
John Coltrane
John Coltrane was a pioneering American jazz saxophonist and composer whose innovative work in bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz profoundly shaped the course of modern jazz.
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E.
Charles McPherson
Charles McPherson is an American jazz alto saxophonist known for his bebop-rooted style and long association with bassist and composer Charles Mingus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
ⓘ
human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2022 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Alice Coltrane
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Don Cherry NERFINISHED ⓘ Floating Points NERFINISHED ⓘ John Coltrane NERFINISHED ⓘ Leon Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ London Symphony Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ McCoy Tyner NERFINISHED ⓘ Sun Ra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1940-10-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2022-09-24 ⓘ |
| fullName | Farrell Sanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
free jazz
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ spiritual jazz ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Coltrane
NERFINISHED
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Ornette Coleman NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
soprano saxophone
ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| knownFor |
powerful saxophone tone
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spiritually themed compositions ⓘ use of overblowing and multiphonics ⓘ |
| movement |
avant-garde jazz
ⓘ
spiritual jazz ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Africa
NERFINISHED
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Black Unity NERFINISHED ⓘ Elevation NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewels of Thought NERFINISHED ⓘ Journey to the One NERFINISHED ⓘ Karma NERFINISHED ⓘ Promises NERFINISHED ⓘ Tauhid NERFINISHED ⓘ The Creator Has a Master Plan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
ⓘ
composer ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Little Rock, Arkansas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
ESP-Disk
NERFINISHED
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Impulse! Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Luaka Bop NERFINISHED ⓘ Strata-East Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Theresa Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Timeless Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Pharoah Sanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pharoah Sanders Description of subject: Pharoah Sanders was an American jazz saxophonist renowned for his powerful, spiritual free jazz style and his influential work in the 1960s and beyond.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.