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Pharoah Sanders

1940 - 2022

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Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", Sanders played a prominent role in the development of free jazz and spiritual jazz through his work as a member of John Coltrane's groups in the mid-1960s, and later through his solo work. He released more than thirty albums as a leader and collaborated extensively with vocalist Leon Thomas and pianist Alice Coltrane, among many others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pharoah Sanders has received more than 1,269,340 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Pharoah Sanders is the 807th most popular musician (up from 962nd in 2019), the 4,051st most popular biography from United States (up from 4,726th in 2019) and the 253rd most popular American Musician.

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  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Pharoah Sanders ranks 807 out of 3,175. Before him are Osvaldo Pugliese, T-Bone Walker, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Maynard Ferguson, Desmond Dekker, and Todd Rundgren. After him are Domenico Montagnana, Julian Bream, Jean-Baptiste Arban, Chris Squire, Yusef Lateef, and Xaver Scharwenka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Pharoah Sanders ranks 235. Before him are Larry Hankin, Peter Mutharika, Gösta Pettersson, Yozhef Sabo, Jesús López Cobos, and Pedro Armendáriz Jr.. After him are Bob Hewitt, Peter Benchley, Charles T. Kowal, Mohammed Magariaf, Terry Dischinger, and Jan Eliasson. Among people deceased in 2022, Pharoah Sanders ranks 210. Before him are Éder Jofre, William Klein, Philippe Streiff, Christopher Alexander, Tony Brooks, and Titus Buberník. After him are Milutin Šoškić, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, George Crumb, Joe E. Tata, Hilary Mantel, and Phil Read.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pharoah Sanders ranks 4,051 out of 20,380. Before him are Big Sean (1988), Lana Wood (1946), Dorothy McGuire (1916), Natacha Rambova (1897), Mitchell Feigenbaum (1944), and Jennifer Doudna (1964). After him are Robert Mulligan (1925), Gene Amdahl (1922), Helen B. Taussig (1898), Kate Walsh (1967), Robert Smith (1757), and James Mangold (1963).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Pharoah Sanders ranks 253. Before him are Scott Walker (1943), Stewart Copeland (1952), Krist Novoselic (1965), Marky Ramone (1952), T-Bone Walker (1910), and Todd Rundgren (1948). After him are Yusef Lateef (1920), Chuck Schuldiner (1967), Adam Levine (1979), Dee Dee Warwick (1942), Floyd Council (1911), and John Petrucci (1967).

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