NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Pharoah Sanders on 30 September 2022. Pharoah Sanders has been played on NTS over 600 times, featured on 516 episodes and was first played on 3 January 2013.

Pharoah Sanders (1940-2022) was a U.S. jazz saxophonist.

Sanders was born on 13th October 1940 in Little Rock, Arkansas, under the name Farrell Sanders. He began his professional career playing tenor saxophone in Oakland, California.

Sanders moved to New York City in 1962. He received his nickname "Pharoah" from Sun Ra, with whom Sanders performed. He came to prominence playing with John Coltrane's band starting in 1965, as Coltrane began…