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Pharoah Sanders

Jazz
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Pharoah Sanders is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Mark Isham, Floating Points, John Coltrane, Albert Ayler and Sun Ra. Those roots explain a lot about how Pharoah Sanders arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sonny Sharrock, Ornette Coleman, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis and Idris Muhammad, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nicolas Jaar, Gato Barbieri, James Holden, The Shaolin Afronauts and Lonnie Liston Smith, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Pharoah Sanders, reaching back through Mark Isham and forward to Nicolas Jaar. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Pharoah SandersMark IshamFloating PointsJohn ColtraneAlbert AylerSun RaCecil TaylorBernie WorrellNicolas JaarGato BarbieriJames HoldenThe Shaolin AfronautsLonnie Liston SmithThe Pop GroupCharnett MoffettSonny SharrockSonny SharrockOrnette ColemanWayne ShorterMiles DavisIdris MuhammadChick CoreaLonnie Liston SmithKamasi Washington

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Pharoah Sanders connections

Pharoah Sanders grew out of Mark Isham, Floating Points, John Coltrane and Albert Ayler, shares an orbit with Sonny Sharrock, Ornette Coleman, Wayne Shorter and Miles Davis, went on to shape Nicolas Jaar, Gato Barbieri, James Holden and The Shaolin Afronauts. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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