Pharoah Sanders, an American jazz saxophonist who performed alongside John Coltrane in the mid-1960s had an estimated net worth of $2 million at the time he died.
Pharoah Sanders was born Farrell Sanders on October 13, 1940 and died September 24, 2022 at age 81, 19 days to his 82nd birthday.
Sanders’ passing was announced on Saturday (Sept. 24) by his record label Luaka Bop, which released the influential jazz musician’s 2021 album, Promises, a collaboration with Floating Points and the London Symphony Orchestra.
“We are devastated to share that Pharoah Sanders has passed away,” Luaka Bop wrote on Twitter. “He died peacefully surrounded by loving family and friends in Los Angeles earlier this morning. Always and forever the most beautiful human being, may he rest in peace.”
Along with Coltrane, Sanders was a key figure in the spiritual jazz scene.
His 1969 album Karma, which incorporated influences from traditional African and south Asian music, is considered one of the major early documents of the form.
Sanders’ output began to slow in the 90s. However, he continued to tour and collaborate throughout the 2000s.
In the mid-2010s, Sanders heard a composition by the British electronic producer Sam Shepherd, AKA Floating Points, and asked to collaborate with him.
The resulting album, 2021’s Promises, recorded in 2019 with the London Symphony Orchestra, was Sanders’ first new album in more than a decade, and was widely acclaimed.
At the time he died, Sanders had over 30 albums to his credit.
