Pharoah Sanders

On his birthday, this Sunday's Tree of Jazz will highlight bassist Henry Grimes. Plus a new release from a drummer and band leader Brandon Sanders and his harmonious band.

During his residency of the famed Blue Note jazz club in New York, the OutKast-rapper-turned-flutist showed us why New Blue Sun is both less and more than that question.

A reissue of the 1977 album, Harvest Time, and a performance of the 2021 collaboration, Promises, collectively present the late saxophonist's music as a vessel to gather within.

Kassa Overall spent hours perfecting the production on his new album "Animals," and lit up the KNKX studios with his live quintet.

Pharoah Sanders has become synonymous with "spiritual jazz." Carl Pogue remembers the NEA Jazz Master and suggests if you’re only familiar with his free jazz, you’re missing out on an important part of his expressive career.

Influenced by the vast history of jazz, and in particular the cosmic, spiritual music of the 70s featured on record labels like Strata-East and Oakland's…