Pharoah Sanders

Mark Coles looks at the life and career of jazz icon Pharoah Sanders following the release of his first new album in nearly 20 years.

Pharoah Sanders’s 2021 album Promises has been called a spiritual album for the dark ages. Mark Coles hears how Sanders helped invent a new style of music, after his birth in the southern United States, and time spent sleeping rough in New York City.

Presenter: Mark Coles
Producers: Ben Crighton and Chris Flynn