3 Key Collaborations Pharoah Sanders Pursued After John Coltrane's Death

Alice Coltrane Sanders worked closely with Alice Coltrane, John Coltrane’s wife and a gifted pianist and harpist, to expand the spiritual jazz movement.

Don Cherry He collaborated with trumpeter Don Cherry, a pioneer of free jazz and world music, furthering the avant-garde sound Coltrane had explored.

Spiritual jazz evolution Together, Sanders, Coltrane, and Cherry pushed jazz into more meditative, transcendent territory, cementing Sanders’ role as a torchbearer for Coltrane’s legacy.