Pharoah Sanders (born Farrell Sanders, October 13, 1940) is an American jazz saxophonist. Past member of John Coltrane’s groups of the mid-1960s. Sanders is known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of “sheets of sound”. He has released over 30 albums as a leader and has collaborated extensively with Leon Thomas, Alice Coltrane and Rinai Maurice, among others.