Home / Music / Spiritual jazz connects Sanders' playing to Coltrane's late periodMusic linernotes album music pharoah-sandersSpiritual jazz connects Sanders' playing to Coltrane's late periodSanders is associated with spiritual jazz — a movement emphasizing transcendent, meditative, and exploratory playing rooted in Coltrane’s late-period innovations. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesPharoah Sanders' career took off playing with John ColtranePharoah Sanders' solo recording career started on Impulse! RecordsSanders opened The Creator Has a Master Plan the same way Coltrane opened A Love SupremePharoah Sanders pushed the tenor saxophone into new sonic territory with overtone-rich extended techniques and spiritual intensityPharoah Sanders played soprano sax on EnlightenmentExploreOtis Blue was Otis Redding's first album to top the R&B chart(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay became Otis Redding's only number-one, recorded three days before his deathMs. Jackson was OutKast's first number-one singlePaul Butterfield brought Chicago blues to the 1960s rock audienceStranger in the Alps was Phoebe Bridgers' debut before PunisherPrevious Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life was made possible by the biggest recording deal in historyNext Songs in the Key of Life took Stevie Wonder two and a half years and four studios