CORRECT TAG: Pharoah Sanders Pharoah Sanders (born October 13, 1940) is an American jazz saxophonist. Ornette Coleman once described him as the "best tenor saxophonist in the world."[citation needed] Sanders was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, under the name Farrell Sanders. He began his professional career playing tenor saxophone in Oakland, California. Sanders moved to New York City in 1961 after playing with rhythm and blues bands. He received his nickname "Pharoah" from Sun Ra, with whom Sanders performed.