Pharoah Sanders easily takes the top spot as the greatest artist from Arkansas. His talent took him out west, then back east to NYC and ultimately all over the world. He’s one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time. It’s a myth that Sun Ra gave him the name “Pharoah”. He clearly states that it’s the actual pronunciation of his given name which his grandmother recommended to his mother. When he lived in San Francisco he went by the nickname “Little Rock”. I love him.
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