JAZZ
Return of elusive classic a fitting tribute to a jazz legend
haroah Sanders, a titan of the spiritual jazz movement, passed away last autumn, having recently enjoyed a resurgence of mainstream interest in his free form, ethereal sound. Sanders, a tenor sax player, was a bandmate of John Coltrane in the 1960s, and continued brandishing that torch of meditative, provocative music after Coltrane died in 1967. Sanders kept me company during my lazy, listless student years and again during 2020’s lockdown when an abundance, released on the Luaka Bop label and nominated for a Mercury Prize.