Saturday, September 24, 2022

Pharoah Sanders, influential saxophonist revered in jazz world, dead at 81

Music Jazz Fest

Pharoah Sanders, the influential tenor saxophonist revered in the jazz world for the spirituality of his work, has died, his record label announced. He was 81.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pharoah-sanders-obit-1.6594674?cmp=rss

Families mourn as death toll from sunken Lebanon migrant boat rises to 86

Lebanon Migration

The death toll from a migrant boat that sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon earlier this week has risen to 86, Syrian state TV said on Saturday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lebanon-migrant-ship-sinking-1.6594564?cmp=rss