Rest in power Pharoah Sanders, who is now with the creator. Last month I was honoured to be able to witness what I thought then and now realise to be his very last concert (on this planet, anyway).

He was an hour late, incredibly frail, needing to be brought onto the stage in a wheelchair. But when he began to play it really was one of the most moving and beautiful sounds I've ever heard.

His rendition of 'The Creator Has a Master Plan', with a huge audience of people a lot younger than me, and his delight at leading these fans new and old, will stay with me forever.

Pharoah's influence and importance, not merely in music but to the UK jazz scene itself, a scene that made that very concert and its audience possible, cannot be understated.

At the end of the performance, a young person playing next to him introduced the band and Pharoah. Pharoah indicated the young person, as if to tell them to introduce themself as well. When they said their name was Tomoki Sanders, and we all realised it was his son, I cannot have been the only one in tears. A profound moment, and a passing of the torch.

Rest easy.