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The Pharaohs | |
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| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Genres | Jazz, Soul, Funk |
| Years active | 1962–1973, 1998 |
| Labels | Ubiquity Records (current label) |
| Past members | Charles Handy Louis Satterfield Don Myrick Maurice White Fred Humphrey Ernest McCarthy "Big" Willie Woods Oye Bisi Shango Njoko Adefumi Black Herman Waterford Yehudah Ben Israel Alious Watkins Derf Reklaw Raheem Aaron Dodd Derrick Morris Warren Bingham Rahm Lee Richard A. Peterson Billy Brimfield "Kewu" Goggins Ron Dennis Calvin Mayfield Master Henry Gibson |
The Pharaohs, an American soul/jazz/funk group, were formed in 1962 out of a student band, The Jazzmen, at Crane Junior College in Chicago, Illinois. This early incarnation comprised Louis Satterfield on trombone, Charles Handy on trumpet, and Don Myrick on alto saxophone. They were joined by Fred Humphrey on piano, Ernest McCarthy on bass guitar and Maurice White on drums. Satterfield, White, and Handy were studio musicians at Chess Records in Chicago.