John Stubblefield

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John Stubblefield (* 4 February 1945 in Little Rock , Arkansas ; † 4 July 2005 in the Bronx , New York) was an American jazz - tenor saxophonist and flutist .

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John Stubblefield first learned the piano as a child, then switched to the saxophone, and later moved to Chicago , where he worked in the AACM environment with musicians such as Joseph Jarman and Lester Bowie in the late 1960s . In 1971 he moved to New York and worked with Charles Mingus ( Jazz in Detroit / Strata Concert Gallery / 46 Selden , 1973) and McCoy Tyner . In 1972 he worked on Anthony Braxton's production Town Hall (Trio & Quartet) in 1972 , in 1973 he played with Abdullah Ibrahim ( Africa Space Program ) and in 1974 he played briefly in the Miles Davis Band, where he can be heard on the track Calypso Frelimo , released in 1974 on the album Get Up with It . In 1976 he was a member of Nat Adderley's band .

In the 1980s he had his own formations; since 1984 he has been recording albums under his own name, mostly for the Enja label, with musicians such as Geri Allen , Cecil Bridgewater , Mulgrew Miller , Charnett Moffett , Hamiet Bluiett , Rufus Reid and Victor Lewis . In 1980 he was involved in Kip Hanrahan's production Coup de Tete , in 1983 he was involved in the production of Impressions of Charles Mingus by the Teo Macero Orchestra, in 1988 he played in Julius Hemphills Big Band , in the Jerry Gonzalez Band and with Kenny Barron ( Live at fat Tuesday's ). In 1989 he worked on Abdullah Ibrahim's album African River and played with Louis Hayes ( Una Max ).

In the 1990s he played with McCoy Tyner, Craig Harris ( F-Stops ), again in 1994 with Kenny Barron and Jerry Gonzalez, and in 1997 with Larry Willis . From 1993 he was regularly involved in projects with the Mingus Big Band such as Gunslinging Birds from 1994.

John Stubblefield died of prostate cancer .

Richard Cook compares his style to David Murray .

Discographic notes

  • Confessin ' ( Soul Note , 1984) with Cecil Bridgewater
  • Bushman Song (Enja, 19876) with Geri Allen
  • Countin 'the Blues (Enja, 1987) with Hamiet Bluiett
  • African River (1989) with Abdullah Ibrahim
  • Morning Song (Enja, 1993) with George Cables

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SURNAME Stubblefield, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Little Rock , Arkansas
DATE OF DEATH 4th July 2005
Place of death Bronx , New York