Abdul Wadud
Abdul Khabir Wadud (born April 30, 1947 in Cleveland , Ohio ) is an American cellist of avant-garde jazz .
Live and act
Abdul Wadud started playing the cello when he was nine. He became known in the mid-1970s with the Chicago Musicians Cooperative Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians ; During this time he worked in the Human Arts Ensemble with Lester Bowie , Charles Bobo Shaw and Hamiet Bluiett , in the band of saxophonist Frank Lowe 1974/75 in the sextet of trombonist George Lewis 1977/79 and with Arthur Blythe 1977/78. He also worked for a long time with the saxophonist Julius Hemphill , in whose band he participated in the Wildflowers -Loft-Essions in 1976.
Wadud - inspired by Eric Dolphy's collaboration with Ron Carter - had chosen the cello as an alternative harmony instrument for his various projects; So he played with Wadud in 1976 in a duo ( Live in New York ) and recorded the Flat-Out Jump Suite with him in 1980 .
In the 1980s Wadud played in Muhal Richard Abrams ' orchestra, in a duo with violinist Leroy Jenkins , in 1982 in a trio with Anthony Davis and James Newton, and in the mid-1980s in Newton's Octet, and in 1985 in the Black Swan Quartet with Reggie Workman . In 1987 he played a record with David Murray in his drumless quartet ( The People's Choice ).
In 1990 Wadud was a member of Marty Ehrlich's Dark Woods Ensemble , in which Ehrlich tried to build on Wadud's duets with Hemphill. In 1991 he performed again with Hemphill in a duo and trio ( Live from the New Music Cafe ). Wadud also played with Bobby McFerrin and John Purcell throughout his career .
In the opinion of Joachim-Ernst Berendt, Abdul Wadud is one of the few jazz musicians who introduced the cello - alongside the bass - as an equal solo instrument, as did Diedre Murray and Hank Roberts .
Discographic notes
- Abdul Wadud: By Myself (Bisharra, 1977)
- Muhal Richard Abrams: Rejoicing with the Light ( Black Saint , 1983)
- Black Swan Quartet: Black Swan Quartet ( minor music , 1985)
- Arthur Blythe: In Concert India Navigation , 1977; Lenox Avenue Breakdown ( Columbia , 1978)
- Anthony Davis / James Newton / Abdul Wadud: I've Known Rivers ( Gramavision , 1982)
- Marty Ehrlich: Emergency Peace (New World Records, 1990)
- Julius Hemphill: Flat-Out Jump Suite (Black Saint, 1980); `Coon Bid'Ness (Freedom, 1972-75)
- Leroy Jenkins: Straight Ahead / Free at Last ( Red Records , 1979)
- George Lewis: Shadowgraph, 5 (Sextet) Black Saint, 1977; Homage to Charlie Parker (Black Saint, 1979)
- Frank Lowe: Fresh (Black Lion, 1974/75)
- James Newton Octet: Luella (Gramavision, 1983); Romance and Revolution Blue Note , 1985
- Charles Bob Shaw and the Human Arts Ensemble: Streets of St. Louis (Moers Music, 1974)
literature
- Joachim-Ernst Berendt / Günther Huesmann: The jazz book . Frankfurt / M., Fischer TB, 1994
- Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2001.
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette . 2nd Edition. Penguin, London 1994, ISBN 0-14-017949-6 .
- Richard Cook, Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Abdul Wadud in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biographical portrait of Ron Wynn on Allmusic
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wadud, Abdul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wadud, Abdul Khabir (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz cellist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cleveland , Ohio |