Don Moye
"Famoudou" Don Moye (born May 23, 1946 in Rochester , New York ) is an American drummer , singer and composer of creative jazz , who was best known for his participation in the " Art Ensemble of Chicago ".
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As a teenager, Don Moye played in local drum formations, sang in the church choir and learned to play the violin. In a jazz club he heard Kenny Burrell and Jimmy McGriff . Eventually he studied drums at Wayne State University in Detroit ( Michigan ). During this time, Moye also played with the African Cultural Ensemble , through which he came into contact with African music from Ghana and the band Detroit Free Jazz , with whom he toured Europe in 1968. He stayed in Paris , played there with Steve Lacy , Sonny Sharrock , Dave Burrell , Pharoah Sanders and traveled to North Africa with John Tchicai .
He chose the stage name Famoudou Don Moye as an homage to the Guinean drummer Famoudou Konaté .
In 1969 the Art Ensemble of Chicago (without drummer Philip Wilson) toured Europe as a quartet of Roscoe Mitchell , Lester Bowie , Joseph Jarman and Malachi Favors Maghostut . Moye was playing at the American Center for Students and Artists in Paris at the time , where musicians like Art Taylor and Johnny Griffin held jazz workshops. Roscoe Mitchell asked Moye if he wanted to join the Art Ensemble . He became a member and returned to the United States with the group in the early 1970s.
In addition to his many years of activity there, Don Moye repeatedly had his own projects; he worked with the Black Artists Group in St. Louis ( Missouri ), played in a duo with drummer Steve McCall and took part in the Wildflowers Loft Sessions (1976) with. In the mid-1980s he became a member of The Leaders , which, in addition to fellow Art Ensemble Bowie, also included Chico Freeman , Arthur Blythe , Don Cherry , Cecil McBee and Kirk Lightsey . Moye recorded numerous albums under his own name and played with his own formations, such as the Joseph Jarman / Famoudou Don Moye Magic Triangle Band and The Sun Percussion Summit (with Enoch Williamson ), with which he explored the traditions of African American music.
Don Moye has worked on numerous recordings, including Randy Weston , Dave Burrell , Fontella Bass , Muhal Richard Abrams , Anthony Braxton , Chico Freeman, Craig Harris and The Leaders .
In his playing Moye sums up all the achievements of American and African percussionism.
Honors
- Down Beat International Critics Poll Winner - 1977, 1978, 1982
- New York Jazz Poll - 1979, 1980
- National Endowment for the Arts Grant - 1974, 1981
Discography
Own formations
- 1975 - Sun Percussion, Vol. 1 (AECO)
- 1981 - Earth Passage / Density (Black Saint)
- 1981 - Black Paladins (Black Saint)
- 1983 - Jam for Your Life! (AECO)
- 1987 - The African Tapes (practice)
- 1996 - Afrikan Song (AECO)
- 1998 - Ancestral Memories from Afrika to Chicago (Manifesto)
- 1999 - Bamako Chicago Express (Manifesto)
- 2002 - A Symphony of Cities (Southport)
As a sideman
- Lester Bowie: Mirage (RCA, 1974-82), Serious Fun (DIW, 1984), The Organizer (DIW, 1991)
- Hamiet Bluiett: Im / possible To Keep (India Navigation, 1977), Resolution (Black saint, 1977)
- Kenny Clarke : Pieces Of Time (Soul Note, 1983)
- Chico Freeman: Spirit Sensitive (India Nav., 1978), No Time Left (Black saint, 1979)
- The Leaders : Mudfoot (Black Hawk, 1986), Out Here Like This (Black Saint, 1986)
- Kirk Lightsey: Goodbye Mr. Evans (Evidence, 1994)
- Roscoe Mitchell: Roscoe Mitchell (Chief, 1978)
literature
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon . Reinbek, Rowohlt, 1988
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ http://members.chello.at/josef.muska/Pepsch/Artikel/Moye96JL.htm
- ↑ cit. according to Kunzler
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moye, Don |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moye, Famoudou Don |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rochester , New York |