Don Mumford
Don Mumford (* 9. February 1954 in Lawrence (Kansas) as Donald Dean Mumford ; † 6. July 2007 in Des Moines , Iowa ) was an American jazz - drummer and percussionist .
Live and act
Don Mumford was best known for his collaboration with the pianist Abdullah Ibrahim . He was previously active in the Portland (Oregon) music scene . His mentors included Mel Brown and Jim Pepper . Before leaving Oregon, he played there with various formations such as Red Beans and Rice and Carl Smith's Natural Gas Company . In the 1980s he went on numerous African and European tours with Abdullah Ibrahim and Essiet Okon Essiet and took part in their Enja album Zimbabwe (1984); he also worked with Sun Ra , with whom he performed in Athens in 1984 ( Live at Praxis '84 ). In the same year he worked on Archie Shepp and Jeanne Lee's album African Moods . Mumford died of a bicycle accident in Des Moines , Iowa, aged 53 .
literature
- Bielefeld catalog, 1988 & 2002.
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
Web links
- Obituary in Lawrence Journal-World (accessed May 16, 2010)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mumford, Don |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mumford, Donald Dean (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lawrence (Kansas) |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 2007 |
| Place of death | Des Moines , Iowa |