Floyd LeFlore

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Floyd LeFlore (* 1940 - September 6, 2014 ) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer .

Live and act

LeFlor's uncle was guitarist Clarence "Bucky" Jarman; he attended Sumner High School, where he played in the school band Mellophone . During his military service 1963-65 he began to play the trumpet; after his release he worked with Lester Bowie and Oliver Lake , but stayed in St. Louis when Bowie moved to Chicago and worked with musicians for the Black Artists Group ; In the early 1970s, recordings were made a. a. with Joseph Bowie , Baikida Carroll , Julius Hemphill , Oliver Lake, Bobo Shaw , Luther Thomas in various loose formations, such as the Solidary Unit, Inc. or the Human Arts Ensemble . 1972/73 he lived in France; then he worked with JD Parran until 1977 , for whom he also composed ( Caterpillar Fish Sign ), as well as with saxophonist John Norment and his own formation with saxophonist Freddie Washington. In 1998 his album City Sidewalk Street Song Suite was created .

Discographic notes

  • Human Arts Ensemble Featuring C. Bobo Shaw: Whisper Of Dharma (Arista, 1977)
  • Oliver Lake: NTU: Point From Which Creation Begins (Freedom, 1976)
  • Solidary Unit, Inc .: Red, Black and Green (1970) with Bobo Shaw, Joseph Bowie, Oliver Lake, Baikida Carroll, Carl Richardson, Kada Kayan, Richard Martin
  • Luther Thomas & The Human Arts Ensemble: Funky Donkey Vol. 1 & 2 (Creative Consciousness Records, 1977)

literature

  • Dennis Owsley: City of Gabriels - The history of jazz in St. Louis 1895-1973 ( preview )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Local jazz legend, BAG founding member Floyd LeFlore, Jr. passes at 74, accessed on March 29, 2019
  2. ↑ Information on Solidary Unit at All About Jazz  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.allaboutjazz.com  
  3. ^ Review of the album New Winds: Traction on Allmusic . Retrieved January 12, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME LeFlore, Floyd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz trumpeter and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1940
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 2014