Hamiet Bluiett

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Hamiet Bluiett (2007), with Oliver Lake (left)

Hamiet Bluiett (born September 16, 1940 in Brooklyn , Illinois - † October 4, 2018 in St. Louis ) was an American jazz musician ( baritone saxophone , alto clarinet , flute ).

Live and act

Bluiett grew up near East St. Louis and learned the flute and clarinet before switching to the baritone saxophone. Towards the end of his military service in the Navy, the first record was produced with the local band Leo's Five around singer and nightclub owner Leo Gooden . He then moved to St. Louis , where he joined the Black Artists Group and directed their big band . In 1969 he moved to New York City to work with Sam Rivers , the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra, and Charles Mingus ( Mingus at Carnegie Hall ). He then formed a quartet with Don Pullen , Fred Hopkins , Billy Hart and Don Moye . In 1974 he played a composition for four saxophones by Braxton with Anthony Braxton and Black Artists Group colleagues Julius Hemphill and Oliver Lake . This ensemble formed the model for the World Saxophone Quartet , which was founded in 1977 and to which he belonged until the end of the 2000s. With his own groups, which he also organized, Bluiett mostly moved between blues , gospel and avant-garde jazz . He also worked with Babatunde Olatunji , Abdullah Ibrahim , DD Jackson ( Paired Down , 1997), Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye .

In 2002 he returned to Brooklyn , the city ​​of his birth , to spend another two years in New York City from 2012 to 2014 until health problems set in.

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  1. ↑ a b Hamiet Bluiett Obituary. All About Jazz , October 5, 2018, accessed October 5, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Bluiett, Hamiet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn
DATE OF DEATH 4th October 2018
Place of death St. Louis