Hamiet Bluiett
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.
Discography (selection)
- 1976 - Endangered Species ( India Navigation )
- 1977 - Live in New York City (India Navigation)
- 1979 - Im / possible to Keep (India Navigation)
- 1987 - The Clarinet Family ( Black Saint )
- 1991 - If You Have To Ask ... You Don't Need To Know (Tutu)
- 1996 - Bluiett's Barbecue Band ( Mapleshade )
- 1998 - Bluiett Baritone Saxophone Group. Live at the Knitting Factory ( Knitting Factory )
- 1998 - Bluiett Baritone Nation. Libation for the Baritone Saxophone Nation ( Justin Time )
- 2002 - Blueblack - with James Carter , Patience Higgins and Alex Harding , including five compositions by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson .
Lexigraphic entry
- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz music. 1700 artists and bands from the beginning until today. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-476-01584-X .
Web links
- "A Fireside Chat With Hamiet Bluiett" (Interview in English)
- Black Artists Group
- Portrait at All About Jazz
- Giovanni Russonello: Hamiet Bluiett, Baritone Saxophone Trailblazer, Dies at 78th The New York Times , October 8, 2018, accessed October 10, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Hamiet Bluiett Obituary. All About Jazz , October 5, 2018, accessed October 5, 2018 .
personal data | |
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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 |