Idrees Sulieman
Idrees Dawud ibn Sulieman , actually Leonard Graham (born August 27, 1923 in Saint Petersburg , Florida , † July 23, 2002 in Saint Petersburg, Florida) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player . He changed his name after converting to Islam.
The bebop veteran Idrees Sulieman owes his fame to his participation in Thelonious Monk's first Blue Note Records session in 1947.
Live and act
Sulieman studied at the Boston Conservatory and worked first with local orchestras, later in the bands of Mercer Ellington , Cab Calloway , Earl Hines (1943/44), Count Basie , Lionel Hampton , Erskine Hawkins , Dizzy Gillespie and Illinois Jacquet . In 1956 he was a member of Friedrich Gulda’s American jazz group ; In 1958/59 he played with Randy Weston . Since then he has worked outside the USA, in Casablanca, Paris, from 1961 in Sweden (where he was on tour with the pianist Oscar Dennard ) and from 1964 finally in Copenhagen. During this time he made records with Gene Ammons , Teddy Charles , Coleman Hawkins , Ella Fitzgerald , André Hodeir , Thelonious Monk , Mal Waldron , Louis Jordan , Red Mitchell and the Clarke-Boland Big Band . In the latter he was from the mid-1960s to 1973. He also played frequently in radio big bands.
Discography (selection)
As a leader
- Coolin ' ( New Jazz , 1957)
- Now Is the Time ( SteepleChase , 1976) with Cedar Walton , Sam Jones , Billy Higgins
- Bird's Gras (SteepleChase, 1976) with Horace Parlan , Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , Kenny Clarke
- Groovin ' (SteepleChase, 1985) with Horace Parlan
As a sideman
- Thelonious Monk : Genius of Modern Music , Vol. 1 ( Blue Note , 1947–1948)
- Lester Young : Masters of Jazz ( Storyville , 1951–1956)
- Clifford Brown : Memorial (Blue Note, 1953)
- Max Roach : The Max Roach Quartet, Featuring Hank Mobley ( Debut Records , 1953)
- Mal Waldron : Mal - 1 ( Prestige , 1956)
- Tommy Flanagan : The Cats (New Jazz, 1957) with John Coltrane and Kenny Burrell
- Coleman Hawkins : The Hawk Flies High ( Riverside , 1957)
- Bobby Jaspar Bobby Jaspar (Riverside, 1957)
- Eric Dolphy : Stockholm Sessions ( Enja , 1961)
- Horace Parlan : Arrival (SteepleChase, 1973)
- Dexter Gordon : More Than You Know (SteepleChase, 1975)
- Thad Jones : Live at the Montmarte: A Good Time Was Had by All (Storyville, 1978)
- Miles Davis : Aura ( Columbia Records , 1985)
- Randy Weston : The Spirits of Our Ancestors ( Verve , 1991)
- Joe Henderson : Big Band (Verve, 1992-1996)
Lexical entry
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1988.
- Bielefeld Jazz Catalog, 2001.
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
Remarks
- ^ Yanow: Bebop 2000 or obituaries: www.jazzhouse.org and www.independent.co.uk
- ↑ cf. All Music Guide to Jazz 2002; according to www.jazzhouse.org and www.independent.co.uk July 25; The Rough Guide to Jazz 2004 states July 31st
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sulieman, Idrees |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sulieman, Idrees Dawud Ibn; Graham, Leonard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint Petersburg , Florida |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 2002 |
| Place of death | Saint Petersburg , Florida |