Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Jamaaladeen Tacuma (* 11. June 1956 in Hempstead , New York as Rudy McDaniel ) is an American jazz musician ( bass , composer ).
Live and act
Tacuma grew up in Philadelphia and played with organist Charles Earland as a teenager . At the age of 19 he began to work with Ornette Coleman in his formation Prime Time . From Dancing In Your Head (1976) to Of Human Feelings and In All Languages (1987) he was involved in all of the group's records. Tacuma recorded several records under his own name, including Coleman et al. a. Anthony Davis , Julius Hemphill and Olu Dara participated. But he was also involved in various Kip Hanrahan projects and repeatedly plays with Wolfgang Puschnig (e.g. on Alpine Aspects ), but also in projects around Christy Doran and Fredy Studer or Jan Kuiper . His collaboration with James Blood Ulmer on the album Tales Of Captain Black was also unforgettable . According to the All Music Guide , the album Mirakle , on which Tacuma can be heard with drummer Calvin Weston and guitarist Derek Bailey , is one of the "most important recordings of year 2000". In 2006 he worked with the World Saxophone Quartet together (Political Blues) , with whom he also in a 2009 Hendrix program at the Jazz Festival Frankfurt occurred. He also worked as a music producer for Simone Kopmajer ( The Best in You ).
Tacuma's playing is characterized by funk and Coleman's harmonic conception.
Discography (selection)
- Show Stopper ( Gramavision 1982)
- Renaissance Man (Gramavision 1983)
- So Tranquilizin ' (Gramavision 1984)
- Music World (1986)
- Jukebox (Gramavision 1987, with Byard Lancaster , Alan Sukennik, Dennis Alston, Alfie Pollit, Frederick Popeye Phineas)
- Boss of the Bass (Gramavision 1993)
- Sound Symphony (1994)
- Jamaaladeen Tacuma with Basso Nouveau Night of Chamber Music (Moers 1994, with Gerald Veasley , Jerome Hunter, Juan Pablo Nahar, Edgar Bateman)
- Jamaaladeen Tacuma / Wolfgang Puschnig Gemini-Gemini (ITM 1995)
- Jamaaladeen Tacuma / Wolfgang Puschnig Journey into Gemini Territory (ITM 1996)
- Dreamscape (1998, with Rick Iannacon, Jef Lee Johnson , Ben Schachter, Daryl Kwesi Burge, Adam Guth, Richard Tucker, Jahphar Barron, Ursula Rucker)
- Jamaaladeen Tacuma & Cornell Rochester Meet the Podium Three: Live in Cologne ( Timeless Records 2000, with Wolter Wierbos , Paul van Kemenade , Jan Kuiper)
- For the Love of Ornette (Jazzwerkstatt, 2011, with Ornette Coleman, Tony Kofi , Wolfgang Puschnig, Yoichi Uzeki, Justin Faulkner, Wadud Ahmad, David Fingers Haynes; best list price of the German record review )
- Doran, Stucky, Studer, Tacuma Call Me Helium ( Double Moon Records 2015)
- Gnawa Soul Experience (Jam All Productions, 2017)
Lexigraphic entries
- 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 .
- Wolf Kampmann (Ed.), With the assistance of Ekkehard Jost : Reclams Jazzlexikon . Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-010528-5 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tacuma, Jamaaladeen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McDaniel, Rudy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz and improvisation musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hempstead , New York |