Jamil Nasser
Jamil Nasser Sulieman (Muslim name of George Leon Joyner , * 21st June 1932 in Memphis , Tennessee ; † 13. February 2010 in Englewood , New Jersey ) was an American jazz - bassist of the Modern Jazz .
Live and act
George Joyner, who changed his name to Jamil Nasser after converting to Islam, played the double bass at the age of sixteen and initially worked in local orchestras. During his studies at Arkansas State College he led the school band, 1953–55 he played tuba in an army band. During his engagement with BB King 1955-56 he used an electric bass. He then came to New York City , played with Phineas Newborn , worked for Teddy Charles , Sonny Rollins , Sonny Stitt and Booker Little , among others . From 1959 Nasser had engagements in Europe and North Africa with Idrees Sulieman / Oscar Dennard and took part in the last recording of Lester Young in 1959. He also recorded with Gene Ammons , Eric Dolphy , Lou Donaldson , Red Garland and John Coltrane . From 1964 to 1972 he worked in Ahmad Jamal's trio , with whom he later made records. After that he mainly worked as a freelancer, with Al Haig , Jimmy Raney , Harold Mabern or with his own bands. In 1998 he recorded a record of jazz standards by the composer Richard Rodgers with saxophonist George Coleman .
His son is the alto saxophonist Zaid Nasser .
Discographic notes
- The Red Garland Trio & John Coltrane: Dig It! ( Prestige Records , 1958)
- Booker Little: The Booker Little 4 and Max Roach ( Blue Note Records , 1958)
- Eric Dolphy: Berlin Concerts ( Enja , 1961)
- John Coltrane: Coltrane Plays the Blues ( Atlantic Records , 1962)
- Ahmad Jamal: The Awakening ( Impulse! Records , 1970) and Freeflight (Impulse !, 1971)
- Al Haig: Ornithology (Progressive Records, 1977)
- Al Haig: Al Haig Plays the Music of Jerome Kern (1978)
- George Coleman: I Could Write a Book: The Music of Richard Rodgers (Telarc, 1998)
- Randy Weston: Little Niles (Blue Note, 1958)
literature
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon . Rowohlt, Reinbek, 1988.
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
- Bielefeld catalog, 1988 & 2002.
Web links
- Jamil Nasser at Discogs (English)
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- ↑ All About Jazz: Correspondence: Jamil Nasser's Memorial ( Memento of the original from March 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ biography at Allmusic
- ↑ On his last recording, the tenor saxophonist was in a very poor state of health. The recording is therefore of purely documentary value, cf. Cook / Morton
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nasser, Jamil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nasser, Jamil Sulieman (full name); Joyner, George Leon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz bassist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Memphis , Tennessee |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 2010 |
| Place of death | Englewood , New Jersey |