Kamau Muata Adilifu
Kamau Muata Adilifu (* 8. November 1944 in New York City as Charles Sullivan ) is an American jazz - trumpet and flugelhorn player .
Live and act
Kamau Muata Adilifu was tutored by his uncle, the trumpeter Hubie James. He was a member of its band from 1954 to 1956 and 1961/62. It was there that his career began. From 1962 to 1967 he studied at the Manhattan School of Music , played in theater bands and in 1967 with the Donald McKayle Dance Company . In the late 1960s he worked with Lionel Hampton and in Roy Haynes ' Hip Ensemble .
In the early 1970s he was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra (1970), Lonnie Liston Smith's band (1971), the New York Jazz Repertory Company (1973) and the Abdullah Ibrahim Ensemble ( African Space Program , 1973), Bennie's bands Maupin ( The Jewel in the Lotus 1974) and Carlos Garnett ( Black Love ) and the 1974 Mel Lewis orchestra . After playing with Sonny Fortune in 1975 , he formed a short-lived big band called Black Legacy ; from 1975 to 1980 he also directed a quartet / quintet.
In the early 1980s he worked with the Jazzmobile Dream Band , in The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band and in 1981 with the Mercer Ellington Orchestra. 1981 began his collaboration with McCoy Tyner , to hear a. a. on his album 13th House (1981) or the big band production Uptown-Downtown from 1988. In 1995 he worked with John Clark .
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- Bielefeld catalog 1985, 1988
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
Web links
- Kamau Muata Adilifu at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adilifu, Kamau Muata |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sullivan, Charles (maiden name); Adilifu, Kamau |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |