Khan Jamal

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Khan Jamal (born July 23, 1946 in Jacksonville (Florida) as Warren Robert Cheeseboro ) is an American modern jazz musician (vibraphone, marimbaphone , balafon , piano, percussion).

Live and act

Khan, who grew up as the son of a piano teacher in Philadelphia , first learned the piano and then the saxophone. While studying music at the Granoff School of Music and Combs College, he took private vibraphone lessons from Bill Lewis. In 1971 he founded the group "Sound of Liberation" with Byard Lancaster ; In 1972 "The Creative Art Ensemble" followed. From 1973 he was part of the loft jazz scene of New York City , although still operating from Philadelphia (where he was musical director of the Philadelphia Jazz Foundation ) . He played regularly with Sunny Murray , Sam Rivers , Don Pullen , David Murray , Frank Lowe , Gary Bartz , Sun Ra and Larry Young . From 1974 he made several guest appearances in Europe, but also performed at the Newport Jazz Festival . In France he recorded a solo LP in 1974 with Christian Vander and Clint Jackson III. It was not until the early 1980s that he moved to New York , where he worked and recorded with Ted Daniel , Ronald Shannon Jackson's “Decoding Society” and Billy Bang . In 1984 he performed in a duo with Mal Waldron and in 1986 with Joe Bonner . In the late 1980s he lived in Scandinavia, where he recorded several albums for SteepleChase Records .

According to Martin Kunzler, Jamal, like Jay Hoggard, made important contributions to the renewal of vibraphone playing alongside his role models Bobby Hutcherson and Walt Dickerson ; In doing so, he has both integrated elements of African musical cultures and taken greater account of the blues tradition . In 1988 he won the Down Beat Critics Poll as a vibraphone talent that deserves further attention.

Discographic notes

  • Give The Vibes Some (1974, with Hassan Rashid (aka Christian Vander) and Clint Jackson III)
  • Peace Warrior (1982, 1989, with Byard Lancaster and others)
  • Three (1984, with Johnny Dyani , Pierre Dørge )
  • Cool (1989, with Dwight James, Warren Ore, John Rodgers)
  • Percussion and Strings (CIMP, 1997) with Dylan Taylor
  • Balafone Dance (2002, with Jemeel Moondoc and others)
  • Impressions of Coltrane (2009, with Byard Lancaster et al.)

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SURNAME Jamal, Khan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cheeseboro, Warren Robert (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American modern jazz musician (vibraphone, marimbaphone, balafon, piano, percussion)
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Jacksonville (Florida)