Oluyemi Thomas

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Oluyemi Thomas (* in Detroit , Michigan) is an American jazz clarinet and saxophonist.

Thomas studied engineering and music at Washtenaw College in Ann Arbor . He plays the bass clarinet and tenor saxophone. With his wife, the poet and percussionist Ijeoma Thomas , he has been forming the group Positive Knowledge for twenty years , with which he has recorded several albums. He also worked with Cecil Taylor , Wadada Leo Smith , Alan Silva , William Parker , Wilber Morris , John Tchicai , Roscoe Mitchell , Anthony Braxton and Charles Gayle . Currently in 2018 he is leading a quartet in Detroit with Kenn Thomas , Ben Willis and David Hurley .

Discography

  • Another Day's Journey , Positive Knowledge, 1992
  • Invacation Vol. 9 , Positive Knowledge, 1996
  • Unity in Multiplicity with Gino Robair , 1998
  • Live in New York with Wilber Morris , Ijeoma Thomas, Michael Wimberly , 1999, 2001
personal data
SURNAME Thomas, Oluyemi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz clarinet and saxophonist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit , Michigan