Ramsey Ameen

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Ramsey Ameen (born August 24, 1945 in New York City - † July 23, 2019 ) was an American mathematician and jazz musician ( violin ).

Live and act

Ameen grew up in the Bronx , where he attended the Bronx High School of Science and then studied math. In 1963 he received the Westinghouse Science Talent Search Honors Group Award . Ameen was a full-time mathematician, teacher, computer technician and software programmer throughout his life; he also worked as a musician and composer. From 1978 to 1981 he toured the USA and Europe with the Cecil Taylor Unit and played jazz violin there , heard as a soloist in the live album One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye ( HatHut Records ), which was made in the Liederhalle Stuttgart . In the mid-1980s, critic Gary Giddins wrote: “The presence of Ramsey Ameen's violin brings a new texture to the unit, but also reminds of the role Alan Silva's Arco- Bass played in the 1960s.” Next to the ensemble by Cecil Taylor, he also worked with William Parker and Richard Dunbar ( Running Buddies ) from 1976 . In the field of jazz he was involved in ten recording sessions between 1976 and 1982.

Ameen studied mathematics, music and education during this time. After graduating from Excelsior College / SUNY with a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1983, he embarked on a career in information technology. As president of Resolution Corp., which he founded in 1988, Ramsey built computer network systems for schools, churches and businesses in northern New Jersey. During the summer months, Ramsey designed and taught his own math and music course for the Montclair Gifted and Talented Youth Program . He lived in New York City, Massachusetts and Hoboken before moving to Wanaque with his wife Mary in 1984, a year after his marriage . In 2006 he still appeared in a trio with Lester St. Louis (cello) and Jorge Sylvester (alto saxophone).

Discographic notes

  • William Parker: Dawn Voice - Centering Dance Music Ensemble 1976 ( NoBusiness Records , ed. 2012)
  • The Cecil Taylor Unit ( New World , 1978)
  • The Cecil Taylor Unit: Live in the Black Forest ( MPS , 1978)
  • Cecil Taylor: It Is in the Brewing Luminous ( HatHut , 1980)
  • Richard Dunbar: Running Buddies, Vol. 1 & 2 (Jahari, 1982)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ramsey Ameen 1945–2019. Legacy.com, July 25, 2019, accessed July 28, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Rhythm-a-ning: Jazz Tradition and Innovation. Oxford University Press, New York 1985. Da Capo 2000, ISBN 0-306-80987-7 .
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 28, 2019)
  4. ^ Conceptual Dream Music - by Ramsey Ameen. Tribes.org, August 15, 2006, accessed July 28, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Ameen, Ramsey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mathematician and jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH 23rd July 2019