Ronnie Boykins

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Ronald "Ronnie" Boykins (born December 17, 1935 in Chicago , Illinois , † April 20, 1980 ) was an American jazz musician ( double bass , also Sousaphone ).

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Boykins attended Chicago's DuSable High School and began his music career in sessions with Muddy Waters , Johnny Griffin and Jimmy Witherspoon . He eventually became known as a member of the Sun Ra Arkestra during his Chicago period, moving the orchestra to Canada and then New York. Boykins has appeared on key Arkestra albums such as Jazz in Silhouette (1958), Other Planets of There (1964), The Magic City and The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One & Two (1965). During this time he was also involved in recordings of George Benson / Jack McDuff , Bill Barron and Elmo Hope . He was a regular member of the Sun Ras Band from 1958 to 1966, but worked with him occasionally until 1973.

In 1964 Boykins worked with Archie Shepp's New York Contemporary Five ; In 1967 he worked on Rahsaan Roland Kirk's album Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith . In the late 1960s he formed his own formation, The Free Jazz Society , in which the pianist John Hicks also played.

In the 1970s, Boykins played with the free jazz cooperative Melodic Art-tet with drummer Roger Blank , saxophonist Charles Brackeen and trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah . In 1973 he made recordings with the flugelhornist Earl Cross . In 1974 Boykins recorded under his own name with a sextet for ESP-Disk ( The Will Come, Is Now ). In 1976 he played with Charles Tyler ( Saga of the Outlaws ); David Eyges brought him in 1977 for his album Captain . In 1979 he played with Steve Lacy and Dennis Charles in the formation New York Capers and Quirks (heard on the album Capers , HatHut Records ). He also worked with Mary Lou Williams , Marion Brown and Sarah Vaughan during this time . He died of a heart attack in 1980 .

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SURNAME Boykins, Ronnie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boykins, Ronald (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1980