Roswell Rudd
Roswell Hopkins Rudd (born November 17, 1935 in Sharon , Connecticut , † December 21, 2017 ) was an American jazz trombonist and ethnomusicologist .
Live and act
Rudd worked after an exam at Yale University in 1965 together with Alan Lomax as a music ethnologist. He held a professorship in ethnomusicology at the University of Maine for a while , before returning to work as a musician.
After working with traditional jazz combos between 1954 and 1959 in New York City , where he played the tailgate- style slide trombone , Rudd came into contact with the jazz avant-garde. He first played with the pianist Herbie Nichols (1960 to 1962) and then worked with Steve Lacy and occasionally with Cecil Taylor before founding the New York Art Quartet with John Tchicai in 1964 and collaborating on Archie Shepp's album Four for Trane . In 1965 he became a member of the Jazz Composer's Orchestra ; he was involved in Carla Bly's recording for Gary Burton as well as in Escalator over the Hill and the Liberation Music Orchestra , but also played with Karl Berger , Perry Robinson and Sheila Jordan . He worked with Enrico Rava since the early 1970s . Together with Steve Lacy, he was repeatedly involved in exemplary interpretations of the works of Thelonious Monk (e.g. with Mal Waldron and Don Cherry , but also with Misha Mengelberg , Ig Henneman and Han Bennink ).
Rudd's music ethnological research also shaped his compositions and musical projects. He developed connections between the jazz tradition, the diverse forms of ethnic music and also the legacy of classical European music. What he initially believed to be a typical expression of Afro-American music, for example in the blues, he later discovered in all areas of so-called world music . Together with producer Verna Gillis , Rudd went on a research trip to Mali in 2000, where he studied the traditional kora and first met Toumani Diabaté . In the following years he also worked with Allen Lowe and singer Heather Masse.
Rudd died at the end of 2017 of complications from cancer.
Discographic notes
- School Days (with Steve Lacy, Henry Grimes , Dennis Charles , 1963)
- Everywhere (with Giuseppi Logan , Robin Kenyatta , Lewis Worrell , Charlie Haden , Beaver Harris , 1966, Impulse)
- Flexible Flyer (with Sheila Jordan, Hod O'Brien , Barry Altschul and Arild Andersen , 1971)
- Numatik Swingband (with the JCOA, 1973)
- Interpretations of Monk (with Steve Lacy, Don Cherry, Charlie Rouse , Ed Blackwell , Richard Davis and pianists Barry Harris, Mal Waldron, Muhal Richard Abrams and Anthony Davis , 1981)
- Regeneration ( Soul Note , 1982) with Steve Lacy, Han Bennink, Misha Mengelberg and Kent Carter
- The Unheard Herbie Nichols ( CIMP , 1996)
- Monk's Dream (with Steve Lacy, 1996)
- Roswell Rudd & Toumani Diabaté MALIcool (with Lassana Diabate, Basseko Kouyate, Henry Schroy, Sayon Sissoko, Sekou Diabate, Mamadou Kouyate, Dla Diabate, 2002)
- Roswell Rudd and the Mongolian Buryat Band Blue Mongol (2005)
- Airwalkers (2006), with Mark Dresser
- The Incredible Honk (2012)
- Trombone for Lovers (with John Medeski , Richard Hammond , Aaron Comess, 2013)
- Roswell Rudd, Fay Victor , Lafayette Harris & Ken Filiano : Embrace (2017)
literature
- Christian Broecking: Respect! Verbrecher Verlag, 2004
Web links
- Obituary (JazzTimes)
- Discography
- Terry Gross: A Trombone for All Jazz . Interview with R. Rudd NPR Music , November 18, 2005 (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Peter Hum: RIP, Roswell Rudd - The veteran trombonist has died at the age of 82, succumbing to cancer. Ottawa Citizen, December 22, 2017, accessed December 22, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rudd, Roswell |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rudd, Roswell Hopkins (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American musician (jazz) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sharon , Connecticut , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 2017 |