Steve McCall
Stephen "Steve" McCall (born September 30, 1933 in Chicago ; † May 25, 1989 ibid) was an American creative jazz drummer .
McCall first played blues and mainstream jazz before starting to play with Muhal Richard Abrams in 1961 . He was one of the founders of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians , was a member of a trio led by Fred Anderson and recorded with Joseph Jarman Song for (1966), the AACM's first sound carrier. Like several other AACM musicians, he went to Paris in 1967 , where he stayed until 1970, was involved in documentary films and came into contact with the European free jazz of Gunter Hampel . At the same time he worked in the groups of Marion Brown , Anthony Braxton and Roscoe Mitchell . In the early 1970s he founded the group Air with Fred Hopkins and Henry Threadgill , with whom he performed for ten years and made numerous records. He then played with the Octet by David Murray and with Cecil Taylor . In the field of jazz, according to Tom Lord , he was involved in 73 recording sessions between 1964 and 1986, most recently in Chicago with Carle Wooley and The Groove Masters.
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- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz music. 1700 artists and bands from the beginning until today. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-476-01584-X .
Web links
- Steve McCall at Allmusic (English)
- Steve McCall at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McCall, Steve |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McCall, Stephen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American creative jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1989 |
| Place of death | Chicago |