Tarus Mateen

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Tarus Mateen (also Taurus Mateen , * 21st October 1967 in Bakersfield (California) ) is an American jazz - bassist . In addition to the double bass , he also plays the electric double bass guitar as part of avant-garde jazz projects .

Live and act

Tarus Mateen appeared at the age of twelve in his brothers' band, which went on tour as opening act for Freddie McGregor and Judy Mowatt ; he also worked in the early rap scene in California. In Atlanta he studied music at Morehouse College and also worked in local clubs, such as in 1985 with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson . In 1987 he accompanied the reggae musicians Sly & Robbie as a guest .

In 1988 he finally moved to New York City , where he accompanied jazz singer Betty Carter for a year and a half . He worked on her album Dropping Things (1990). He then worked with Terence Blanchard , on whose Malcolm X soundtrack (1992) he was involved, as well as the Malcolm X Jazz Suite that was created in this context . From 1994 to 1997 he played in Tim Warfield's band ( A Whisper in the Night ); In 1998/99 he worked in Stefon Harris' band and worked on his Blue Note album BlackActionFigure , in 1999 he played with Stanley Cowell , in the trio of pianist Jason Moran ( Facing Left ) and - together with Harris and Moran - in Greg Osbys New Directions -Band, to be heard on the album of the same name and on Inner Circle .

Together with Stefon Harris and Idris Muhammad , Mateen played on the Blue Note album Kindred by pianist Jacky Terrasson in 2001 , with saxophonist Michael Marcus ( Blue Reality ) and again in 2002 with Jason Moran's Trio ( Presents the Bandwagon ).

Mateen has also performed with Art Blakey 1989, Branford Marsalis 1989, David Sanborn 1989, Roy Hargrove 1991, Eddie Harris 1991, Kenny Burrell 1991, Lionel Hampton 1991, Mark Whitfield 1992, George Benson 1992, Kenny Barron 1996 and Dee Dee Bridgewater 1997 In his jazz projects, Mateen worked as a touring and session musician with various artists, such as the hip-hop group OutKast , the singer Toni Braxton and the band Goodie Mob (with their single Cell Therapy ). He also recorded with Q-Tip , Lauryn Hill , Ghostface , Ice Cube and The Roots . In 2015 he won the Down Beat Critic Polls in the Rising Star category.

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  1. ↑ Brief portrait (Radio Swiss Jazz)
  2. ↑ Joachim Ernst Berendt, Günther Huesmann Das Jazzbuch: from New Orleans to the 21st Century , Frankfurt a. M. 2005, p. 595
personal data
SURNAME Mateen, Tarus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mateen, Taurus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz bassist
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Bakersfield