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12 de ago. de 2022 · Abdul Wadud, expressive cellist who blazed a trail in improvised music, dies at 75. August 12, 2022 • Although much of his work was as a sideman, Wadud was one of the most important jazz ...
17 de abr. de 2023 · Once reawakened, they fly through the air and into the ear canals and infiltrate the brain, where the waves work their magic on the psyche. Have you heard By Myself, the 1978 solo cello album by Abdul Wadud? If so, you’ll be thrilled to know that the Clevelander’s remarkable private press meditation is getting a much deserved reissue.
13 de jul. de 2023 · Who knows if Abdul Wadud had the answers to these questions in 1977, but his attempt to grapple with them resulted in if not one of the great solo debuts in jazz history, what was most definitely the greatest album for solo jazz cello ever recorded: the aptly named By Myself, released on the tiny Bishara label — perhaps the only release (!) — and long a Holy Grail on the private press ...
30 de abr. de 2023 · An outstanding cellist, Abdul Wadud concentrated solely on the instrument from the age of nine, and never decided to double on bass. His plucking and bowed solos were featured in jazz and symphonic/classical settings, and he was easily the finest cellist to emerge from the 1960s and '70s generation. Wadud studied at Youngstown State and Oberlin ...
19 de ago. de 2022 · Colleagues of Abdul Wadud share memories of the late cellist during his formative years in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1960s. By Pierre Crépon. Pioneering cellist and improvisor Abdul Wadud died on 10 August aged 75. A musician who placed the collective before the individual, Wadud made his name strictly from what he played rather than from ...
29 de dez. de 2022 · Kevin Whitehead is the jazz critic for NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Currently he reviews for The Audio Beat and Point of Departure. Wadud, saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, organist Joey DeFrancesco, trombonist Grachan Moncur III, trumpeter Jaimie Branch and saxophonist Ronnie Cuber are among the notable musicians who died in 2022.
Abdul Wadud begon op 9-jarige leeftijd cello te spelen. Hij werd midden jaren 1970 bekend in het milieu van de muzikanten-coöperatie Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. Hij werkte tijdens deze periode in het Human Arts Ensemble [4] met Lester Bowie, Charles Bobo Shaw en Hamiet Bluiett, in de band van de saxofonist Frank Lowe ...
