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Rashid Bakr (musician)
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Rashid Bakr is an American
free jazz drummer.
During the 1970s he was active in the New York Loft Jazz scene, performing at venues such as Rashied Ali
's "Ali's Alley" and Sam Rivers
' "Studio Rivbea
" as a member of Ensemble Muntu along with Jemeel Moondoc
among others. He went on to perform with Cecil Taylor
in the early 1980s, appearing on the albums "The Eighth
" and"Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants)
".
Bakr is a member of Other Dimensions in Music
, along with Roy Campbell
, Daniel Carter
and William Parker
.
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free jazz drummer.
During the 1970s he was active in the New York Loft Jazz scene, performing at venues such as Rashied Ali
Rashied Ali
Rashied Ali, born Robert Patterson was an American free jazz and avant-garde jazz drummer best known for playing with John Coltrane in the last years of Coltrane's life.-Biography:...
's "Ali's Alley" and Sam Rivers
Sam Rivers
Samuel Carthorne Rivers , is an American jazz musician and composer. He performs on soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, harmonica and piano....
' "Studio Rivbea
Studio Rivbea
Studio Rivbea was a jazz performance loft run by saxophonist Sam Rivers in the 1970s.It was located on Bond Street in Lower Manhattan and was originally opened as a public performance space as part of the first New York Musicians Festival in 1970...
" as a member of Ensemble Muntu along with Jemeel Moondoc
Jemeel Moondoc
Jemeel Moondoc is a jazz saxophonist who plays alto saxophone. He is a proponent of a highly improvisational style....
among others. He went on to perform with Cecil Taylor
Cecil Taylor
Cecil Percival Taylor is an American pianist and poet. Classically trained, Taylor is generally acknowledged as one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an extremely energetic, physical approach, producing complex improvised sounds, frequently involving tone clusters and...
in the early 1980s, appearing on the albums "The Eighth
The Eighth
The Eighth is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded at 2nd Freiburger Jazztage in Freiburg, Germany on November 8, 1981 and released on the Hat Hut label. The album features performances by Taylor with Jimmy Lyons, William Parker and Rashid Bakr...
" and"Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants)
Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants)
Winged Serpent is an album by Cecil Taylor recorded in Milan, Italy on October 22–24, 1984 and released on the Soul Note label...
".
Bakr is a member of Other Dimensions in Music
Other Dimensions In Music
Other Dimensions In Music is a free jazz group founded in the 1980s.The group's music is entirely improvised, but is generally more melodic than some listeners expect from free jazz.-Members:* Rashid Bakr * Roy Campbell, Jr....
, along with Roy Campbell
Roy Campbell, Jr.
Roy Campbell, Jr. is versatile trumpeter frequently linked to free jazz, though he has also performed rhythm and blues, bebop and funk at times during his career. Born in Los Angeles, California in 1952, Campbell was raised in New York. At age fifteen Campbell began learning to play trumpet and...
, Daniel Carter
Daniel Carter (musician)
Daniel Carter is an American free jazz saxophone, flute, clarinet, and trumpet player active mainly in New York City since the early 1970s...
and William Parker
William Parker (musician)
William Parker is an American free jazz double bassist, poet and composer.-Biography:Parker was not formally trained as a classical player, though he did study with Jimmy Garrison, Richard Davis, and Wilbur Ware and learned the tradition. Parker is one of few jazz bassists who regularly plays arco...
.