- Idris Muhammad
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Name = Idris Muhammad
Img_capt = Idris Muhammad playing withReggie Workman andPharoah Sanders , c. 1978
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Origin =New Orleans ,Louisiana , U.S.
Instrument =Drumset
Genre =Jazz ,bebop ,hardbop
Occupation =Drummer ,composer
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Notable_instruments =Idris Muhammad (born
November 13 ,1939 inNew Orleans, Louisiana ; Arabic: إدريس محمد) is ajazz drummer . He was born Leo Morris onNovember 13 ,1939 before changing his name in the 1960s upon his conversion toIslam . He is known for hisfunk y playing style. He has released a number ofalbum s as leader, and has played with a number of jazz legends includingLou Donaldson ,Johnny Griffin ,Pharoah Sanders andGrover Washington, Jr. He has been touring and recording with pianistAhmad Jamal since 1995. At 15 years-old, one of Muhammad's earliest recorded sessions as a drummer was onFats Domino 's 1956 smash hitBlueberry Hill .In 1966, he married
Dolores "LaLa" Brooks (former member ofthe Crystals ; she converted toIslam with him and went for a time under the name "Sakinah Muhammad"). They separated in 1999. Together, they have two sons and two daughters. Muhammad is an endorser ofIstanbul Agop Cymbals . [ [http://www.istanbulcymbals.com/artists.php Istanbul Cymbals ] ] who issued a 22" Idris Muhammad Signature Ride in at the 2008 NAMM show in Anaheim, CA.elected discography
* "
Power of Soul " (1974)
* "House of the Rising Sun" (1976)
* "Turn This Mutha Out " (1977)
* "Kabsha " (1980)
* "My Turn" (1992)Discography as a sideman
* "Get In" Benjamin Herman (1999)
With
Leon Spencer
*"Sneak Preview" (Prestige Records , 1970)
*"Louisiana Slim" (Prestige, 1971)WithAhmad Jamal
*The Essence, Part III (Atlantic Records , 1998)References
External links
* [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=1085 Interview in Allaboutjazz]
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* {http://www.amm-music.com/myturn.htm} Artist and album page of Lipstick Records
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