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Jamaaladeen Tacuma

ジャマラディーン・タクマ　/　じゃまらでぃーん・たくま

American composer

June 11, 1956 (age 70)　・　Hempstead, New York, United States

New York
composer
jazz musician
musician

My Take

For me, the single line that defines Jamaaladeen Tacuma is his work with Ornette Coleman's Prime Time. To hold down the bass inside Coleman's harmolodic universe, where the low end becomes a lead voice rather than a quiet foundation, takes a singular ear. Born in Hempstead, New York, Tacuma fused jazz, funk and the avant-garde into music that is free yet somehow danceable, a contradiction only a genuine talent can resolve. His 2011 Pew Fellowship reads as overdue recognition. I will always reserve my deepest respect for the bassist who transforms a song from underneath rather than the one chasing the spotlight.

Overview

Jamaaladeen Tacuma (born Rudy McDaniel; June 11, 1956) is an American jazz funk avant-garde bassist, composer and producer born in Hempstead, New York. He was a bandleader on the Gramavision label and worked with Ornette Coleman during the 1970s and 1980s, mostly in Coleman's Prime Time band.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Name (Japanese): ジャマラディーン・タクマ
Reading: じゃまらでぃーん・たくま
Born: June 11, 1956 (age 70)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Monkey
Origin: Hempstead, New York, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: composer / jazz musician / musician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2011 Pew Fellowship in the Arts

3. Relationships

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Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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