John Stubblefield

John Stubblefield ( born February 4, 1945 in Little Rock, Arkansas; † 4 July 2005 in Bronx, New York ) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and flutist.

Life and work

John Stubblefield learned as a child, first piano, then switched to saxophone, moved to Chicago, where he worked in the late 1960s in the AACM environment with musicians such as Joseph Jarman and Lester Bowie later. In 1971 he moved to New York, where he worked with Charles Mingus and McCoy Tyner. In 1972 he was involved in Anthony Braxton's production Town Hall ( Trio & Quartet ) 1972, 1973, he played for Abdullah Ibrahim ( Africa Space Program) and in 1974 he played briefly in the Miles Davis band, where he can be heard on the title of Calypso Frelimo, published in 1974 on the album Get up with it. 1976 he was a member of the band by Nat Adderley.

In the 1980s he had his own formations; since 1984, he took albums under his own name, usually for the Enja label with musicians like Geri Allen, Cecil Bridgewater, Mulgrew Miller, Charnett Moffett, Hamiet Bluiett, Rufus Reid and Victor Lewis on. 1980 worked at Kip Hanrahans production Coup de Tete with 1983 he was involved in the production Impressions of Charles Mingus Teo Macero Orchestra, 1988, he played in Julius Hemphills Big Band, in the Jerry Gonzalez band and Kenny Barron (Live at Fat Tuesday's ). In 1989 he was involved in Abdullah Ibrahim's album African River and played with Louis Hayes ( Una Max).

In the 1990s he played with McCoy Tyner, Craig Harris (F- stops), again in 1994 with Kenny Barron and Jerry Gonzalez, 1997 Larry Willis. From 1993 on he was a regular at Big projects of the Mingus band like Gunslinging Birds of 1994 involved.

John Stubblefield died of prostate cancer.

His style is compared by Richard Cook with David Murray.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Confessin ' ( Soul Note, 1984) with Cecil Bridgewater
  • Bushman Song ( Enja, 19876 ) with Geri Allen
  • Countin 'the Blues ( Enja, 1987) with Hamiet Bluiett
  • African River (1989 ) with Abdullah Ibrahim
  • Morning Song ( Enja, 1993) with George Cables
July 4 The Bronx Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians Enja Records Craig S. Harris Mingus Big Band David Murray (saxophonist) Richard Cook (journalist) Integrated Authority File
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