Ronnie Boykins

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double bassist human jazz musician

Ronnie Boykins was an American jazz double bassist best known for his innovative, driving work with Sun Ra’s Arkestra during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Ronnie Boykins canonical	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	double bassist ⓘ human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ
activePeriod	1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ
associatedAct	Alan Silva ⓘ Andrew Cyrille ⓘ Archie Shepp ⓘ Art Blakey ⓘ Bill Dixon ⓘ Connie Kay ⓘ Don Cherry ⓘ Elmo Hope ⓘ Eric Dolphy ⓘ Frank Lowe ⓘ George Russell ⓘ Mary Lou Williams ⓘ Max Roach ⓘ Pharoah Sanders ⓘ Roland Kirk ⓘ surface form: Rahsaan Roland Kirk Steve Lacy ⓘ Sun Ra ⓘ Sun Ra Arkestra ⓘ Sun Ra Arkestra ⓘ surface form: Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra Sunny Murray ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
familyName	Boykins ⓘ
fieldOfWork	composition ⓘ improvisation ⓘ music performance ⓘ
genre	avant-garde jazz ⓘ free jazz ⓘ jazz ⓘ
givenName	Ronnie ⓘ
influencedBy	Sun Ra ⓘ
instrument	bass ⓘ double bass ⓘ
memberOf	Sun Ra Arkestra ⓘ
name	Ronnie Boykins self-link ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableAlbum	The Will Come, Is Now ⓘ
notableFor	innovative bass work with Sun Ra’s Arkestra in the 1950s and 1960s ⓘ
notableWork	The Will Come, Is Now ⓘ
occupation	jazz double bassist ⓘ musician ⓘ
recordedWith	ESP-Disk ⓘ
recordLabel	ESP-Disk ⓘ
role	bassist in Sun Ra Arkestra ⓘ
style	complex rhythmic patterns ⓘ driving bass lines ⓘ innovative use of arco and pizzicato ⓘ

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