Idris Muhammad

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Idris Muhammad was an American jazz drummer renowned for his versatile, groove-oriented playing and influential work in soul jazz, funk, and hard bop.

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Idris Muhammad canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
jazz drummer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2010s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
associatedAct Ahmad Jamal NERFINISHED ⓘ
George Benson ⓘ
Grant Green ⓘ
Grover Washington Jr. ⓘ
Hank Crawford ⓘ
Johnny Griffin ⓘ
Lou Donaldson ⓘ
Pharoah Sanders ⓘ
basedIn New York City ⓘ
birthName Leo Morris ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1939-11-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2014-07-29 ⓘ
genre funk ⓘ
hard bop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
soul jazz ⓘ
influencedGenre acid jazz ⓘ
jazz-funk ⓘ
instrument drums ⓘ
name Idris Muhammad self-link ⓘ
notableFor groove-oriented drumming style ⓘ
work in soul jazz and funk ⓘ
notableWork album "Black Rhythm Revolution!" ⓘ
album "House of the Rising Sun" ⓘ
album "Kabsha" ⓘ
album "My Turn" ⓘ
album "Peace and Rhythm" ⓘ
album "Power of Soul" ⓘ
album "Turn This Mutha Out" ⓘ
drumming on Grant Green’s "Alive!" ⓘ
drumming on Lou Donaldson’s "Alligator Bogaloo" ⓘ
drumming on Pharoah Sanders’ "Thembi" ⓘ
occupation drummer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
placeOfBirth New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States ⓘ
recordLabel CTI Records ONNED1 ⓘ
Kudu Records ⓘ
Prestige Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
spouse Sakinah Muhammad ⓘ
style groove-based drumming ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ahmad Jamal → associatedAct → Idris Muhammad ⓘ
CTI All-Stars → member → Idris Muhammad ⓘ
CTI Records → notableArtist → Idris Muhammad ⓘ
Idris Muhammad → name → Idris Muhammad self-link ⓘ