Alvin Fielder (b. November 23, 1935, Meridian, Mississippi) is an American jazz drummer. Meridian is a city in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States He was a founding member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians ( AACM) is a Non-profit organization, founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States by
Fielder began playing drums at age 12, heavily influenced by recordings of Max Roach. Maxwell Lemuel Roach ( January 10, 1924 &ndash August 16, 2007) was an American Jazz Percussionist, Drummer After completing high school he studied under Ed Blackwell and went to graduate school in pharmacology. High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution Ed Blackwell ( October 10, 1929 &ndash October 7, 1992) was an American Free jazz Drummer born in New Orleans Pharmacology (from Greek grc φάρμακον pharmakon, "drug" and grc -λογία -logia) is the study of how Drugs After taking his degree at the University of Illinois, he began playing in Chicago, co-founding the AACM in 1963. This article is about the flagship campus For other uses and locations of University of Illinois, see University of Illinois (disambiguation The University of Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Over the next several years Fielder played with Sun Ra, Muhal Richard Abrams, Eddie Harris, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson and Roscoe Mitchell. Sun Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, Legal name Le Sony'r Ra; Muhal Richard Abrams (born September 19, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American educator administrator Composer Eddie Harris (b Chicago, October 20 1934; died November 5, 1996) was best known for playing Tenor saxophone, though Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson ( December 18 1917, Houston, Texas – July 2 1988, Los Angeles, Roscoe Mitchell (b August 3, 1940 in Chicago Illinois) is an African American Composer, Jazz instrumentalist
Fielder largely left music after the early 1970s, and in 1977 he opened a pharmacy in his home state of Mississippi. Pharmacy (from the Greek φάρμακον 'pharmakon' = drug is the Health profession that links the Health sciences with the chemical sciences In 1982 he returned to jazz, playing with The Lifters and later working with the Improvisational Arts Quartet. He recorded in 1987 with Ahmed Abdullah, Charles Brackeen, and Dennis Gonzalez, and continued exploring in the free jazz vein in the 1990s with Joel Futterman, Kidd Jordan, and others. Ahmed Abdullah (originally Leroy Bland; born May 10, 1946 in New York City) is a jazz Trumpeter He began playing music when he Charles Brackeen (born 1940 in Oklahoma) is a jazz saxophonist who primarily plays Tenor saxophone, but also plays Soprano saxophone. Dennis González (often credited as Dennis Gonzalez; b 1954 Abilene, Texas) is a Jazz Musician, Poet, visual For the Ornette Coleman album after which this genre was named see Free Jazz A Collective Improvisation. Edward "Kidd" Jordan (born in Crowley Louisiana, United States, May 5, 1935) is an American Jazz saxophonist and music He toured with Andrew Lamb in 2002, and released the album A Measure of Vision under his own name in 2007. Andrew Lamb (1565? – 1634 Bishop of Brechin and Bishop of Galloway, was probably son or relative of Andrew Lamb of Leith, a lay member of the general
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- Steve Huey, Alvin Fielder at All Music Guide
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