Sadik Hakim (born Argonne Thornton on July 15, 1919 in Duluth, Minnesota; died in New York in June 1983) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) 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
Thornton was taught piano by his grandfather and started playing professionally about 1939. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1944 he moved to New York City and was hired by Ben Webster. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Benjamin Francis Webster ( March 27 1909 &ndash September 20 1973) aka " The Brute " or " Frog," was an He participated in the emergence of bebop, sharing piano duties with Dizzy Gillespie on Charlie Parker's famous Koko session and recording with Dexter Gordon and Lester Young (he can be heard on Young's "I'm Confessin'"). Bebop or bop is a form of Jazz characterized by fast Tempos and Improvisation based on Harmonic structure rather than Melody John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( October 21 1917 &ndash January 6 1993) was an American Jazz Trumpeter "Koko" is a 1945 recording featured on alto saxophone Charlie Parker, with trumpeters Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie. Dexter Gordon ( February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American Jazz Tenor saxophonist, and an Academy Lester Willis Young ( August 27, 1909 &ndash March 15, 1959) nickname 'Prez' was an American Jazz tenor Saxophonist Hakim is credited with co-writing Thelonius Monk's standard "Eronel" and is rumored to have written a few famous bop tunes credited to other composers. Thelonious Sphere Monk ( October 10, 1917 - February 17, 1982) was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer. He adopted his muslim name in 1947. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Hakim moved to Montreal after visiting in 1949 and was a big fish on the small bebop scene there, working with Louis Metcalf's International Band. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Louis Metcalf ( February 28, 1905 - October 27, 1981) was a Jazz cornetist and trumpeter However he was compelled to leave Canada following a drug bust in November 1950. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Through the 1950s he worked in New York with James Moody and George Holmes Tate. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Moody may refer to James Moody (composer for the harmonica James Moody (saxophonist (b George Holmes "Buddy" Tate ( February 22 1913, Sherman Texas – February 10 2001, Chandler Arizona) was a jazz He returned to Montreal from 1966 to 1976, leading bands and recording with Charlie Biddle. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charlie Biddle otherwise known as Charles Reed Biddle ( July 28, 1926 &ndash February 4 2003) was a Canadian Jazz He led a few recording dates from 1976-1980 and cut an album with Sonny Stitt in 1978. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Edward "Sonny" Stitt (b February 2, 1924, Boston Massachusetts &ndash d Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar)
Hakim played "'Round Midnight" at Thelonious Monk's funeral in 1982, and passed away himself the following year. Thelonious Sphere Monk ( October 10, 1917 - February 17, 1982) was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)
References
- John Gilmore, Who's Who of Jazz in Montreal, University of Toronto Press 1989.
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