Birth name Leo Morris Role Drummer Name Idris Muhammad | Instruments Drumset Occupation(s) Drummer, composer | |
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Born November 13, 1939New Orleans, Louisiana, US ( 1939-11-13 ) Albums Black Rhythm Revolution!, Peace and Rhythm, Turn This Mutha Out, Power of Soul, House of the Rising Sun Similar People | ||
Idris Muhammad
Idris Muhammad--Bessie's Blues
Idris Muhammad (Arabic: إدريس محمد; born Leo Morris; November 13, 1939 – July 29, 2014) was an American jazz drummer who recorded extensively with many musicians, including Ahmad Jamal, Lou Donaldson, Pharoah Sanders, and Tete Montoliu.
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Biography
Muhammad was an endorser of Istanbul Agop Cymbals.
In 2012 Xlibris released the book Inside The Music: The Life of Idris Muhammad, which he wrote with his friend Britt Alexander. He died aged 74 in 2014.
Personal life
He changed his name in the 1960s upon his conversion to Islam. In 1966, he married Dolores "LaLa" Brooks (former member of the Crystals; she converted to Islam with him and went for a time under the name Sakinah Muhammad). They separated in 1999. Together, they had two sons and two daughters, and he had one daughter from a previous marriage to Gracie Lee Edwards.
Discography
Idris Muhammad is probably best known for his album Power of Soul, which included the tune Loran's Dance, which received considerable airplay on jazz radio stations.