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Khan Jamal

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Years active
  
1960s–present

Education
  
Combs College of Music

Labels
  
SteepleChase

Genres
  
Jazz

Name
  
Khan Jamal

Role
  
Soloist


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Born
  
July 23, 1946 (age 77) Jacksonville, Florida, USA (
1946-07-23
)

Instruments
  
vibraphone, marimba, percussion

Associated acts
  
Byard Lancaster, Sunny Murray

Albums
  
Dark Warrior, Three, Nothing Is Wrong

Similar People
  
Johnny Dyani, Pierre Dorge, Odean Pope, William Parker, Gerald Cleaver

Record label
  
SteepleChase Records

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Khan Jamal (born July 23, 1946, Jacksonville, Florida) is an American jazz vibraphone and marimba player. Ron Wynn describes Jamal as "a proficient soloist when playing free material, jazz-rock and fusion, hard bop, or bluesy fare."

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Jamal began playing vibraphone during the mid-1960s. Later in the decade, he joined Cosmic Forces, then co-founded Sounds of Liberation with Byard Lancaster during the early 1970s. During the 1970s, Jamal studied at Combs College of Music and joined Sunny Murray's group Untouchable Factor. In addition to leading his own groups, Jamal has performed with Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society, Joe Bonner, Billy Bang, Charles Tyler and others.

Khan Jamal Khan Jamal Discography at Discogs

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Discography


  • Drumdance to the Motherland (1972), Dogtown
  • Give the Vibes Some (1974), Palm Records
  • The River (1978), Philly Jazz, with Bill Lewis
  • Infinity (1984), Stash 278
  • Dark Warrior (1984), SteepleChase
  • Three (1985), SteepleChase
  • The Traveller (1985), SteepleChase
  • Thinking of You (1986), Storyville
  • Speak Easy (1988), Gazell
  • Don't Take No (1989), Vintage Jazz
  • Percussion&Strings (1997), CIMP
  • Cubano Chant (2001), Jambrio 1002
  • Balafon Dance (2002), CIMP
  • Cool (2002), Jambrio
  • Black Awareness (2005), CIMP
  • Return from Exile (2005), Philly Jazz
  • Fire and Water (2007), CIMP with Dylan Taylor, Bass
  • Impressions of Coltrane (2009), SteepleChase
  • References

    Khan Jamal Wikipedia