Pheeroan akLaff

Pheeroan akLaff (born January 27, 1955) is an American jazz drummer. Pheeroan akLaff began playing in his hometown of Detroit, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, with Travis Biggs, Ars Nova, The Ebony Set, The Last Days, and Rod Lumpkin, recorded with Major Lansky. He moved to New Haven, Connecticut, and formed DejaVu with Dwight Andrews. He debuted with Bill Baron in 1975, followed by tenure in Leo Smith's New Dalta Ahkri.

Contents

• Pheeroan aklaff ensemble w amiri baraka
• Pheeroan aklaff sonogram full album
• As leader
• As sideman
• References

Later developed a longstanding association with Oliver Lake, which included writing for their fusion ensemble, Jump Up. His performance and recorded history includes works with Andrew Hill, Cecil Taylor, Reggie Workman, and many others. In 2006 he co-founded Seed Artists in Brooklyn and currently teaches music at Wesleyan University.

As leader

1983: Fits Like a Glove (Gramavision)

1989: Sonogram (Mu Works)

1998: Global Mantras (Modern Masters)

As sideman

With Geri Allen

Maroons (Blue Note, 1992)

With Anthony Braxton

Anthony Braxton's Charlie Parker Project 1993 (HatART, 1993, [1995])

Knitting Factory (Piano/Quartet) 1994, Vol. 1 (Leo, 1994)

Knitting Factory (Piano/Quartet) 1994, Vol. 2 (Leo, 1994)

Seven Standards 1995 (Knitting Factory Works, 1995)

With Oliver Lake

Prophet (Black Saint, 1980)

Clevont Fitzhubert (Black Saint, 1981)

Expandable Language (Black Saint, 1984)

Again and Again (Gramavision, 1991)

Virtual Reality (Total Escapism) (Gazell, 1992)

With Henry Threadgill

When Was That? (1982)

Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket (1983)

New Air: Live at Montreal International Jazz Festival (1984)

Subject to Change (1985)

New Air: Air Show No. 1 (1986) with Cassandra Wilson

You Know the Number (1986)

Easily Slip Into Another World (1987)

Makin' a Move (1995)

With Jay Hoggard

The Right Place (JHVM, 2003)

Something 'Bout Believing (Twinz Records, 1999)

Love Is the Answer (Muse, 1994)

Riverside Dance (India Navigation), 1985

Love Survives (Gramavision, 1983

With Craig Harris

Shelter (JMT 1987)

Blackout in the Square Root of Soul (JMT, 1988)

With Ray Anderson

What Because (Gramavision, 1989)

With Don Byron

Tuskegee Experiments (1992)

With Anthony Davis

Hidden Voices (India Navigation, 1979) – with James Newton

Variations in Dream-time (India Navigation, 1980)

Episteme (Gramavision, 1981)

Hemispheres (Gramavision, 1983)

With Julius Hemphill

One Atmosphere (2003)

With Uwe Kropinski

First Time in Manhattan (ITM, 1993)

With Amina Claudine Myers

Song for Mother E (Leo Records, 1979)

With Sonny Sharrock

Seize the Rainbow (Enemy, 1987)

Live in New York (Enemy, 1989)

With Wadada Leo Smith

Song of Humanity (Kabell, 1977) also released on Kabell Years: 1971–1979 (Tzadik, 2004)

Spirit Catcher (Nessa, 1979)

Spiritual Dimensions (Cuneiform, 2009)

Dark Lady of the Sonnets (TUM, 2011)

Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform, 2012)

America's National Parks (Cuneiform, 2016)

With Mal Waldron

My Dear Family (Evidence, 1993)

With Reggie Workman

Summit Conference (Postcards, 1993)

With Yōsuke Yamashita

Kurdish Dance (Verve, 1993)

Dazzling Days (Verve, 1993)

Fragments 1999 (Verve, 1999)

Spider (Verve, 1996)