| LC control no. | n 80032977 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Blackwell, Ed |
| Variant(s) | Blackwell, Eddie Blackwell, Edward, 1929-1992 |
| See also | Corporate body: Ornette Coleman Double Quartet |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 19291010 |
| Death date | 19921007 |
| Place of birth | New Orleans (La.) |
| Place of death | Hartford (Conn.) |
| Affiliation | Billy Higgins Quartet Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) Old and New Dreams (Musical group) |
| Profession or occupation | Percussionists Jazz musicians Rhythm and blues musicians Singers |
| Found in | Old and new dreams [SR] p1979 (a.e.) label (Ed Blackwell, drums) Old and new dreams [SR] 1987?, p1977: label (Eddie Blackwell, drums) Cherry, D. Where is Brooklyn? [SR] 196-?: labels (Edward Blackwell, drums) New Grove dict. of jazz (Blackwell, Ed(ward Joseph); b. 10-10-29, New Orleans) African American National Biography, accessed December 17, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Blackwell, Ed; percussionist, jazz musician, rhythm and blues musician, singer; born 10 October 1929 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States; met saxophonist Ornette Coleman (1951) and assembled a quartet with Billy Higgins on drums, which arrived in New York and became a revolution in jazz (1959); with Coleman, took part in the Atlantic recordings This is Our Music, Free Jazz and Ornette on Tenor (1961); performed at the Five Spot with a quintet co-led by the reedman Eric Dolphy and the trumpeter Booker Little; entered academia, joining Connecticut's Wesleyan University as an artist in residence (1975); joined up with fellow Coleman alumni Cherry, Dewey Redman (tenor), and Charlie Haden (bass) to form Old and New Dreams (1976); served as a lodestar for these Coleman alumni throughout the eighties; died 07 October 1992 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States) |
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