| LC control no. | n 80143732 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Blythe, Arthur |
| Variant(s) | Blyth, Arthur Blythe, Black Arthur |
| See also | Corporate body: Arthur Blythe Trio Corporate body: Arthur Blythe Quartet |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | San Diego (Calif.) New York (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1940-07-05 |
| Death date | 2017-03-27 |
| Place of birth | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Place of death | Lancaster (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz Avant-garde (Music) |
| Affiliation | UGMAA Columbia Records, Inc. |
| Profession or occupation | Jazz musicians Saxophonists Composers Educators Band directors Saxophonists |
| Found in | Special edition [SR] p1980 (a.e.) container (Arthur Blythe, alto saxophone) Tyner, M. Four times four [SR] p1980: container (Arthur Blyth, alto sax) New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed. (Blythe, Arthur (Murray) (Black Arthur); b. July 5, 1940, Los Angeles; alto saxophonist and leader) African American National Biography, accessed December 18, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Blythe, Arthur Murray; composer, educator, bandleader, saxophonist; born 07 May 1940 in Los Angeles, California, United States; founded the Underground Musicians Association (UMGA) with pianist Tapscott (1961); taught jazz workshops at the Malcolm X Center (1961-1963); recording debut on Tapscott album The Giant is Awakened (1969); played in Chico Hamilton's band (1974-1977); first recording as a bandleader, in The Grip and Metamorphosis (1977); received great acclaim with In the Tradition (1978); signed with Columbia records (1979); played and recorded both with In the Tradition (1980's); continued making recordings with artists like David Murray, the World Saxophone Quartet, James Newton, and Billy Hart among others (1990's)) New York times WWW site, viewed Mar. 30, 2017 (in obituary published Mar. 29: Arthur Blythe; b. Arthur Murray Blythe, July 5, 1940, Los Angeles; when he was 4, moved with his mother to San Diego; when he was 19, moved back to Los Angeles; in 1974, frustrated with the Los Angeles jazz scene's limitations, left for New York; moved back to California in 1998; d. Monday [Mar. 27, 2017], Lancaster, Calif., aged 76; his brawny alto saxophone sound and independent spirit made him a standard-bearer of the New York jazz avant-garde in the late 1970s) |
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