Abdul Wadud (1947-2022)

[clifford_thornton]

According to his son, Raheem DeVaughn, the great cellist Abdul Wadud passed on August 10 at 75. 

I tried to learn his tune "Camille" on the cello many years ago, should've worked harder at it.

May he Rest in Peace.

[Pim]

This is sad news. I love his playing. Still remember how I heard him for the time with the Black Unity Trio. Is was stunned. 
 

Rest In Peace mr. Wadud

[Rabshakeh]

I second all of this.

I was so excited at the prospect of the reissue of By Myself that I have been encouraging all of my jazz and non jazz friends to listen to the record. This was done half as a joke: generally my recommendations are met with what I assume are rolled eyes and maybe a cursory listen. However, when I told them he had just died, only a week or so later, I was surprised to find that this time several of them had gone back to the album and listened to it multiple times in the short interval.

Edited August 12, 2022 by Rabshakeh

[JSngry]

One of the all-time greats.

RIP

[mjazzg]

So many contributions

[Late]

Dig Wadud as part of the Arthur Blythe Quartet in Berlin, 1980:

 

[Guy Berger]

I think I’m only familiar with his collaborations with Muhal Richard Abrams, Julius Hemphill and Arthur Blythe, but that’s a lot of amazing music.  Probably the most significant cellist in the history of jazz.

Edited August 13, 2022 by Guy Berger

[Rabshakeh]

Let’s not forget the stuff with James Newton and Anthony Davis too.

[Mark Stryker]

Here is a precious document. One of my heroes, the late poet Michael Harper, reading his work accompanied by Abdul Wadud. This was recorded in May 1971 at my alma mater, the University of Illinois, ten years before I first arrived on campus. Wadud sounds fantastic in this context, and it's a thrill to hear Harper read some of his greatest work, including "Dear John, Dear Coltrane," "For Bud," "Alone," and the Detroit-centric "A Mother Speaks: The Algiers Motel Incident, Detroit." (I cherish the six first editions I have of Harper's poetry, five of which are signed.)

https://www.loc.gov/item/93842257?fbclid=IwAR3-Ouwhcf8em2ii4d8jqEd1FoHCmOdtmkMPdFh1qxYdT6Skd-HQGJnHok0