Abdul Jalilu Bey

[l p]

anyone ever heard of this tenor saxophonist? he played at the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival with Archie Shepp in 1972. the name may be very misspelled.

[clifford_thornton]

huh. not a nom-de-plume for Griot Galaxy saxophonist Faruq Z. Bey?

[l p]

the only thing i found on the web with this name is in Len Kunstadt's account of the '72 ann arbor festival 

https://archive.org/stream/RecordResearch119_20/RR119_20_djvu.txt

ARCHIE SHEPP ENSEMBLE: Shepp, reeds; Abdul Bey, tenor 
sax; Charles Greenless, trombone; David Burrell, piano; 
Jimmy Garrison, bass and Beave Harris, drums. 
 

and i have a handwritten note: "abdul jalilu bey  _tat sx".  on this note, bey could be "bry".

 

[l p]

On 7/10/2016 at 0:47 AM, clifford_thornton said:

not a nom-de-plume for Griot Galaxy saxophonist Faruq Z. Bey?

he was related to griot galaxy. Alfred “Slick” Campbell aka Jalil Bey.  also aka abdul jalil, aka Imam Abdul Jalil, aka Muhammud Bey Abdul Jalil. usually when some one has that many aka's, they're doing something illegal.

https://www.google.com/search?num=20&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=%22jalilu+bey%22+&oq=%22jalilu+bey%22+&gs_l=serp.3...3464.3464.0.3768.1.1.0.0.0.0.108.108.0j1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.serp..0.0.0.0KUEioS7bnw

 

https://www.google.com/search?num=20&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=%22Griot+Galaxy%22+%22jalil%22+&oq=%22Griot+Galaxy%22+%22jalil%22+&gs_l=serp.3...3814.3814.0.4182.1.1.0.0.0.0.111.111.0j1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.serp..0.0.0.mgh48HwXjIU

 

[JSngry]

http://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/musician-interrupted/Content?oid=2176369

 

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

http://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/musician-interrupted/Content?oid=2176369

 

Very interesting .... thnx for sharing ....

[clifford_thornton]

Thanks; it's too bad, for historical purposes, that there aren't any extant early Griot Galaxy recordings. 

[randyhersom]

But a very cool slice of history, thanks!