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Arthur Russell
Sign in to saveAlso known as Charles Arthur Russell Jr., Charles Arthur Russell, Jr.
American musician (1951-1992)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- At the Car Wash
- Morgallion
- Red Wheelbarrow 14
- Philosophy Collection
- Biography and Philosophy of Immanuel Kant
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Film & TV
Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA
Charles Arthur Russell Jr. was an American cellist, composer, producer, singer, and musician from Iowa, whose work spanned a disparate range of styles.
Known for
- Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell — Self (archive footage)2008
- Some Imaginary Far Away Type Things a.k.a. Lost in the Meshes — Self1988
- Terrace of Unintelligibility — Self1988
- Good Morning, Mr. Orwell — Self1984
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- 14,491,544
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Arthur Russell (May 21 1951 - April 4, 1992) was a prodigious talent. Classically trained on cello while growing up in Oskaloosa, USA, Arthur studied with Ali Akbar Khan in San Francisco in the early 1970's. During this period he also collaborated with Allen Ginsberg, accompanying him on cello while Ginsberg read or sang. Russell also spent time in a Buddhist commune in California; he left when they decided to collectivize his cello. By the mid-1970's Russell relocated to New York City, where
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Arthur
- Family name
- Russell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oskaloosa
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- record producer
- Educated at
- Columbia University
- Genre
- disco
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.audikarecords.com
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- date of death
- 1992-04-04
- date of birth
- 1951-05-21
- manner of death
- natural causes
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- start of work period
- 1973-00-00
- social media followers
- 5080
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