Hamiet Bluiett
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer (1940–2018)
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It is catalogued under topics including 1940 births, 2018 deaths and 20th-century American saxophonists.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1940-09-16
- Active to
- 2018-10-04
Discography
- Bars1977
- Orchestra, Duo & Septet1977
- Resolution1978
- Dangerously Suite1981
- Ebu1984
- Nali Kola1989
- …If You Have to Ask… You Don’t Need to Know1991
- Sankofa/Rear Garde1993
- Bluiett’s Barbeque Band1996
- Same Space1998
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,544
- Total plays
- 44,554
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Hamiet Bluiett (Brooklyn, Illinois, September 16, 1940 - October 4, 2018) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. Bluiett co-founded the World Saxophone Quartet. He also played bass saxophone, E-flat alto clarinet, E-flat contra-alto clarinet, and wooden flute. Bluiett also worked with Charles Mingus, Sam Rivers, Babatunde Olatunji, Abdullah Ibrahim, Stevie Wonder, and Marvin Gaye a.o.. Hamiet Bluiett was born just north of East St. <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- St. Louis
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Educated at
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- Genre
- Afro-Cuban jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Image
- Hamiet Bluiett.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hamiet Bluiett
- date of birth
- 1940-09-15
- member of
- World Saxophone Quartet
- date of death
- 2018-10-04
- cause of death
- cerebrovascular disease
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
- described at URL
- harlemjazzboxx.com/hamiet-bluiett
- manner of death
- natural causes
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