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It is catalogued under topics including 1930 births, 2017 deaths and 20th-century African-American musicians.
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Muhal Richard Abrams (Chicago, Illinois, September 19, 1930 – October 29, 2017) was an American free jazz pianist, composer, arranger, clarinetist, cellist and educator. Abrams attended DuSable High School in Chicago. By 1946, he enrolled in music classes at Roosevelt University, but "I didn't get too much out of that, because it wasn't what I was hearing in the street". He then decided to study independently: "I've always had a natural ability to study and analyze things. <a href="https://www.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Family name
- Abrams
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- cellist
- Educated at
- Governors State University
- Employer
- Stanford University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- free jazz
- Instrument
- Gong
- Record label
- Delmark Records
- Image
- Muhal Richard Abrams 06N4854.jpg
- Residence
- New York City
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- Muhal Richard Abrams
- date of birth
- 1930-09-19
- date of death
- 2017-10-29
- birth name
- Richard Louis Abrams
- start of work period
- 2017-00-00
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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