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- Person
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- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1941
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Olu Dara (born Charles Jones III in Louisville, Mississippi on January, 13, 1941) is an American trumpeter, cornetist, guitarist and singer. He first became known as a jazz musician, playing alongside avant-garde musicians such as David Murray and Henry Threadgill. With his first album under his own name, 1998's In the World: From Natchez to New York, Dara revealed another aspect of his musical personality: the leader and singer of a band immersed in African-American tradition <a href="https://
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Natchez
- Child
- Nas
- Religion
- Islam
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- cornet
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
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- 1941-01-12
- start of work period
- 1963-00-00
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