Musician Dictionary

Olu Dara

American musician

DescriptionAmerican musician
Source: Wikidata
Born1941-01-12
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
BirthplaceNatchez Natchez
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
AreaUnited States
Source: MusicBrainz
CountryUS
Source: MusicBrainz
CitizenshipUnited States
Source: Wikidata
Occupationjazz guitarist singer-songwriter guitarist trumpeter jazz musician musician singer bandleader cornetist
Source: Wikidata
Instrumentsharmonica trumpet voice cornet guitar
Source: Wikidata
Genresjazz
Source: Wikidata
Record labelsAtlantic Records
Source: Wikidata
Member ofDavid Murray Octet Material David Murray Big Band Phillip Wilson Quartet Charles Brackeen Quartet Olu Dara and the CMS Orchestra Henry Threadgill Sextett Group Everything Everything Everything Deadline Flight To Sanity Julius Hemphill Quartet The Don Pullen Quintet Synthesis (12) The Harlem Experiment The Henry Threadgill Sextet
Source: Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata

Also known as

Dara O. Dara Odra Olu Dara Jones Olu Dara aka Charles Jones III OluDara

Links

Identifiers

mbid: c6a841d8-78d4-4b76-afa0-b848afaf5edb · wikidata: Q1357746 · isni: 0000000083916524, 0000000368518167 · discogs: 174747

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