Tyrone Washington (musician)

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Tyrone Washington
Born1944 (age 7980)
Genres Jazz
Instrument(s) Tenor saxophone
Years active1967–1974
Labels Blue Note, Perception

Tyrone Washington (born 1944) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

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Biography

Early life

Washington was born to Robert Benjamin Washington and Eunice Washington, a head teacher and supervisor at a neighborhood center in Newark, New Jersey. He was one of three children. [1] From his early years, Washington was a close friend of trumpet player Woody Shaw. He briefly attended Howard University School of Music before joining Horace Silver's hard bop sextet. [2]

Career

Prior to recording albums as leader, Washington recorded on Silver's album The Jody Grind [3] and recorded a soul jazz album with organist Larry Young. [4] [5] His first album as leader, for which he is best known, was Natural Essence , recorded for Blue Note in 1967. [6] Natural Essence was followed by two more albums, Roots and Do Right. Roots featured a range of influences including soul jazz and free jazz, and included Hubert Eaves on piano. [5] His final album as leader, Do Right, included Eaves along with guitarist Billy Nichols, alto saxophone player and son of Jackie McLean René McLean, and drummer Idris Muhammad, with funk influences. [7] The album, first issued on the label Blue Labor, was later remastered and released on CD for the label P-Vine. [8] Jason Ankeny, writing for AllMusic, Do Right as "fascinating listening, exploring both the extreme and the mainstream." [7] Hrayr Attarian, writing for All About Jazz, described the musicians as "extremely talented" and "masters of their respective instruments," but considered the funky style of the album "dated." [8]

Washington did not record after 1974,[ failed verification ] leaving his music career for religious reasons. [9] According to an obituary for his mother, he was still alive in 2022. He had changed his name to Mohammad Bilal Abdullah and had become a Sunni Muslim minister. [1]

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Stanley Cowell

With Roswell Rudd

With Horace Silver

With Heiner Stadler

With Larry Young

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