ABDUL WADUD
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Abdul Wadud (born Ronald Earsall DeVaughn; April 30, 1947 – August 10, 2022) was an American cellist known for his work in jazz and classical settings.
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Wadud, who has died aged 75, initially came to attention through a series of remarkable small-group recordings in which the saxophonist and composer Julius Hemphill sought inspiration in the sounds and rhythms of Africa, particularly the Dogon people of Mali.
The dry snap of Wadud’s pizzicato, the keening of his bowed lines and the spring-loaded energy of his improvisations added a defining flavour to the highly sophisticated but blues-drenched music.
Finding it helpful to keep his musical identities separate, he was known by his birth name, Ron DeVaughn, in the classical world, but it was as Abdul Wadud that he appeared as a soloist in orchestral works by Anthony Davis and George Lewis, two composers who spanned both worlds.
In 1976 he toured with Stevie Wonder,
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