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Tani Tabbal is a
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drummer who has worked with
Roscoe Mitchell Roscoe Mitchell (born August 3, 1940) is an American composer, jazz instrumentalist, and educator, known for being "a technically superb – if idiosyncratic – saxophonist". ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' described him as "one of the key figure ...
, David Murray, and
Cassandra Wilson Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. She is one of the most successful female jazz singers and has been described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed wit ...
.


Biography

By the age of 14 Tabbal was playing professionally, performing with
Oscar Brown Jr Oscar Brown Jr. (October 10, 1926May 29, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, actor, and civil rights activist (Brown was African-American). Brown discovered The Jackson 5. Aside from his career, Brown ran unsuccessfully ...
. In his teens he also performed with
Phil Cohran Kelan Phil Cohran (May 8, 1927 June 28, 2017) was an American jazz musician. He was best known for playing trumpet in the Sun Ra Arkestra in Chicago from 1959 to 1961, and for his involvement in the foundation of the Association for the Advance ...
and the
Sun Ra Le Sony'r Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific ou ...
Arkestra. Tabbal has recorded, performed and toured with a wide range of musicians, including
Roscoe Mitchell Roscoe Mitchell (born August 3, 1940) is an American composer, jazz instrumentalist, and educator, known for being "a technically superb – if idiosyncratic – saxophonist". ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' described him as "one of the key figure ...
,
Anthony Braxton Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American experimental composer, educator, music theorist, improviser and multi-instrumentalist who is best known for playing saxophones, particularly the alto. Braxton grew up on the South Side of Chi ...
,
Oliver Lake Oliver Lake (born September 14, 1942) is an American List of jazz saxophonists, jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, poet, and visual artist. He is known mainly for alto saxophone, but he also performs on soprano saxophone, soprano and flute. D ...
,
Muhal Richard Abrams Muhal Richard Abrams (born Richard Lewis Abrams; September 19, 1930 – October 29, 2017) was an American educator, administrator, composer, arranger, clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist in the free jazz medium. He recorded and toured the Uni ...
,
Henry Threadgill Henry Threadgill (born February 15, 1944) is an American composer, saxophonist and flautist. He came to prominence in the 1970s leading ensembles rooted in jazz but with unusual instrumentation and often incorporating other genres of music. He h ...
, Richard Davis, David Murray, James Carter,
Geri Allen Geri Antoinette Allen (June 12, 1957 – June 27, 2017) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. She taught at the University of Michigan and the University of Pittsburgh. Early life and education Allen was born in Pontiac, Michigan ...
,
Karl Berger Karl Hans Berger (March 30, 1935 – April 9, 2023) was a German-American jazz pianist, vibraphonist, composer, and educator. He was a leading figure in jazz improvisation from the 1960s when he settled in the United States for life. He founde ...
,
Evan Parker Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944) is a British tenor and soprano saxophone player who plays free improvisation. Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free ja ...
, Leroy Jenkins,
Milt Jackson Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with ...
,
Jackie McLean John Lenwood McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator. He is one of the few musicians to be elected to the ''DownBeat'' Hall of Fame in the year of their death. Bio ...
,
Dewey Redman Walter Dewey Redman (May 17, 1931 – September 2, 2006) was an American saxophonist who performed free jazz as a bandleader with Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett. Redman mainly played tenor saxophone, though he occasionally also played alto s ...
and
Cassandra Wilson Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. She is one of the most successful female jazz singers and has been described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed wit ...
. He was also an integral part of the rhythm section of
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group
Griot Galaxy Griot Galaxy was an avant-garde jazz band led by Detroit saxophonist and poet Faruq Z. Bey. The band was founded in 1972 with drummer Tariq Samad, bassist Jaribu Shahid, and saxophonists Bey, Anthony Holland (saxophonist), Anthony Holland and Dav ...
, along with bassist
Jaribu Shahid Jaribu Abdurahman Shahid (born Glenn Henderson, September 11, 1955, Detroit) is an American jazz bassist. He plays both double-bass and electric bass. Shahid played in the band Griot Galaxy with Faruq Z. Bey in the 1970s, and became the ensembl ...
. In addition, he was in the percussion ensemble "Pieces of Time" along with
Andrew Cyrille Andrew Charles Cyrille (born November 10, 1939) is an American avant-garde jazz drummer. Throughout his career, he has performed both as a leader and a sideman in the bands of Walt Dickerson and Cecil Taylor, among others. AllMusic biographer ...
,
Famoudou Don Moye Donald Moye, Jr. (born May 23, 1946), known as Famoudou Don Moye, is an American jazz percussionist and drummer. He is most known for his involvement with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and is noted for his mastery of African and Caribbean percuss ...
, and
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. In 2001 he was successfully treated for a brain tumour. In 2007, Tani released a solo percussion CD, entitled ''Before Time After''.


Discography


As co-leader

With
Griot Galaxy Griot Galaxy was an avant-garde jazz band led by Detroit saxophonist and poet Faruq Z. Bey. The band was founded in 1972 with drummer Tariq Samad, bassist Jaribu Shahid, and saxophonists Bey, Anthony Holland (saxophonist), Anthony Holland and Dav ...
* ''Kins'' (Black and White, 1982) * ''Opus Krampus'' (Sound Aspect, 1985) * ''Live at the D.I.A.'' (Entropy, 2003; recorded 1983) With Barefield-Holland-Tabbal Trio (Spencer Barefield and Anthony Holland) * ''Transdimensional Space Window'' (Trans-African, 1982; reissued on Geodesic) * ''Live at Nickelsdorfer Konfrontationen'' (Sound Aspects, 1986) With
Douglas Ewart Douglas R. Ewart (born 13 September 1946 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican multi-instrumentalist and instrument builder. He plays sopranino and alto saxophones, clarinets, bassoon, flute, bamboo flutes (''shakuhachi'', '' ney'', and panpipes ...
and Spencer Barefield * ''Ewart-Barefield-Tabbal Trio'' (Geodesic) With John Lindberg and Rahman Jamaal as JazzHopRevolution * ''Tha Sound of Truth'' (Planet Arts)


As sideman

With
Geri Allen Geri Antoinette Allen (June 12, 1957 – June 27, 2017) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. She taught at the University of Michigan and the University of Pittsburgh. Early life and education Allen was born in Pontiac, Michigan ...
* '' Open on All Sides in the Middle'' (Minor Music, 1987) * '' Twylight'' (Minor Music, 1989) * ''
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'' (Blue Note, 1992) With Spencer Barefield * ''Xenogenesis 2000'' (CAC/Xenogenesis, 1992; recorded 1990) * ''Live-Detroit'' (CAC/Xenogenesis, 1998) With
Karl Berger Karl Hans Berger (March 30, 1935 – April 9, 2023) was a German-American jazz pianist, vibraphonist, composer, and educator. He was a leading figure in jazz improvisation from the 1960s when he settled in the United States for life. He founde ...
* ''Stillpoint'' (Double Moon, 2002) With James Carter Quartet * '' JC on the Set'' (DIW, 1993) * '' Jurassic Classics'' (DIW, 1994) * '' The Real Quiet Storm'' (Atlantic, 1995) * ''
Conversin' with the Elders ''Conversin' with the Elders'' is the fourth album by saxophonist James Carter recorded in late 1995 and early 1996 and released on the Atlantic label.
'' (Atlantic, 1996) * '' In Carterian Fashion'' (Atlantic, 1998) With
Steve Coleman Steve Coleman (born September 20, 1956) is an American saxophonist, composer, bandleader and music theorist. In 2014, he was named a MacArthur Fellow. Early life Steve Coleman was born and grew up in South Side, Chicago. He started playing ...
and
Greg Osby Greg Osby (born August 3, 1960) is an American saxophonist and composer. Biography Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Osby studied at Howard University, then at the Berklee College of Music. He moved to New York City in 1982, where he played with Jak ...
as Strata Institute * '' Cipher Syntax'' (JMT, 1989) With Joe Giardullo * ''Shadow and Light'' (Drimila, 2002) * ''Now Is'' (Drimala, 2003) With Leroy Jenkins * ''The New Chamber Jazz Quintet'' (Geodesic) With John Menegon * ''Search Light Featuring
Dewey Redman Walter Dewey Redman (May 17, 1931 – September 2, 2006) was an American saxophonist who performed free jazz as a bandleader with Ornette Coleman and Keith Jarrett. Redman mainly played tenor saxophone, though he occasionally also played alto s ...
'' (Jazz in the Mountains, 2004) * ''Soul Advice'' (Jazz in the Mountains, 2005) With
Roscoe Mitchell Roscoe Mitchell (born August 3, 1940) is an American composer, jazz instrumentalist, and educator, known for being "a technically superb – if idiosyncratic – saxophonist". ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' described him as "one of the key figure ...
* ''
Snurdy McGurdy and Her Dancin' Shoes ''Snurdy McGurdy and Her Dancin' Shoes'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell which was recorded in 1980 and released on Nessa. It was the debut of the Sound Ensemble which introduced four young musicians: trumpeter Hugh Ragin ...
'' (Nessa, 1981) * '' 3 x 4 Eye'' (Black Saint, 1981) * ''More Cutouts'' (Cecma, 1981) * '' Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound and Space Ensembles'' (Black Saint, 1984) * ''Sound Ensemble Live in Detroit'' (Cecma, 1989) * '' Live at the Knitting Factory'' (Black Saint, 1990; recorded 1987) * ''
This Dance Is for Steve McCall ''This Dance Is for Steve McCall'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell which was recorded in 1992 and released on the Italian Black Saint label. Background The record marks the debut of the Note Factory, an outgrowth of the ...
'' (Black Saint, 1993) * '' Nine to Get Ready'' (ECM, 1999) * ''
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'' (Around Jazz, 2000) * ''
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RogueArt RogueArt (also written Rogueart and Rogue Art) is a French independent record label based in Paris. It was founded by record producer Michel Dorbon in 2005 and specialises in jazz and improvised music. History RogueArt was founded by record pr ...
, 2005) * '' Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2 & 3'' (ECM, 2007; recorded 2004) * ''
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'' (ECM, 2010; recorded 2007) *'' Bells for the South Side'' (ECM, 2017) With David Murray * '' Remembrances'' (DIW, 1991) * '' David Murray Big Band'' conducted by Lawrence "Butch" Morris (DIW, 1991) * David Murray Octet – ''
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'' (DIW, 1993) * David Murray Big Band – '' South of the Border'' (DIW, 1993) With
Evan Parker Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944) is a British tenor and soprano saxophone player who plays free improvisation. Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free ja ...
and the Transatlantic Art Ensemble * ''
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'' (ECM, 2008; recorded 2004) With
Hugh Ragin Hugh Ragin is an American jazz trumpeter. Career Ragin was born and raised in Houston, Texas, and began playing trumpet in his early teens, taking lessons in classical music, and was a member of the Houston All-City High School Orchestra. He re ...
* ''
Feel the Sunshine "Feel the Sunshine" is a song by British drum and bass producer Alex Reece featuring vocals by singer Deborah Anderson, who also co-wrote the lyrics. It received critical acclaim and was included on Reece's debut album, ''So Far'', which was rele ...
'' ( Justin Time, 2002) With The Real ShooBee Doo (a.k.a. Reggie Fields) * ''Reminiscing'' (Wenha, 1981) * ''Good to Go'' (Wenha, 1983) With Ray Spiegel * ''Raga Jazz Ray Spiegel Ensemble'' (Simla House) With
Sun Ra Le Sony'r Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific ou ...
Arkestra * ''Beyond the Purple Star Zone'' (Saturn, 1981) * ''Dual Change'' (Saturn) With
Craig Taborn Craig Marvin Taborn (; born February 20, 1970) is an American pianist, organist, keyboardist and composer. He works solo and in bands, mostly playing various forms of jazz. He started playing piano and Moog synthesizer as an adolescent and was i ...
* '' Craig Taborn Trio'' (DIW, 1994) With Rod Williams * ''Hanging in the Balance'' (
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, 1989) * ''Destiny Express'' (Muse, 1993) With
Cassandra Wilson Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. She is one of the most successful female jazz singers and has been described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed wit ...
* '' She Who Weeps'' (JMT, 1991)


References


External links


Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tabbal, Tani American jazz drummers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people RogueArt artists Griot Galaxy members American male drummers