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Leroy Jenkins (11 Mar 1932 - 24 Feb 2007)

Male Person - United States American composer and violinist

Releases (4)

Official

Album - Live

  1. Solo Concert 1977

Album

  1. The Legend of Ai Glatson 1978
  2. Space minds, New worlds, Survival of America 1979
  3. Mixed Quintet 1983

Relationships (5)

Member Of

  1. Equal Interest (1997) original, viola, violin
  2. Leroy Jenkins/James Emery Duo original, eponymous, violin
  3. The Cecil Taylor Unit (1987) additional
  4. Leroy Jenkins’ Sting
  5. Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians

Recordings by (28)

  1. Improvisation 7:47 (1977)
  2. Why Am I Here 8:20 (1977)
  3. Opus / Supo National Baptist Convention 8:34 (1977)
  4. Lush Life 8:57 (1977)
  5. Keep On Trucking, Brother (A Message to Bruce) 12:18 (1977)
  6. Nobody Knows de Trouble I Seen 2:07 (1977)
  7. Ai Glatson 10:33 (1978)
  8. Brax Stone 8:53 (1978)
  9. Albert Ayler (His Life Was Too Short) 4:06 (1978)
  10. Tuesday Child 5:22 (1978)
  11. What Goes Around Comes Around 8:28 (1978)
  12. Space Minds, New Worlds, Survival Of America I. Blast Off Day (Love - Tolerance - Understanding) ?:?? (1979)
  13. Space Minds, New Worlds, Survival Of America II. Discovery (Knowledge - Doubt - Sensitivity) ?:?? (1979)
  14. Space Minds, New Worlds, Survival Of America III. Euphoria (Beauty) ?:?? (1979)
  15. Space Minds, New Worlds, Survival Of America IV. 1984 ?:?? (1979)
  16. Space Minds, New Worlds, Survival Of America V. Self-Realization ?:?? (1979)
  17. Space Minds, New Worlds, Survival Of America VI .Return Trip (Total 21:09) ?:?? (1979)
  18. Dancing On A Melody 4:37 (1979)
  19. The Clowns 3:18 (1979)
  20. Kick Back Stomp 6:23 (1979)
  21. Through The Ages Jehovah 3:05 (1979)
  22. Shapes, Textures, Rhythms, Moods of Sound 19:17 (1983)
  23. Quintet #3 18:09 (1983)
  24. Through the Ages 3:07 (1989)
  25. Hard Luck Hard Time Blues ?:?? (2002)
  26. Why Don’t You Get on the Woo Wagon With Me? ?:?? (2002)
  27. Hard Time, Hard Luck Blues 2:35 (2005)
  28. solo viola (live @ BoaC Marathon 1991) 18:13 (09 Mar 2017)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Black Gipsy 25:15 Archie Shepp (1970) viola
  2. The Lowlands 18:33 Archie Shepp & Philly Joe Jones (1970) violin
  3. Epitaph of a Small Winner: Rio de Janeiro, Casablanca, Chicago 22:36 Archie Shepp (1970) viola
  4. Howling in the Silence 21:40 Archie Shepp & Philly Joe Jones (1970) violin
  5. Pitchin' Can 7:35 Archie Shepp (1970) viola
  6. Hare Krishna 8:14 Alice Coltrane (1971) violin
  7. Universal Consciousness 5:05 Alice Coltrane (1971) violin
  8. Oh Allah 5:00 Alice Coltrane (1971) violin
  9. Galaxy in Satchidananda 10:18 Alice Coltrane With Strings (1972) strings
  10. Galaxy Around Olodumare 4:15 Alice Coltrane With Strings (1972) strings
  11. Steam, Part 2 5:10 Archie Shepp (1972) violin
  12. Good Bye Sweet Pops 4:22 Archie Shepp (1972) violin
  13. Ballad for a Child 3:36 Archie Shepp (1972) violin
  14. My Favorite Things 6:22 Alice Coltrane With Strings (1972) strings
  15. Attica Blues 4:47 Archie Shepp (1972) violin
  16. Steam, Part 1 5:07 Archie Shepp (1972) violin
  17. Galaxy in Turiya 9:57 Alice Coltrane With Strings (1972) strings
  18. Quiet Dawn 6:12 Archie Shepp (1972) violin
  19. A Love Supreme 10:00 Alice Coltrane With Strings (1972) solo, strings, violin
  20. The Cry of My People 5:45 Archie Shepp (1973) violin
  21. Desireless 1:22 Don Cherry & The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra (1973) violin
  22. The Seeker: Black Classical Rap / The Seeker / Thank You, Bird / New Orleans 17:21 Rahsaan Roland Kirk & The Vibration Society (1973) violin
  23. Inspiration From a Vietnamese Lullaby 9:41 Paul Motian (1973) violin
  24. Mali Doussn’gouni 5:40 Don Cherry & The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra (1973) violin
  25. The Queen of Tung-Ting Lake 4:30 Don Cherry & The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra (1973) violin
  26. The Lady 5:31 Archie Shepp (1973) violin
  27. African Drum Suite, Part 2 7:34 Archie Shepp (1973) violin
  28. A Love Supreme 7:02 Alice Coltrane (1973) solo, strings, violin
  29. Tantra 8:00 Don Cherry & The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra (1973) violin
  30. Introduction 1:40 Rahsaan Roland Kirk & The Vibration Society (1973) violin
  31. A Prayer 6:29 Archie Shepp (1973) violin
  32. Infinite Gentleness 3:22 Don Cherry & The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra (1973) violin
  33. Baby Let Me Shake Your Tree 4:54 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1973) violin
  34. Trans-Love Airways 6:50 Don Cherry & The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra (1973) violin
  35. March of the Hobbits 3:38 Don Cherry & The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra (1973) violin
  36. Come Sunday 9:30 Archie Shepp (1973) violin
  37. Seeds and Deeds 4:50 Dewey Redman (1975) violin
  38. Side Two, Cut Three 5:29 Anthony Braxton (1975) violin
  39. Revolutionary Ensemble 14:52 Revolutionary Ensemble (1977) mbira, violin
  40. Vietnam 1 10:26 Revolutionary Ensemble (1977) flute, violin
  41. Chicago 5:47 Revolutionary Ensemble (1977) violin
  42. Vietnam 2 11:41 Revolutionary Ensemble (1977) violin
  43. Live in Vienna, Part 1 22:37 The Cecil Taylor Unit (1988) violin
  44. Live in Bologna, Part 2 25:25 The Cecil Taylor Unit (1988) violin
  45. Live in Bologna, Part 4 19:58 The Cecil Taylor Unit (1988) violin
  46. Live in Vienna, Part 4 24:05 The Cecil Taylor Unit (1988) violin
  47. Live in Bologna 1:9:53 The Cecil Taylor Unit (1988) violin
  48. Tzotzil / Mummers / Tzotzil, Part 2 30:48 Cecil Taylor (1988) violin
  49. Live in Vienna, Part 2 22:25 The Cecil Taylor Unit (1988) violin

Vocals

  1. Revolutionary Ensemble 14:52 Revolutionary Ensemble (1977)

Credited as (8)

  1. Leroy Jenkins
  2. Anthony Braxton - Leroy Jenkins - Leo Smith
  3. Abdul Wadud, Leroy Jenkins
  4. Rashied Ali / Le Roy Jenkins
  5. Revolutionary Ensemble, Jerome Cooper, Sirone, Leroy Jenkins
  6. Joseph Jarman / Leroy Jenkins
  7. Leroy Jenkins & Mary Griffin
  8. Leroy Jenkins feat. Muhal Richard Abrams

Works (13)

Wrote

  1. Boogie Woogie Teenage

Composed

  1. B’Pale Night
  2. In the Moment
  3. Come on Home, Baby
  4. Revolutionary Ensemble
  5. Through the Ages Jehovah
  6. Off the Top of My Head
  7. Simple Like
  8. Push Button Automobile

Lyrics

  1. Push Button Automobile

Dedicated Works

  1. For Leroy Jenkins
  2. Eternal Planet
  3. Composition No. 8B

Links (9)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/13367665X
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81095915
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13895629d
  4. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6dv58f6
  5. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81095915

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/282232

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000787905

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/39562180

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13036399