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Olu Dara (12 Jan 1941 - )

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (2)

Official

Album

  1. In the World: From Natchez to New York 17 Feb 1998
  2. Neighborhoods 20 Feb 2001

Relationships (8)

Member Of

  1. Olu Dara and the CMS Orchestra original, eponymous, harmonica, trumpet
  2. David Murray Big Band
  3. Phillip Wilson Quartet trumpet
  4. Material
  5. David Murray Octet
  6. Charles Brackeen Quartet cornet

Children

  1. Nas
  2. Jungle

Recordings by (23)

  1. Okra 4:48 (17 Feb 1998)
  2. Rain Shower 4:34 (17 Feb 1998)
  3. Natchez Shopping Blues 3:34 (17 Feb 1998)
  4. Your Lips 3:58 (17 Feb 1998)
  5. Harlem Country Girl 5:47 (17 Feb 1998)
  6. Zora 3:14 (17 Feb 1998)
  7. Young Mama 4:44 (17 Feb 1998)
  8. Bubber (If Only) 3:04 (17 Feb 1998)
  9. Father Blues 3:32 (17 Feb 1998)
  10. Kiane 4:32 (17 Feb 1998)
  11. Massamba 3:58 (20 Feb 2001)
  12. Neighborhoods 4:54 (20 Feb 2001)
  13. Herbman 4:44 (20 Feb 2001)
  14. Strange Things Happen Everyday 3:26 (20 Feb 2001)
  15. Bell & Ponce (At the Movie Show) 3:50 (20 Feb 2001)
  16. I See the Light 4:09 (20 Feb 2001)
  17. Out on the Rolling Sea 3:56 (20 Feb 2001)
  18. Bluebird 4:30 (20 Feb 2001)
  19. Used to Be 3:18 (20 Feb 2001)
  20. Red Ant (Nature) 4:10 (20 Feb 2001)
  21. Tree Blues 2:35 (20 Feb 2001)
  22. Strange Things Happen Every Day ?:?? (2007)
  23. Out on the Rolling Sea (acoustic version) 3:13 ()

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Power and Glory 7:57 Doug Carn (1973) tenor horn / alto horn, trumpet
  2. God Is One 1:42 Doug Carn (1973) tenor horn / alto horn, trumpet
  3. Time Is Running Out 3:55 Doug Carn (1973) tenor horn / alto horn, trumpet
  4. Fatherhood 4:15 Doug Carn (1973) tenor horn / alto horn, trumpet
  5. Revelation 3:43 Doug Carn (1973) tenor horn / alto horn, trumpet
  6. Jihad 7:24 Doug Carn (1973) tenor horn / alto horn, trumpet
  7. Naima 4:28 Doug Carn (1973) tenor horn / alto horn, trumpet
  8. Contemplation 4:08 Doug Carn (1973) tenor horn / alto horn, trumpet
  9. Feel Free 9:20 Doug Carn (1973) tenor horn / alto horn, trumpet
  10. While Pushing Down Turn 11:50 Oliver Lake (1975) trumpet
  11. Owshet 5:43 Oliver Lake (1975) trumpet
  12. Heavy Spirits 2:55 Oliver Lake (1975) trumpet
  13. Flowers for Albert 14:18 David Murray (1976) woodwind
  14. Joanne’s Green Satin Dress 12:56 David Murray (1976) woodwind
  15. Ballad for a Decomposed Beauty 9:18 David Murray (1976) woodwind
  16. Roscoe 9:05 David Murray (1976) woodwind
  17. Cha Cha 6:31 Phillip Wilson Quartet (1978) trumpet
  18. F & L 9:50 Phillip Wilson Quartet (1978) trumpet
  19. Broadway Rhumba 8:21 Phillip Wilson Quartet (1978) trumpet
  20. This Is for You 4:30 Phillip Wilson Quartet (1978) trumpet
  21. It’s a Party 11:00 Phillip Wilson Quartet (1978) trumpet
  22. Caul Call! The Eso 4:25 Phillip Wilson (1979) wind instruments
  23. The Chad 2:04 Phillip Wilson (1979) wind instruments
  24. Elephant Bossa 1:00 Phillip Wilson (1979) wind instruments
  25. Olu 2 3:02 Phillip Wilson (1979) wind instruments
  26. Lester B. I 8:23 Phillip Wilson (1979) wind instruments
  27. Lester B. III 2:05 Phillip Wilson (1979) wind instruments
  28. Double Click 3:40 Phillip Wilson (1979) wind instruments
  29. Lester B. II 3:20 Phillip Wilson (1979) wind instruments
  30. Lost and Brash 2:52 Phillip Wilson (1979) wind instruments
  31. The March and Ragtime 3:53 Phillip Wilson (1979) wind instruments
  32. Olu 1 3:35 Phillip Wilson (1979) wind instruments
  33. See-Through 3:50 James Blood Ulmer (1980) cornet
  34. Jasvan 8:48 David Murray Octet (1980) trumpet
  35. The Hill 10:40 David Murray Octet (1980) trumpet
  36. T.V. Blues 4:32 James Blood Ulmer (1980) cornet
  37. Ming 4:24 David Murray Octet (1980) trumpet
  38. The Fast Life 8:53 David Murray Octet (1980) trumpet
  39. Dewey’s Circle 6:32 David Murray Octet (1980) trumpet, trumpet
  40. Jazz Is the Teacher (Funk Is the Preacher) 4:19 James Blood Ulmer (1980) cornet
  41. Hijack 4:42 James Blood Ulmer (1981) trumpet

Vocals

  1. God Is One 1:42 Doug Carn (1973)
  2. Naima 4:28 Doug Carn (1973)
  3. Power and Glory 7:57 Doug Carn (1973)
  4. Jihad 7:24 Doug Carn (1973)
  5. Feel Free 9:20 Doug Carn (1973)
  6. Fatherhood 4:15 Doug Carn (1973)
  7. Revelation 3:43 Doug Carn (1973)
  8. Contemplation 4:08 Doug Carn (1973)
  9. Time Is Running Out 3:55 Doug Carn (1973)

Credited as (17)

  1. Olu Dara
  2. Nicholas Payton, James Zollar & Olu Dara
  3. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band feat. Olu Dara
  4. Nas feat. Olu Dara
  5. Don Byron / Olu Dara / Clark Gayton
  6. Olu Dara & Cassandra Wilson
  7. Corey Harris feat. Olu Dara
  8. Olu Dara feat. Nas
  9. Harold Smith, Byard Lancaster, Art Bennett, Olu Dara, Sonelius Smith, Benny Wilson & Don Moye
  10. David Murray, Olu Dara, Fred Hopkins & Stanley Crouch
  11. Hamiet Bluiett, Olu Dara, Butch Campbell + Billy Patterson, Juney Booth & Charles Bobo Shaw + Don Moye
  12. Nas & Olu Dara
  13. Nas feat. AZ & Olu Dara
  14. Nas featuring Olu Dara
  15. Olu Dara and The CMS Orchestra
  16. Olu Dara and The Creative Music Orchestra
  17. Olu Dara and The CMS Orchestra

Works (8)

Arranged

  1. Electromagnolia

Wrote

  1. Life's a Bitch
  2. YSIV
  3. Electromagnolia

Composed

  1. Untitled 1
  2. Nobody Was There
  3. Untitled 3
  4. Untitled 2

Links (15)

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr91032716
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/olu_dara
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134797655
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr91032716
  5. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6qr50rp
  6. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13987752n

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Olu%20Dara

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/321604

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/174747

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000890197

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0200893/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/69124718

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1357746

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/3DQiuEWQzCUET866iZJmQ9
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/10981