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Hamiet Bluiett Brooklyn Illinois September 16 1940 - October 4 2018 Was An American Jazz Baritone Saxophonist Clarinetist And Composer. Bluiett Co-Founded The World Saxophone Quartet. He Also Played Bass Saxophone E-Flat Alto Clarinet E-Flat Contra-Alto Clarinet And Wooden Flute. Bluiett Also Worked With Charles Mingus Sam Rivers Babatunde Olatunji Abdullah Ibrahim Stevie Wonder And Marvin Gaye A.O.. Hamiet Bluiett Was Born Just North Of East St. Louis In Brooklyn Illinois Also Known As Lovejoy A Predominantly African-American Village That Had Been Founded As A Free Black Refuge Community In The 1830s And Which Later Became America's First Majority-Black Town. As A Child He Studied Piano Trumpet And Clarinet But Was Attracted Most Strongly To The Baritone Saxophone From The Age Of Ten. He Began His Musical Career By Playing The Clarinet For Barrelhouse Dances In Brooklyn Illinois Before Joining The Navy Band In 1961. He Attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
In His Mid-Twenties Bluiett Heard Harry Carney The Baritone Player In The Duke Ellington Band Play In A Live Concert In Boston Which Also Made A Strong Impression On The Young Bluiett Providing An Example Of A Baritone Saxophonist Who Played As Soloist Rather Than Accompanist.
Following His Time In The Navy He Returned To The St. Louis Area In The Mid-1960s. In The Late 1960s Bluiett Co-Founded The Black Artists' Group BAG Of St. Louis Missouri A Collective Dedicated To Fostering Creative Work In Theater Visual Arts Dance Poetry Film And Music. He Led The BAG Big Band During 1968 And 1969.
Bluiett Moved To New York City In The Fall Of 1969 Where He Joined The Charles Mingus Quintet And The Sam Rivers Large Ensemble. In 1976 He Co-Founded The World Saxophone Quartet Along With Two Other Black Artists' Group Members Julius Hemphill And Oliver Lake As Well As Multi-Reedist David Murray. He Remained A Champion Of The Somewhat Unwieldy Baritone Saxophone Organizing Large Groups Of Baritone Saxophones. Since The 1990s Bluiett Led A Virtuosic Quartet The Bluiett Baritone Nation Made Up Entirely Of Baritone Saxophones With Drum Set Accompaniment.
In The 1980s He Also Founded The Clarinet Family A Group Of Eight Clarinetists Playing Clarinets Of Various Sizes Ranging From E-Flat Soprano To Contrabass. He Returned To His Hometown Of Brooklyn Illinois In 2002 But Moved Back To New York City In 2012. He Performed At The New Haven Jazz Festival On August 22 2009. He Performed With Students From Neighborhood Music School In New Haven CT. The Group Were Known As Hamiet Bluiett And The Improvisational Youth Orchestra. In 1972 Bluiett Joined Charles Mingus And Toured To Europe With Him. He Would Often Play Off And On With Him Leaving At Some Points To Play With Another Band But Would Come Back A Year Later. In 1974 Bluiett Returned To Mingus And Played In Quintet Alongside George Adams. He Also Performed In Mingus At Carnegie Hall. He Continued To Play With Mingus Until 1975 When He Left To Make His Own Recordings As A Leader. Discography As Leader
1976 Endangered Species India Navigation 1977 Bars Musica 1977 Resolution Black Saint 1978 Birthright India Navigation 1979 Im/Possible To Keep India Navigation 1981 Dangerously Suite Soul Note 1984 Ebu Soul Note 1987 The Clarinet Family Black Saint 1991 If You Have To Ask You Don't Need To Know Tutu 1993 Nali Kola Soul Note 1993 Sankofa / Rear Garde Soul Note 1994 Bearer Of The Holy Flame Black Fire 1995 Young Warrior Old Warrior Mapleshade 1996 Bluiett's Barbecue Band Mapleshade 1997 Ballads And Blues Live At The Village Vanguard Soul Note 1997 Makin' Whoopee Tribute To The King Cole Trio Mapleshade 1998 Bluiett Baritone Saxophone Group Live At The Knitting Factory Knitting Factory 1998 Bluiett Baritone Nation Libation For The Baritone Saxophone Nation Justin Time 1999 Join Us Justin Time With D. D. Jackson And Mor Thiam 2000 With Eyes Wide Open Justin Time 2001 The Calling With D. D. Jackson And Kahil El'Zabar
2002 Blueblack With The World Saxophone Quartet TitleYearLabel
Point Of No Return1977Moers
Steppin' With The World Saxophone Quartet1979Black Saint
W.S.Q.1981Black Saint
Revue1982Black Saint
Live In Zurich1984Black Saint
Live At Brooklyn Academy Of Music1986Black Saint
Plays Duke Ellington1986Elektra / Nonesuch
Dances And Ballads1987Elektra / Nonesuch
Rhythm And Blues1989Elektra / Nonesuch
Metamorphosis1991Elektra / Nonesuch
Moving Right Along1993Black Saint
Breath Of Life1994Elektra / Nonesuch
Four Now1996Justin Time
Takin' It 2 The Next Level1996Justin Time
Selim Sivad A Tribute To Miles Davis1998Justin Time
Requiem For Julius2000Justin Time
25th Anniversary The New Chapter2001Justin Time
Steppenwolf2002Justin Time
Experience2004Justin Time
Political Blues2006Justin Time
Yes We Can2010Jazzwerkstatt As Sideman With The 360 Degree Music Experience In Sanity Black Saint 1976 With Anthony Braxton New York Fall 1974 Arista 1974 With James Carter Conversin' With The Elders Atlantic 1996 Out Of Nowhere Half Note 2005 With Gil Evans Live At The Public Theater New York 1980 Trio 1981 Bud And Bird Electric Bird/King 1986 1987 Farewell Evidence 1986 1992 With Craig Harris F-Stops Soul Note 1993 With Abdullah Ibrahim The Journey Chiaroscuro 1977 With The Music Revelation Ensemble In The Name Of... DIW 1994 Knights Of Power DIW 1996 With David Murray Now Is Another Time Justin Time 2003 read less