American jazz drummerMusical artist

Pheeroan akLaff, born Paul Maddox (born January 27, 1955) is an American jazz drummer. Pheeroan akLaff began playing in his hometown of Detroit, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, with Travis Biggs, Ars Nova, The Ebony Set, The Last Days, and Rod Lumpkin, recorded with Major Lansky. He moved to New Haven, Connecticut, and formed DejaVu with Dwight Andrews. He debuted with Bill Baron in 1975, followed by tenure in Leo Smith's New Dalta Ahkri.

Later developed a longstanding *ociation with Oliver Lake, which included writing for their fusion ensemble, Jump Up. His performance and recorded history includes works with Andrew Hill, Cecil Taylor, Reggie Workman, and many others. In 2006 he co-founded Seed Artists in Brooklyn and currently teaches music at Wesleyan University.

Contents

• 1 Discography
  • 1.1 As leader
  • 1.2 As sideman
• 2 References
• 3 External links

Discography

As leader

• 1983: Fits Like a Glove (Gramavision)
• 1989: Sonogram (Mu Works)
• 1998: Global Mantras (Modern Masters)

As sideman

With Geri Allen

• Maroons (Blue Note, 1992)

With Anthony Braxton

• Anthony Braxton's Charlie Parker Project 1993 (HatART, 1993, )
• Knitting Factory (Piano/Quartet) 1994, Vol. 1 (Leo, 1994)
• Knitting Factory (Piano/Quartet) 1994, Vol. 2 (Leo, 1994)
• Seven Standards 1995 (Knitting Factory Works, 1995)

With Oliver Lake

• Holding Together (Black Saint, 1975)
• Prophet (Black Saint, 1980)
• Clevont Fitzhubert (Black Saint, 1981)
• Expandable Language (Black Saint, 1984)
• Again and Again (Gramavision, 1991)
• Zaki (hat ART, 1992)
• Virtual Reality (Total Escapism) (Gazell, 1992)

With Henry Threadgill

• When Was That? (1982)
• Just the Facts and P* the Bucket (1983)
• New Air: Live at Montreal International Jazz Festival (1984)
• Subject to Change (1985)
• New Air: Air Show No. 1 (1986) with C*andra Wilson
• You Know the Number (1986)
• Easily Slip Into Another World (1987)
• Makin' a Move (1995)

With Jay Hoggard

• The Right Place (JHVM, 2003)
• Something 'Bout Believing (Twinz Records, 1999)
• Love Is the Answer (Muse, 1994)
• Riverside Dance (India Navigation), 1985
• Love Survives (Gramavision, 1983

With Craig Harris

• Shelter (JMT 1987)
• Blackout in the Square Root of Soul (JMT, 1988)

With Ray Anderson

• What Because (Gramavision, 1989)

With Don Byron

• Tuskegee Experiments (1992)

With Anthony Davis

• Hidden Voices (India Navigation, 1979) – with James Newton
• Variations in Dream-time (India Navigation, 1980)
• Episteme (Gramavision, 1981)
• Hemispheres (Gramavision, 1983)

With Julius Hemphill

• One Atmosphere (2003)

With Uwe Kropinski

• First Time in Manhattan (ITM, 1993)

With Amina Claudine Myers

• Song for Mother E (Leo Records, 1979)

With Sonny Sharrock

• Seize the Rainbow (Enemy, 1987)
• Live in New York (Enemy, 1989)

With Wadada Leo Smith

• Song of Humanity (Kabell, 1977) also released on Kabell Years: 1971–1979 (Tzadik, 2004)
• Budding of a Rose (Moers Music, 1979)
• Spirit Catcher (Nessa, 1979)
• Spiritual Dimensions (Cuneiform, 2009)
• Dark Lady of the Sonnets (TUM, 2011)
• Heart's Reflections (Cuneiform, 2011)
• Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform, 2012)
• America's National Parks (Cuneiform, 2016)
• Najwa (TUM, 2017)

With Mal Waldron

• My Dear Family (Evidence, 1993)

With Reggie Workman

• Summit Conference (Postcards, 1993)

With Yōsuke Yama*a

• Kurdish Dance (Verve, 1993)
• Dazzling Days (Verve, 1993)
• Fragments 1999 (Verve, 1999)
• Spider (Verve, 1996)

References

External links

• Website