OLATUNJI, BABATUNDE

1927–2003, Nigerian drummer, b. Ajido. Educated in the United States, he graduated from Atlanta's Morehouse College in 1954 and studied at New York Univ. A Yoruba, steeped in tribal culture, he established a group of expatriate African drummers, singers, and dancers with whom he performed and recorded. His first album, the 1959 worldwide bestseller Drums of Passion, introduced the intricate, powerful art of African drumming and chanting to a Western audience and transformed Olatunji into America's best-known African musician. He influenced numerous jazz and pop musicians with his performances and teaching workshops. In 1985, Olatunji brought his rhythms to a new group of fans when he performed with the Grateful Dead, and during the 1990s he toured and recorded with the world-beat group Planet Drum.

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Free Jazz and Free Improvisation: An Encyclopedia - Vol. 2
Book by Todd S. Jenkins; Greenwood Press, 2004
Subjects: Improvisation (Music), Jazz--Dictionaries
...134, 166, 231 , 242 , 257 - 258 , 367 Okra Orchestra (group), 120 Olatunji, Babatunde, 110, 299 Olatunji Center for African Culture (venue), lxxiv, 110 Olatunji Concert, The (Coltrane), lxxxv, 110 Old and New Dreams (group...
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The New York Public Library African American Desk Reference
Book by Schomburg Centerfor Research in Black Culture; John Wiley & Sons, 1999
Subjects: African Americans--Encyclopedias, African Americans--History--Encyclopedias
...The group broke up in 1992. Straight Outta Compton (Ruthless, 1988), EFIL4ZAGGIN (Ruthless, 1991). ). Olatunji, Babatunde (1929- ; juju). Nigerian percussionist who came to the United States during the early 1960s as a medical student...
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The Black Arts Movement: Literary Nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s
Book by James Edward Smethurst; University of North Carolina Press, 2005
Subjects: African Americans In Literature, African Americans--Intellectual Life--20th Century, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism, Black Nationalism In Literature, Black Nationalism--United States--History--20th Century
...ODell, Jack, 325 OHara, Frank, iz, 35, 37? 62, 95,136 Ojenke (Alvin Saxon), 291, 308-9,311 Olatunji, Babatunde, i57, z7z Olson, Charles, 12, 62 ONeal, John, 140,345,356 On Guard for Freedom (OGFF),n3> n8...
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Perspectives on the Grateful Dead: Critical Writings
Book by Robert G. Weiner; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: Deadheads (Music Fans)--United States, Grateful Dead (Musical Group), Rock Music--History And Criticism
...Ferrari , 28 29 Nine Inch Nails, 4 Not Fade Away, 36 , 187 o Ojibwa Indians, 47 , 50 , 51 , 52 Ojibwe, 47 , 50 52 Olatunji Babatunde, 42 , 44 Old and in the Way , 43 , 69 , 81 One More Saturday Night, 36 Oswald, John, 35 Other Ones, The, 53...
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Swinging the Machine: Modernity, Technology, and African American Culture between the World Wars
Book by Joel Dinerstein; University of Massachusetts Press, 2003
Subjects: African American Dance--History--20th Century, African Americans In Popular Culture, African Americans--Intellectual Life--20th Century, African Americans--Music--20th Century, City And Town Life--United States--History--20th Century, Popular Culture--United States--History--20th Century, Swing (Dance)--United States--History, Swing (Music)--History, Technology--Social Aspects--United States--History--20th Century, United States--Civilization--African American Influences
...68 75, 164 72. See also trains Nugent, Pete, 223 , 307 Octopus, The, 10 11 Odok, Prince Effin, 117 18 Olatunji, Babatunde, 118 Original Dixieland Jazz Band (ODJB), 49 50 Ostendorf, Berndt, 23 , 26 27 Owens, Jesse, 289 , 380 n...
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journal articles on: Olatunji Babatunde  - 11 results

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Ejiwapo: The Dialectics of Twoness in Yoruba Art and Culture
Journal article by Babatunde Lawal; African Arts, Vol. 41, 2008
Subjects: Archaeology, Book publishing--Officials and employees, Gnosticism, Indiana University Press--Officials and employees, Twins
...Yoruba Art and Culture. by Babatunde Lawal FIGURE 1 OMITTED The...2):207-222. Lawal, Babatunde. 1974. "Some Aspects of...University of New York Press. Olatunji, Olamnde O. 1984. Features...returned with good fortune" (Olatunji 1984:44). (2) Another...
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Aworan: Representing the Self and Its Metaphysical Other in Yoruba Art
Journal article by Babatunde Lawal; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 83, 2001
Subjects: Art criticism, Culture, Indigenous people, Language, Sculpture, Yoruba Tribe
...Representing the Self and Its Metaphysical Other in Yoruba Art by Babatunde Lawal Among the Yoruba of Nigeria and the Republic of Benin...and he frequently makes the subject look younger. As Mosudi Olatunji, the famous Imeko carver, told Robert Farris Thompson in...
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Necrology Index
Journal article by Paul Hahn; Music Library Association. Notes, Vol. 60, 2004
...Cadence, v. 29 no. 10, October 2003. Il GroveJazz. Olatunji, Babatunde, Nigerian drummer, bandleader, and teacher, d...Independent.co.uk, 4/11/2003. Michael Babatunde Olatunji. Sing Out!, v. 47 no. 2, Summer 2003; Beat...
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Books Recently Published
Journal article by Julia Graepel, Karen R. Little; Music Library Association. Notes, Vol. 62, 2005
...xv, 151 p. ISBN 0754635732 (alk. paper). LC 2004-005964. Royal Musical Association monographs, no. 13 Olatunji, Babatunde, and Robert Atkinson. The beat of my drum: an autobiography. Assisted by Akinsola Akiwowo; foreword by Joan...
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Dedicated to the Struggle: Black Music, Transculturation, and the Aural Making and Unmaking of the Third World
Journal article by Njoroge Njoroge; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 28, 2008
Subjects: Black music--Criticism and interpretation, Black music--History, Black music--Political aspects, Music, Black--Criticism and interpretation, Music, Black--History, Music, Black--Political aspects, Race discrimination--History, Race discrimination--Influence, Race discrimination--Political aspects
...Mantilla, and Tomas DuVall, and Babatunde Olatunji from Nigeria. Also on the date...from all over the continent, and Olatunji, playing apesi drums, answers...Roach, DuVall, Mantilla, and Olatunji speak to the polyrhythmic unity...
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magazine articles on: Olatunji Babatunde  - 4 results

 
 
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Babatunde in His Element: 'Ask Not What Africa Can Do for You, but What You Can Do for Africa.'
Magazine article by Kwaku; New African, September 2001
Subjects: African music--Appreciation, Babatunde, Olatunji--Behavior, Composers--Behavior, Drummers (Musicians)--Behavior, Drummers--Behavior
Babatunde in His Element: Ask Not...for Africa. by Kwaku Babatunde Olatunji, the Nigerian master...and political activist, Babatunde played drums at political...Malcolm X. He founded the Olatunji Center for African Culture...
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Shuffle Play
Magazine article by Stuart Kremsky; IAJRC Journal, Vol. 42, September 2009
...with classics by Dave Brubeck, Olatunji, and Charles Mingus. The double...the sensations of the year was Olatunji and his famous debut album, Drums...impresario John Hammond, percussionist Babatunde Olatunji was born in Nigeria but was living...
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Lives
Magazine article; The Crisis, Vol. 110, May/Jun 2003
...progressive neurological disorder. Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji, 76, who helped introduce African music to the United...top-selling record. At the time of his death, Olatunji was teaching at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur...
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Chuck Davis
Magazine article by Jennifer Brewer; Dance Teacher, Vol. 29, August 2007
Subjects: African Americans, Arts festivals, Children & youth, Dance, Learning, Rhythm, Teachers, Teaching
...1960s, moved to New York City to perform with drummer Babatunde Olatunji. He went on to dance with the companies of Klara...the genuine traditions when I was performing with Olatunji at the Worlds Fair in New York in 1964-65. We were...


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newspaper articles on: Olatunji Babatunde  - 1 result

 
 
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Talking Drums
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 3, 2008
Subjects: Concerts, Musicians
...around the world sparked an interest in global cultures, leading to collaborations with such drummers as Nigerias Babatunde Olatunji, Brazils Airto Moreira and Indias Zakir Hussain. Hart believes in bringing people together through rhythm. His...


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Olatunji, Babatunde
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OLATUNJI, BABATUNDE 1927 2003, Nigerian drummer, b. Ajido...to a Western audience and transformed Olatunji into Americas best-known African musician...performances and teaching workshops. In 1985, Olatunji brought his rhythms to a new group of...


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