Jemeel Moondoc

Jemeel Moondoc (born August 5, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois) is a jazz saxophonist who plays alto saxophone.[1] He is a proponent of a highly improvisational style.

Jemeel Moondoc
Moondoc performing at Studio Rivbea July, 1976
Background information
Born	5 August 1951 Chicago, Illinois United States
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Alto saxophone, clarinet, piano
Website	https://www.jemeelmoondoc.com/

He studied clarinet and piano before settling on saxophone at sixteen. He became interested in jazz largely due to Cecil Taylor and at the University of Wisconsin–Madison he was a student of Taylor's. After that he moved to New York City where he founded "Ensemble Muntu" with William Parker, Roy Campbell, Jr., and Rashid Bakr. The group also had its own Muntu record label, but eventually faced financial difficulties. He worked with Parker again in 1998's album New World Pygmies.

Discography

As leader

• First Feeding (Muntu, 1977)
• The Evening of the Blue Men (Muntu, 1979)
• New York Live! (Cadence Jazz, 1981)
• The Intrepid Live in Poland (Poljazz, 1981)
• We Don't (Eremite, 1981; issued 2003) - with Denis Charles
• Judy's Bounce (Soul Note, 1982)
• The Athens Concert (Praxis, 1982)
• Konstanze's Delight (Soul Note, 1983)
• Nostalgia in Times Square (Soul Note, 1986)
• Tri-P-Let (Eremite, 1996)
• Fire in the Valley (Eremite, 1997)
• New World Pygmies (Eremite, 1999)
• Revolt of the Negro Lawn Jockeys (Eremite, 2001)
• New World Pygmies vol. 2 (Eremite, 2002)
• Live at Glenn Miller Café Vol 1 (Ayler, 2002)
• Live in Paris (Cadence, 2003)
• Two (Relative Pitch, 2012) - with Connie Crothers
• The Zookeeper's House (Relative Pitch, 2014)
• Cosmic Nickelodeon (Relative Pitch, 2016) - with Hilliard Greene

with the Jus Grew Orchestra

• Spirit House (Eremite, 2001)
• Live at the Vision Festival (Ayler, 2003)

As sideman

with Denis Charles

• Captain of the Deep (Eremite, 1998)

with Steve Swell

• This Now! (Cadence Jazz, 2003)
• Swimming in a Galaxy of Goodwill and Sorrow (RogueArt, 2007)

References

1. Such, David Glen (1993). Avant-garde jazz musicians: performing "out there". University Of Iowa Press. pp. 67–70. ISBN 978-0-87745-435-9.

External links

• All Music
• Jazz map at the Wayback Machine (archived April 12, 2008)
• Jazz Weekly Interview at the Wayback Machine (archived July 18, 2001)