1. Giuseppi Logan was a jazz musician, originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who taught himself to play piano and drums before switching to reeds at the age of 12.
13 Facts About Giuseppi Logan
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Giuseppi Logan collaborated with Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders and Bill Dixon before forming his own quartet made up of pianist Don Pullen, bassist Eddie Gomez and percussionist Milford Graves.
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Giuseppi Logan was a member of Byard Lancaster's band and toured with and appeared on records by Patty Waters.
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Giuseppi Logan had a great deal of difficulty with getting people to play his music.
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Giuseppi Logan held his head back all the way, explaining once, 'This way my throat is completely open,' so he could have more air coming through his windpipe.
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Giuseppi Logan used to pride himself on playing up to the fourth octave on alto.
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Giuseppi Logan had his own points of view about music, which is what this music is supposed to be about.
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Giuseppi Logan is a question mark whether he is still alive.
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Giuseppi Logan wanted to record me and in turn, I told Giuseppi that I have some time because I'm a young guy and instead of me taking this record date and being the leader, I gave him the record date and so he took the record date.
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Around this same time filmmaker Suzannah Troy made the first of many short films of Giuseppi Logan practicing in his preferred hangout, Tompkins Square Park.
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In 2010, Giuseppi Logan released a comeback record announcing his return to music on Tompkins Square Records with Matt Lavelle, Dave Burrell, Warren Smith and Francois Grillot.
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In October 2011, Giuseppi Logan recorded six songs with "a group of younger experimental musicians"; as of April 2012, he was still living in New York and performing as a street musician.
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Giuseppi Logan died on April 17,2020, at a nursing facility in Far Rockaway, Queens from COVID-19.