Khan Jamal, born Warren Robert Cheeseboro, was an American jazz vibraphone and marimba player.
11 Facts About Khan Jamal
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Khan Jamal founded the band Sounds of Liberation in 1970.
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Khan Jamal's father, Henry McCloud, worked as an entrepreneur; his mother, Willa Mae Cheeseboro, was a stride pianist.
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Khan Jamal was raised in Philadelphia, and began playing the vibraphone during the later part of his teenage years in the mid-1960s.
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Khan Jamal first played for a group called Cosmic Forces during the later part of the 1960s.
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Khan Jamal later co-founded Sounds of Liberation with Byard Lancaster in 1970.
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Khan Jamal's style connected the two contrasting forms of free jazz and jazz fusion.
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Khan Jamal was known for his skill of shifting modes and moods, as well as his versatile way towards music.
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Khan Jamal was a frequent performer at the Vision Festival.
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Khan Jamal died on January 10,2022, at the Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia.
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Khan Jamal was 75, and suffered kidney failure prior to his death.