Alphonse Mouzon
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Mouzon in 2009
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Alphonse Lee Mouzon |
| Born |
November 21, 1948 Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | December 25, 2016 (aged 68) Granada Hills, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, jazz fusion, jazz-funk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, label owner |
| Instruments | Drums |
| Years active | 1970–2016 |
| Labels | Blue Note, Tenacious |
| Associated acts | Weather Report, Eleventh House, Miles Davis, McCoy Tyner |
| Website | www |
Alphonse Lee Mouzon (November 21, 1948 – December 25, 2016) was an American jazz fusion drummer and the owner of Tenacious Records, a label that primarily releases Mouzon's recordings. He was a composer, arranger, producer and actor. He gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Mouzon, of African, French and Blackfoot descent, was born on November 21, 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina. He received his first musical training at Bonds-Wilson High School and moved to New York City upon graduation. He studied drama and music at the City College of New York as well as medicine at Manhattan Medical School. He continued receiving drum lessons from Bobby Thomas, the drummer for jazz pianist Billy Taylor. He played percussion in the Broadway show Promises, Promises, he then worked with pianist McCoy Tyner. He spent a year as a member of the jazz fusion band, Weather Report. After that Mouzon signed as a solo artist to the Blue Note label in 1972.
Mouzon's visibility increased during his tenure with guitarist Larry Coryell's Eleventh House fusion band from 1973 to 1975. Albums from this period include Introducing the Eleventh House, Level One, Mind Transplant (a solo album), and in 1977, a reconciliation recording with Coryell entitled Back Together Again.
Mouzon recorded Mind Transplant in 1974 with guitarist Tommy Bolin, who had previously played on Billy Cobham's Spectrum.
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