Leo Morris
| Idris Muhammad | |
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Idris Muhammad playing with Reggie Workman and Pharoah Sanders, c. 1978
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Leo Morris |
| Born |
November 13, 1939 New Orleans, Louisiana, US |
| Died | July 29, 2014 (aged 74) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US |
| Genres | Jazz, bebop, hardbop, soul, funk |
| Occupation(s) | Drummer, composer |
| Instruments | drums |
Idris Muhammad (Arabic: إدريس محمد; born Leo Morris; November 13, 1939 – July 29, 2014) was an American jazz drummer who recorded extensively with many musicians, including Ahmad Jamal, Lou Donaldson, Pharoah Sanders, and Tete Montoliu.
Muhammad was an endorser of Istanbul Agop Cymbals.
In 2012 Xlibris released the book Inside The Music: The Life of Idris Muhammad, which he wrote with his friend Britt Alexander. He died aged 74 in 2014.
He changed his name in the 1960s upon his conversion to Islam. In 1966, he married Dolores "LaLa" Brooks (former member of the Crystals; she converted to Islam with him and went for a time under the name Sakinah Muhammad). They separated in 1999. Together, they had two sons and two daughters, and he had one daughter from a previous marriage to Gracie Lee Edwards.
Idris Muhammad is probably best known for his album Power of Soul, which included the tune Loran's Dance, which received considerable airplay on jazz radio stations.
With Kamal Abdul-Alim
With Nat Adderley
With Gene Ammons
With George Benson
With Walter Bishop, Jr.
With Rusty Bryant
With George Coleman
With Hank Crawford
With Paul Desmond
With Fats Domino
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