Dawoud

Music:

Member Since: 5/24/2005
Band Website: renegadesufi.com
Band Members: Dawoud - Vocals & Sitar
Influences: Jimi Hendrix, Ravi Shankar, John Coltrane, Ziryab, The Master Musicians of Jajouka, Bruce Lee, Ibn Arabi, Amir Khusro, Tansen, Max Von Plank, Werner Heisenburg, Idires Shah, Miles Davis,

Many others - none of the above.
Sounds Like: Discography of self produced solo recordings:
"Life Experience" (out of print)
"Rainy Afternoon Meditation" (out of print)
"Dawoud & the New Culture Ensemble" (out of print)
"The Tao of Mystic Jaz" (available online)
"Renegade Sufi"

A sample of the recordings I played on as a sideman:
"She Who Bleeds" - Shelley Nichole
"Natural High" - Sena
"Evidence of Things Not Seen" - Marshall Jones
"Reconciliation" - Lauryn Hill
"Burning" - Musa Ricci
"Heartstrings" - Eve Carr
"Breath" - Kena Custage
"African Rain" Jojo Kao
"Interpreter of Desires" - Analoge Fakir
"Fakir" Celt Islam Soundsystem
"Blessed Mustapha" Khaleed Muhammad
"When I Pray" Adia Whittaker / Ase Dance Company

Credits with theater / dance include:
"Aerial Dance" (Dha-Fusion Productions)
"The Brothers Karamazov" (Frost / Friedman Productions).
"Windows," (Leon Azul Productions).
"It's Wake Up Time" (Bilal Family Productions).
"The Answer" (Najiullah Productions).
"Indigenous Woman" (Muhayyideen Wisdom Theater Productions).

Credits with film scoring include:
"RAM" (One Life Productions. dir. Edwin Porres)
"The Rose" (dir. Fareen Butt)
"The Life and Times of Omar Khayyam" (dir. Majid Beemtaha)
"One Voice; Our Youth" (dir. Muhammad Stewart)
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way" (Sunshine Star productions)

Other interesting experiences I had include:
Acting.
Creating visual art.
Teaching music privately, at the Harlem School of the Arts, and at the Bronx School of Music and Art.
Held executive position with the United Muslim Musicians & recording Artists (1995-00).
Performing spoken word / poetry in the NYC area.
Worked as a recording engineer, live sound, TV production, and radio engineering.

I am also an Imam (Islamic minister) with the volunteer service of the New York City Department of Corrections.

Here is a list of a few of the people I'd recorded and / or performed with:

Lauryn Hill, Yewande, Pamela West, Body Temple, Kelvyn Bell (Kelvynator, Lester Bowie,Arthur Blythe, Roland Shannon Jackson), Dean Bowman, Jessie "Cheese" Hameen (Brother Jesse played with everybody!), Abdou Mboup (Pharaoh Saunders, Joe Zawinul, etc.), Marie Alphonzo(Zap Mama), The Mysterious Tremendum Ensemble, Ravish Momin, Ustad Muzallim Hussain, Jojo Kao (Fela Kuti), Akim Funk Buddha & Dha-Fusion, Steve Swell, Daniel Carter, Sabir Matin, Sayyd Abdul Khabir (Duke Ellington, Count Basie), Bob Cunningham (played with everyone!), Rahn Burton (Rahsaan Roland Kirk), Larajji, Junni Booth (Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Elvin Jones,Larry Young), Tony Jones (Stevie Wonder, Patti LaBelle, etc), Harry Whittaker, Mansoor Scott, Shelly Nichole's Blak Bushe, Tonya Ridgely, and many others.

Radio stations that feature my music include:

M3 Radio - New York City, WBAI - New York City, WPAT - New York City, Galaxie Radio Ontario,Canada, WNWK - New York City, WFMU - Jersey City, NJ, All That Jazz Radio - Malaga, Spain, WTUL - Baton Rouge, LA, Radio Voce Spazio - San Michele Italy, RCV 99FM - Lille, France, Radio Novosibrisk - Novosibrisk Russia, Radiopolaze Italio - Milano Italy, 91.7fm WHUS, Storrs, CN Worldbeat on KOOP -FM, Austin TX, and other radio stations throughout the US, Europe, Russia, Poland, and Indonesia.
A large number of internet radio stations are also presenting my music.

I have toured the USA, Italy, Switzerland, and France; and have enjoyed enthusiastic responses from my audiences.

What truly interests me is creating for the listener a unique and transformative experience. It is vitally important to me that I serve my audience in this way.

I am available for performances, recordings, tours, commissions for compositions (for musical events, theater, film, dance, etc.), and music instruction.

And now you are part of my audience too! I'm happy to have you here!

www.renegadesufi.com

Dawoud's new CD "Renegade Sufi" is now available online!
Click on the link below, and go to Dawoud's page on cdbaby.com:
www.cdbaby.com/cd/dawoud


Dawoud's music is also available in mp3 downloads from apple.com!

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Visit Dawoud's page at indi911.com! Dowloads of all tracks from Rengade Sufi, and The Tao of Mystic Jaz are now available - with more to come (including previously unreleased material)!