Jump to content

Ernest Dawkins

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ernest Dawkins
Born (1953-11-02) 2 November 1953 (age 70)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
OriginAmerican
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentSaxophone
Websiteernestdawkins.com

Ernest Dawkins (born 2 November 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American jazz saxophonist, principally active in free jazz and post-bop.

Ernest Khabeer Dawkins was a neighbor of Anthony Braxton as a child. He played bass and drums early in life before switching to saxophone in 1973. During that decade he began studying with members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, such as Joseph Jarman and Chico Freeman, as well as at the Vandercook College of Music. He worked with Ed Wilkerson and the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble and Douglas Ewart before founding his own New Horizons Ensemble, which played regularly in Chicago into the 2000s, as well as at jazz festivals and on tour in Europe.

Discography

[edit]

As leader

[edit]

As unofficial leader/co-leader

[edit]

with The (AACM) Great Black Music Ensemble[1][2]

  • Sparx of Love, Sparx of Fire! A Tribute to Martin Sparx Alexander (Great Black Ensemble, 2008)
  • At Umbria Jazz 2009 (Musica Jazz, 2010)
  • Live @ The Currency Exchange Cafe, Vol. 1 (AACM Chicago Productions, 2018 or 2019)[3]

As guest

[edit]

With Hamid Drake

with Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

References

[edit]
Footnotes
  1. ^ "Great Black Music Ensemble". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  2. ^ "The AACM Great Black Music Ensemble". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  3. ^ "CD Review: AACM Great Black Music Ensemble Live at The Currency Exchange, Vol 1". ChicagoJazz.com. Apr 3, 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
General references
[edit]