Jamaaladeen Tacuma in north Philly
Jamaaladeen Tacuma visits Pawn Shop where his mother bought him his first bass guitar , she hid it under his bed and when he came home from school he found it there waiting . The year was 1972 and the rest is history .
About Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Jamaaladeen Tacuma (born Rudy McDaniel; June 11, 1956) is an American jazz funk avant-garde bassist, composer and producer born in Hempstead, New York. He was a bandleader on the Gramavision label and worked with Ornette Coleman during the 1970s and 1980s, mostly in Coleman's Prime Time band. Tacuma showcased a unique style of avant-garde jazz on Coleman's 1982 album Of Human Feelings, and became widely viewed as one of the most distinctive bassists since Jaco Pastorius.
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