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Alphonse Lee Mouzon (November 21, 1948 – December 25, 2016) was an American musician and vocalist, most prominently known as a jazz fusion drummer. He was also a composer, arranger, producer, and actor. Mouzon gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Dec 28, 2016 · Alphonse Mouzon, a powerful jazz drummer who made his greatest contributions with a funk backbeat, forging a standard for 1970s fusion, died on Dec. 25 at his home in the Granada Hills...
Alphonse Mouzon (born November 21, 1948, Charleston, South Carolina, USA – died December 25, 2016) was an American jazz-fusion drummer and percussionist, a founding member of Weather Report, and the CEO of Tenacious Records. He was also a composer, arranger, and producer, as well as an actor.
Drummer Alphonse Mouzon died on December 25, 2016. In the 1970s, along with Billy Cobham and Lenny White, Mouzon helped fashion a jazz-rock, or “fusion,” style of drumming by combining the volume, rhythms, and energy of rock playing with the polyrhythms, techniques, and finesse of jazz. Born in 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina, Mouzon ...
Jun 6, 2018 · Alphonse Mouzon. Died on December 25, 2016 at age 86. A powerful jazz drummer who made his greatest contributions with a funk backbeat, Mr, Mouzon forged a standard for 1970s fusion. Read...
Feb 6, 2017 · By Bill Milkowski I Feb. 6, 2017. Drummer-producer-entrepreneur Alphonse Mouzon, who died on Dec. 25 after a long illness, will be remembered as a powerhouse figure behind the drum kit. He was 68. Mouzon’s resume included work in the earliest incarnation of Weather Report, stints with pianist McCoy Tyner and trumpeter Donald Byrd in the 1970s ...
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Jul 10, 2023 · Learn about Alphonse Mouzon, a versatile musician who played with Weather Report, McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis, and many others. Find out his biography, discography, awards, and upcoming projects.
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