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Within Vinony's link graph, James Newton connects to New York City, California and Los Angeles.
Vinony files it under 1953 births, African-American musicians and American avant-garde musicians.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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James W. Newton (b. Los Angeles, California, May 1, 1953) is a prominent American jazz flautist, composer, and conductor. From his earliest years, James Newton grew up immersed in the sounds of African American music, including urban blues, rhythm and blues, and gospel. In his early teens he played electric bass guitar, alto saxophone, and clarinet. In high school he took up the flute, influenced by Eric Dolphy and Roland Kirk. In addition to taking lessons in classical music on flute, he also
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Newton
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- flute
- Record label
- ECM Records
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- date of birth
- 1953-05-01
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
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3 objects attributed to James Newton, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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