Prince Lasha
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz musician (1929–2008)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1929-09-10
- Active to
- 2008-12-12
avant-garde jazzfree jazzjazz
Discography
- It Is Revealed1963
- Jazz Tempo, Latin Accents!1965
- Firebirds1968
- Inside Story1981
- 6X62020
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Prince Lasha was an inventive avant-garde saxophonist and flautist. He played in Texas in an early '50s band that also included Ornette Coleman. In 1954, Lasha moved to California, where he was pretty much in obscurity until the 1960s. He recorded two Contemporary albums with Sonny Simmons (1962 and 1967), a 1966 session for British Columbia, and as a sideman with Eric Dolphy and the Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison Sextet (both of the latter in 1963). After a few more records for small labels (the la
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Fort Worth
- Place of death
- Oakland
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- flute
- Record label
- Enja Records
- Image
- Prince Lasha (2008).jpg
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- Prince Lasha
- date of birth
- 1929-09-10
- date of death
- 2008-12-12
- place of burial
- Mountain View Cemetery
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