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Since his emergence with Ornette Coleman's Prime Time in the mid-'70s, Jamaaladeen Tacuma has been one of the top electric bassists in a style of music that could be called "free funk." Growing up in Philadelphia, Tacuma (who before he converted to Islam was known as Rudy McDaniel) played with <a href="spotify:artist:3ud1yQWO0eEL8hVcXyU0Oi">Charles Earland</a>. Only 19 when he joined <a href="spotify:artist:47odibUtrN3lnWx0p0pk2P">Coleman</a> in 1975, his ability to combine together funky rhythms with free jazz helped give <a href="spotify:artist:3e7uTadlge07kG3rymTO0p">Prime Time</a> its distinctive sound. Tacuma's own solo career has been wide ranging. He's played with a variety of advanced musicians (including <a href="spotify:artist:1f1FGHLhOigcRYNI5pcHuh">James "Blood" Ulmer</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3DQiuEWQzCUET866iZJmQ9">Olu Dara</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4BYUn8PnodGSTYhHDRNoz6">Julius Hemphill</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:00SOiqZ0YGY2JhjSPxZMZg">David Murray</a>). In 2007 he teamed with drummer Grant Calvin Weston and guitarist Vernon Reid in the power trio Free Form Funky Freqs. The band's debut album, Urban Mythology: Volume One was released in February of 2008. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
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