Monday, February 12, 2007

Ronald Muldrow, 57; jazz guitarist recorded with saxophonist Eddie Harris - LA Times
Ronald Muldrow, a guitarist who had been a fixture on the Los Angeles jazz scene for more than three decades, has died. He was 57...

...As an emerging jazz guitarist in the early 1970s, Muldrow connected with soul-jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris and was best known for his work with him, according to the website All About Jazz.

"Eddie was my musical father," Muldrow told The Times in 1998. "He taught me to make it in music."...

...A Chicago native, Muldrow was born Feb. 2, 1949, and began forming bands in high school. He earned a bachelor's in jazz studies from Roosevelt University in Illinois and a master's in studio and jazz guitar from USC.

His first big-time gig was with the Staple Singers, a gospel group...

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