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Rashid Bakr (born Charles Downs on October 3, 1943) is an American free jazz drummer.




Career


During the 1970s, he was active in the New York City loft jazz scene, performing at venues such as Rashied Ali's "Ali's Alley" and Sam Rivers' "Studio Rivbea". He was a member of Ensemble Muntu with Jemeel Moondoc, among others.
In 1976, Bakr performed in a production of Adrienne Kennedy's A Rat's Mass directed by Cecil Taylor at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in the East Village of Manhattan. Musicians Jimmy Lyons, Andy Bey, Karen Borca, David S. Ware, and Raphe Malik also performed in the production. Taylor's production combined the original script with a chorus of orchestrated voices used as instruments. Bakr continued to perform with Taylor into the 1980s, appearing on his albums The Eighth and Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants).
Bakr is a member of Other Dimensions in Music with Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter, and William Parker.




Discography






= As leader or co-leader

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Seeing New York From the Ear (Cadence, 1996) with Frode Gjerstad and William Parker
Cooler Suite (GROB, 2003) with Thomas Borgmann, Peter Brötzmann, and William Parker
With the Flow Trio (Louis Belogenis, Joe Morris, Bakr listed as Charles Downs)

Rejuvenation (ESP-Disk, 2009)
Set Theory: Live At The Stone (Ayler Records, 2011)
Winter Garden (ESP-Disk, 2021) with Joe McPhee




= As sideman

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With Billy Bang

New York Collage (Anima, 1978)
Black Man's Blues (NoBusiness, 2011)
With John Bickerton

Open Music (CIMP, 2000)
Shadow Boxes (Leo Lab, 2000)
With Arthur Doyle

Live At the Alterknit (Qbico, 2008)
With Frode Gjerstad

A Sound Sight (Ayler, 2007)
With Sabir Mateen

The Sabir Mateen Jubilee Ensemble (Not Two, 2013)
With Joe McPhee

Ticonderoga (Clean Feed, 2015)
With Jemeel Moondoc

First Feeding (Muntu, 1977)
The Evening of the Blue Men (Muntu, 1979)
New York Live! (Cadence Jazz, 1981)
The Intrepid Live in Poland (Poljazz, 1981)
Muntu Recordings (NoBusiness, 2009)
With Ras Moshe

Transcendence (KMB, 2007)
With Other Dimensions in Music

Other Dimensions In Music (Silkheart, 1990)
Now! (AUM Fidelity, 1998)
Time Is of the Essence Is Beyond Time (AUM Fidelity, 2000)
Kaiso Stories (Silkheart, 2011)
With William Parker

Centering. Unreleased Early Recordings 1976–1987 (NoBusiness, 2012)
With Jamie Saft

Atlas (Veal, 2020)
Mountains (Veal, 2020)
With Glenn Spearman

First and Last (Eremite, 1999)
With Cecil Taylor

The Eighth (Hat Hut, 1986)
Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants) (Soul Note, 1985)
Always a Pleasure (FMP, 1996)




References






External links


Rashid Bakr at AllMusic
Bakr's page on La MaMa Archives Digital Collections

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