Ugonna Okegwo | |
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Rayuwa | |
Haihuwa | Landan, 15 ga Maris, 1962 (62 shekaru) |
ƙasa |
Tarayyar Amurka Jamus Najeriya |
Karatu | |
Makaranta | Long Island University (en) |
Harsuna |
Jamusanci Pidgin na Najeriya |
Sana'a | |
Sana'a | jazz musician (en) da bassist (en) |
Artistic movement |
jazz (en) post-bop (en) |
Kayan kida |
double bass (en) bass (en) |
ugonnaokegwo.com |
Ugonna Okegwo (haihuwa Maris 15 din shekarar 1962) ya kasance Ba Jamushen-Nijeriya jazz bassist kuma mawaki tushen a New York City.[1][2]
An haifeshi a Landan, Okegwo dan Christel Katharina Lulf da Madueke Benedict Okegwo. A cikin shekara ta 1963 danginsa sukayi ƙaura zuwa Münster, Jamus, inda Okegwo ya girma. Yayinda yake matashi ya ji daɗin aiki da hannuwan sa kuma ya kunna baƙin lantarki. Tun yana ɗan shekara 21, ya ɗauki darasi game da yin goge-goge kuma ya fara wasa madaidaiciya bass .
A cikin shekarar 1986 Okegwo ya koma Berlin kuma ya yi karatu tare da ɗan wasan kwaikwayo Jay Oliver da mai kaɗa fyaɗe Walter Norris . Daga nan ya shiga ƙungiyar Lou Blackburn ta trombonist don rangadi a Turai kuma ya yi wasa tare da Joe Newman, Oliver Jackson da Manjo Holley .
A shekarar 1989 Okegwo ya koma New York City kuma yayi aiki tare da saxophonists Big Nick Nicholas, Junior Cook da James Spaulding . Ya yi aiki tare da mai rera waka Jon Hendricks akai-akai. Ya sami digiri na farko a Fine Arts daga Jami'ar Long Island,kuma ya kammala karatun digiri a 1994. A farkon 1990s Okegwo ya ƙirƙiro ioan uku tare da mai kaɗa da kaɗa Jacky Terrasson da ɗan kidan mai kara Leon Parker A cikin shekara ta 1997 ya fara yin wasanni akai-akai a cikin taron Tom Harrell . Shi memba ne na Tom Harrell Quintet da Mingus Big Band .
A 2002, Okegwo ya fitar da kundin sa na farko a matsayin jagora mai taken ''Uoniverse'' . Game da ƙirƙirar kiɗa Okegwo ya ce, samar da sanarwa na mutum ne da na mutum kuma "a cikin ɓangaren karin waƙa, bass ita ce cibiyar, ƙirƙirar wani abu n'a koda yaushe."
Okegwo yayi aiki tare da masu fasaha da dama, wadanda suka hada da Kenny Barron,Michael Brecker,Benny Carter, Johnny Griffin,Wynton Marsalis, James Moody, Clark Terry,Pharoah Sanders, Steve Wilson,Michael Wolff, Bruce Barth,Steve Davis,Dario Chiazzolino, Lionel Hampton, Sam Newsome, Kurt Rosenwinkel da sauransu.
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