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<p><b>Idrees Dawud ibn Sulieman</b>, eigentlich <i>Leonard Graham</i> (* <a href="27._August" title="27. August">27. August</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="1923" title="1923">1923</a> in <a href="Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a>, <a href="Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>; † <a href="23._Juli" title="23. Juli">23. Juli</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="2002" title="2002">2002</a> in Saint Petersburg, Florida) war ein <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanischer</a> <a href="Jazztrompete" title="Jazztrompete">Jazztrompeter</a> und <a href="Fl%C3%BCgelhorn" title="Flügelhorn">Flügelhornist</a>. Seinen Namen änderte er nach der Konversion zum Islam.
</p><p>Seinen Nachruhm verdankt der <a href="Bebop" title="Bebop">Bebop</a>-Veteran Idrees Sulieman der Mitwirkung an der ersten <a href="Blue_Note_Records" title="Blue Note Records">Blue-Note-Records</a>-Session von <a href="Thelonious_Monk" title="Thelonious Monk">Thelonious Monk</a> 1947.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben_und_Wirken">Leben und Wirken</h2></div>
<p>Sulieman studierte am <a href="Boston" title="Boston">Bostoner</a> Konservatorium und arbeitete zunächst mit lokalen Orchestern, später in den Bands von <a href="Mercer_Ellington" title="Mercer Ellington">Mercer Ellington</a>, <a href="Cab_Calloway" title="Cab Calloway">Cab Calloway</a>, <a href="Earl_Hines" title="Earl Hines">Earl Hines</a> (1943/44), <a href="Count_Basie" title="Count Basie">Count Basie</a>, <a href="Lionel_Hampton" title="Lionel Hampton">Lionel Hampton</a>, <a href="Erskine_Hawkins" title="Erskine Hawkins">Erskine Hawkins</a>, <a href="Dizzy_Gillespie" title="Dizzy Gillespie">Dizzy Gillespie</a> und <a href="Illinois_Jacquet" title="Illinois Jacquet">Illinois Jacquet</a>. 1956 war er Mitglied in der amerikanischen Jazzgruppe von <a href="Friedrich_Gulda" title="Friedrich Gulda">Friedrich Gulda</a>; 1958/59 spielte er mit <a href="Randy_Weston" title="Randy Weston">Randy Weston</a>. Seitdem arbeitete er außerhalb der USA, in Casablanca, Paris, ab 1961 in Schweden (wo er auf Tour mit dem Pianisten <a href="Oscar_Dennard" title="Oscar Dennard">Oscar Dennard</a> war) und ab 1964 schließlich in Kopenhagen. In dieser Zeit nahm er Platten mit <a href="Gene_Ammons" title="Gene Ammons">Gene Ammons</a>, <a href="Teddy_Charles" title="Teddy Charles">Teddy Charles</a>, <a href="Coleman_Hawkins" title="Coleman Hawkins">Coleman Hawkins</a>, <a href="Ella_Fitzgerald" title="Ella Fitzgerald">Ella Fitzgerald</a>, <a href="Andr%C3%A9_Hodeir" title="André Hodeir">André Hodeir</a>, <a href="Thelonious_Monk" title="Thelonious Monk">Thelonious Monk</a>, <a href="Mal_Waldron" title="Mal Waldron">Mal Waldron</a>, <a href="Louis_Jordan" title="Louis Jordan">Louis Jordan</a>, <a href="Red_Mitchell" title="Red Mitchell">Red Mitchell</a> und der <a href="Kenny_Clarke/Francy_Boland_Big_Band" title="Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band">Clarke-Boland Big Band</a> auf. In letzterer war er von Mitte der 1960er Jahre bis 1973. Außerdem spielte er häufig in Radio-Bigbands.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diskografie_(Auswahl)"><span id="Diskografie_.28Auswahl.29"></span>Diskografie (Auswahl)</h2></div>
<p><b>Als Leader</b>
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<ul><li><i>Coolin’</i> (<a href="Prestige_Records" title="Prestige Records">New Jazz</a>, 1957)</li>
<li><i>Now Is the Time</i> (<a href="SteepleChase_Records" title="SteepleChase Records">SteepleChase</a>, 1976) mit <a href="Cedar_Walton" title="Cedar Walton">Cedar Walton</a>, <a href="Sam_Jones_(Musiker)" title="Sam Jones (Musiker)">Sam Jones</a>, <a href="Billy_Higgins" title="Billy Higgins">Billy Higgins</a></li>
<li><i>Bird’s Gras</i> (SteepleChase, 1976) mit <a href="Horace_Parlan" title="Horace Parlan">Horace Parlan</a>, <a href="Niels-Henning_%C3%98rsted_Pedersen" title="Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen">Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen</a>, <a href="Kenny_Clarke" title="Kenny Clarke">Kenny Clarke</a></li>
<li><i>Groovin’</i> (SteepleChase, 1985) mit <a href="Horace_Parlan" title="Horace Parlan">Horace Parlan</a></li></ul>
<p><b>Als Sideman</b>
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<ul><li><a href="Thelonious_Monk" title="Thelonious Monk">Thelonious Monk</a>: <i><a href="Genius_of_Modern_Music" title="Genius of Modern Music">Genius of Modern Music</a>, Vol. 1</i> (<a href="Blue_Note_Records" title="Blue Note Records">Blue Note</a>, 1947–1948)</li>
<li><a href="Lester_Young" title="Lester Young">Lester Young</a>: <i>Masters of Jazz</i> (<a href="Storyville_Records" title="Storyville Records">Storyville</a>, 1951–1956)</li>
<li><a href="Clifford_Brown" title="Clifford Brown">Clifford Brown</a>: <i><a href="Memorial_Album" title="Memorial Album">Memorial</a></i> (Blue Note, 1953)</li>
<li><a href="Max_Roach" title="Max Roach">Max Roach</a>: <i>The Max Roach Quartet, Featuring Hank Mobley</i> (<a href="Debut_Records" title="Debut Records">Debut Records</a>, 1953)</li>
<li><a href="Mal_Waldron" title="Mal Waldron">Mal Waldron</a>: <i>Mal – 1</i> (<a href="Prestige_Records" title="Prestige Records">Prestige</a>, 1956)</li>
<li><a href="Tommy_Flanagan_(Musiker)" title="Tommy Flanagan (Musiker)">Tommy Flanagan</a>: <i>The Cats</i> (New Jazz, 1957) <small>mit <a href="John_Coltrane" title="John Coltrane">John Coltrane</a> und <a href="Kenny_Burrell" title="Kenny Burrell">Kenny Burrell</a></small></li>
<li><a href="Coleman_Hawkins" title="Coleman Hawkins">Coleman Hawkins</a>: <i>The Hawk Flies High</i> (<a href="Riverside_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Riverside Records">Riverside</a>, 1957)</li>
<li><a href="Bobby_Jaspar" title="Bobby Jaspar">Bobby Jaspar</a> <i>Bobby Jaspar</i> (Riverside, 1957)</li>
<li><a href="Eric_Dolphy" title="Eric Dolphy">Eric Dolphy</a>: <i>Stockholm Sessions</i> (<a href="Enja" title="Enja">Enja</a>, 1961)</li>
<li><a href="Horace_Parlan" title="Horace Parlan">Horace Parlan</a>: <i>Arrival</i> (SteepleChase, 1973)</li>
<li><a href="Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon">Dexter Gordon</a>: <i>More Than You Know</i> (SteepleChase, 1975)</li>
<li><a href="Thad_Jones" title="Thad Jones">Thad Jones</a>: <i>Live at the Montmarte: A Good Time Was Had by All</i> (Storyville, 1978)</li>
<li><a href="Miles_Davis" title="Miles Davis">Miles Davis</a>: <i><a href="Aura_(Miles-Davis-Album)" title="Aura (Miles-Davis-Album)">Aura</a></i> (<a href="Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a>, 1985)</li>
<li><a href="Randy_Weston" title="Randy Weston">Randy Weston</a>: <i>The Spirits of Our Ancestors</i> (<a href="The_Verve_Music_Group" title="The Verve Music Group">Verve</a>, 1991)</li>
<li><a href="Joe_Henderson" title="Joe Henderson">Joe Henderson</a>: <i>Big Band</i> (Verve, 1992–1996)</li>
<li><a href="Bill_Evans_(Pianist)" title="Bill Evans (Pianist)">Bill Evans</a>: <i><a href="Treasures%3A_Solo%2C_Trio_and_Orchestra_Recordings_from_Denmark_(1965%E2%80%931969)" title="Treasures: Solo, Trio and Orchestra Recordings from Denmark (1965–1969)">Treasures: Solo, Trio and Orchestra Recordings from Denmark (1965–1969)</a></i> (Elemental Music, 2023)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lexikalischer_Eintrag">Lexikalischer Eintrag</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Martin_Kunzler" title="Martin Kunzler">Martin Kunzler</a>: <i>Jazz-Lexikon</i>. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1988.</li>
<li>Bielefelder Katalog Jazz, 2001.</li>
<li><a href="Richard_Cook" title="Richard Cook">Richard Cook</a>, <a href="Brian_Morton" title="Brian Morton">Brian Morton</a>: <i><a href="The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz" title="The Penguin Guide to Jazz">The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD</a>.</i> 6. Auflage. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6.</li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Yanow: <i>Bebop</i> 2000 oder Nachrufe: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=1028800578">www.jazzhouse.org</a> und <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/idrees-sulieman-649939.html">www.independent.co.uk</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">vgl. <i>All Music Guide to Jazz</i> 2002; nach <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=1028800578">www.jazzhouse.org</a> und <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/idrees-sulieman-649939.html">www.independent.co.uk</a> der 25. Juli; <i>The Rough Guide to Jazz</i> 2004 gibt den 31. Juli an</span>
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