Performance · Production
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Hempstead, United States • b. 1956-06-11
Jamaaladeen Tacuma is credited on 238 releases across 86 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1978–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
238
Pressings credited
86
Albums
6
Decades active
16
In collections
Biography
Jamaaladeen Tacuma (born Rudy McDaniel; June 11, 1956) is an American jazz funk avant-garde bassist, composer and producer born in Hempstead, New York. He was a bandleader on the Gramavision label and worked with Ornette Coleman during the 1970s and 1980s, mostly in Coleman's Prime Time band. Tacuma showcased a unique style of avant-garde jazz on Coleman's 1982 album Of Human Feelings, and became widely viewed as one of the most distinctive bassists since Jaco Pastorius. Tacuma formed his own group, and recorded albums that incorporated commercially accessible melodies while retaining Prime Time's elaborate harmonies.
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Credited work
238 releases · 86 albums · active 1978–2026
- Performance · 395
- Production · 59
- Engineering · 16
- Other credits · 15
- Mastering · 4
Studios: OAO Studios · RPM Studios · Radio City Music Hall Studio · Alpha International Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Ornette Coleman
- Various
- Cosmetic
- Red Sun (6)
- The Golden Palominos
- Kip Hanrahan
- La La The Leader Of The Pack
- David Moss
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