Jamaaladeen Tacuma

American musician

Born: 11 June 1956
Hempstead
Country: United States
Active: 1975–
Record labels: DIW Records, Gramavision Records, Rykodisc
Discography: 18 albums

Biography

Jamaaladeen Tacuma is a jazz musician who plays guitar, bass instrument and bass guitar. Jamaaladeen Tacuma was born on 11 June 1956 in Hempstead. The music is usually filed under jazz and world music. Record labels: DIW Records, Gramavision Records and Rykodisc. The discography here lists 18 albums, from “Show Stopper” (1983) to “Mind The Outsiders” (2026). Honours include Pew Fellowship in the Arts (2011).

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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Discography

Studio and live albums

Show Stopper 1983 · Gramavision Renaissance Man 1984 · Gramavision

So Tranquilizin' 1985

Music World 1986 · Gramavision Jukebox 1988 · Gramavision

Intense 1989

Boss of the Bass 1991 · Gramavision Gemini Gemini 1991 · ITM Sound Symphony 1992 · Moers Music The Night of Chamber Music 1993 · Moers Music Dreamscape 1996 · DIW Brotherzone 1999 · P‐VINE RECORDS All Basses Covered - High & Low 2005 · Moers Music Jamaaladeen Tacuma's Coltrane Configurations 2009 · jazzwerkstatt For the Love of Ornette 2010 · jazzwerkstatt

Mucho Acustica 2011

Strings & Things 2022

Mind The Outsiders 2026 · Jam-All Productions

Also plays on

Albums where Jamaaladeen Tacuma is credited as a sideman

1977	Dancing in Your Head — Ornette Coleman	electric bass guitar
1978	Body Meta — Ornette Coleman	bass
1979	Tales of Captain Black — James Blood Ulmer	bass
1982	Of Human Feelings — Ornette Coleman	electric bass guitar
1984	Full House — David Moss	bass
1985	Opening the Caravan of Dreams — Ornette & Prime Time	bass
1987	In All Languages — Ornette Coleman	bass guitar
2000	Mirakle — Bailey / Tacuma / Weston	bass
2000	Layin' in the Cut — James Carter	electric bass guitar
2011	Rendezvous Suite — David Murray / Jamaaladeen Tacuma	bass guitar, producer