Bluiett, Hamiet
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Name (Latin)
Bluiett, Hamiet
Date of birth
1940-09-16
Date of death
2018-10-04
Field of activity
Jazz
Occupation
Clarinetists
Composers
Jazz musicians
Saxophonists
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- New York times WWW site, viewed Oct. 9, 2018(in obituary published Oct. 7: Hamiet Bluiett; b. Hamiet Ashford Bluiett Jr., Sept. 16, 1940, St. Louis; moved as a child to nearby Brooklyn, Ill.; moved to New York in 1969; moved back to Brooklyn, Ill. in 2002; d. there Thursday [Oct. 4, 2018], aged 78; baritone saxophonist who expanded the possibilities of his instrument while connecting the jazz avant-garde with a broad view of its own history)
- His Glory [SR] p1977:cont. (Hamiet Bluiett; jazz composer, saxophone player, clarinetist, singer)
- New Grove dict. of jazz(Bluiett, Hamiet; b. 1940, Lovejoy, near East St. Louis, IL; baritone saxophonist)