Alphonse Mouzon

Male

Northridge, CA

United States

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What instrument do you play?

Drums, Piano, Organ, Trumpet, Alto Sax, Flute, Guitar, Bass, Vibraphone, Tympani & Latin Percussion.

Who influenced you to listen to jazz

Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Buddy Rich, Roy Haynes and Tony Williams

How did you find out about the WDCJN?

www.washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com

My Website

http://www.tenaciousrecords.com/Purchase_Music.html

Official Facebook Profile

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=111876103365&ref=mf

Where are you located?

Porter Ranch, CA

Tell us about yourself

'ANGEL FACE" is my new legendary all-star CD release!
ALPHONSE MOUZON HAS A BRAND NEW LEGENDARY ALL-STAR STRAIGHT-AHEAD/POST BOP CD OUT CALLED "ANGEL FACE" THAT WIL BLOW YOU AWAY! SPEAKING OF BLOWING, "ANGEL FACE" FEATURES TRUMPETERS ARTURO SANDOVAL, WALLACE RONEY, SHUNZO OHNO A& ALPHONSE MOUZON ON TRUMPET, ALONG SAXMEN ERNIE WATTS, BOB MINTZER, DON MENZA, ANTOINE RONEY & CHARLES OWENS; PIANISTS KENNY BARRON, CEDAR WALTON & ALPHONSE MOUZON ON PIANO; BASSISTS CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE, HENRY " THE SKIPPER" FRANKLIN AND DAREK "OLES" OLESZKIEWICZ, ALONG WITH 15 YEAR-OLD VOCALIST EMMA ALEXANDRA MOUZON AND HER DAD, DRUMMER/COMPOSER/ARRANGER ALPHONSE MOUZON!!

AVAILABLE ON TENACIOUS RECORDS, ITUNES, CDBABY, AMAZON, ETC.
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Chairman/CEO of Tenacious Records, composer, arranger, producer, multi-instrumentalist and actor ALPHONSE MOUZON has been composing and producing beautiful music that has captivated and enthralled audiences throughout the world for over two decades.

ALPHONSE MOUZON (who is an African American mixed with French and Blackfoot Indian) was born on November 21st in Charleston, South Carolina. He attended Bonds-Wilson High School where he received his early musical training under the direction of saxophonist Lonnie Hamilton III, and took some drum lessons from Charles Garner. Following graduation from high school, he moved to New York to study music and drama at New York City College and medicine at Manhattan Medical School. MOUZON took drum lessons from jazz pianist Billy Taylor's drummer Bobby Thomas. While attending college, Alphonse played in the pit band of the broadway show "PROMISES, PROMISES" after being recommended by Bobby Thomas. MOUZON also worked as a medical technologist at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital after graduating from Manhattan Medical School. However his medical career was short lived.

By 1969 his reputation as a player had spread to such an extent that a medical career was no longer attractive. By the early seventies, he had embarked upon a musical journey that would take him to almost every corner of the world and would establish his reputation as one the most creative musician of the era. In 1975 MOUZON studied acting at The Lee Strausberg Institute for Actors in Hollywood, California. In 1997 he studied acting with Susan Ricketts and in 1998 MOUZON studied advance voice-overs with Don Pitts at California State University of Northridge.

ALPHONSE MOUZON was the rhythmic foundation for the far reaching musical explorations of pianist McCoy Tyner. He was a charter member along with keyboardist Joe Zawinul and saxophonist Wayne Shorter, of the group Weather Report. Along with guitarist Larry Coryell, MOUZON was co-founder of The Eleventh House, the seminal fusion band of the seventies.

ALPHONSE MOUZON has also played and/or recorded with Gil Evans, Roy Ayers, George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie, Stanley Clarke, Al DiMeola, Les McCann, Ronnie Laws, Klaus Doldinger's Passport, Jaco Pastorius, Ron Carter, Nathan East, Cecil McBee, Albert Mangelsdorff, Joachim Kuhn, Jasper van't Hof, Michel Legrand, Stanley Turrentine, Freddie Hubbard, Hubert Laws, Donald Bird, Chet Baker, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Ernie Watts, Sonny Rollins, Wallace Roney, Arturo Sandoval, Christian McBride, Kenny Barron, Cedar Walton, George Coleman, John Klemmer, Billy Harper, Dave Grusin, Russ Freeman, George Howard, Kirk Whalum, Jeff Lorber, Kenny G., Joanne Brackeen, Horace Parlan, Robin Kenyatta, Ross Carnegie Orchestra, ex-girlfriend Roberta Flack, Sheila E., Celia Cruz, Gloria Lynn, Gloria Coleman, Denise Williams, Freda Payne, Shirley Scott, Anita O'Day, Betty Davis, and in 1991, he performed with Miles Davis on the movie soundtrack album entitled "Dingo". MILES DAVIS even spoke highly of MOUZON in his book entitled "Miles - The Autobiography".

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