Idris Muhammad

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member of:	David Murray Quartet (ended) CTI All-Stars Archie Shepp Quartet
married:	LaLa Brooks (from 1966 until 1999)

signed by:	Fantasy Records (not for release label use! file releases under its "Fantasy" imprint instead)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/42195 [info]
Discogs (as Leo Morris):	https://www.discogs.com/artist/596667 [info]
other databases:	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80055726 [info] https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13897783z [info] https://d-nb.info/gnd/133715345 [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/idris_muhammad [info] https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80055726 [info]
Myspace:	https://myspace.com/ctirecs [info]
social networking:	https://www.facebook.com/pages/Idris-Muhammad/105999406097615 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000090389 [info]
VIAF ID:	74038378 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1391952 [info]
Songkick:	https://www.songkick.com/artists/188689 [info]
Last.fm:	https://www.last.fm/music/Idris+Muhammad [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Credited As	Attributes	Artist	Length
	arranged
	1220 Lyons Street			Idris Muhammad	4:10
	Big Bad Wolf			Idris Muhammad	3:39
	Hole In One			Idris Muhammad	4:38
	Miles' Mode			Idris Muhammad	8:41
	New Orleans Gumbo			Idris Muhammad	5:59
	Night And Day			Idris Muhammad	5:57
	Right Now			Idris Muhammad	7:49
	Straight Street			Idris Muhammad	5:35
	Tap Dancer			Idris Muhammad	4:30
	instruments
1957-06-14	Oh Baby (unidentified take from Ace CH 203)	Leo Morris aka Idris Muhammad	drums (drum set)	Larry Williams	1:47
1965-08	Fried Buzzard	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	11:18
1965-08	Peck Time	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	3:11
1965-08	Summertime	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	5:41
1965-08	The Best Things in Life Are Free	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	6:00
1965-08	The Thang	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	8:11
1965-08	We	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	3:04
1966-08-30	Blowin' in the Wind	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	3:52
1966-08-30	Hello Dolly	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	4:53
1966-08-30	Herman's Mambo	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	4:47
1966-08-30	Passing Zone	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	3:51
1966-08-30	Relaxing in Blue	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	8:40
1966-08-30	The Wheeler-Dealer	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	3:50
1966-08-30	Who Can I Turn To	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	4:21
1968-04-19	Bayou Red (first version)		drums (drum set)	Andrew Hill	5:59
1968-04-19	Love Nocturne		drums (drum set)	Andrew Hill	7:34
1968-04-19	MC		drums (drum set)	Andrew Hill	9:12
1968-04-19	Soul Special (first version)		drums (drum set)	Andrew Hill	8:51
1968-04-19	Venture Inward (first version)		drums (drum set)	Andrew Hill	4:34
1968-08-27	Chattanooga Choo Choo	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	George Benson	3:36
1968-08-27	Footin’ It	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	George Benson	4:27
1968-09-05	Shape of Things to Come	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	George Benson	5:17
1968-10-10	Summertime	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Paul Desmond	3:57
1968-10-10	Where is Love?	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Paul Desmond	5:36
1968-10-16	Emily	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Paul Desmond	4:49
1968-10-16	North by Northwest	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Paul Desmond	4:34
1968-10-17	Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	George Benson	4:44
1968-10-22	Face It Boy It’s Over	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	George Benson	4:08
1968-10-22	Last Train to Clarksville	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	George Benson	5:01
1968-10-22	Last Train to Clarksville	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	George Benson	5:36
1968-10-22	Shape of Things That Are and Were	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	George Benson	5:48
1968-10-22 – 1968-12-05	Smoky	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	J.J. Johnson / Kai Winding	3:22
1968-10-22 – 1968-12-05	Wichita Lineman	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	J.J. Johnson / Kai Winding	3:02
1968-10-24	Olividar	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Paul Desmond	5:38
1968-10-24	Someday My Prince Will Come	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Paul Desmond	3:11
1968-11-05	Lady in Cement	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Paul Desmond	3:11
1968-11-06	Brother Soul		drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	8:17
1968-11-06	Caravan		drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	5:23
1968-11-06	Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)		drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	7:32
1968-11-06	Snake Bone		drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	9:31
1968-11-06	Summertime		drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	5:50
1968-11-19	Calling Out Loud	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Nat Adderley	3:19
1968-11-19	Ivan's Holiday	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Nat Adderley	3:09
1968-11-20	Autumn Leaves	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Paul Desmond	3:04
1968-11-20	Samba with Some Barbecue	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Paul Desmond	4:31
1968-11-21	Biafra	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Nat Adderley	6:33
1968-11-21	Nobody Knows	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Nat Adderley	6:10
1968-12-04	Comin' Out the Shadows	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Nat Adderley	4:56
1968-12-04	Grey Moss	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Nat Adderley	3:32
1968-12-04	Haifa	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Nat Adderley	4:57
1968-12-04	St. M	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Nat Adderley	3:52
1968-12-26	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Paul Desmond	2:19
1969-03-21	Back Out	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Reuben Wilson	8:12
1969-03-21	Hot Rod	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Reuben Wilson	6:27
1969-03-21	I Say a Little Prayer	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Reuben Wilson	8:11
1969-03-21	I'm Gonna Make You Love Me	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Reuben Wilson	5:33
1969-03-21	Love Bug	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Reuben Wilson	8:11
1969-03-21	Stormy	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Reuben Wilson	5:46
1969-04-25	Bonnie	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	4:56
1969-04-25	Hot Dog	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	10:45
1969-04-25	It's Your Thing	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	8:57
1969-04-25	Turtle Walk	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	7:56
1969-04-25	Who’s Making Love	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	6:45
1969-04-29	Dontcha Hear Me Callin' to Ya	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	George Benson	3:16
1969-04-29	Jama Joe	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	George Benson	3:50
1969-04-29	Water Brother	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	George Benson	2:11
1969-05-16	Are You Happy?	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	George Benson	2:30
1969-05-16	Jackie, All	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	George Benson	2:18
1969-05-16	Land of 1000 Dances	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	George Benson	2:48
1969-05-16	Soul Limbo	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	George Benson	3:25
1969-05-16	Tell It Like It Is	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	George Benson	2:51
1969-05-20	My Cherie Amour	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	George Benson	3:33
1969-05-20	My Woman’s Good to Me	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	George Benson	3:16
1969-05-20	Out in the Cold Again	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	George Benson	2:41
1969-06-06	Fancy Free	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Donald Byrd	12:07
1969-06-06	The Uptowner	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Donald Byrd	9:17
1969-06-30	A Time for Love		drums (drum set)	Harold Mabern	4:52
1969-06-30	Blues for Phineas		drums (drum set)	Harold Mabern	5:10
1969-06-30	I Can’t Understand What I See in You		drums (drum set)	Harold Mabern	8:33
1969-06-30	Strozier’s Mode		drums (drum set)	Harold Mabern	7:56
1969-06-30	Waltzing Westward		drums (drum set)	Harold Mabern	9:25
1969-08-22	Donkey Walk		drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	6:44
1969-08-22	West Indian Daddy		drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson	6:30
1969-10-03	Cease the Bombing		drums (drum set)	Grant Green	8:51
1969-10-03	Ease Back		drums (drum set)	Grant Green	5:47
1969-10-03	Hurt So Bad		drums (drum set)	Grant Green	6:47
1969-10-03	I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I’ll Get It Myself)		drums (drum set)	Grant Green	6:07
1969-10-03	Upshot		drums (drum set)	Grant Green	10:02
1969-10-20	Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah-Hum-Allah		drums (drum set) and percussion	Pharoah Sanders	15:04
1969-10-20	Sun in Aquarius		drums (drum set) and percussion	Pharoah Sanders	27:52
1969-10-22 – 1969-11-05	Because / Come Together		drums (drum set)	George Benson	7:25
1969-10-22 – 1969-11-05	Golden Slumbers / You Never Give Me Your Money		drums (drum set)	George Benson	4:49
1969-10-22 – 1969-11-05	Here Comes the Sun / I Want You (She’s So Heavy)		drums (drum set)	George Benson	9:03
1969-10-22 – 1969-11-05	Oh! Darling		drums (drum set)	George Benson	3:59
1969-10-22 – 1969-11-05	Something / Octopus’s Garden / The End		drums (drum set)	George Benson	6:22
1969-10-31	Hold on, I'm Comin'	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Reuben Wilson	7:58
1969-12-15	Aquarius		drums (drum set)	Charles Earland	8:05
1969-12-15	Black Talk		drums (drum set)	Charles Earland	7:51
1969-12-15	Here Comes Charlie		drums (drum set)	Charles Earland	8:20
1969-12-15	More Today Than Yesterday		drums (drum set)	Charles Earland	11:13
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	mixed
	Up Top New York (album version)	Leopald "Swift" Morrise		A+ feat. Mr. Cheeks	5:02
	Up Top New York (radio edit)	Leopald "E-Swift" Morris		A+	4:06
	produced
	1220 Lyons Street			Idris Muhammad	4:10
	Big Bad Wolf			Idris Muhammad	3:39
	GCCG Blues			Idris Muhammad	6:13
	GCCG Blues (alternate take)			Idris Muhammad	5:16
	Hole In One			Idris Muhammad	4:38
	I Want to Talk About You			Idris Muhammad	5:13
	Kabsha			Idris Muhammad	8:45
	Kabsha (alternate take)			Idris Muhammad	8:00
	Little Feet			Idris Muhammad	4:49
	Miles' Mode			Idris Muhammad	8:41
	New Orleans Gumbo			Idris Muhammad	5:59
	Night And Day			Idris Muhammad	5:57
	Right Now			Idris Muhammad	7:49
	Soulful Drums			Idris Muhammad	4:41
	St. M			Idris Muhammad	6:14
	Straight Street			Idris Muhammad	5:35
	Tap Dancer			Idris Muhammad	4:30
	recording engineer for
	Live on Stage (explicit)	Leo Morris		Dilated Peoples	4:42
	Mashin’ Up da World	Leo "Swift" Morris		Guru feat. Junior Reid & Prodigal Sunn	5:20
	Who’s There	Leo "Swift" Morris		Guru feat. Les Nubians	4:05
	Worst Comes to Worst (explicit)	Leo Morris		Dilated Peoples	3:36
	vocals
	New Orleans		lead vocals	Idris Muhammad	5:20
	instruments
1965-08	Fried Buzzard	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson
1967-04-07	Alligator Bogaloo	Leo Morris	drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson
1968-03-15	Midnight Creeper		drums (drum set)	Lou Donaldson
1997-07	Nature: The Essence, Part 3		drums (drum set)	Ahmad Jamal
2001-01	Kindred		drums (drum set)	Stefon Harris & Jacky Terrasson
	Forecast		drums (drum set)	Eric Gale
	Part of You		drums (drum set)	Eric Gale
	Part of You		drums (drum set)	Eric Gale
	Touch of Silk		drums (drum set)	Eric Gale
	Touch of Silk		drums (drum set)	Eric Gale
	composed
	By the Red Sea
	Kabsha
	Kabsha (alternate take)
	Lyons Street
	Peace
	Wander
	wrote
	Make You Love Me	Leonard Morris
	Some Blues
	Sudan
	The Weekend Starts Here

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