Faruq Z. Bey

Faruq Z. Bey (born Jesse Davis; February 4, 1942 – June 1, 2012)

Some of his most noted releases are Kins, Opus Krampus and Live at the DIA with Griot Galaxy, and Auzar and Ashirai Pattern with The Northwoods Improvisers. Bey published two books of poetry, Year of the Iron Sheep and Etudes in Wanton Nesses, in addition to a theoretical/aesthetic manifesto Toward a "Ratio"nal Aesthetic (1989). Bey died on June 1, 2012.[3] He had experienced long-term health issues including emphysema.^[3]

Discography

With Griot Galaxy

• Kins (Black & White, 1982)
• Live at the D.I.A. (Entropy Stereo, 1983)
• The Montreux/Detroit Collection- Volume Three: Motor City Modernists (1983)
• Opus Krampus (Sound Aspects, 1985)

With Northwoods Improvisers

• 19 Moons (Entropy Stereo, 2001)
• Ashirai Pattern (Entropy Stereo, 2002)
• Auzar (Entropy Stereo, 2004)
• Journey Into The Valley (Entropy Stereo, 2004)
• Hymn for Tomasz Stanko (Qbico, 2005)
• Rwanda (Qbico, 2005)
• Infa'a (Qbico, 2006)
• Emerging Field (Entropy Stereo, 2009)
• Primal Waters (Sagittarius A-Star, 2011)

With His Name Is Alive

• Detrola (Track 8 Only) (Silver Mountain, 2006)
• Silver Dragon (Silver Mountain, 2010)

With Synchron

• Synchron (Sagittarius A-Star, 2012)

With Faruq Z. Bey 4et

• Live at the Detroit Art Space (Sagittarius A-Star, 2012)

Faruq's Poetry

• Hymn Book of the Anciency (Entropy/Codex, 2006)

With Phil Ranelin

• Vibes From The Tribe (Tribe, 1975)

With

• Beneath Detroit: The Creative Arts Collective Concerts at The Detroit Institute Of Arts 1979-92 (Geodesic)

With M.L. Liebler

• The Kurl of the Butterfly's Tongue (Detroit Radio Company, 2008)
• Gasoline: The Detroit Legacy Sessions (Detroit Radio Company, 2009)

With K.A.S. Serenity

• Return to Rainbow Bridge (POPP, 1996)

With Dr. Prof. Leonard King

• Later Then Is Latter Now (Uuquipleu, 2019)

With Keith Vreeland

• Bad Dog (2010)

References