Hannibal Lokumbe


Hannibal Lokumbe is an American composer and jazz trumpeter.

Career

A native of Smithville, Texas, United States, he is sometimes known by the name "Hannibal". He attended high school in Texas City, Texas. In the late 1960s, he attended North Texas State University for two years, then moved to New York City and went on tour with Rahsaan Roland Kirk. He became a member of the Gil Evans orchestra, an association that lasted through the 1980s, and worked with Roy Haynes and Pharoah Sanders. As the leader of the Sunrise Orchestra, he played koto and trumpet. His debut solo album, Children of the Fire, was released in 1974.
Lokumbe coauthored a biography of his life with the author, artist, and cultural anthropologist Lauren Coyle Rosen, called Hannibal Lokumbe: Spiritual Soundscapes of Music, Life, and Liberation. The book has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
He has also published three volumes of poetry: The Ripest of My Fruits; Trilogy: Freedom Dance Cycle; and Love Poems to God.

Awards and honors

Discography

As leader

Marvin Peterson and the Soulmasters in Concert Children of the Fire Hannibal In Antibes In Berlin Naima The Light Live in Lausanne The Tribe Tribute The Universe Is Not for Sale The Angels of Atlanta Poem Song More Sightings Visions of a New World Kiss On the Bridge Crossing One with the Wind African Portraits Dear Mrs. Parks
  • ''Can You Hear God Crying?''

As sideman

With Andrew CyrilleMy Friend Louis
With Richard DavisEpistrophy & Now's the Time Dealin'
With Gil EvansWhere Flamingos Fly Masabumi Kikuchi + Gil Evans ; Japanese big band directed by Gil EvansSvengali The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix There Comes a Time Priestess Gil Evans Live at the Royal Festival Hall London 1978 Live at the Public Theater (New York 1980) Live at Sweet Basil Live at Sweet Basil Vol. 2
With Frank FosterThe Loud Minority
With Kip HanrahanDesire Develops An Edge
With Billy HartEnchance
With Roy HaynesHip Ensemble Senyah
With Elvin JonesLive at the Village Vanguard
With Eric KlossEssence
With Grachan Moncur III & Jazz Composer's OrchestraEchoes of Prayer
With New York UnitNow's the Time Akari
With Don PullenTomorrow's Promises
With Pharoah SandersBlack Unity Live at the East