Roy Campbell Jr.


Roy Sinclair Campbell Jr. was an American trumpeter frequently linked to free jazz, although he also performed rhythm and blues and funk during his career.
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Biography

Born in Los Angeles, California, in 1952, Campbell was raised in New York City. At the age of fifteen, he began learning to play trumpet and soon studied at the Jazz Mobile program along with Kenny Dorham, Lee Morgan and Joe Newman. Throughout the 1960s, still unacquainted with the avant-garde movement, Campbell performed in the big bands of the Manhattan Community College. From the 1970s onwards, he performed primarily within the context of free jazz, spending some of this period studying with Yusef Lateef. Campbell composed the film music for the documentary Survival in New York by Rosa von Praunheim.
In the early 1990s, Campbell moved to the Netherlands and performed regularly with Klaas Hekman and Don Cherry. In addition to leading his own groups, he performed with Yo La Tengo, William Parker, Peter Brötzmann, Matthew Shipp, and other improvisors. Upon returning to the United States he began leading his group Other Dimensions In Music and also formed the Pyramid Trio, a pianoless trio formed with William Parker.
He died in January 2014 of hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease at the age of 61.

Discography

As leader

New Kingdom La Tierra del Fuego Communion Ancestral Homeland Ethnic Stew and Brew It's Krunch Time

As co-leader

with Other Dimensions in MusicOther Dimensions In Music Now! Time Is of the Essence Is Beyond Time Live at the Sunset Kaiso Stories
with The Nu Band Live at the Bop Shop Live The Dope and the Ghost Lower East Side Blues Live in Paris Relentlessness Live at the Sunset
with Joe McPhee, William Parker & Warren Smith

As sideman

;with Billy Bang
;with Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet
; with Peter Brötzmann Tentet + 2Short Visit to Nowhere Broken English
; with Rob BrownJumping Off the Page The Big Picture
; with Whit DickeyCoalescence In a Heartbeat Sacred Ground
;with El-P
; with Ehran ElishaSweet Empathy The Kicker Lowe Down Suite
; with ExuberanceThe Other Shore Live at Vision Festival
;with Garrison FewellVariable Density Sound Orchestra
; with Yuko FujiyamaRe-entry
;with Dennis GonzalezNile River Suite
;with Burton GreeneIsms Out
;with William Hooker Trio with Dave Soldier
  • Heart of the Sun
; with Khan JamalBalafon Dance
; with Adam LaneBlue Spirit Band Oh Freedom
; with Steve LehmanStructural Fire Camouflage
; with Maneri EnsembleGoing to Church
;with Jemeel MoondocThe Evening of [the Blue Men] New York Live! The Intrepid Live in Poland The Athens Concert Konstanze's Delight Spirit House Live in Paris Live at [the Vision Festival] Muntu Recordings The Zookeeper's House
;with New Atlantis OctetUnto the Sun
; with Kevin NortonThe Dream Catcher
; with William ParkerFlowers Grow in my Room Sunrise in the Tone World Mayor of Punkville Raincoat in the River
;with Marc Ribot
;with Saheb SarbibLive at the Public Theatre Aisha
; with Matthew ShippStrata Pastoral Composure
; with Alan SilvaAlan Silva & the Sound Visions Orchestra H.Con.Res.57/Treasure Box
;with Stone QuartetDMG @ The Stone Volume 1: December 22, 2006 Live at Vision Festival
; with Steve SwellSuite for Players, Listeners and Other Dreamers News from the Mystic Auricle
;with Charles TylerLive at Sweet Basil vol. 1 & 2
; with Yo La Tengo