Onaje Allan Gumbs

Early life and career Gumbs was created in Harlem, New York, to oldsters who immigrated to the United States in the Caribbean. Gambs'mother was from Montserrat and the father, a NYPD officer, was from Anguilla.) Growing up, Gumbs was partial to Henry Mancini's music from films and television. Gumbs graduated on the State University of New York at Fredonia and throughout his studies was part of a jazz ensemble organized by way of the students. In 1971, Leroy Kirkland introduced Gumbs to Detroit guitarist Kenny Burrell, to whom Onage gave a demo tape. The following day, Gumbs received a trip to try out with Burrell for the Baker's Keyboard Lounge in Detroit. This work led to help promote performances with major jazz musicians including bassist Larry Ridley together with the Tad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra. Was developed 1970s, Gumbs replaced Nat Adderley Jr. nowadays in this jazz ensemble Natural Essence, including Buddy Williams and T.S. Monk (drums and percussion), bassist Alex Blake and trombonist Earl McIntyre. Gumbs adopted the name Onaje during the early 1970s; this indicates sensitive. He met his future wife, Sandra Wright, in 1971 on a short teaching job in Buffalo, New York. They married later that decade and remained married until Gumbs'death in 2020. Inside late 1970s, Gumbs signed with Woody Shaw and served as music director for R&B singer Phyllis Hyman. Later in the career, he worked extensively with Ronald Shannon Jackson, along with 2013, after Jackson's death, https://www.onajeallangumbs.com/ (https://www.onajeallangumbs.com/) Gumbs recorded a solo piano album comprising improvisations on Jackson's compositions. He later taught with the New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in Manhattan and on the Litchfield Jazz Camp in Connecticut. "His collaboration with all the New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York brilliant work using the Litchfield Jazz Camp in New Milford, Connecticut have allowed him to broaden his vision and shape young minds."

Later life On January 24, 2010, Gumbs a break down stroke and was hospitalized for two days. In December of the year, he released an album in Japan titled Just Like Yesterday. He was accompanied on the album by Omar Hakim, Victor Bailey, Marcus McLaurin, William S. Patterson and Chuggy Carter. Subsequently, all visible indication of a stroke have disappeared. In February 2015, he was hospitalized for 14 days, but surely could recover and get back to composing and performing. Onaje Allan Gumbs kicked the bucket on April 6, 2020 at age of 70.