By the late 1940s, a few jazz musicians became Muslims. Art Blakey, Talib Dawoud, Mohammed Sadiq, Sahib Shihab, Ahmad Jamal, Dakota Staton, Yusef Lateef, Idrees Sulieman, and McCoy (Sulieman Saud) Tyner to a name a few.
External Research and Sources
- https://themaydan.com/2019/06/muslim-musicians-and-influencers/
- https://www.juancole.com/2018/12/muslim-americans-helped.html
- https://www.capitalbop.com/smithsonian-islam-and-modern-jazz-concert/
- https://spiritualjazz.bandcamp.com/album/spiritual-jazz-7-islam
- https://jazzmf.com/muslim-names-in-jazz/
- https://jerryjazzmusician.com/interview-with-richard-brent-turner-author-of-soundtrack-to-a-movement-african-american-islam-jazz-and-black-internationalism/
- https://jazzmf.com/muslim-names-in-jazz/
- https://jerryjazzmusician.com/interview-with-richard-brent-turner-author-of-soundtrack-to-a-movement-african-american-islam-jazz-and-black-internationalism/
- https://fromthevaults-boppinbob.blogspot.com/2021/09/lynn-hope-born-26-september-1926.html