Ronald Muldrow

Ronald Muldrow (February 2, 1949, in Chicago – January 31, 2007, in Los Angeles) was an American soul jazz and hard bop jazz guitarist.^[1]

As an emerging jazz guitarist in the early 1970s, Muldrow connected with soul-jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris and contributed to many of his Atlantic albums from 1971 to 1976 and reunited with the saxophonist on Listen Here (1982).^[2]

A teenage Muldrow heard jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery play "Canadian Sunset" on the radio and was captivated. His first big-time gig was with the Staple Singers, a gospel group.^[3] He also taught at various colleges and had published guitar-instruction books.^[4] Muldrow began forming bands in high school and earned a bachelor's in jazz studies from Roosevelt University in Illinois and a master's in studio and jazz guitar from the USC Thornton School of Music.

Musician Georgia Anne Muldrow is his daughter.^[5][6]

Discography

As leader

• Yesterdays (Enja, 1993)
• Diaspora (Enja, 1995)
• Facing Wes (Kokopelli, 1996)
• Freedom's Serenade (Double-Time, 1999)
• Mapenzi (Joh-Bev, 2003)

As sideman

With Eddie Harris

• Instant Death (Atlantic, 1972)
• Eddie Harris Sings the Blues (Atlantic, 1972)
• Excursions (Atlantic, 1973)
• Is It In (Atlantic, 1974)
• Bad Luck Is All I Have (Atlantic, 1975)
• I Need Some Money (Atlantic, 1975)
• That Is Why You're Overweight (Atlantic, 1975)
• The Reason Why I'm Talking S--t (Atlantic, 1976)
• How Can You Live Like That? (Atlantic, 1977)
• Listen Here! (Enja, 1993)
• Dancing By A Rainbow (Enja, 1996)

With others

• Les DeMerle, Concerts by the Sea (Bar T, 1978)
• Les DeMerle, Transcendental Watusi! (United National, 1979)
• Hubert Laws, Family (Columbia, 1980)
• Phil Perry, My Book of Love (Private Music, 2000)
• Sweet Baby J'ai, Evolution (Sunset Music, 2002)
• Luther Thomas, Yo' Momma (Moers, 1981)