Abdul Wadud (musician)

Abdul Wadud (born Ronald Earsall DeVaughn; April 30, 1947 – August 10, 2022) was an American cellist known for his work in jazz and classical settings. Jazz musician and fellow composer Tomeka Reid hailed Abdul Wadud's "Camille" in a 2020 feature in the New York Times on music that one could play to make friends fall in love with the cello.

His son is R&B singer Raheem DeVaughn.

Wadud died on August 10, 2022, at the age of 75.

As leader

 * 1977: By Myself Bishara, 1978
 * 1976: Live In New York (with Julius Hemphill) Red Records, 1978
 * 1979: Straight Ahead/Free At Last (with Leroy Jenkins) Red
 * 1984: I've Known Rivers (with James Newton & Anthony Davis) Gramavision
 * 1986: Black Swan Quartet (with Akbar Ali, Eileen Folson & Reggie Workman) Minor Music
 * 1990: Trio^2 (with James Newton & Anthony Davis) Gramavision
 * 1993: Oakland Duets (with Julius Hemphill) Music & Arts

As sideman
With James Newton With Julius Hemphill With Arthur Blythe With Anthony Davis
 * Black Unity Trio – Al-Fatihah (1971) Salaam
 * Frank Lowe – Fresh (1974) Black Lion
 * George Lewis – Shadowgraph 5 (1977) Black Saint
 * Charles "Bobo" Shaw – The Streets of St. Louis (1977)
 * Oliver Lake – Shine! (1978)
 * Barry Altschul – Another Time/Another Place (1978) Muse
 * Michael Franks – Tiger In The Rain (1979) Warner Brothers
 * Muhal Richard Abrams – Rejoicing with the Light (Black Saint, 1983)
 * David Murray – The People's Choice (1988) Columbia
 * Marty Ehrlich Dark Woods Ensemble – Emergency Peace (1991) New World
 * Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society – Father of Origin (Eremite, 2011) recorded in 1970–1971
 * Paseo Del Mar (1978)
 * Portraits (1982)
 * Romance And Revolution (1986)
 * Dogon A.D. (Mbari, 1972)
 * Coon Bid'ness (Mbari, 1975)
 * Raw Materials and Residuals (Black Saint, 1977)
 * Flat-Out Jump Suite (Black Saint, 1980)
 * Live from the New Music Cafe (Music & Arts, 1991)
 * The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (New World, 2021)
 * Light Blue: Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk (1983) Columbia
 * Illusions (1980) Columbia
 * The Grip (1977) India Navigation
 * Metamorphosis (1977) India Navigation
 * Of Blues And Dreams (1978) Sackville
 * Epistemes (1981)
 * Undines (1986)