Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Don_Drummond> ?p ?o }
- Don_Drummond abstract "Don Drummond (12 March 1932 – 6 May 1969) was a Jamaican ska trombonist and composer. He was one of the original members of The Skatalites, and composed many of their tunes.Drummond was born at the Jubilee Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica, to Doris Monroe and Uriah Drummond. He was educated at Kingston's Alpha Boys School, where he later taught his younger schoolmate Rico Rodriguez to play the trombone.His musical career began in 1950 with the Eric Dean's All-Stars where he performed jazz. He continued into the 1960s with others, including Kenny Williams.After performing jazz for a decade, Drummond began performing ska and in 1964 Don joined The Skatalites. With Drummond's politicized conversion to the Rastafari movement, other band members followed his lead. He became a household name in Jamaica, before suffering mental problems. He was rated by pianist George Shearing to be among the world's top five trombone players.In 1965 Drummond was convicted of the murder of his longtime girlfriend, Anita \"Marguerita\" Mahfood, an exotic rhumba dancer and singer, on 1 January 1965. He was ruled criminally insane and imprisoned at Bellevue Asylum, Kingston, where he remained until his death four years later. The official cause of death was \"natural causes\", possibly heart failure caused by malnutrition or improper medication, but other theories were put forward; some of his colleagues believed it was a government plot against the Kingston musical scene, and some believed that he was killed by gangsters as revenge for the murder of Mahfood. Heather Augustyn, author of a biography of Drummond published in 2013 claimed to have proved that Drummond's death was caused by his medications.In 2013, a ballet telling the story of Drummond's life was performed by the National Dance Theatre Company. Created by Clive Thompson, the ballet is titled Malungu, which was Mahfood's pet name for Drummond.In 2013 a comprehensive biography of Don Drummond was published by McFarland Publishing. Don Drummond: The Genius and Tragedy of the World's Greatest Trombonist by Heather Augustyn features a foreword by Delfeayo Marsalis.".
- Don_Drummond activeYearsEndYear "1950".
- Don_Drummond activeYearsStartYear "1950".
- Don_Drummond associatedBand The_Skatalites.
- Don_Drummond associatedMusicalArtist The_Skatalites.
- Don_Drummond background "non_vocal_instrumentalist".
- Don_Drummond birthDate "1932-03-12".
- Don_Drummond birthPlace Kingston,_Jamaica.
- Don_Drummond deathPlace Jamaica.
- Don_Drummond deathPlace Kingston,_Jamaica.
- Don_Drummond genre Ska.
- Don_Drummond instrument Trombone.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageExternalLink musician.php?id=18477.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageExternalLink jcarney_drummond_part1.html.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageExternalLink book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-7547-6.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageID "696043".
- Don_Drummond wikiPageLength "6639".
- Don_Drummond wikiPageOutDegree "33".
- Don_Drummond wikiPageRevisionID "707356133".
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Alpha_Boys_School.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Ballet.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Category:1932_births.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Category:1969_deaths.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Category:Converts_to_the_Rastafari_movement.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Category:First-wave_ska_groups.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Category:Island_Records_artists.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Category:Jamaican_Rastafarians.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Category:Jamaican_people_convicted_of_murder.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Category:Jamaican_people_who_died_in_prison_custody.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Category:Jamaican_ska_trombonists.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Category:Musicians_from_Kingston,_Jamaica.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_convicted_of_murder_by_Jamaica.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Category:Prisoners_who_died_in_Jamaican_detention.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Category:The_Skatalites_members.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Category:Trojan_Records_artists.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Composer.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Delfeayo_Marsalis.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink George_Shearing.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Jamaica.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Kingston,_Jamaica.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Rastafari.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Rhumba.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Rico_Rodriguez_(musician).
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Ska.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink The_Skatalites.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLink Trombone.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLinkText "Don Drummond Orchestra".
- Don_Drummond wikiPageWikiLinkText "Don Drummond".
- Don_Drummond associatedActs The_Skatalites.
- Don_Drummond background "non_vocal_instrumentalist".
- Don_Drummond birthDate "1932-03-12".
- Don_Drummond birthPlace Kingston,_Jamaica.
- Don_Drummond class "artist".
- Don_Drummond deathDate "--05-06".
- Don_Drummond deathPlace "Kingston, Jamaica".
- Don_Drummond genre Ska.
- Don_Drummond id "p17152".
- Don_Drummond instrument Trombone.
- Don_Drummond name "Don Drummond".
- Don_Drummond wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Allmusic.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Authority_control.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Birth_date.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Death-date_and_age.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Discogs_artist.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:For.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_musical_artist.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Use_Jamaican_English.
- Don_Drummond wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Use_dmy_dates.
- Don_Drummond yearsActive "1950".
- Don_Drummond subject Category:1932_births.
- Don_Drummond subject Category:1969_deaths.
- Don_Drummond subject Category:Converts_to_the_Rastafari_movement.
- Don_Drummond subject Category:First-wave_ska_groups.
- Don_Drummond subject Category:Island_Records_artists.
- Don_Drummond subject Category:Jamaican_Rastafarians.
- Don_Drummond subject Category:Jamaican_people_convicted_of_murder.
- Don_Drummond subject Category:Jamaican_people_who_died_in_prison_custody.
- Don_Drummond subject Category:Jamaican_ska_trombonists.
- Don_Drummond subject Category:Musicians_from_Kingston,_Jamaica.
- Don_Drummond subject Category:People_convicted_of_murder_by_Jamaica.
- Don_Drummond subject Category:Prisoners_who_died_in_Jamaican_detention.
- Don_Drummond subject Category:The_Skatalites_members.
- Don_Drummond subject Category:Trojan_Records_artists.
- Don_Drummond hypernym Trombonist.
- Don_Drummond type Agent.
- Don_Drummond type Artist.
- Don_Drummond type Group.
- Don_Drummond type MusicalArtist.
- Don_Drummond type Person.
- Don_Drummond type Person.
- Don_Drummond type Artist.
- Don_Drummond type Group.
- Don_Drummond type Member.
- Don_Drummond type Trombonist.
- Don_Drummond type MusicGroup.
- Don_Drummond type Agent.
- Don_Drummond type NaturalPerson.
- Don_Drummond type Thing.
- Don_Drummond type Q215627.