Jaribu Shahid


Jaribu Abdurahman Shahid is an American jazz bassist. He plays both double-bass and electric bass.
Shahid played in the band Griot Galaxy with Faruq Z. Bey in the 1970s, and became the ensemble's leader when Bey fell into a coma in 1984 after a motorcycle crash. Shahid continued leading the group in the 1990s. He was associated with the Creative Arts Collective and played in this capacity with Muhal Richard Abrams, Anthony Braxton, and Roscoe Mitchell. He played with Sun Ra in 1978 and worked extensively with Mitchell in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as with Geri Allen and James Carter. He joined the Art Ensemble of Chicago in 2004.

Discography

With Geri Allen
With the Art Ensemble of Chicago
With James Carter
With Roscoe Mitchell
With David Murray
With Evan Parker
With Strata Institute
With the World Saxophone Quartet
Witn Hugh Ragin