A fleeting glance at the cover of Alphonse Mouzon's CD Jazz in Bel-Air (Tenacious, 2008) gives one the impression that Mouzon was born into wealth, “with a silver spoon in his mouth." Listening to ...

First you have to have a dream and then just follow it. Be assertive and never give up! Just be tenacious. But Alphonse Mouzon's rise to prominence within the jazz world did not originate from within ...

Add Us On i Make JazzTimes a preferred source and Google will show you more of our stories in Top Stories. Alphonse Mouzon liked the word “tenacious”; he reveled in his tenacity throughout his life.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The heartbreaking roster of musicians who perished in 2016 just increased by one. Jazz fusion drummer Alphonse Mouzon is dead at ...

Nearly 30 years and several pounds ago, drummer Alphonse Mouzon was the hottest, slickest, stylingest mack daddy on the early fusion scene. On the fashion tip, who could forget those floor-length fur ...

Despite nearly coming to an end 2016 continues to take. Drummer, musician, composer, arranger, producer and actor Alphonse Mouzon has passed away on December 25, 2016. He was 68 years-old. In ...

NEW YORK — Alphonse Mouzon, a powerful jazz drummer who made his greatest contributions with a funk backbeat, forging a standard for 1970s fusion, died Sunday at his home in the Granada Hills ...

Alphonse Mouzon, the prolific jazz and fusion drummer who played in Weather Report and the Eleventh House, as well as with Herbie Hancock and other jazz icons, died on Sunday, the New York Times ...

Alphonse Mouzon performing at the Blue Note in 2015. Alan Nahigian; thumbnail, Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images, about 1970 A powerful jazz drummer who made his greatest contributions with a funk ...

Alphonse Mouzon, a drummer from Charleston who reached the pinnacle of the late-20th century jazz and soul scene, died on Christmas Day after a struggle with neuroendocrine cancer. He was 68. Mouzon ...

Jazz drummer, composer/arranger and label owner Alphonse Mouzon - who played with the likes of Larry Corryel, Weather Report, Miles Davis, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, ...