Real name: Idrees Sulieman (né Leonard Graham)

Effective period / Period of releases: 1957 - 1986

Idrees Sulieman (born August 7, 1923, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA - died July 28, 2002, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA) was an American jazz trumpeter who played on Thelonious Monk's debut on Blue Note, along with Danny Quebec West, Billy Smith, Gene Ramey and Art Blakey. Also played with such greats as Dexter Gordon and Miles Davis. He changed his name from Leonard Graham after his conversion to Islam.

Photo: Mark Ladenson 1988