Real name: Pheeroan Aklaff née Paul Maddox

Effective period / Period of releases: 1980 - 1990

Pheeroan Aklaff, Free Jazz drummer; b. Detroit/MI, 27/01/1955. Brother classical pianist. Associated with the free jazz movement fr. 1975, when he played with Jay Hoggard. Worked with Leo Smith's New Dalta Ahkri in New Haven, Conn.; then in NYC with Oliver Lake Trio, Anthony Davis-James Newton Qt. '78-79; Davis's Episteme fr. '81; Oliver Lake's Jump Up fr. '83; Henry Threadgill's Air (4) '82-83; and Very Very Circus fr. '84. Played with Ray Anderson, Mark Helias '89; Craig Harris's Tailgaters '90s.