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moondoc performing at studio riveba july , 1976 chicago , illinois united states solo_singer 05 august 1951 alto saxophone , clarinet , piano jazz jemeel moondoc.jpg jemeel moondoc
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jemeel moondoc

jemeel moondoc -lrb- born august 5 , 1951 in chicago , illinois -rrb- is a jazz saxophonist who plays alto saxophone .
he is a proponent of a highly improvisational style .
he studied clarinet and piano before settling on saxophone at sixteen .
he became interested in jazz largely due to cecil taylor and at the university of wisconsin -- madison he was a student of taylor 's .
after that he moved to new york city where he founded `` ensemble muntu '' with william parker , roy campbell , jr. , and rashid bakr .
the group also had its own muntu record label , but eventually faced financial difficulties .
he worked with parker again in 1998 's album `` new world pygmies . ''
