Arthur Russell

Quick Facts

Full Name	Arthur Russell
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	May 21, 1951(1951-05-21)
Age	73
Date Of Death	1992-04-04
Birthplace	Oskaloosa
Country	United States
Birth City	Iowa
Horoscope	Taurus

Arthur Russell Biography

Arthur Russell is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on May 21, 1951 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States. Remembered for his 1986 avant-garde recording World of Echo, Russell is also notable for posthumously-released albums titled Love is Overtaking Me, Another Thought, and Calling Out of Context. The New York City scene was a hotspot for his 1970s and 1980s underground music scene, Russell composed music that covered a wide range of genres, such as classical, disco and rock.

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Although he briefly dated Allen Ginsberg in 1973, Russell did not identify as a gay man until becoming involved with hairdresser Louis Aquilone in 1976. After the relationship with Aquilone dissolved, Russell dated Donald Murk (who subsequently became Russell’s manager) for several years. According to Steven Hall, the relationship was tempestuous, “with lots of threesomes and fighting and very dramatic emotional scenes”. As this relationship drew to a close, Russell became acquainted with silkscreen operator Tom Lee; their friendship rapidly evolved into a domestic partnership.

In 1973, Russell moved to New York and enrolled in a formal degree program at the Manhattan School of Music, cross-registering in electronic music and linguistics classes at Columbia University. While studying at the conservatory, Russell repeatedly clashed with Pulitzer Prize-winning serialist composer and instructor Charles Wuorinen, who disparaged the composition “City Park” (a minimalist, non-narrative suite incorporating readings from the works of Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein) as “the most unattractive thing I’ve ever heard”.

The family was born and raised from Oskaloosa, Iowa, he later resided in San Francisco and New York. He was in a variety of relationships with men as well as women, but the longest-lasting of that was a domestic alliance with the printer Tom Lee.

Arthur Russell Net Worth

Arthur Russell is one of the richest Composer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Arthur Russell 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In his early years of adulthood He was a student in his school, the Ali Akbar College of Music and at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and at the Manhattan School of Music.

Tragically, he died from AIDS in his early 40s.

Arthur Russell (born Charles Arthur Russell Jr.; May 21, 1951 – April 4, 1992) was an American cellist, composer, producer, singer, and musician from Iowa, whose work spanned a disparate range of styles. Trained in contemporary experimental composition and Indian classical music, Russell relocated to New York in the mid-1970s, where he became associated with Lower Manhattan’s avant-garde community as well as the city’s disco scene. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Russell produced a considerable collection of material, including several underground dance hits under aliases such as Dinosaur L and Indian Ocean, but his difficulty in completing projects resulted in a limited amount of released output; World of Echo (1986) was his only solo pop album to be released during his lifetime.

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During the mid-1980s, Russell gave many performances, either accompanying himself on cello with a myriad of effects, or working with a small ensemble consisting of Steven Hall, Ernie Brooks, Peter Zummo, percussionist Mustafa Ahmed, and composer Elodie Lauten.

Facts & Trivia

Arthur Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Arthur Russell celebrates birthday on May 21 of every year.

In 1981, Russell and entrepreneur Will Socolov (who partially financed the Loose Joints sessions) founded Sleeping Bag Records. Their first release was a recording of 24→24 Music, a controversial disco-influenced composition (with rhythmic shifts every 24 bars, hence the title) that had been commissioned by and first performed at The Kitchen in 1979. The first limited pressing of this record had a hand made silk-screened cover. Steven Hall later described its debut as “the best performance of Arthur’s work that I ever attended… it was like really hot dance music and no one got it. The idea that Arthur would turn around and bring that [dance] music into their venue and present it as serious music was really very challenging to them, and very threatening to them.” “Go Bang,” originally released on this album but recorded three years earlier by an ensemble that included Zummo, Peter Gordon, academic/composer Julius Eastman, Bascomb, and John and Jimmy Ingram was remixed as a 12″ single by Francois Kevorkian. Kevorkian’s remix of “Go Bang” and Levan’s remix of “In the Cornbelt” (another track from the 24→24 suite) were frequently played at the Paradise Garage.

Is Arthur Russell still alive?

April 4, 1992

How old is Arthur Russell?

40 years (1951–1992)

What band was Arthur Russell in?

Loose Joints – Tell You Today Russell loved disco, frequently going to clubs such as the Loft and Paradise Garage, and dance music inevitably fed into his music-making – he formed the disco groups Loose Joints, Dinosaur L and Lola.

How did Arthur Russell record?

Albums

Who sampled 30 hours?

Composition and lyrics “30 Hours” heavily samples the 1986 track “Answers Me” by Arthur Russell. The song also includes a sample of drums from the 1973 single “Joy” by Isaac Hayes. The album version has an outro similar to that of “Last Call” from West’s debut studio album The College Dropout (2004).