Ronald Muldrow (February 2, 1949, in Chicago – January 31, 2007, in Los Angeles) was an American soul jazz and hard bop jazz guitarist.

As an emerging jazz guitarist in the early 1970s, Muldrow connected with soul-jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris and contributed to many of his Atlantic albums from 1971 to 1976 and reunited with the saxophonist on Listen Here (1982).

A teenage Muldrow heard jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery play "Canadian Sunset" on the radio and was captivated. His first big-time gig was with the Staple Singers, a gospel group. He also taught at various colleges and had published guitar-instruction books. Muldrow began forming bands in high school and earned a bachelor's in jazz studies from Roosevelt University in Illinois and a master's in studio and jazz guitar from the USC Thornton School of Music.

Musician Georgia Anne Muldrow is his daughter.

Discography

As leader

• Yesterdays (Enja, 1993)

• Diaspora (Enja, 1995)

• Facing Wes (Kokopelli, 1996)

• Freedom's Serenade (Double-Time, 1999)

• Mapenzi (Joh-Bev, 2003)

As sideman

With Eddie Harris

• Instant Death (Atlantic, 1972)

• Eddie Harris Sings the Blues (Atlantic, 1972)

• Excursions (Atlantic, 1973)

• Is It In (Atlantic, 1974)

• Bad Luck Is All I Have (Atlantic, 1975)

• I Need Some Money (Atlantic, 1975)

• That Is Why You're Overweight (Atlantic, 1975)

• The Reason Why I'm Talking S--t (Atlantic, 1976)

• How Can You Live Like That? (Atlantic, 1977)

• Listen Here! (Enja, 1993)

• Dancing By A Rainbow (Enja, 1996)

With others

• Les DeMerle, Concerts by the Sea (Bar T, 1978)

• Les DeMerle, Transcendental Watusi! (United National, 1979)

• Hubert Laws, Family (Columbia, 1980)

• Phil Perry, My Book of Love (Private Music, 2000)

• Sweet Baby J'ai, Evolution (Sunset Music, 2002)

• Luther Thomas, Yo' Momma (Moers, 1981)

References

External links

• Official site