Tisziji Muñoz (born July 15, 1946) is an American jazz

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. He served as drummer in the 440th U.S. Army band. He left the

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in 1969. In the 1970s, he lived in Canada and

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. He played in

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' band. In 1978, he recorded his first album, on the

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label: ''Rendezvous with Now''. In 1984, he moved to

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. He plays in the Tisziji Muñoz Quartet with other jazz musicians, including the

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musical director

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. Along with other musicians, he performed at the 150th anniversary of the

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piano company, at

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, in 2003. He uses a single-line playing style, due to a childhood wrist injury. Shaffer, in his autobiography ''We'll Be Here For the Rest of Our Lives'', describes Muñoz as a mentor and inspiration for his musical career.''We'll Be Here For the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin' Showbiz Saga'', Paul Shaffer, Doubleday/Flying Dolphin Press (2009), . pages 90-92, 93-94, 100, 111, 121-122

Discography

* ''Rendezvous With Now'' (India Navigation, 1978) * ''Visiting This Planet'' (Anami, 1988) * ''Hearing Voices'' (Anami, 1989) * ''Heart-Sound'' (Anami, 1995) * ''Spirit Man'' (Anami, 1995) * ''Death Is A Friend Of Mine'' (Anami, 1996) * ''River Of Blood'' (Anami, 1997) * ''Present Without A Trace'' (Anami, 1997) * ''Spirit World'' featuring Pharoah Sanders (Anami, 1997) * ''Love Everlasting'' with

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(Amulet, 1999) * ''Alpha Nebula: The Prophecies'' (Anami, 1997) * ''Great Sacrifice (Maha-Yajna)'' (Anami, 1999) * ''Presence Of Joy'' with Dave Liebman & Cecil McBee (Anami, 1999) * ''Presence Of Truth'' with Hilton Ruiz (Anami, 1999) * ''Presence Of Mastery'' with Paul Shaffer (Anami, 1999) * ''Auspicious Healing!'' (Anami, 2000) * ''Breaking The Wheel Of Life And Death'' featuring Marilyn Crispell (Anami, 2000) * ''Parallel Reality'' featuring Rashied Ali (Anami, 2000) * ''The Hu-Man Spirit'' (Anami, 2001) * ''Shaman-Bala'' featuring Rashied Ali (Anami, 2002) * '' Divine Radiance'' (Dreyfus/Anami, 2003) * ''Love At First Sound'' (Anami, 2005) * ''Beauty As Beauty'' featuring John Medeski (Anami, 2013) * ''Beauty As Ugly'' featuring John Medeski (Anami, 2013) * ''Ugly As Ugliest'' featuring John Medeski (Anami, 2013) * ''Incomprehensibly Gone'' featuring Steve Kuhn (Anami, 2013) * ''Free Freedom'' (Anami, 2013) * ''Heart To Heart'' featuring Marilyn Crispell (Anami, 2013) * ''Divine Radiance Live'' (Anami, 2013) * ''Omega Nebula: The Afterlife'' (Anami, 2014) * ''Parasamgate Nebula: The Death Of Death'' featuring John Medeski (Anami, 2014) * ''Mountain Peak'' featuring Pharoah Sanders (Anami, 2014) * ''Space Of Fire'' (Anami, 2015) * ''Let The Sound Go Forth'' featuring Paul Shaffer & Ravi Coltrane (Anami, 2014) * ''Healing Waters'' featuring Paul Shaffer & Ravi Coltrane (Anami, 2014) * ''Taking You Out There! Live'' featuring Paul Shaffer (Anami, 2014) * ''Realization Of Paradox'' (Anami, 2014) * ''Sky Worlds - Heaven Born'' featuring Ravi Coltran & Rashied Ali (Anami, 2014) * ''Heart Trance Revelation'' featuring Billy Hart & John Medeski (Anami, 2014) * ''Maha Shiva: The Razor's Healing Edge'' featuring John Medeski (Anami, 2014) * ''Sacred Function'' featuring Chris Caswell (Anami, 2014) * ''The Heart Is The Universe'' featuring John Medeski (Anami, 2014) * ''Beautiful Empty Fullness'' featuring Marilyn Crispell (Anami, 2014) * ''The Paradox Of Independence'' featuring Marilyn Crispell (Anami, 2014) * ''Songs Of Soundlessness'' featuring John Medeski (Anami, 2015) * ''Genius Awakening'' with Chris Caswell (Anami, 2015) * ''Spirit First And Last'' (Anami, 2015) * ''The Paradox Of Friendship'' (Anami, 2015) * ''The Paradox Of Perfection'' featuring John Medeski (Anami, 2015) * ''The Paradox Of Completion'' featuring Paul Shaffer & Lew Soloff (Anami, 2015) * ''Master Of Silence'' (Anami, 2015) * ''Ensoundment Protection'' with John Medeski (Anami, 2015) * ''Alpha Nebula Expanded: The Monster Peace'' (Anami, 2015) * ''Creating Silence'' featuring John Medeski (Anami, 2015) * ''Heaven Is Freedom'' featuring John Medeski (Anami, 2015) * ''Dead Awake'' (Anami, 2015) * ''Drop Dead'' (Anami, 2015) * ''When Coltrane Calls! Session 1: Fierce Compassion'' with John Medeski (Anami, 2016) * ''When Coltrane Calls! Session 2: Liberation First'' with Paul Shaffer (Anami, 2016) * ''When Coltrane Calls! Session 3: Living Immortality'' with John Medeski (Anami, 2016) * ''Atoned Predestination'' (Anami, 2016) * ''Tathagata Guitar: Whisperings Of Peace'' (Anami, 2016) * ''Heart Ground'' (Anami, 2016) * ''Burning The Bed'' (Anami, 2016) * ''Atoms Of Supersoul'' featuring Dave Liebman (Anami, 2016) * ''Scream Of Ensoundment'' featuring Dave Liebman (Anami, 2017) * ''Immortal Drumming'' featuring Billy Hart (Jabali) (Anami, 2020) * ''Co-emerging Fullness'' (Anami, 2021)

References

External links

Official website
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