Qamar, Nadi, 1917-

found: His The nuru taa African musical idiom [SR] c1975:label (Nadi Qamar) container (b. Cincinnati, Ohio; jazz pianist 1935-1962; currently plays African or African-derived instruments)

found: WW among Black Americans, 6th ed.(Qamar, Nadi Abu, b. Cincinnati, OH 7-6-1917, son of William Givens & Alberta Bennett Givens)

found: Hill, A. Compulsion [SR] 1965?:labels (Nadi Qamar) container (Nedi Qamar)

found: The Debut Records story, p1997:outer container (Spaulding Givens) booklet, page 3 (Spaulding Givens (Nadi Qamar), piano; track originally released on Spaulding Givens/Charles Mingus: Strings and keys) page 19 (pianist Spaulding Givens, better known as Nadi Qamar)

found: Facebook, May 18, 2015(Nadi Qamar (Spaulding Givens); born in Cincinnati, Ohio of Cherokee, Seminole, and African heritage; spent 10 years in California, during which he composed, arranged, and performed with Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Oscar Pettiford and the Los Angeles All Stars, among others; spent 25 years in New York City; during the 1960s, he developed expertise with the African likembi as a craftsman, composer, performer, and educator, and assumed the stage name, Nadi Qamar; after seven years as a professor at Bennington College in Vermont, Qamar moved to Wisconsin to free-lance; currently resides in Kewaunee, Wisconsin)