Marion Brown ‎– Why Not

Marion Brown ‎– Why Not

1. La Sorrela
2. Fortunato
3. Why Not
4. Homecoming

All compositions by Marion Brown

Marion Brown (alto sax)
Stanley Cowell (piano)
Norris "Sirone" Jones (bass)
Rashied Ali (drums)

Recorded October 23, 1966 in New York City.

ESP Disk ‎– 1040, 1968

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Oliver Lake ‎– NTU: Point From Which Creation Begins

Oliver Lake ‎– NTU: Point From Which Creation Begins

1. Africa (Johnson, Lake)
2. Tse'lane (Baikida E. J. Carroll)
3. Electric Freedom Colors (Carroll, Lake)
4. Eriee (Lake)
5. Zip (Lake)

Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Oliver Lake
Congas – Don Moye
Drums – Charles Bobo Shaw
Electric Bass – Don Officer
Electric Piano – Clovis Bordeux
Guitar – Richard Martin (3)
Small Instruments – Baikida E. J. Carroll, Floyd LeFlore, Joseph Bowie, Oliver Lake
Piano – John Hicks
Trombone – Joseph Bowie
Trumpet – Baikida E. J. Carroll, Floyd LeFlore

Recorded in St. Louis in 1971

Arista ‎/ Freedom ‎– AL 1024, 1976

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Arthur Blythe - Elaborations

Arthur Blythe - Elaborations

All compositions by Arthur Blythe except as indicated

1. Elaborations
2. Metamorphosis
3. Sister Daisy
4. One Mint Julep (Rudolph Toombs)
5. Shadows
6. Lower Nile

Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone
Abdul Wadud - cello
Kelvyn Bell - guitar
Bob Stewart - tuba
Bobby Battle - drums
Wilbur Morris - bass (track 3)
Muhammad Abdullah - congas (track 6)

Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, New York, 1982

Columbia ‎– FC 38163, 1982

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Arthur Blythe - Illusions

Arthur Blythe - Illusions

All compositions by Arthur Blythe

1. Bush Baby
2. Miss Nancy
3. Illusions
4. My Son Ra
5. Carespin' With Mamie
6. As of Yet

Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone
tracks 1, 3, 5:
   Abdul Wadud - cello
   James Blood Ulmer - guitar
   Bob Stewart - tuba
   Bobby Battle - drums
tracks 2, 4, 6:
   John Hicks - piano
   Fred Hopkins - bass
   Steve McCall - drums

Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, New York in April & May 1980

Columbia ‎– JC 36583, 1980

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Arthur Blythe - Blythe Spirit

Arthur Blythe - Blythe Spirit

All compositions by Arthur Blythe except as indicated

1. Contemplation
2. Faceless Woman
3. Reverence
4. Strike up the Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
5. Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner)
6. Spirits in the Field
7. Just a Closer Walk With Thee (Traditional)

Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone
Abdul Wadud - cello (tracks 1-4, 6)
Kelvyn Bell - guitar (tracks 1-4)
Bob Stewart - tuba (tracks 1-4, 6 -7)
John Hicks - piano (track 5)
Amina Claudine Myers - organ (track 7)
Fred Hopkins - bass (track 5)
Bobby Battle (tracks 1-4), Steve McCall (track 5) - drums

Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, New York, 1981

Columbia ‎– FC 37427, 1981

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Jamaaladeen Tacuma ‎– Renaissance Man

Jamaaladeen Tacuma ‎– Renaissance Man

All Compositions by Jamaaladeen Tacuma, except where indicated

1. Renaissance Man
    Cornet, African Flute – Olu Dara
2. Flash Back
3. Let's Have A Good Time
4. The Next Stop
5. Dancing In Your Head (Ornette Coleman, arr. Tacuma)
    Alto Saxophone – Ornette Coleman
    Electric Bass – Jamaaladeen Tacuma
    Electric Guitar – Charles Ellerbe
    Electronics [Dmx], Drum Programming – Greg Mann, Jamaaladeen Tacuma
    Percussion, Percussion [Electronic] – Ron Howerton
6. There He Stood
    Bass Guitar [Four And Five Stringed Steiberger], Bass [Peavey T-20 Lined Fretless] – Jamaaladeen Tacuma
    Handclaps – Daniel Ponce, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Verna Gillis
    Lyrics By [Poem], Narrator – Howie Montaug
    Percussion – Daniel Ponce
7. The Battle Of Images - In Four Movements
    Bass [Peavey T-20 Lined Fretless] – Jamaaladeen Tacuma
    Conductor – Bob Zollman
    Strings – Ebony String Quartet
    Violin – Cynthia Shoats, Kathleen Thomas
    Viola – Nina Wilkenson
    Cello – Aaron Henderson
    Timpani, Percussion – Bob Zollman
8. Sparkle
    Electric Bass – Jamaaladeen Tacuma
    Electric Guitar – Vernon Reid
    Tenor Saxophone – David Murray
    Drums – Bill Bruford
    Drums [African Gymbe] – Daryl Burgee

Tracks 1-4 (Jamaaladeen Tacuma featuring his band Jamaal)

Electric Bass, Electronics – Jamaaladeen Tacuma

Alto Saxophone – James R. Watkins

Electric Guitar – Rick Iannacone

Drums – Cornell Rochester

Track 1-4, 7 recorded at Studio 4, Philadelphia, 1983 

Track 5 recorded at Gramavision Recording Studio, New York, 1984 

Track 6 recorded at Sinus Musik, Berlin, Germany, 1983 

Track 8 recorded at Unique Recording Studio, New York, 1983 

Mixed at Gramavision Recording Studio, New York, 1984 

Gramavision ‎– GR 8308, 1984

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Ronald Shannon Jackson With Twins Seven Seven ‎– Live At The Caravan Of Dreams

Ronald Shannon Jackson With Twins Seven Seven ‎– Live At The Caravan Of Dreams

Composed and Arranged by Ronald Shannon Jackson

1. The Ancient Voice Of 'E'
    Vocals, Percussion, Talking Drum – Twins Seven Seven
2. Dream Caravan
3. Iré ("Eray")
    Vocals, Percussion, Talking Drum – Twins Seven Seven
4. Boilling Cabbage

Drums – Ronald Shannon Jackson
Soprano, Alto Saxophone – Eric Person
Violin, Barriphone – Akbar Ali
Guitar – Cary Denigris
Electric Bass – Reginal Washington

Recorded live at the Caravan Of Dreams, Fort Worth, Texas in 1985

Caravan Of Dreams Productions ‎– CDP 85005, 1986

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James Blood Ulmer - Live at the Caravan of Dreams

James Blood Ulmer - Live at the Caravan of Dreams

All compositions by James Blood Ulmer

1. Are You Glad To Be In America?
2. The Little Red House
3. Cheering
4. Recess
5. Revealing
6. Lonely Man
7. Church
8. I Need Love

Recorded at the Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth Texas in 1985

James Blood Ulmer - guitar, vocals
Charles Burnham - violin
Amin Ali - bass
Warren Benbow - drums

Caravan Of Dreams Productions ‎– CDP85004, 1986

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Ornette Coleman and Prime Time ‎– Opening The Caravan Of Dreams

Ornette Coleman and Prime Time – Opening The Caravan Of Dreams

All compositions by Ornette Coleman

1. To Know What To Know
2. Harmolodic Bebop
3. Sex Spy
4. City Living
5. See-Thru
6. Compute

Ornette Coleman – Alto Saxophone
Charlie Ellerbie – Guitar
Bern Nix – Guitar
Jamaaladeen Tacuma – Bass
Albert MacDowell – Bass
Sabir Kamal – Drums
Denardo Coleman – Drums

Caravan Of Dreams Productions – CDP85001, 1985

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Ornette Coleman - Of Human Feelings

Ornette Coleman - Of Human Feelings

All compositions by Ornette Coleman

1. Sleep Talk
2. Jump Street
3. Him and Her
4. Air Ship
5. What Is the Name of That Song?
6. Job Mob
7. Love Words
8. Times Square

Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, production
Charlie Ellerbee – guitar
Bern Nix – guitar
Jamaaladeen Tacuma – bass guitar
Calvin Weston – drums
Denardo Coleman – drums

Antilles ‎– AN-2001, 1982

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Ornette Coleman - Crisis

Ornette Coleman - Crisis

All compositions by Ornette Coleman except as indicated

1. Broken Shadows
2. Comme Il Faut
3. Song for Ché (Charlie Haden)
4. Space Jungle
5. Trouble in the East

Ornette Coleman - alto saxophone, trumpet, violin
Don Cherry - cornet, Indian flute
Dewey Redman - tenor saxophone, clarinet
Charlie Haden - bass
Denardo Coleman - drums

Recorded at New York University in New York City on March 22, 1969

Impulse! ‎– AS-9187, 1972

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Ornette Coleman - The Great London Concert

Ornette Coleman - The Great London Concert

All Compositions by Ornette Coleman

1. Forms And Sounds For Wind Quintet
     Bassoon – Cecil James
     Clarinet – Sidney Fell
     Flute – Edward Walker
     Horns – John Burden
     Oboe – Derek Wickens
2. Sadness
3. Clergyman's Dream
4. Falling Stars
5. Silence
6. Happy Fool
7. Ballad
8. Dough Nuts

Ornette Coleman - Alto Saxophone, Violin, Trumpet
David Izenson - Bass
Charles Moffett - Drums

Recorded at Fairfield Hall, Crodon, England on August 29, 1965

Arista/Freedom ‎– AL 1900 0998, 1975

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