James SPAULDING

© Vincent Bessières
Septembre/Octobre 2000
Mise à jour : mars 2003

 

McLean, Dolphy, Ornette... Spaulding, l'alto oublié des sixties.

 

L'état de ces recherches est en perpétuel avancement. Toute addition est la bienvenue.

Commentaires, questions, compléments peuvent être adressés via e-mail à : vincent.bessieres@wanadoo.fr

Special thanks to Mr. James Spaulding & Michael Fitzgerald.

SPAULDING, James
(Indianapolis, Indiana, 30-7-1937)
Saxophone alto, flûtes

Elevé à Indianapolis, il est le troisème d'une famille de sept enfants. Son père est un guitariste professionnel, leader d'un groupe nommé les Brown Buddies. La famille reçoit de temps à autre la visite d'un ami : le pianiste Teddy Wilson. James Spaulding grandit dans un environnement musical et commence par étudier le bugle, la trompette et la clarinette. Au saxophone, il est largement autodidacte. Il forme son premier groupe alors qu'il est lycéen : le Monarch Combo. Parmi les musiciens qu'il rencontre à cette époque figure Roland Kirk qu'accompagne Melvin Rhyne, lui aussi originaire de Indianapolis. De 1954 à 1957, il remplit ses obligations militaires et joue dans des ensembles militaires. Son premier engagement professionnel se fait dans le cadre du groupe The Jazz Contemporaries qui comprennent Freddie Hubbard (tp), Larry Ridley (b), Paul Parker (dm) et Walter Miller (p). A partir de 1957, grâce à la G.I. Bill, il s'installe à Chicago où il suit quelques temps des études musicales à la Cosmopolitan School of Music. Il étudie la pratique de la flûte avec Emil Eck, membre du Chicago Symphony Orchestra. De 1957 à 1960, il fait partie de l'orchestre de Sun Ra et se produit aussi dans le groupe du pianiste Sonny Thompson et de la chanteuse Lulu Reed. Il retourne ensuite à Indianapolis où il se produit avec son propre groupe et a l'occasion de jammer avec Wes Montgomery ; il joue aussi à Idlewild (Michigan), New York, Detroit.

A son installation à New York en 1961, il fait partie du quintet de Freddie Hubbard, avec lequel il collaborera jusqu'au début des années 70. A partir de 1966, il se produit aussi avec Randy Weston et devient membre du quintet de Max Roach, il joue également avec Roy Haynes. En parallèle, il enregistre avec un grand nombre de musiciens, qui apprécient à la fois son aisance sur l'alto et sur la flûte et ses talents d'improvisateur. Il participe ainsi pendant les années 60 à un grand nombre de sessions, principalement pour Blue Note, aux côtés de plus grands noms de ce label : Grant Green, Wayne Shorter, Stanley Turrentine, Horace Silver, Bobby Hutcherson, Larry Young, Hank Mobley, McCoy Tyner, Sam Rivers, Lee Morgan, Duke Pearson. Un certain nombre de ces disques resteront toutefois longtemps inédits. Lui-même aurait pu devenir l'un des artistes de la compagnie, mais la proposition qu'on lui fit alors (enregistrer un album dans la veine jazz-funk, à l'instar de ceux de Lou Donaldson, à visée essentiellement commerciale) l'y fait renoncer.

Au début des années 70, il se produit avec Bobby Hutcherson et le chanteur Leon Thomas. En 1971, il essaye infructueusement de monter son propre label : East, pour lequel il enregistre un 45 tours. On le voit au sein du Newport All Stars rassemblé par George Wein. Après quelques disques en moyenne formation avec Archie Shepp et sa contribution à la réussite du célèbre "The Creator Has A Master Plan" de Pharoah Sanders, Spaulding disparaît des studios mais donne des concerts à New York en petite formation, souvent dans des cadres universitaires. Lui-même passe plusieurs diplomes à la Rutgers University. On le retrouve en 1975 avec Kenny Barron, et il signe enfin son premier disque, un hommage à Duke Ellington, en 1976. L'année précédente, il avait d'ailleurs fait partie de l'orchestre d'Ellington placé sous la direction de Mercer Ellington. Durant cette période, de 1972 à 1975, il est professeur adjoint à la Rutgers University où il prend part à de nombreux workshops (avec Budd Johnson, Clark Terry, Randy Weston, Sonny Rollins, Jo Jones, Milt Hinton, Milt Jackson, Bob Wilber, Charles Davis).

Associé ensuite à Woody Shaw, Alvin Queen, Ricky Ford (avec qui il enregistre à plusieurs reprises), Randy Weston de nouveau, il commence à travailler régulièrement avec David Murray en 1987: il joue dans l'octette et le big band du saxophoniste ténor et est l'invité du World Saxophone Quartet. 1987, c'est aussi le temps des retrouvailles avec Art Blakey au cours d'un festival au Japon, et en 1989 avec Sun Ra.

En 1988, James Spaulding est pris sous contrat par la compagnie Muse, pour laquelle il enregistre un hommage à Monk et trois autres disques, puis, à partir de 1996, par la compagnie HighNote. Sur chacun de ses albums, il joue de la flûte, de la flûte basse, du piccolo et bien sûr, brillamment, de l'alto. Il ne manque pas non plus de rendre hommage à des musiciens de sa génération ou de la précédente que l'Histoire a tendance à sous-estimer : Elmo Hope, Tina Brooks, Freddie Redd, Clifford Jordan, Idrees Sulieman et surtout, Hank Mobley.

Avec le big band de David Murray, il rend hommage à la musique de Duke Ellington, et avec l'octette, à John Coltrane en 1999. Il se produit aussi au sein du True Blue All-Stars qui regroupe plusieurs musiciens associés à l'histoire du label Blue Note sous la houlette de Billy Higgins.

James Spaulding est l'auteur d'une pièce orchestrale intitulé Songs of Courage.

NOUVEAU / James Spaulding a désormais son propre site : Speetones

DISCOGRAPHIE

1950's

  • Jerry Butler, "Lost" (45 rpm / Chess ?) - Chicago, 1958 ?

    "I got my first call there (Chicago) to do a record session, with Jerry Buttler. My first professional recording. On flute... I had a little solo on there. (...) they had strings. The piece was called "Lost" (...) The other side of it is just the background." (Cadence interview)

  • Bobby Bryant / Larry Wright (Pacific Jazz) - Chicago, 1958-59 ?

    "I also made this recording with Larry Wright, the drummer from Chicago. That was one of my first recordings. Bobby Bryant on trumpet did most of the arrangements (...) That was done in Chicago around 1958, 1959. (...) I was playin' tenor saxophone, flute and alto saxophone on this, on both sides." (id.)

    The SUN RA Recordings (1958-59)

  • Lucious Randolph (tp), Nate Pryor (tb), James Spaulding (as), Marshall Allen (fl), John Gilmore (ts, solar bells, tambourine), Pat Patrick (bs, Rhodesian bells, solar drum), Ra (p, solar (electric) p, Egyptian sun bells), Ronald Boykins (b), Robert Barry (dm), Jim Herndon (timb) - Chicago, début 1958

    • Overtones of China (Sun Ra)

    > Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra, Visits Planet Earth

    Saturn LP 207 / Evidence CD 22039

    •  

  • Lucious Randolph (tp), Marshall Allen (as, fl), James Spaulding (as), John Gilmore (ts, solar drum), Charles Davis (bs), Pat Patrick (space lute), Ra (ep, p, spiral percussion gong, Chinese solar gong), Ronnie Boykins (b), Robert Barry (dm), Jim Herndon (tympani, timb) - Chicago, 1958

    • Planet Earth (Sun Ra)

    > Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra, Visits Planet Earth

    Saturn LP 207 / Evidence 22039

    •  

  • Hobart Dotson (tp), Bo Bailey (tb), James Spaulding (as, fl), Marshall Allen (as, fl), John Gilmore (ts), Pat Patrick (bs, fl), Charles Davis (bs), Le Sun Ra (p, celeste), Ronnie Boykins (b), William Cochran (dm) - Chicago, fin 1958

    • Enlightenment (Dotson-Ra)
    • Saturn (Sun Ra)
    • Velvet (Sun Ra)
    • Ancient Aeithopia (Sun Ra)
    • Hours After (E.J. Turner)
    • Horoscope (Sun Ra)
    • Images (Sun Ra)
    • Blues at Midnight (Sun Ra)

    > Sun Ra, Jazz in Silhouette

    Saturn LP 5786 / Evidence CD 22012

    •  

  • Hobart Dotson (tp), James Spaulding (as, fl), Marshall Allen (as, fl), John Gilmore (ts), Pat Patrick (bs, as, fl), Charles Davis (bs), Ra (p, celeste), Ronnie Boykins (b), William Cochran (or Robert Barry) (dm) + Hattie Randolph (voc) * Chicago, 1958

    • 'Round Midnight (Hanighen-Monk-Williams)*
    • You Never Told Me That You Care (H. Dotson)
    • Hour of Parting (Schiffer-Spoliansky)
    • Back In Your Own Backyard (Jolson-Rose-Dreyer) *
    • Enlightenment (Sun Ra)
    • I Could Have Danced All Night (Lerner-Loewe)

    > Sun Ra and his Astro Infinity Arkestra, Sound Sun Pleasure!!

    Saturn SR 512 / Evidence CD 22014

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  • Lucious Randolph (tp), Marshall Allen (fl), James Spaulding (as), John Gilmore (ts), Ra (Wurlitzer ep), Ronnie Boykins (b), Robert Barry (perc), Jim Herndon (perc), other band members (perc) - Chicago, 1958-59 ?

    • The Lady with the Golden Stockings (The Golden Lady) (Sun Ra)

    > Sun Ra and his myth Science Arkestra, The Nubians of Plutonia

    (aka Lady with the Golden Stockings) (Saturn / Evidence)

    •  

  • Lucious Randolph (tp), Nate Pryor (tb), James Spaulding (as) Marshall Allen (as), John Gilmore (ts), Pat Patrick (bs), Charles Davis (bs), Ra (p), Ronnie Boykins (b), Robert Barry (dm), Jim Herndon (timb, perc) - Chicago, 1958-59 ?

    • Star Time (Sun Ra)

    > Sun Ra and his myth Science Arkestra, The Nubians of Plutonia

    (aka Lady with the Golden Stockings) (Saturn / Evidence)

    •  

  • Walter Strickland (tp), Marshall Allen (as), James Spaulding (as), John Gilmore (ts), Pat Patrick (bs), Sun Ra (p), Ronnie Boykins (b), Robert Barry (dm) - Chicago, 1958-59 ?

    • Space Loneliness (Sun Ra)

    > Sun Ra and his myth Science Arkestra, We Travel The Spaceways

    El Saturn LP 409 / Evidence ECD 22038-2

    • 1960's

  • Freddie Hubbard, Hub-Tones (Blue Note)

    Blue Note 4115

    Freddie Hubbard (tp), James Spaulding (as), Herbie Hancock (p), Reggie Workman (b), Clifford Jarvis (dm)

    1. You're My Everything
    2. Prophet Jennings (F. Hubbard)
    3. Hub-Tones (F. Hubbard)
    4. Lament for Booker (F. Hubbard)
    5. For Spee's Sake (F. Hubbard)
    6. You're My Everything (alt tk)
    7. Hub-Tones (alt tk)
    8. For Spee's Sake (alt tk)

    Enregistré le 10 octobre 1962

  • Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers, Golden Boy (Colpix)

     

     

    (no picture)

     

     

     

    Colpix CP-478

    Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard (tp), Curtis Fuller (tb), Julius Watkins (fhr), Bill Barber (tu), James Spaulding (as), Wayne Shorter (ts), Charles Davis (bar), Cedar Walton (p), Reggie Workman (b), Art Blakey (ds)

    1. Theme From "Golden Boy"
    2. Yes I Can
    3. Lorna's Theme
    4. This Is The Life
    5. There's A Party
    6. I Want To Be With You

    Enregistré en 1963 ou 64 ?

  • Freddie Hubbard, Breaking Point (Blue Note)

    Blue Note 4172
    CD 7 84172 2

    Freddie Hubbard (tp), James Spaulding (as), Ronnie Matthews (p), Eddie Khan (b), Joe Chambers (dm)

    1. Breaking Point (Hubbard)
    2. Far Away (Hubbard)
    3. Blue Frenzy (Hubbard)
    4. Blue Frenzy (alt tk)
    5. D Minor Mint (Hubbard)
    6. Mirrors (Chambers)
    7. Mirrors (alt tk)

    Enregistré le 7 mai 1964

  • Grant Green, Solid (Blue Note)

     Blue Note LT-990

    Connoisseur CD Series 33580

    Joe Henderson (ts), James Spaulding (as), McCoy Tyner (p), Grant Green (g), Bob Cranshaw (b), Elvin Jones (dm)

    1. Minor League (D. Pearson)
    2. Ezz-Thetic (G. Russell)
    3. Grant's Tune (G. Green)
    4. Solid (S. Rollins)
    5. The Kicker (J. Henderson)
    6. Wives And Lovers (Bacharach-David)

    Enregistré le 12 juin 1964

  • Duke Pearson, Wahoo! (Blue Note)

    Blue Note 4191

    Donald Byrd (tp), James Spaulding (as, fl), Joe Henderson, (ts), Duke Pearson (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (dm)

    1. Amanda (D. Pearson)
    2. Bedouin (D. Pearson)
    3. Farewell Machelle (D. Pearson)
    4. Wahoo (D. Pearson)
    5. ESP (Extrasensory Perception) (D. Pearson)
    6. Fly, Little Bird, Fly (Donald Byrd)

    Enregistré le 24 novembre 1964

  • Freddie Hubbard, Blue Spirits (Blue Note)

     

     

    Blue Note 4196

    Freddie Hubbard (tp), James Spaulding (as,fl), Joe Henderson (ts), Kiane Zawadi (euph), Harold Mabern (p), Larry Ridley (b), Clifford Jarvis (ds), Big Black (conga)

    • Soul Surge
    • Cunga Black

    Freddie Hubbard (tp), James Spaulding (as, fl), Hank Mobley (ts), Kiane Zawadi (euph), McCoy Tyner (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Pete LaRoca (dm)

    • Blue Spirits
    • Outher Forces
    • Jodo

    Enregistré les 19 (1-2) & 26 -3-5) février 1965

  • Wayne Shorter, The Soothsayer (Blue Note)

    Blue Note

    Freddie Hubbard (tp), James Spaulding (as), Wayne Shorter (ts), McCoy Tyner (p), Ron Carter (b), Tony Williams (dm)

    1. Lost (W. Shorter)
    2. Angola (W. Shorter)
    3. Angola (alt tk)
    4. The Big Push (W. Shorter)
    5. The Soothsayer (W. Shorter)
    6. Lady Day (W. Shorter)
    7. Valse Triste (Sibelius)

    Enregistré le 4 mars 1965

  • Charles Tolliver Quintet, Live at The Village Gate (impulse!)

    V.A. The New Wave in Jazz, Impulse!

    Charles Tolliver (tp), James Spaulding (as), Bobby Hutcherson (vib), Cecil McBee (b), Billy Higgins (dm)

     

    1. Plight (C. Tolliver)
    2. Brilliant Corners (T. Monk)

     

    Enregistré le 28 mars 1965

  • Freddie Hubbard, The Night of the Cookers, Vol. 1 & 2 (Blue Note)

      

    Blue Note 4207 & 4208

    Freddie Hubbard (tp), James Spaulding (as), Harold Mabern (p), Larry Ridley (b), Pete LaRoca (dm) + Lee Morgan (tp)

    1. Jodo (Hubbard)
    2. Breaking Point (Hubbard)
    3. Pensativa (C. Fischer)
    4. Walkin' (R. Carpenter)

    Enregistré les 9 & 10 avril 1965

  • The Duke Pearson Nonet, Honeybuns (Atlantic)

     

    Atlantic LP 3002
    Koch Jazz CD-8519

    Les Spann (fl), Johnny Coles (tp), James Spaulding (as), George Coleman (ts), Pepper Adams bs), Garnett Brown (tb), Duke Pearson (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (dm)

    1. Honeybuns (D. Pearson)
    2. New Girl (D. Pearson)
    3. You Know I Care (D. Pearson)
    4. Is That So (D. Pearson)
    5. Our Love (Clinton-Bernier-Emmerich)
    6. Heavy Legs (D. Pearson)

    Enregistré les 25-26 mai 1965

  • Bobby Hutcherson, Components (Blue Note)

     
    Blue Note LP 4213
    Connoisseur CD Series 29027

    Freddie Hubbard (tp), James Spaulding (as, fl), Herbie Hancock (p), Bobby Hutcherson (vib), Ron Carter (b), Joe Chambers (dm)

    1. Components (B. Hutcherson)
    2. Tranquility (B. Hutcherson)
    3. Little B's Poem (B. Hutcherson)
    4. West 22nd Street Theme (B. Hutcherson)
    5. Movement (J. Chambers)
    6. Juba Dance (J. Chambers)
    7. Air (J. Chambers)
    8. Pastoral (J. Chambers)

    Enregistré le 14 juin 1965

  • Wayne Shorter, The All Seeing Eye (Blue Note)

     
    Blue Note 4219
    RVG Edition 24543

    Freddie Hubbard (tp, fgh), Grachan Moncur III (tb), James Spaulding (as), Wayne Shorter (ts), Herbie Hancock (p), Ron Carter (b), Joe Chambers (dm) + Alan Shorter (fgh / 5)

    1. The All Seeing Eye (W. Shorter)
    2. Genesis (W. Shorter)
    3. Chaos (W. Shorter)
    4. Face Of The Deep (W. Shorter)
    5. Mephistopheles (A. Shorter)

    Enregistré le 15 octobre 1965

  • Max Roach, Drums Unlimited (Atlantic)

     

    Atlantic

    Freddie Hubbard (tp), James Spaulding (as), Ronnie Matthews (p), Jymie Merritt (b), Max Roach (dm) + Roland Alexander (ss)*

    1. Nommo
    2. St. Louis Blues *
    3. In the Red

    Enregistré en 1965

  • Hank Mobley, A Slice Of The Top (Blue Note)

     
    Blue Note LT-995
    Connoisseur CD Series 33582

    Lee Morgan (tp), James Spaulding (as), Hank Mobley (ts), Kiane Zawadi (euph), Howard Johnson (tu), McCoy Tyner (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Billy Higgins (ds), Duke Pearson (arr)

    1. Hank's Other Bag (H. Mobley)
    2. There's A Lull In My Life (M. Gordon-H. Revel)
    3. Cute 'N Pretty (H. Mobley)
    4. A Tough Of Blue (H. Mobley)
    5. A Slice Of The Top (H. Mobley)

    Enregistré le 18 mars 1966

  • Duke Pearson, Prairie Dog (Atlantic)

     
    Atlantic 3005
    CD Koch

    Johnny Coles (tp), James Spaulding (as, fl*) Harold Vick (ts, ss*), George Coleman (ts), Gene Bertoncini (g), Duke Pearson (p, cel), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (dm)

    1. Prairie Dog (D. Pearson)
    2. Fakir * (D. Pearson)
    3. Little Waltz (Ron Carter)
    4. Soulin' (Joe Henderson)
    5. Hush-A-Bye (J. Seelen-S. Fain)

    Enregistré en 1966

  • Stanley Turrentine, Rough 'n Tumble (Blue Note)

    Blue Note LP 4240
    CD 24552

    Blue Mitchell (tp), James Spaulding (as, fl), Stanley Turrentine (ts), Pepper Adams (bs), Grant Green (g), McCoy Tyner (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (dm), Duke Pearson (arr)

    1. What Could I Do Without You ? (Ray Charles)
    2. The Shake (Sam Cooke)
    3. Walk On By (B. Bacharach-H. David)
    4. And Satisfy (Ronnell Brigh)
    5. Baptismal (John Hines)
    6. Feeling Good (A. Newley-L. Bricusse)

    Enregistré le 1 juillet 1966

  • Larry Young, Of Love and Peace (Blue Note)

     

    (no picture)

     

     

    Blue Note LP 4242

    Eddie Gale (tp), James Spaulding (as, fl), Herbert Morgan (ts), Larry Young (org), Wilson Moorman III (dm), Jerry Thomas (dm)

    1. Of Love and Peace
    2. Falaq
    3. Pavanne
    4. Seven Steps to Heaven

    Enregistré le 28 juillet 1966

  • Stanley Turrentine, The Spoiler (Blue Note)

    Blue Note LP 4256
    CD 53359

    Blue Mitchell (tp), Julian Priester (tb), James Spaulding (as, fl), Stanley Turrentine (ts), Pepper Adams (bs), McCoy Tyner (p), Bob Cranshaw (b, eb), Mickey Roker (dm), Joseph Rivera (perc), Duke Pearson (arr )

    1. The Magilla (Duke Pearson)
    2. When the Sun Comes Out (H. Arlen-T. Koehler)
    3. La Fiesta (Armando Bozo)
    4. Sunny (Bobby Hebb)
    5. Maybe September (Theme from The Oscar) (Faith-Livingston-Evans)
    6. You're Gonna Hear from Me (Andre Previn)
    7. Lonesome Lover (Max Roach)

    Enregistré le 22 septembre 1966

  • Freddie Hubbard, Backlash (Atlantic)

    Atlantic SD 1477
    Koch Jazz CD 8535

    Freddie Hubbard (tp, fgh), James Spaulding (as, fl), Albert Dailey (p), Bob Cunningham (b), Otis Ray Appleton (dm), Ray Barretto (perc)

    1. Backlash (Donald Pickett)
    2. The Return of The Prodigal Son (Harold Ousley)
    3. On The Que-Tee (Hubbard)
    4. Up Jumped Spring (Hubbard)
    5. Little Sunflower (Hubbard)
    6. Echoes Of Blue (Cunningham)

    Enregistré les 19 (1-4) & 24 (5-6) octobre 1966 

  • Horace Silver, The Jody Grind (Blue Note)

    Blue Note LP 4250

    Woody Shaw (tp), Tyrone Washington (ts), Horace Silver (p), Larry Ridley (b), Roger Humphries (dm) + James Spaulding (as, fl)

    1. Mary Lou (H. Silver)
    2. Blue Silver (H. Silver)
    3. Grease Piece (H. Silver)

     

    Enregistré le 23 novembre 1966

  • Duke Pearson, Sweet Honey Bee (Blue Note)

    Blue Note LP 4252
    CD 89792

    Freddie Hubbard (tp), James Spaulding (as, fl), Joe Henderson (ts), Duke Pearson (p), Ron Carter (b), Mickey Roker (dm)

    1. Sweet Honey Bee (Duke Pearson)
    2. Sudel (Duke Pearson)
    3. After the Rain (Duke Pearson)
    4. Gaslight (Duke Pearson)
    5. Big Bertha (Duke Pearson)
    6. Empathy (Duke Pearson)
    7. Ready Rudy ? (Duke Pearson)

    Enregistré le 7 décembre 1966

  • Lee Morgan, Standards (Blue Note)

      

    Blue Note CD 23213

    Lee Morgan (tp), James Spaulding (as, fl), Wayne Shorter (ts), Pepper Adams (bs), Herbie Hancock (p), Ron Carter (b), Mickey Roker (ds), Duke Pearson (arr)

    1. This Is The Life (C. Strouse - L. Adams)
    2. God Bless The Child (A. Herzog - B. Holiday)
    3. Blue Gardenia (B. Russell - L. Lee)
    4. A Lot Of Livin' To Do (C. Strouse - L. Adams)
    5. Somewhere (S. Sondheim - L. Bernstein)
    6. If I Were A Carpenter (Tim Hardin)
    7. Blue Gardenia (alt. tk)

    Enregistré le 13 janvier 1967

  • Hank Mobley, Third Season (Blue Note)

    Blue Note LT-1081
    Connoisseur CD Series 97506

    Lee Morgan (tp), James Spaulding (as, fl), Hank Mobley (ts), Cedar Walton (p), Sonny Greenwich (g), Walter Booker (b), Billy Higgins (ds)

    1. An Aperitif (H. Mobley)
    2. Don't Cry, Just Sigh (H. Mobley)
    3. The Steppin' Stone (L. Morgan)
    4. Third Season (H. Mobley)
    5. Boss Bossa (H. Mobley)
    6. Give Me That Feelin' (H. Mobley)

    Enregistré le 24 février 1967

  • Wayne Shorter, Schizophrenia (Blue Note)

     
    Blue Note LP 4297
    Connoisseur CD 32096

    Curtis Fuller (tb), James Spaulding (as, fl), Wayne Shorter (ts), Herbie Hancock (p), Ron Carter (b), Joe Chambers (dm)

    1. Tom Thumb (W. Shorter)
    2. Go (W. Shorter)
    3. Schizophrenia (W. Shorter)
    4. Kryptonite (J. Spaulding)
    5. Miyako (W. Shorter)
    6. Playground (W. Shorter)

    Enregistré le 10 mars 1967

  • Sam Rivers, Dimensions & Extensions (Blue Note)

     

     

     

     

    Blue Note LP 4261
    CD 7 84261 2

    Donald Byrd (tp), Julian Priester (tb), James Spaulding (as, fl), Sam Rivers (ts), Cecil McBee (b), Steve Ellington (dm)

    1. Precis (S. Rivers)
    2. Paean (S. Rivers)
    3. Effusive Melange (S. Rivers)
    4. Involution (S. Rivers)
    5. Afflatus (S. Rivers)
    6. Helix (S. Rivers)

    Enregistré le 17 mars 1967
     

  • Duke Pearson, The Right Touch (Blue Note)

    Blue Note LP 4267
    CD 28269 *

    Freddie Hubbard (tp), Jerry Dodgion (as, fl), James Spaulding (as), Stanley Turrentine (ts), Garnett Brown (tb), Duke Pearson (p), Gene Taylor (b), Grady Tate (dm)

    1. Make It Good (Duke Pearson)
    2. Los Malos Hombres (Duke Pearson)
    3. Los Malos Hombres (alt tk) *
    4. Scrap Iron (Duke Pearson)
    5. Rotary (Duke Pearson)
    6. My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera) (Duke Pearson)
    7. Chili Peppers (Duke Pearson)

    Enregistré le 13 septembre 1967

  • Freddie Hubbard, High Blues Pressure (Atlantic)

     

    Atlantic 1501

    Koch Jazz CD 8513

    Freddie Hubbard (tp), James Spaulding (as), Bennie Maupin (ts), Weldon Irvine (p), Herbie Lewis (b), Freddie Waits (dm)

    • Can't Let Her Go (W. Irvine)

    Freddie Hubbard (tp), James Spaulding (as, fl), Bennie Maupin (ts, fl), Kiane Zawadi (tb), Howard Johnson (tub), Kenny Barron (p), Herbie Lewis (b), Freddie Waits (dm), Roman 'Dog' Broadus (cga*)

    • Latina (Hubbard) *
    • High Blues Pressure (Hubbard)

    Freddie Hubbard (fgh), James Spaulding (fl), Bennie Maupin (fl), Kenny Barron (p), Herbie Lewis (b), Louis Hayes (dm)

    • A Bientot (B. Taylor)

    Freddie Hubbard (tp), James Spaulding (as), Bennie Maupin (ts), Kiane Zawadi (tb, euph), Howard Johnson (tub), Kenny Barron (p), Herbie Lewis (b), Louis Hayes (dm)

    • True Colors (Hubbard)
    • For B. P. (Hubbard)

    Enregistré les 13 novembre 1967 (1-3) et 10 janvier 1968 (4-6)

  • McCoy Tyner, Tender Moments (Blue Note)

     
     Blue Note LP 4275
    CD 7 84275 2

    Lee Morgan (tp), Julian Priester (tb), James Spaulding (as, fl), Bennie Maupin (ts), Bob Northern (fh), Howard Johnson (tu), McCoy Tyner (p), Herbie Lewis (b), Joe Chambers (ds)

    1. Mode To John (McCoy Tyner)
    2. Man From Tanganyika (McCoy Tyner)
    3. The High Priest (McCoy Tyner)
    4. Utopia (McCoy Tyner)
    5. All My Yesterdays (McCoy Tyner)

    Enregistré le 1 décembre 1967

  • Tyrone Washington, Natural Essence (Blue Note)

    Blue Note LP 4274

    Woody Shaw (tp), James Spaulding (as), Tyrone Washington (ts), Kenny Barron (p), Reggie Workman (b), Joe Chambers (dm)

    1. Natural Essence (T. Washington)
    2. Yearning for Love (T. Washington)
    3. Positive Path (T. Washington)
    4. Soul Dance (T. Washington)
    5. Ethos (T. Washington)
    6. Song of Peace (T. Washington)

    Enregistré le 19 décembre 1967

  • Bobby Hutcherson, Patterns (Blue Note)

    Blue Note LT-1044

    Connoisseur CD Series 33583

    James Spaulding (as, fl), Stanley Cowell (p), Bobby Hutcherson (vib), Reggie Workman (b), Joe Chambers (dm)

    1. Patterns (J. Chambers)
    2. A Time To Go (J. Spaulding)
    3. Ankara (J. Chambers)
    4. Effi (S. Cowell)
    5. Irina (J. Chambers)
    6. Nocturnal (J. Chambers)
    7. Patterns (alt. tk)

    Enregistré le 14 mars 1968

  • Archie Shepp, For Losers (impulse!)
  • Archie Shepp, Kwanza (impulse!) *

     

     

    Impulse! AS- 9188

    Archie Shepp (ts), Jimmy Owens (tp, flgh), Grachan Moncur III (tb), James Spaulding (as, fl), Charles Davis (bs), Dave Burrell (org, p), Wally Richardson (g), Bob Bushnell (b), Bernard Purdie (dm)

    1. Abstrack
    2. Back Back *

    Enregistré le 17 février 1969

     

     

    Impulse! AS-9262 *

  • Pharoah Sanders, Karma (impulse!)

     

    Impulse! AS-9181

    Pharoah Sanders (ts), Leon Thomas (voc, perc), James Spaulding (fl), Julius Watkins (fh), Lonnie Liston Smith (p), Richard Davis (b), Reggie Workman (b), Billy Hart (dm), Nathaniel Bettis (perc)

    • The Creator Has a Master Plan (P. Sanders-L. Thomas)

    Enregistré le 14 ou 19 février 1969

  • Freddie Hubbard, The Black Angel (Atlantic)

    Atlantic LP 1549

    Freddie Hubbard (tp), James Spaulding (as, fl), Kenny Barron (p, key), Reggie Workman (b), Louis Hayes (dm), Patato Valdes (perc)

    1. Spacetrack (Hubbard)
    2. Eclipse (Hubbard)
    3. Gittin' Down (Hubbard)
    4. Coral Keys (W. Bishop)
    5. The Black Angel (K. Barron)

    Enregistré le 16 mai 1969

  • Leon Thomas, Spirits Known And Unknown (Flying Dutchman)

     

    Flying Dutchman 10115

    James Spaulding (fl, as), Lonnie Liston Smith (p), Richard Davis, Cecil McBee (b), Roy Haynes (dm), Richard Landrum (perc), Leon Thomas (voc, perc, african flute) + Pharoah Sanders (ts) *

    1. The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders-Thomas)
    2. One (Thomas)
    3. Echoes (Thomas)
    4. Song For My Father (H. Silver-Ellen May Shashoyan)
    5. Damn Nam (Ain't Going to Vietnam) (Thomas)
    6. Malcom's Gone (Sanders) *
    7. Let the Rain Fall on Me (Aaron Bell)
    8. Um, Um, Um (Thomas) *
    9. A Night in Tunisia (Gillespie) *

    Enregistré les 21 et 22 octobre 1969
      1970's
  • Leon Thomas, The Leon Thomas Album (Flying Dutchman)

     

    Flying Dutchman 132

    Ernie Royal (tp), Jerome Richardson (as), Billy Harper (ts), Howard Johnson (bs), James Spaulding (fl), Donald Smith (fl), Arthur Sterling (p), John Williams (bg) Bob Cunningham (b), Roy Haynes (dm), Billy Cobham (dm), Richard Landrum (perc), Sonny Morgan (perc), Gene Golden (perc), Leon Thomas (voc, fl, perc), Oliver Nelson (arr, cond)

     

    Enregistré en 1970 ?
     

  • Louis Armstrong, What A Wonderful World (RCA)

    Mai 1970

  • James Spaulding - East 45 rpm

     (no picture)

    East 45 rpm

    Michael Ridley (tp), Earl McIntyre (btb), James Spaulding (as), Larry Ridley (b), Lenny White (dm), Doug Frazier (cga)

    • Give It Up
    • Uhuru Sassa

    1970-71 ?

    "I started a record label back in 1971. It was called the East label. I made up the logo for the 45's. (...) I just did these 2 records." (Cadence interview)

  • Archie Shepp, Things Have Got To Change (impulse!)

    (no picture)

     

    Impulse! AS- 9212

    Roy Burrows, Ted Daniels (tp), Grachan Moncur III, Charles Greenlee (tb), James Spaulding (as, fl), Archie Shepp (ts, ss), Howard Johnson (tub), Dave Burrell (p), David Spinozza, Billy Butler (g), Roland Wilson (b), Beaver Harris (dm) + Vocals, percussions and strings

    • Money Blues, Part 1, 2 & 3
    • Things Have Got To Change, Part 1 & 2

     Enregistré le 17 mai 1971

  • Charles Tolliver, Impact (Strata-East)

    Strata-East

    Charles Tolliver (tp), Stanley Cowell (p), Cecil McBee (b), Reggie Workman (b), Clint Houston (b) Clifford Barbaro (dm), Billy Parker (perc), Big Black (perc), Jon Faddis (tp), Richard Williams (tp), Jimmy Owens (tp), Larry Greenwich (tp), Virgil Jones (tp), Garnett Brown (tb), John Gordon (tb), Kiane Zawadi, Jack Jeffers (tb), Charles McPherson (as), James Spaulding (as, ss, pic, fl), George Coleman (ts), Harold Vick (ts, ss, fl), Charles Davis (bs), Gayle Dixon, Noël Dacosta, Winston Collymore, Noël Pointer (vln), Ashley Richardson, Julius Miller (vla), Patricia Dixon, Edith Wint Porter (cello)

    Enregistré le 17 janvier 1975

  • Kenny Barron, Lucifer (Muse)

    (no picture)

     

    Muse 5070

    Charles Sullivan (tp), Bill Barron (ss), James Spaulding (as, bfl), Carlos Alomar (g), Kenny Barron (p, kyb, perc), Chris White (elb), Billy Hart (dm)

    1. Spirits (K. Barron)
    2. Firefly (K. Barron)
    3. Ethereally Yours (K. Barron)
    4. Lucifer (K. Barron)

    Enregistré le 28 avril 1975

     

  • James Spaulding, Plays The Legacy of Duke Ellington (Storyville)

    (no picture)

     

    Storyville 1019

    James Spaulding (as, ss, fl, tfl, bfl, picc), Cedar Walton (p), Steve Nelson (vib), Sam Jones (b), Billy Higgins (dm), Mtume (perc) + Avery Brooks (voc)*

    1. Take The A Train (Ellington-Strayhorn)
    2. In A Sentimental Mood (Ellington)
    3. Come Sunday (Ellington) *
    4. Caravan (Tizol-Ellington) *
    5. Love You Madly (Ellington) *
    6. Lucky So And So (D. Ellington-H. David) *
    7. Sophisticated Lady (Ellington)
    8. It Don't Mean A Thing (Ellington)

     Enregistré les 1 & 2 décembre 1976

     

  • Woody Shaw, Woody III (CBS)

    (no picture)

    Woody Shaw (cnt, flg), Charles Sullivan (tp), Carter Jefferson (ts), James Spaulding (as, fl), Rene McLean (as, ss, fl), Curtis Fuller (tb), Steve Turre (tb, btb), Onaje Allan Gumbs (p), Buster Williams (b), Victor Lewis (dm), Azzedin Weston (cga, perc), Nobu Urushiyama (perc)

    1. Woody I: On The New Ark (W. Shaw)
    2. Woody II: Other Paths (W. Shaw)
    3. Woody III: New Offerings (W. Shaw)
    4. To Kill A Brick (W. Shaw)

    Enregistré les 18 & 19 janvier 1977

  • Richard Davis, Harvest (Muse)

    (no picture)

     

    Muse 5115

    Hannibal Marvin Peterson (tp), James Spaulding (fl, as) Consuela Moore (p), Ted Dunbar (g), Richard Davis (b), Bill Lee (b), Freddie Waits, Billy Hart (dm)

    1. Windflower (S. Casey)
    2. A Third Away (Richard Davis & Bill Lee)
    3. Take The A Train (Billy Strayhorn)
    4. Forest Flower (reprise) (Charles Lloyd)

      Enregistré le 16 mai 1977

  • Ricky Ford, Loxodonta Africa (New World)

    New World Records 204

    Oliver Beener (tp), Charles Sullivan (tp), Janice Robinson (tb), James Spaulding (as), Ricky Ford (ts), Jonathan Dorn (tu), Bob Neloms (p), Richard Davis (b), Dannie Richmond (dm)

    1. Loxodonta Africana (R. Ford)
    2. Ucil (R. Ford)
    3. Blues Peru (R. Ford)
    4. Dexter (R. Ford)
    5. My Romance (Hart-Rodgers)
    6. One Up, One Down (John Coltrane)
    7. Aerolinos (R. Ford)

    Enregistré en juin 1977

  • Woody Shaw, For Sure! (Rosewood CD) (CBS)

    (no picture)

     

    Woody Shaw (tp), Carter Jefferson (ts, ss), Gary Bartz (as), James Spaulding (fl), Curtis Fuller (tb), Steve Turre (tb, btb), Larry Willis (p), Stafford James (b), Victor Lewis (dm), Nana Vasconcelos (perc, cga), Judi Singh (voc) + Strings* : Gayle Dixon, Winterton Garvey (vln), Maxine Roach, Veronica Salas (vla), Akua Dixon, Richard Locker (cello)

    1. Time Is Right (J. Singh) *
    2. Why (V. Lewis)
    3. Isabel the Liberator (L. Willis)

    Enregistré les 17, 20, 27 décembre 1979 et 4 janvier 1980

    1980's
  • Edward Vesala, Heavy Life (Leo)

    Leo 009

    Tomasz Stanko (tp), James Spaulding (as), Chico Freeman (ts), J.D. Parran (ss, ts), Howard Johnson (bs), Joseph Daley (tub), Bob Stewart (tub), Reggie Workman (b), Edward Vesala (dm)

    1. Coming Of The Nocturnal Sun (E. Vesala)
    2. Meating (E. Vesala)
    3. High Red Table (E. Vesala)
    4. Moonlight Walk Of The Soothsayer (E. Vesala)
    5. Columbus Circle (E. Vesala)
    6. Slambura Road (T. Stanko)

    Enregistré en mai 1980

     

  • Alvin Queen, Ashanti (Nilva)

    Nilva 3402

    Dusko Goykovich (tp, flh), Billy Saxton (ts), James Spaulding (as,fl), John Hicks (p), Ray Drummond (b), Alvin Queen (dm)

    1. Song of Courage
    2. Ashanti
    3. Riff Raff
    4. Third World Express
    5. One For Booker
    6. Queen's Final Touch
    7. Naima's Love Song
    8. Teminah Pra Bebe
    9. Beneath The Surface
    10. From Way Back

    Enregistré le 18 août 1981

  • Ricky Ford, Shorter Ideas (Muse)

    (no picture)

     

    Muse 5314

    Jimmy Knepper (tb), James Spaulding (as), Ricky Ford (ts), Kirk Lightsey (p), Rufus Reid (b), Jimmy Cobb (dm)

    1. Dance Cadaverous
    2. Miyako (W. Shorter)
    3. Pinocchio
    4. Yes & No
    5. Tabloid Blues
    6. Wolf Trap
    7. Happy Reunion

    Enregistré le 28 août 1984

  • David Murray Octet, Hope Scope (Black Saint)

     

     

    Black Saint 120 139-2

    Hugh Ragin (tp), Rasul Siddik (tp), Craig Harris (tb), James Spaulding (as), David Murray (ts, bcl), Dave Burrell (p), Wilber Morris (b), Ralph Peterson (dm)

    1. Ben (For Ben Webster) (D. Murray)
    2. Same Places New Faces (C. Harris)
    3. Hope Scope (D. Murray)
    4. Lester (For Lester Young) (D. Murray)
    5. Thabo (R. Peterson)

    Enregistré le 12 mai 1987

     

  • Ricky Ford, Saxotic Stomp (Muse)

     

    Muse 5349

    James Spaulding (as), Ricky Ford (ts), Charles Davis (bs), Kirk Lightsey (p), Ray Drummond (b), Jimmy Cobb (dm)

    1. Saxotic Stomp (R. Ford)
    2. For Mary Lou (R. Ford)
    3. Musradres (R. Ford)
    4. Major Love (R. Ford)
    5. Art Steps (R. Ford)
    6. Ben's Den (R. Ford)
    7. Long Shadows (R. Ford)
    8. Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (Thelonious Monk)

     Enregistré le 4 septembre 1987

     

  • James Spaulding, Gotstabee A Better Way! (Muse)

    Muse 5413

    James Spaulding (as, fl, picc), Mulgrew Miller (p), Monte Croft (vib), Ron Carter (b), Ralph Peterson (dm), Ray Mantilla (perc)

    1. Bold Steps (J. Spaulding)
    2. Blue Hue (J. Spaulding)
    3. Ginger Flower Song (J. Spaulding)
    4. Remember There's Hope (J. Spaulding)
    5. Little Niles (J. Hendricks-R. Weston)
    6. Gotstabe (J. Spaulding)
    7. In Flight Out (J. Spaulding)
    8. I Have You (J. Spaulding)
    9. Barbados (C. Parker)

     Enregistré le 31 mai 1988

     

  • James Spaulding, Brilliant Corners (Muse)

    Muse 5369

    32Jazz 32161

    Wallace Roney (tp), James Spaulding (as, fl), Mulgrew Miller (p), Ron Carter (b), Kenny Washington (dm)

    1. Brilliant Corners (T. Monk)
    2. Let's Cool One (T. Monk)
    3. Down With It (B. Powell)
    4. Reflections (T. Monk)
    5. I Mean You (T. Monk-C. Hawkins)
    6. Ask Me Now (T. Monk)
    7. Little Willie Leaps (M. Davis)
    8. Little Rootie Tootie (T. Monk)

    Enregistré le 25 novembre 1988

  • Bobby Hutcherson, Ambos Mundos (Landmark)

    Landmark 1522

    James Spaulding (fl), Roger Glenn (fl, perc), Smith Dobson (p), Bobby Hutcherson (marimba, vib), Randy Vincent (g), Bruce Forman (g), Jeff Chambers (b), Eddie Marshall (dm), Francisco Aguabella (cga), Orestes Vilato (cga, timb)

    1. Pomponio (B. Hutcherson)
    2. Both Worlds (B. Hutcherson)
    3. Street Song (B. Hutcherson)
    4. Beep d'Bop (B. Hutcherson)
    5. Poema Para Ravel (B. Hutcherson)
    6. Yelapa (E. Marshall)

    Enregistré en Août/Septembre 1989

     

  • Sun Ra, Somewhere Else (Rounder)
  • Sun Ra, Purple Night (A&M)

      

    Rounder 3036

    Ra (p, syn), Don Cherry (pocket tp), Fred Adams (tp), Michael Ray (tp), Ahmed Abdullah (tp), Jothan Callins (tp), Al Evans (tp, flg), Tyrone Hill (tb), Julian Priester (tb) Reynold Scott (bs, fl), James Spaulding (as, fl), Marshall Allen (as, fl, perc), John Gilmore (ts, perc), James Jacson (bsn, Ancient Egyptian Infinity Drum), Rollo Radford (elb), John Ore (b), June Tyson (voc, vln), Earl C. "Buster" Smith (dm), Eric "Samurai" Walker (dm), Thomas "Bugs" Hunter (dm), Elson Nascimento (surdo, perc), Jorge Silva (repinique, perc)

    1. Discipline/Tall Trees in the Sun (Sun Ra)
    2. 'SWonderful (Gershwin)
    3. Hole in the Sky (Sun Ra)
    4. Somewhere Else Part 1 (Sun Ra)
    5. Somewhere Else Part 2 (Sun Ra)
    6. Stardust from Tomorrow (Sun Ra)
    7. Journey towards Stars (Sun Ra) *
    8. Friendly Galaxy (Sun Ra) *
    9. Love in Outer Space (Sun Ra) *
    10. Stars Fell on Alabama (Parrish-Perkins) *
    11. Of Invisible Them (Sun Ra) *
    12. Neverness (Sun Ra) *
    13. Purple Night Blues (Sun Ra) *

    Enregistré en novembre 1989

     

     

     

     

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    A&M 75021 5324 2

    1990's
  • David Murray Big Band Conducted by Lawrence "Butch" Morris (DIW)

    DIW 851

    Hugh Ragin (tp), Graham Haynes (tp), Rasul Siddik (tp), James Zollar (tp), Craig Harris (tb, voc), Frank Lacy (tb), Al Patterson (tb), Vincent Chancey (frh), Bob Stewart (tu), Khalil Henry (fl, picc), John Purcell (as), James Spaulding (as, fl), David Murray (ts, bcl), Patience Higgins (ts, ss), Don Byron (bs, cl), Sonelius Smith (p), Fred Hopkins (b), Tani Tabbal (dm), Joel A. Brandon (whistle), Andy Bey (voc), Lawrence "Butch" Morris (cond)

    1. Paul Gonzalves (P. Gonzalves-D. Murray)
    2. Lester (D. Murray)
    3. Ben (D. Murray)
    4. Calling Steve McCall (Murray-Morris-G' Ra)
    5. Love Joy (D. Murray)
    6. Istanbul (C. Harris)
    7. David's Tune (D. Murray)
    8. Let The Music Take You (Murray-Henderson)

    Enregistré les 5 & 6 mars 1991

  • Donald Brown, Cause And Effect (Muse)

    Muse 5447

    James Spaulding (fl), Joe Henderson (ts), Donald Brown (p), Steve Nelson (vib, marimba), Ron Carter (b), Kenny Washington or Carl Allen (dm) + Rudy Byrd, Donald Eaton (perc), Marlon Saunders, Lenora Helm (voc)

    1. The Power Of The Drums
    2. A Free Man ?
    3. Cause And Effect
    4. Theme For Mandela
    5. The Smile Of The Snake
    6. Man In A State Of Nature (Part 1 & 2)

     Enregistré les 16 & 18 avril 1991

     

  • James Spaulding, Songs Of Courage (Muse)

    Muse 5382

    Tyrone Jefferson (tb sauf *), James Spaulding (as, fl), Roland Alexander (ts), Kenny Barron (p), Ray Drummond (b), Louis Hayes (dm)

    • Cabu (R. Alexander)
    • Minor Bertha (Elmo Hope) *
    • Black Market (T. Jefferson)
    • Song Of Courage (J. Spaulding)

    James Spaulding (as, fl), Kenny Barron (p), Ray Drummond (b), Louis Hayes (dm)

    • Judy (R. Alexander)
    • Autumn Leavers (Kosma-Prévert)
    • Wee (Denzil Best)
    • Uhuru Sasa (J. Spaulding)
    • King (R. Alexander)

    Enregistré le 18 octobre 1991

     

  • Antoine Roney, Traveler (Muse)

    Muse 5469

    Wallace Roney (tp), James Spaulding (as, fl), Antoine Roney (ts), Jacky Terrasson (p), Dwayne Burno (b), Louis Hayes (dm)

    1. Traveler (Roney)
    2. Cry of... (Roney)
    3. Chief Rehab (Roney)
    4. Mayan Owl (Roney)
    5. Tempus Fugit (Powell)
    6. On Green Dolphin Street (Kaper/Washington)
    7. Estate (Summer) (Brighetti/Martino)
    8. A Weaver of Dreams (Elliott/Young)
    9. Bean and the Boys (Hawkins)

    Enregistré le 6 février 1992

     

  • David Murray Big Band Conducted by Lawrence "Butch" Morris, South of The Border (DIW)

    DIW 897

     

    David Murray (ts, bcl), Hugh Ragin (tp), Rasul Siddik (tp), James Zollar (tp), Graham Haynes (cor), Craig Harris (tb), Frank Lacy (tb), Al Patterson (tb), Vincent Chancey (frh), Kahlil Henry (fl), John Purcell (as), James Spaulding (as, fl), Patience Higgins (ts, ss), Don Byron (cl, bs), Sonelius Smith (p), Fred Hopkins (b), Tani Tabbal (ds), Larry McDonald (per), Lawrence "Butch" Morris (cond).

    1. St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins)
    2. Happy Birthday Wayne, Jr. (Wayne Francis)
    3. Awakening Ancestors (Craig Harris)
    4. Calle Estrella (Wayne Francis)
    5. World Of The Children (Sonelius Smith)
    6. Fling (Lawrence "Butch" Morris)
    7. Flowers For Albert (David Murray)

    All arrangements by each composers except "St. Thomas" by Wayne Francis.

    Enregistré les 23, 24 et 25 mai 1992

  • David Murray Octet, Picasso (DIW)

    DIW 879

    Hugh Ragin (tp), Rasul Siddik (tp), Craig Harris (tb), James Spaulding (as), David Murray (ts, bcl), Dave Burrell (p), Wilber Morris (b), Tani Tabbal (dm)

    1. Picasso Suite (Introduction / Catalonian Waltz / La Vie - The Jazz Live / Portrait Of Sax And Yac / When Hawk Meets Pablo / Reprise : Catalonian Waltz) (D. Murray)
    2. Menehune Messages (D. Burrell-M. Larsson)
    3. Chazz (W. Morris)
    4. Shakill's Warrior (D. Murray)

    Enregistré les 1, 2, 9 et 11 septembre 1992

     

  • James Spaulding, Blues Nexus (Muse)

    Muse 5467

    James Spaulding (as, fl, bfl, picc), Dan Faulk (ts, ss), Ronnie Matthews (p), Ray Drummond (b), Louis Hayes (dm) + Don Sickler (flgh) *

    1. Hipsippy Blues (Hank Mobley)
    2. Gerkin For Perkin (Clifford Brown)
    3. John Charles (R. Matthews)
    4. Rue Prevail (Art Farmer) *
    5. Gypsy Blue (Tina Brooks)
    6. Vaun-Ex (Elmo Hope)
    7. Soul Station (Hank Mobley)
    8. Chamber Mates (Paul Chambers)
    9. Bleeker Street Blues (Freddie Redd)
    10. Public Eye (Roy Hargrove)

    Enregistré le 8 août 1993

     

  • World Saxophone Quartet, Moving Right Along (Black Saint)

    Black Saint 120127

    Oliver Lake (as, ss), Eric Person (as, ss), David Murray (ts, bcl), Hamiet Bluiett (bs, as) + James Spaulding (as)

    • ?
    • ?

    Enregistré les 18 & 19 octobre 1993

  • David Murray, Dark Star (The Music of The Gratefull Dead) (Astor Place)

    Astor Place 4002

    Hugh Ragin (tp), James Zoller or Omar Kabir (tp), Craig Harris (tb), James Spaulding (as), David Murray (ts, bcl), Robert Irving III (p, org, synth), Bob Weir (g), Fred Hopkins (b), Ranzell Merritt (dm)

     

    Enregistré les 17 & 18 janvier 1996

  • James Spaulding, The Smile Of The Snake (High Note)

    High Note 7006

    James Spaulding (as, fl, bfl), Richard Wyands (p), Ron McClure (b), Tony Reedus (dm)

    1. Third Avenue (Clifford Jordan)
    2. Serenity (Rodgers Grant)
    3. The Smile of The Snake (Donald Brown)
    4. Lenora (R. Wyands)
    5. Tonight Only (R. McClure)
    6. Premonition (Geoff Keezer)
    7. Yes It Is (R. Wyands)
    8. Panchito (R. McClure)
    9. Love Is Not A Dream (Idrees Sulieman - Kathe Laursen)
    10. Havana Days (Cuba 1934) (Donald Brown)

    Enregistré les 3 & 4 décembre 1996

  • Bheki Mseleku, Beauty of Sunrise (Verve) - 1997

  • A Tribute To Rhasaan Roland Kirk, Haunted Melodies (Metropolitan Records)

    Metropolitan Records

    James Spaulding (as), John Stubblefield (ts), Xavier Davis (p), Dwayne Burno (b), Nasheet Waits (dm)

    • Blue Rol

    James Spaulding (as), Craig Handy (ts), Xavier Davis (p), Dwayne Burno (b), Nasheet Waits (dm)

    • Rip, Rag and Panic

     

  • David Murray Octet, Octet Plays Trane (Justin Time)

     

    Justin Time 131

    Ravi Best (tp), Rasul Siddik (tp), Craig Harris (tb), James Spaulding (as), David Murray (ts, bcl), D.D. Jackson (p), Jaribu Shahid (b), Mark Johnson (dm)

    1. Giant Steps
    2. Naima
    3. The Crossing
    4. India
    5. Lazy Bird
    6. A Love Supreme: Part I - Acknowledgement

     

  • James Spaulding, Escapade (High Note)

    HighNote 7039

    James Spaulding (as, fl , bfl), Don Sickler (tp, flgh), John Hicks (p), Ray Drummond (b), Kenny Washington (dm)

    • Escapade (Kenny Dorham)
    • Cheesecake (Dexter Gordon)
    • Grant's Tune (Grant Green)
    • High Modes (Hank Mobley)
    • The Break Through (Hank Mobley)
    • La Mesha (Kenny Dorham)

    James Spaulding (as, fl , bfl), John Hicks (p), Ray Drummond (b), Kenny Washington (dm)

    • Warm Valley (E.K. Ellington)
    • Madeline (Hank Mobley)
    • Just One Of Those Things (C. Porter)
    • It Could Happen To You (Burke-Van Heussen)

    Enregistré le 14 décembre 1999

    Sites en relation
    Sun Ra Discography par Robert L. Campbell sur Saturn Web
    Duke Pearson Discography par Michael Fitzgerald
    David Murray Discography par Marcel Safier
    Bibliographie

    "James Spaulding", interview taken by Bob Rusch, Cadence (Part 1 : Vol. 14, n°12, 12/88 & Part 2 :Vol. 15, n°2, 02/89)

    CARLES-CLERGEAT-COMOLLI, Dictionnaire du Jazz, Robert Laffont, coll. Bouquins, 1994
    ERLWINE-BOGDANOV-WOODSTRA-YANOW,     All Music Guide to Jazz, Miller Freeman Books, 1998
    Leonard FEATHER & Ira GITLER,     The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the 70's, Horizon Press, 1976 ; Da Capo 1987

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