Noah Howard
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Noah Howard was an American free jazz
alto saxophonist.
and Albert Ayler
. He studied with Dewey Johnson first in Los Angeles and later on in San Francisco. When he moved to New York he started playing with Sun Ra.
He recorded his first LP “Noah Howard quartet” as a leader in 1965 and his second LP “Noah Howard at Judson Hall“ in 1966 both for ESP Records
, but found little critical acclaim in the USA. In the Sixties and Seventies he performed regularly in the USA and Europe and moved to Paris in 1968.
In 1969 he appeared on Frank Wright
's album One For John and on Black Gipsy with Archie Shepp. As leader he recorded The Black Ark with Arthur Doyle
among others. In 1971 he created his own record label AltSax and published most of his music under that label .
In 1971 he recorded Patterns in the Netherlands with Misha Mengelberg
and Han Bennink
. He moved to Paris
in 1972, lived in Nairobi in 1982 and finally moved to Brussels
late 1982, where he had a studio and ran a jazz club. He recorded steadily through the 1970s and 1980s, exploring funk
and world music in the latter decade and recording for AltSax. In the 1990s he returned to his free jazz origins, releasing on Cadence Jazz among others, and experienced a resurgence in critical acclaim. His last two albums Desert Harmony (2008, with Omar al Faqir) and Voyage (2010) reflected his interest in World Music and were influenced by Indian, Latin American and Middle Eastern music.
Free jazz
Free jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s. Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and 1950s...
alto saxophonist.
Biography
An American born in New Orleans, Howard played music from childhood in his church. He first learned trumpet and later switching to alto, tenor and soprano saxophone. He was an innovator influenced by John ColtraneJohn Coltrane
John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
and Albert Ayler
Albert Ayler
Albert Ayler was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist, singer and composer.Ayler was among the most primal of the free jazz musicians of the 1960s; critic John Litweiler wrote that "never before or since has there been such naked aggression in jazz" He possessed a deep blistering tone—achieved...
. He studied with Dewey Johnson first in Los Angeles and later on in San Francisco. When he moved to New York he started playing with Sun Ra.
He recorded his first LP “Noah Howard quartet” as a leader in 1965 and his second LP “Noah Howard at Judson Hall“ in 1966 both for ESP Records
ESP-Disk
ESP-Disk is a New York-based record label, founded in 1964 by lawyer Bernard Stollman.From the beginning, the label's goal has been to provide its recording artists with complete artistic freedom, unimpeded by any record company interference or commercial expectations—a philosophy summed-up by the...
, but found little critical acclaim in the USA. In the Sixties and Seventies he performed regularly in the USA and Europe and moved to Paris in 1968.
In 1969 he appeared on Frank Wright
Frank Wright (jazz musician)
Frank Wright was a free jazz musician known for his frantic style of tenor saxophone.Wright was born in Grenada, Mississippi. He was originally a bass player, working with B. B. King and Bobby "Blue" Bland among others....
's album One For John and on Black Gipsy with Archie Shepp. As leader he recorded The Black Ark with Arthur Doyle
Arthur Doyle
Arthur Doyle is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, zanzithophonist and vocalist. He currently resides in Birmingham, Alabama.-Arthur Doyle:-Arthur Doyle Electro-Acoustic Ensemble:-Recordings as co-leader:...
among others. In 1971 he created his own record label AltSax and published most of his music under that label .
In 1971 he recorded Patterns in the Netherlands with Misha Mengelberg
Misha Mengelberg
Misha Mengelberg is a Dutch jazz pianist and composer. He won the Gaudeamus International Composers Award in 1961.-Biography:...
and Han Bennink
Han Bennink
Han Bennink is a Dutch jazz drummer and percussionist. On occasion his recordings have featured his playing on clarinet, violin, banjo and piano....
. He moved to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
in 1972, lived in Nairobi in 1982 and finally moved to Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
late 1982, where he had a studio and ran a jazz club. He recorded steadily through the 1970s and 1980s, exploring funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
and world music in the latter decade and recording for AltSax. In the 1990s he returned to his free jazz origins, releasing on Cadence Jazz among others, and experienced a resurgence in critical acclaim. His last two albums Desert Harmony (2008, with Omar al Faqir) and Voyage (2010) reflected his interest in World Music and were influenced by Indian, Latin American and Middle Eastern music.
Discography
- Noah Howard Quartet (NYC, 1966) with Ric Colbeck (tp), Scotty Holt (b), Dave Grant (per) (by ESP-DiskESP-DiskESP-Disk is a New York-based record label, founded in 1964 by lawyer Bernard Stollman.From the beginning, the label's goal has been to provide its recording artists with complete artistic freedom, unimpeded by any record company interference or commercial expectations—a philosophy summed-up by the...
1031) - At Judson Hall (NYC, 1966) with Dave BurrellDave BurrellDavis Burrell is an American jazz instrumentalist, most notably on the piano. He has worked for many jazz musicians including Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, Marion Brown and David Murray.- Biography :...
(p), Norris Jones [aka SironeSirone (musician)Norris Jones, better known as Sirone was an American jazz bassist and composer.-Biography:Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Sirone worked in Atlanta late in the 1950s and early in the 1960s with "The Group" alongside George Adams; he also recorded with R&B musicians such as Sam Cooke and Smokey Robinson...
] (b), Rik Colbeck (tp), Bobby Kapp (dr), Catherine Norris (cello) (by ESP-DiskESP-DiskESP-Disk is a New York-based record label, founded in 1964 by lawyer Bernard Stollman.From the beginning, the label's goal has been to provide its recording artists with complete artistic freedom, unimpeded by any record company interference or commercial expectations—a philosophy summed-up by the...
1064) - The Black Ark (NYC, 1969) with Arthur DoyleArthur DoyleArthur Doyle is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, zanzithophonist and vocalist. He currently resides in Birmingham, Alabama.-Arthur Doyle:-Arthur Doyle Electro-Acoustic Ensemble:-Recordings as co-leader:...
(ts), Earl Cross, Mohammed AliMuhammad Ali (drummer)Muhammad Ali is a free jazz drummer.Ali was born and grew up in Philadelphia. He, along with his father and brothers, converted to Islam. He recorded with Albert Ayler in 1969 on the sessions released as Music is the Healing Force of the Universe and The Last Album. He moved to Europe in 1969...
(dr), Juma SultanJuma SultanJuma Sultan is an American percussionist best known for his brief stint playing with rock legend Jimi Hendrix....
(per), Norris Jones [aka SironeSirone (musician)Norris Jones, better known as Sirone was an American jazz bassist and composer.-Biography:Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Sirone worked in Atlanta late in the 1950s and early in the 1960s with "The Group" alongside George Adams; he also recorded with R&B musicians such as Sam Cooke and Smokey Robinson...
] (b), Leslie Waldron (p), Earl Freeman (b) (by Freedom RecordsFreedom RecordsFreedom Records was a jazz record label linked with the producer Alan Bates, as with his Black Lion Records.Individual recordings were distributed via Polydor Records and Transatlantic Records during the early 1970s before the company was bought by Arista Records.-Discography:*1000 Albert Ayler &...
1971; reissue 2004 and 2010 by BoWeavil) - One for John (France, 1969) with Bobby FewBobby FewBobby Few is an American jazz pianist.Few was raised in Shaker Heights, a neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, and studied classical piano. He knew Albert Ayler as a youth, and the pair studied jazz and played together in high school...
(p), Muhammed Ali (dr), Frank WrightFrank Wright (jazz musician)Frank Wright was a free jazz musician known for his frantic style of tenor saxophone.Wright was born in Grenada, Mississippi. He was originally a bass player, working with B. B. King and Bobby "Blue" Bland among others....
(ts) (by BYG ActuelBYG ActuelBYG Actuel was a French record label specializing in free jazz. The label also released a small number of non-jazz recordings by artists such as Musica Elettronica Viva, Freedom and Gong.-History:...
+529336) - Black Gipsy (France, 1969) with Archie SheppArchie SheppArchie Shepp is a prominent African-American jazz saxophonist. Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late 1960s, which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by the African-Americans, as well as for his work with the New York Contemporary Five, Horace Parlan, and...
(ss), Earl Freeman (b), Sunny Murray (dr), Clifford Thornton (tp), Chicago Beauchamps (voc), Dave Burrel (p), Julio Finn (ham), Leroy Jenkins (viola) (by America, Prestige and Musidisc) - Archie Shepp - Pitchin Can (France, 1970) with Archie Shepp (ss), Bobby FewBobby FewBobby Few is an American jazz pianist.Few was raised in Shaker Heights, a neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, and studied classical piano. He knew Albert Ayler as a youth, and the pair studied jazz and played together in high school...
(p), Bob Reid (b), Clifford Thornton (tp), Muhammed Ali (dr), Al Shorter (flugelhorn), Lester Bowie (tp), Sunny Murray (dr), Julio Finn (ham), Noah Howard (as), Leroy Jenkins (viola), Dave Burrell (p), Earl Freeman (b), Chicago Beauchamps (voc) (by America 6106) - Space Dimension (France, 1970) with Frank WrightFrank Wright (jazz musician)Frank Wright was a free jazz musician known for his frantic style of tenor saxophone.Wright was born in Grenada, Mississippi. He was originally a bass player, working with B. B. King and Bobby "Blue" Bland among others....
(ts), Bobby FewBobby FewBobby Few is an American jazz pianist.Few was raised in Shaker Heights, a neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, and studied classical piano. He knew Albert Ayler as a youth, and the pair studied jazz and played together in high school...
(p), Art TaylorArt TaylorArthur S. Taylor, Jr. was an American jazz drummer of the hard bop school.After playing in the bands of Howard McGhee, Coleman Hawkins, Buddy DeFranco, Bud Powell, and George Wallington from 1948 to 1957, he formed his own group, the Wailers...
(dr) (by Musicdisc Europe/America 6104) - Uhuru Na Umoja (France, 1970) with Frank WrightFrank Wright (jazz musician)Frank Wright was a free jazz musician known for his frantic style of tenor saxophone.Wright was born in Grenada, Mississippi. He was originally a bass player, working with B. B. King and Bobby "Blue" Bland among others....
(ts), Bobby FewBobby FewBobby Few is an American jazz pianist.Few was raised in Shaker Heights, a neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, and studied classical piano. He knew Albert Ayler as a youth, and the pair studied jazz and played together in high school...
(p), Art TaylorArt TaylorArthur S. Taylor, Jr. was an American jazz drummer of the hard bop school.After playing in the bands of Howard McGhee, Coleman Hawkins, Buddy DeFranco, Bud Powell, and George Wallington from 1948 to 1957, he formed his own group, the Wailers...
(dr) (by Musicdisc Europe/America and Verve; reissue 2004]]) - Live at the Village Vanguard (NYC, 1972) with Frank LoweFrank LoweFrank Lowe was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and composer.Born and brought up in Memphis, Tennessee, Lowe took up the tenor saxophone and then moved to San Francisco...
(ts), Robert Bruno (p), Earl Freeman (b), Juma SultanJuma SultanJuma Sultan is an American percussionist best known for his brief stint playing with rock legend Jimi Hendrix....
(per), Rashied AliRashied AliRashied Ali, born Robert Patterson was an American free jazz and avant-garde jazz drummer best known for playing with John Coltrane in the last years of Coltrane's life.-Biography:...
(dr) (by Freedom RecordsFreedom RecordsFreedom Records was a jazz record label linked with the producer Alan Bates, as with his Black Lion Records.Individual recordings were distributed via Polydor Records and Transatlantic Records during the early 1970s before the company was bought by Arista Records.-Discography:*1000 Albert Ayler &...
FLP 40127 and Ironman records in 2004/Polydor) - Church Number Nine (France, recorded 1970, released 1973) with Frank WrightFrank Wright (jazz musician)Frank Wright was a free jazz musician known for his frantic style of tenor saxophone.Wright was born in Grenada, Mississippi. He was originally a bass player, working with B. B. King and Bobby "Blue" Bland among others....
(ts), Bobby FewBobby FewBobby Few is an American jazz pianist.Few was raised in Shaker Heights, a neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, and studied classical piano. He knew Albert Ayler as a youth, and the pair studied jazz and played together in high school...
(p), Mohamed AliMuhammad Ali (drummer)Muhammad Ali is a free jazz drummer.Ali was born and grew up in Philadelphia. He, along with his father and brothers, converted to Islam. He recorded with Albert Ayler in 1969 on the sessions released as Music is the Healing Force of the Universe and The Last Album. He moved to Europe in 1969...
(dr) (by Calumet) - Patterns (Netherlands, 1971) with Han BenninkHan BenninkHan Bennink is a Dutch jazz drummer and percussionist. On occasion his recordings have featured his playing on clarinet, violin, banjo and piano....
(dr), Steve Boston (congas), Earl Freeman (b), Misha MengelbergMisha MengelbergMisha Mengelberg is a Dutch jazz pianist and composer. He won the Gaudeamus International Composers Award in 1961.-Biography:...
(p), Jaap Schoonhoven (g) (by Altsax Records / Re-release Eremite records MTE 19CD in 1976) - Live at the Swing Club (Italy, 1974) with Michael Smith (p), Noel McGhie (dr), Bob Reid (b) (by Altsax Records)
- Tapestry - Ted Daniels Quintet (1974) with Tim Ingles (b), Jerome Cooper (dr), Kahn Jamal (vibes), Richard Daniel (g) and Ted Daniels (flugelhorn, tp) (by Altsax Records; distributed by Sub Records)
- Live in Europe, Volume 1 (across Europe, 1975) with Takashi Kako (p), Kent Carter (b), Muhammad AliMuhammad Ali (drummer)Muhammad Ali is a free jazz drummer.Ali was born and grew up in Philadelphia. He, along with his father and brothers, converted to Islam. He recorded with Albert Ayler in 1969 on the sessions released as Music is the Healing Force of the Universe and The Last Album. He moved to Europe in 1969...
(dr), Oliver Johnson (dr) (by Altsax Records SR 105; distributed by Sun RecordsSun Records (jazz)Sun Records was a jazz record label begun by saxophonist Frank Wright. Center of the World Records was also set up by Wright around the same time.-Sun:-Center of the World:-See also:* List of record labels...
) - Berlin Concert (Germany, 1975) with Takashi Kako (p), Kent Carter (b), Oliver Johnson (dr), Lamont Hampton (per) (by FMP Records FMP/SAJ07)
- Patterns (re-release 1976) with Han BenninkHan BenninkHan Bennink is a Dutch jazz drummer and percussionist. On occasion his recordings have featured his playing on clarinet, violin, banjo and piano....
, Steve Boston, Earl Freeman, Misha MengelbergMisha MengelbergMisha Mengelberg is a Dutch jazz pianist and composer. He won the Gaudeamus International Composers Award in 1961.-Biography:...
, Jaap Schoonhoven (by Sun RecordsSun Records (jazz)Sun Records was a jazz record label begun by saxophonist Frank Wright. Center of the World Records was also set up by Wright around the same time.-Sun:-Center of the World:-See also:* List of record labels...
) - Red Star (France, 1977) with Bobby FewBobby FewBobby Few is an American jazz pianist.Few was raised in Shaker Heights, a neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, and studied classical piano. He knew Albert Ayler as a youth, and the pair studied jazz and played together in high school...
(p), Guy Pederson (b), Richard Williams (tp), Kenny ClarkeKenny ClarkeKenny Clarke , born Kenneth Spearman Clarke, nicknamed "Klook" and later known as Liaqat Ali Salaam, was a jazz drummer and an early innovator of the bebop style of drumming...
(b) (by Mercury RecordsMercury RecordsMercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
9101 903 / reissued by Boxholder 2001 BXH014) - Schizophrenic Blues (Berlin, 1977) with Itaru Oki (tp), Jean-Jacques Avenel (b), Oliver Johnson (dr) (by FMP Records)
- Ole (re-release 1979 of Live in Europe, Volume 1) with Takashi Kako, Kent Carter, Muhammad AliMuhammad Ali (drummer)Muhammad Ali is a free jazz drummer.Ali was born and grew up in Philadelphia. He, along with his father and brothers, converted to Islam. He recorded with Albert Ayler in 1969 on the sessions released as Music is the Healing Force of the Universe and The Last Album. He moved to Europe in 1969...
, Oliver Johnson (by Chiaroscuro RecordsChiaroscuro Records-Artists:*Nat Adderley*Howard Alden*George Barnes*Louie Bellson*Gene Bertoncini*Eubie Blake*Ruby Braff*John Bunch*Don Cherry*Buck Clayton*Eddie Condon*Johnny Costa*Kenny Davern*Wild Bill Davison*Lou Donaldson*Dorothy Donegan*John Eaton*Don Ewell...
) - Patterns/Message to South Africa (Paris, 1979) with Johnny DyaniJohnny DyaniJohnny Mbizo Dyani was a South African jazz double bassist and pianist, who played with such musicians as Don Cherry, Steve Lacy, David Murray and Leo Smith....
(dr), Kali Fasteau (s), Chris McGregorChris McGregorChristopher McGregor , was a South African jazz pianist, bandleader and composer born in Somerset West, South Africa.- Early influences :...
(p), Noel McGee (b) (by Eremite records) - Traffic (Paris recorded 1980, released 1983) with Bobby FewBobby FewBobby Few is an American jazz pianist.Few was raised in Shaker Heights, a neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, and studied classical piano. He knew Albert Ayler as a youth, and the pair studied jazz and played together in high school...
(p), Joe Maka (dr), Clint Jackson (b) (by L'Orsa Maggiore) - Migration (Belgium, 1988) with Tammy Hall (p), Marty Townsend (b), Jan Verheyen (g), Walter Metz (dr) and Lode Jansen (tp) (by Altsax Records 9009)
- At Documenta IX (Netherlands, 1992) with Michael Joseph Smith (p), Jack Gregg (p), Chris Henderson (dr) (by Megadisc MDC 7874; reissued by Boxholder BOXHO25 in 2002)
- Live at the Unity Temple (Chicago, 1997) with Bobby FewBobby FewBobby Few is an American jazz pianist.Few was raised in Shaker Heights, a neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, and studied classical piano. He knew Albert Ayler as a youth, and the pair studied jazz and played together in high school...
(p), Wilbur Morris (b), Calyer Duncan (dr) (by Ayler Records aylCD-001) - Expatriate Kin (USA, 1997) with Zusaan Kali Fasteau (s), Bobby Few (p) (by CIMP)
- West frm 42nd (NYC, 1997; released 1998) with Eve Packer (voc) (by Altsax Records 9008)
- In Concert (Amsterdam, 1997; released 1998) with Bobby FewBobby FewBobby Few is an American jazz pianist.Few was raised in Shaker Heights, a neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, and studied classical piano. He knew Albert Ayler as a youth, and the pair studied jazz and played together in high school...
(p), James Lewis (b), Calyer Duncan (dr) (by Cadence Jazz RecordsCadence Jazz RecordsCadence Jazz is an American record label specializing in noncommercial jazz music. It is associated with Cadence Magazine.Cadence Jazz was founded by Bob Rusch in Redwood, New York in 1980...
CJR1084) - Comraderie (NYC 1997; released 1998) with Kali Z. Fasteau (s) and Bobby FewBobby FewBobby Few is an American jazz pianist.Few was raised in Shaker Heights, a neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, and studied classical piano. He knew Albert Ayler as a youth, and the pair studied jazz and played together in high school...
(p), Joe Mc Phee (ts), Sonelius Smith (p), Warren Smith (b), Mike Wimberly (per), Bobby Kapp (dr) (by Flying Note 9006 / CJR 1114) - Between Two Eternities (NYC, 1999) with Bobby Kapp (dr) (by CJR)
- Noah Howard Quartet: live at Copparlunden (2000) (by Ayler RecordsAyler RecordsAyler Records is a record label which specializes in free jazz and improvised music recordings.Founded in 2000 in Sweden by Jan Ström and painter Åke Bjurhamn, it has gained recognition among free jazz fans over the years by releasing both archive and contemporary recordings from artists as diverse...
, unreleased) - 'Back to the Future Project (NYC, 2000) Bobby Kapp (dr, voc), Dave Burrell (p), Gene Perla (b), Billy Bang (viola) (unreleased)
- Patterns/Message to South Africa (re-release 2000) with Han BenninkHan BenninkHan Bennink is a Dutch jazz drummer and percussionist. On occasion his recordings have featured his playing on clarinet, violin, banjo and piano....
, Steve Boston, Earl Freeman, Misha MengelbergMisha MengelbergMisha Mengelberg is a Dutch jazz pianist and composer. He won the Gaudeamus International Composers Award in 1961.-Biography:...
, Jaap Schoonhoven / Johnny DyaniJohnny DyaniJohnny Mbizo Dyani was a South African jazz double bassist and pianist, who played with such musicians as Don Cherry, Steve Lacy, David Murray and Leo Smith....
, Kali Fasteau, Chris McGregorChris McGregorChristopher McGregor , was a South African jazz pianist, bandleader and composer born in Somerset West, South Africa.- Early influences :...
, Noel McGee (by Eremite Records) - Red Star (re-release 2001) with Bobby FewBobby FewBobby Few is an American jazz pianist.Few was raised in Shaker Heights, a neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, and studied classical piano. He knew Albert Ayler as a youth, and the pair studied jazz and played together in high school...
, Guy Pederson, Richard WilliamsRichard Williams (musician)Richard Gene Williams was an American jazz trumpeter.Williams was born in Galveston, Texas, and played tenor saxophone early in his life before picking up trumpet as a teenager. He played in local Texas bands and attended Wiley College, where he majored in music...
, Kenny ClarkeKenny ClarkeKenny Clarke , born Kenneth Spearman Clarke, nicknamed "Klook" and later known as Liaqat Ali Salaam, was a jazz drummer and an early innovator of the bebop style of drumming...
(by Boxholder Records) - Live in Paris (Paris, 2001) with Boulou Ferret (g), Joe Lee WilsonJoe Lee WilsonJoe Lee Wilson was an American gospel-influenced jazz singer, originally from Bristow, Oklahoma. His voice is best recognized from several Archie Shepp albums recorded for Impulse! Records.-Biography:...
(v), François Tusques (p), Jack Greg (b), Armando, Daniel Berchet (dr) (by Altsax Records 90017) - Middle Passage (Belgium, 2001) with J. Emmanuel (voc) (by Altsax Records 90010)
- That Look (NYC, 2001) with Eve Packer (voc), Wilber Morris (b), Bob Cunningham (p), Warren Smith (per), Leo Izzo (g) (by Boxholder)
- Window 9/11 (Belgium, 2002) with Eve Packer (voc), Cesare (dr), Tammy Hall (p), Marty Townsend (g), Jan Verheyden (g), Walter Metz (dr) (by Altsax Records 90020)
- NY Woman (NYC, 2002) with Eve Packer (voc), Wilber Morris (b), Calyer Duncan (dr) (by Altsax Records 90014)
- Dreamtime (2002; released 2003) with Lode Jansen (tp) (by Altsax Records 90022)
- Church Number Nine (re-release 2002) with Frank WrightFrank Wright (jazz musician)Frank Wright was a free jazz musician known for his frantic style of tenor saxophone.Wright was born in Grenada, Mississippi. He was originally a bass player, working with B. B. King and Bobby "Blue" Bland among others....
, Bobby FewBobby FewBobby Few is an American jazz pianist.Few was raised in Shaker Heights, a neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, and studied classical piano. He knew Albert Ayler as a youth, and the pair studied jazz and played together in high school...
, Mohamed AliMuhammad Ali (drummer)Muhammad Ali is a free jazz drummer.Ali was born and grew up in Philadelphia. He, along with his father and brothers, converted to Islam. He recorded with Albert Ayler in 1969 on the sessions released as Music is the Healing Force of the Universe and The Last Album. He moved to Europe in 1969...
(by Black Keys Records) - The Eye of the Improviser (2003) career-spanning compilation (by Altsax Records / Distribution: Northcountry/Cadence)
- Cruisin w/moxie (New Orleans and Brussels 2002-2003) with Cesare (dr), Tammy Hall (p), Marty Townsend (b), Jan Verheyen (g), Walter Metz (dr) (by Altsax Records 90023)
- Live at the Village Vanguard (re-release 2004) with Frank LoweFrank LoweFrank Lowe was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and composer.Born and brought up in Memphis, Tennessee, Lowe took up the tenor saxophone and then moved to San Francisco...
, Robert Bruno, Earl Freeman, Juma SultanJuma SultanJuma Sultan is an American percussionist best known for his brief stint playing with rock legend Jimi Hendrix....
, Rashied AliRashied AliRashied Ali, born Robert Patterson was an American free jazz and avant-garde jazz drummer best known for playing with John Coltrane in the last years of Coltrane's life.-Biography:...
(by Ironman Records) - Now Playing (NYC, 2004) with Eve Packer (voc) (by Altsax Records 6054)
- Chris Chalfant - Convergence (2007) with Chris Chalfant (p), Noah Howard (as), Wilber Morris (b), Calyer Duncan (dr) (by Chris Chalfant Music 2306-7)
- Entre creation et exil (2007) (by Maxime Coton for Dispersal Collectif, unreleased)
- The Black Ark (re-release 2007) with Arthur DoyleArthur DoyleArthur Doyle is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, zanzithophonist and vocalist. He currently resides in Birmingham, Alabama.-Arthur Doyle:-Arthur Doyle Electro-Acoustic Ensemble:-Recordings as co-leader:...
, Earl Cross, Mohammed AliMuhammad Ali (drummer)Muhammad Ali is a free jazz drummer.Ali was born and grew up in Philadelphia. He, along with his father and brothers, converted to Islam. He recorded with Albert Ayler in 1969 on the sessions released as Music is the Healing Force of the Universe and The Last Album. He moved to Europe in 1969...
, Juma SultanJuma SultanJuma Sultan is an American percussionist best known for his brief stint playing with rock legend Jimi Hendrix....
, Norris Jones [aka SironeSirone (musician)Norris Jones, better known as Sirone was an American jazz bassist and composer.-Biography:Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Sirone worked in Atlanta late in the 1950s and early in the 1960s with "The Group" alongside George Adams; he also recorded with R&B musicians such as Sam Cooke and Smokey Robinson...
], Leslie Waldron, Earl Freeman (by Bo'Weavil Recordings) - Desert Harmony (Jordan, 2007) with Omar al-Faqir (p) (by Altsax Records 634479615061)
- Transit Mission (Paris and NYC, 2009) with Bobby Kapp (dr) (by Altsax Records)
- Voyage (Belgium, 2010) (by Altsax Records)
- First and Last (NYC, 2010; released 2011) with Eve Packer (by Altsax Records)
- Live in Scotland with Bobby Few (p), Grame Steven (g), Stu Ritchie (dr), Scott Cruikshank (b) (unreleased)