Tyrone Washington (musician)
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Tyrone Washington is an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
He is known best for his 1967 debut album for Blue Note Records
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With Roswell Rudd
With Horace Silver
With Heiner Stadler
He is known best for his 1967 debut album for Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...
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As Leader
- 1967: Natural EssenceNatural EssenceNatural Essence is the debut album by American saxophonist Tyrone Washington featuring performances recorded in 1967 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:...
(Blue Note) - 1973: Roots (Perception Records, with Stafford JamesStafford James-Biography:As a young man, Stafford James enlisted in the Air Force; after his discharge he studied at the University of Chicago with Rudolf Fahsbender. In 1969 he moved to New York City and studied under Julius Levine at the Mannes College for Music. Here he met Pharaoh Sanders, with whom he...
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) - 1974: Do Right (Blue Labor, with Hubert Eaves III, Billy NicholsBilly NicholsBilly Nichols was one of nine children born to Laura Bell and Tom Sanders in Carrollton, Mississippi. They were a farming family. At the end of the work day, Billy's father played blues on the guitar. Billy and his family gathered on the porch to listen. Billy would play the guitar when his...
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As Sideman
With Stanley CowellStanley Cowell
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- Brilliant Circles (Freedom, 1969)
With Roswell Rudd
Roswell Rudd
Roswell Rudd is a Grammy Award-nominated American jazz trombonist and composer....
- Blown Bone (Philips, 1976)
With Horace Silver
Horace Silver
Horace Silver , born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer....
- The Jody GrindThe Jody GrindThe Jody Grind is a 1966 album by the Horace Silver Quintet, led by jazz pianist Horace Silver.-Track listing:# "The Jody Grind" – 5:53# "Mary Lou" – 7:12# "Mexican Hip Dance" – 5:56# "Blue Silver" – 6:00# "Grease Piece" – 7:34# "Dimples" – 7:18...
(Blue Note, 1966)
With Heiner Stadler
- Brains on Fire (Labor, 1973)