Whynot Records
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Discography
| Catalog # | Leader | Album | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 / 7118 | Walt Dickerson Walt Dickerson Walter Roland Dickerson was an American jazz vibraphone player, most associated with post-bop.... | Tell Us only the Beautiful Things | 1975 |
| 002 / 7119 | George Cables George Cables George Andrew Cables is a jazz pianist, born November 14, 1944 in New York City.He has played with Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Art Pepper, and others.His own recordings include the 1980 Cables Vision with Freddie Hubbard among others.... | Why Not | 1975 |
| 003 / 7120 | Air Air (jazz group) Air was a free jazz trio founded in 1971 by saxophone player Henry Threadgill, double bassist Fred Hopkins and drummer Steve McCall. They combined radical free improvisation with a strong sense of tune and equal emphasis on each instrument in the group.... | Air Song Air Song Air Song is the debut album by the improvisational collective Air featuring Henry Threadgill, Steve McCall, and Fred Hopkins performing four of Threadgill's compositions. The album was originally released on the Japanese Why Not label in 1975 and later released in the U.S... | 1975 |
| 004 / 7121 | Muhal Richard Abrams Muhal Richard Abrams Muhal Richard Abrams is an American educator, administrator, composer, arranger, clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist in the Free jazz medium. Abrams compresses both contemporary and traditional ideas into lean, elegant pieces.- Biography :Abrams attended DuSable High School in Chicago... | Afrisong Afrisong Afrisong is a solo piano album by Muhal Richard Abrams which was released on India Navigation and the Japanese Trio/Whynot label and features seven performances by Abrams recorded in Chicago in September 1975. The Allmusic review states "Muhal Richard Abrams seamlessy blended elements of stride,... | 1975 |
| 005 / 7122 | Joseph Bonner, Clint Houston Clint Houston Clinton Joseph Houston was an American jazz double-bassist.Houston played with George Cables and Lenny White in the house band at Slugs, a club in New York City, then played with Nina Simone , Roy Haynes , Sonny Greenwich and Don Thompson , Roy Ayers , Charles Tolliver , Stan Getz , and Woody Shaw... , Billy Hart Billy Hart William "Billy" Hart is a jazz drummer and educator who has performed with some of the most important jazz musicians in history.-Biography:Early on Hart performed in Washington, D.C... | Triangle | 1975 |
| 006 / 7123 | Monty Waters Monty Waters Monty Waters was an American jazz saxophonist , flautist and singer. Waters received his first musical training from his aunt and first played in the church. After his education in college, he was a member of a Rhythm & Blues band... | The Black Cat | 1975 |
| 007 / 7150 | Fumio Karashima | Piranha | 1975 |
| 008 / 7151 | Joe Lee Wilson Joe Lee Wilson Joe 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:... & The Bond Street + 1 | Shout For Trane | 1976 |
| 009 / 7152 | Charles Sullivan Charles Sullivan (musician) Charles Sullivan is an American jazz trumpeter. He has made recordings as sideman with Woody Shaw, Dollar Brand, Ricky Ford, and King Curtis, among others... | Re-Entry | 1976 |
| 010 / 7153 | Ted Curson Ted Curson Theodore "Ted" Curson is a jazz trumpeter. He is perhaps best-known for recording and performing with Charles Mingus.... | Blue Piccolo | 1976 |
| 011 / 7154 | Donald Smith, Cecil McBee Cecil McBee Cecil McBee is an American post bop jazz bassist, described by the Guinness Who's Who of Jazz as "a full-toned bassist who creates rich, singing phrases in a wide range of contemporary jazz contexts." Allmusic called him "One of post-bop's most advanced and versatile bassists".-Biography:McBee... , Jack DeJohnette Jack DeJohnette Jack DeJohnette is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer. He is one of the most influential jazz drummers of the 20th century, due to extensive work as leader and sideman for musicians like Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Keith Jarrett and Sonny... | LUV | 1976 |
| 012 / 7155 | Chico Freeman Chico Freeman Chico Freeman is a modern jazz tenor saxophonist and trumpeter and son of jazz saxophonist Von Freeman... | Morning Prayer Morning Prayer (album) Morning Prayer is a 1978 album by Chico Freeman, released on India Navigation and the Japanese Whynot Records.-Tracklisting:#"Like the Kind of Peace It is"#"The In Between"#"Conversations"#"Morning Prayer"#"Pepe's Samba"#"Pepe's Samba"... | 1976 |
| 013 / 7156 | Air | Air Raid Air Raid (album) Air Raid is the second album by the improvisational collective Air featuring Henry Threadgill, Steve McCall, and Fred Hopkins performing four of Threadgill's compositions. The album was originally released on the Japanese Why Not label in 1976 and later released in the U.S... | 1976 |
| 014 / 7157 | Andrew Cyrille Andrew Cyrille Andrew Charles Cyrille is an avant-garde jazz drummer.Cyrille was born in Brooklyn, New York into a family with a mother from Haiti. He began studying science at St... | Junction | 1976 |
| 015 / 7158 | Teruhiko Kataoka | Love Walking | 1977 |
| 016 / 7159 | Fumio Karashima | Landscape | 1977 |