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Born: August 9, 1939 in Georgetown, Washington, DC
Died: October 5, 2013 in Silver Spring, Maryland

American jazz bassist. He practically retired from the scene in 1963, after a few years of his career, for personal problems, mainly due to his mental illness and drug addiction. In the following decades, he was occasionally involved in local music projects in the Washington, DC area.

ALBA


Butch Warren & Freddie Redd
Baltimore Jazz Loft
2021, CD, Album, Bleebop records, ,
Hard Bop
Butch Warren
French 5tet
2010, Minimax, Mini, Album, France Musique,
The Walter Bishop, Jr. Trio With Butch Warren And Jimmy Cobb
1965
1997, ,
Bop
The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Blue Monk
2021, CDr, Album, Sounds Of Yester Year,
The Thelonious Monk Quartet
The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection
2012, Box, Comp + 6xCD, Comp, RE, Sony Music, Columbia, Legacy, ,
Bop/Post Bop
The Kenny Dorham Quintet
Horn Salute
1997, CD, Album, Comp, Jazz Hour, ,
Cool Jazz
Elmo Hope Trio
Elmo Hope Plays His Original Compositions
1992
Elmo Hope Trio
High Hope!
1985
The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Monk In Tokyo
1973
The Walter Bishop Jr. Trio*
1965
1970
The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Monk In Tokyo
1969, ,
Bop
The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Thelonious Monk In Tokyo <1>
1963
The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Thelonious Monk In Tokyo <2>
1963
Elmo Hope Trio
Complete Studio Recordings
2007, 4xCD, Comp, Unofficial, Gambit Records

KOMPILACE +


Jerry Weldon & Massimo Faraò Trio
Grace
2024, SACD, Hybrid, Venus Records (5)
Sonny Clark
The Complete Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions
2023, Box, Comp, Mono, Ltd, Num + CD, Comp, Mono, RM + C, Mosaic Records (2), ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Donald Byrd
Four Classic Albums
2022, 2xCD, Comp, Avid Entertainment, Avid Jazz, ,
Hard Bop
Herbie Hancock
The Story of Herbie Hancock
2021, Box, Comp, Ltd, Num + LP, Album, RE, 180 + LP, Alb, Columbia, Sony Music Commercial Music Group, Verve Records, Universal Music Special Markets, Blue Note,
Joe Henderson
The Complete Joe Henderson Blue Note Studio Sessions
2021, Box, Comp, Ltd, Num + CD, Comp, RM + CD, Comp, RM , Mosaic Records (2), ,
Hard Bop/Modal/Post Bop
Donald Byrd
Eleven Classic Albums
2020, 6xCD + Box, Comp, RE, Reel To Reel Music Company, ,
Hard Bop
Thelonious Monk
At Newport 1963
2020, LP, Album, RE, Naked Lunch (2)
Kenny Dorham
L'Homme Tranquille
2020, CD, Comp, Promo, Jazz Magazine (2)
Různí
Spiritual Jazz XII - Impulse! (Esoteric, Modal & Progressive Jazz From The Impulse! Label 1962-75)
2020, ,
Modal/Free Jazz
McCoy Tyner
The Impulse Albums Collection
2019, 4xCD, Comp, Enlightenment (3), ,
Bop/Post Bop/Modal
Hank Mobley
The Complete Hank Mobley Blue Note Sessions 1963-70
2019, 8xCD, 24- + Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2), ,
Hard Bop
SlyArtË
Post Millennium Calm
2019, 11xFile, WAV, Album, Not On Label (SlyArtË Self-released)
Donald Byrd & Herbie Hancock
Royal Flush
2019, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Jazz Images
Booker Ervin
Black And Blue
2018, CD, Comp, Pap, Musica Jazz
Dexter Gordon
1962: Two Days In August
2018, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop
Různí
Pannonica - A Tribute To Pannonica
2018, CD, Comp, Cristal Records, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Sonny Clark
3 Essential Albums
2018, 3xCD, Comp, RM, Blue Note, Universal Music Group
Různí
Pannonica - A Tribute To Pannonica - Deluxe Edition
2018, 2xCD, Album, Dlx, Cristal Records
Různí
The Christmas Collection
2018, ,
Cool Jazz/Bop/Holiday
Joe Henderson
Birth Of A Genius
2017, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Hard Bop
Rahsaan Barber
The Music In The Night
2017, CD, Album, Jazz Music City,
Různí
Blue Bossa - Cool Cuts From The Tropics
2017, 3xCD, Comp, Blue Note, Universal Music Group, ,
Bossa Nova
Horace Parlan
La Période Bleue
2017, CD, Comp, Car, Jazz Magazine (2)
Dexter Gordon
5 Original Albums
2016, 5xCD, Album, RE + Box, Comp, Blue Note, Universal Music Group, The Jazz Labels, ,
Hard Bop
Dexter Gordon
Four Classic Albums
2016, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Avid Entertainment, Avid Jazz, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Booker Ervin & Horace Parlan
The Complete 4tet/5tet/6tet Recordings
2016, 3xCD, Comp, RM, Phono (4)
Herbie Hancock & Freddie Hubbard
Takin' Off / Hub-Tones
2016, CD, Comp, RM, Jazz Hour
Jackie McLean
Jazz 100年 Part2 ジャズの巨人 23 Jackie McLean
2016, CD, Comp, Mono, Universal Music,
Sonny Clark
Jazz 100年 Part2 ジャズの巨人 22 Sonny Clark
2016, CD, Comp, Mono, Universal Music,
Herbie Hancock
5 Original Albums
2016, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz/Hard Bop/Latin Jazz/Post Bop/Soul-Jazz
Jackie McLean
Profile Of Jackie
2015, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Bop
Nicola Conte
Nicola Conte Presents Blue Note Tribe...Deep, Afrocentric, Modal Jazz From Blue Note Archives
2015, CD, Comp, Blue Note
Různí
Detroit Jazz City
2015, CD, Album, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Různí
Roots Of Funk (1947-1962)
2015, 3xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Afro-Cuban/Bayou Funk/Boogaloo/Cha-Cha/Cubano/Descarga/Funk/Jazz-Funk/Mambo/Son/Latin Jazz/Soul
Thelonious Monk
The Complete Columbia Live Albums Collection
2015, ,
Bop/Post Bop
Různí
Uncompromising Expression
2014, 5xCD, Comp + Box, Blue Note, Blue Note, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Bossa Nova/Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Bop/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Vocal/Modal/Post Bop/Swing/Piano Blues
Různí
Jazz 100年 6 = イパネマの娘～ジャズに流れるラテンの血脈
2014, CD, Comp, Mono, Universal Music,
Různí
Jazz 100年 14 ザ・サイドワインダー～ジャズ史⑤ファンキーとジャズ・ロック
2014, CD, Comp, Universal Music,
Dexter Gordon
Go! + A Swingin' Affair
2014, ,
Cool Jazz/Hard Bop
Insight
D/A Orthophonic Sounds
2013, LP, Album, Ltd, Num, 99% Studios, ,
Soundtrack/Theme/Cut-up/DJ/Ambient/Hip Hop/Instrumental/Jazzy Hip-Hop/Acid Jazz/Abstract
Donald Byrd
Soul Roots
2013, CD, Comp, Promo, Jazz & Τζαζ,
Hank Mobley Quintet*
The Feelin's Good
2013, 2x12", Comp, Ltd, Num, RM, Gat, Music Matters Ltd., Blue Note
Matt Wilson Quartet + John Medeski
Gathering Call
2013, CD, Palmetto Records, ,
Post Bop
Grant Green & Herbie Hancock
Goin´ West + Feelin' The Spirit
2013, CD, Album, Comp, RE, RM, Master Jazz Records
Donald Byrd
Royal Flush + Off To The Races
2013, CD, Album, Comp, RM, 24B, Essential Jazz Classics
Thelonious Monk
Legenden Des Jazz
2013, CD, Comp, Die Zeit
Různí
This Is Blue Note (The Greatest Hits By Request)
2013, 2xCD, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Hard Bop/Latin Jazz/Modal
Dexter Gordon
Go! + A Swingin' Affair
2013, CD, Comp, Poll Winners Records
Grant Green
Remembering
2013
Donald Byrd
Eight Classic Albums
2012
Kenny Dorham
Eight Classic Albums
2012, ,
Hard Bop
Joe Henderson
4 Albums
2011, Box, Comp + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Al, Blue Note
Různí
Blue Note Meets Uniqlo
2011, ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop/Latin Jazz
Hans Mantel
Highlights Blue Note (A Groove Selection By Hans Mantel)
2009, 8xCD, Comp + Box, Blue Note, ,
Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Cool Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Vocal/Modal
Francis Wolff, Jimmy Katz, Various
Blue Note Photography
2009, 2xCD, Jazzpresso (2),
Různí
Ultimate Jazz Christmas
2006, ,
Easy Listening
Gilles Peterson
Pure Fire! A Gilles Peterson Impulse! Collection
2006, ,
Post Bop
McCoy Tyner
The Impulse Story
2006, ,
Post Bop
Herbie Hancock
The Essential Herbie Hancock
2006, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening/Modal/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Disco/Cool Jazz
Různí
The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records
2006, ,
Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Free Jazz
Thelonious Monk
Monk 'Round The World
2004, CD, Comp + DVD, Hyena Records, Thelonious Records, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Různí
Blue Note Perfect Takes
2004
Různí
Classic Jazz: The Sixties - Take Two
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets,
Herbie Hancock
Takin' Off / My Point Of View
2003, CD, Comp, RMG Records, Азбука Звука
Dexter Gordon
The Classic Blue Note Recordings
2003,
Stanley Turrentine
The Blue Note Quintet/Sextet Studio Sessions
2002, 5xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2), ,
Hard Bop
Thelonious*
"Live In New York" Vol. 1&2
2002, 2xCD, Album, Thelonious Records
Thelonious Monk
At Newport 1963 & 1965
2002
Grant Green
First Session
2001, ,
Post Bop
Thelonious Monk
The Columbia Years | '62-'68
2001, ,
Bop
Don Wilkerson
The Complete Blue Note Sessions
2001, ,
Soul-Jazz
Různí
Classic Jazz: The Sixties
2001,
Donald Byrd / Pepper Adams
The Complete Blue Note Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams Studio Sessions
2000, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2), ,
Hard Bop
Různí
Blue Note 1939-1999 - 60 Ans De Jazz
2000, 2xCD, Comp, Tri, Blue Note,
Horace Parlan
The Complete Blue Note Horace Parlan Sessions
2000
Herbie Hancock
Ken Burns Jazz: The Definitive Herbie Hancock
2000
Sonny Clark
The Blue Note Years
1999, CD, Comp, Mono, Pap, Blue Note, ,
Bop
Dexter Gordon
The Blue Note Years
1999, CD, Comp, Ltd, RE, Pap, Blue Note, Blue Note, ,
Hard Bop
Thelonious Monk
Les Absolus
1999, Box, Comp + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Al, Columbia, ,
Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop
Herbie Hancock
The Blue Note Years
1999, CD, Comp, Pap, Blue Note
Grant Green
The Blue Note Years
1999, CD, Comp, Pap, Blue Note
Různí
Blue 45s (The Ultimate Jukebox)
1998, CD, Comp, Mono, Enh, Blue Note, Blue Note, Blue Note, ,
Post Bop/Jazz-Funk/Latin Jazz
Různí
Visions Of Jazz: A Musical Journey
1998, 2xCD, Comp, EMI, Blue Note, ,
Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Big Band/Jump Blues/Swing
Různí
Swing Journal Presents The Blue Note
1998, 4xCD, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Bop/Free Jazz/Hard Bop/Modal/Post Bop/Soul-Jazz
Různí
Blue Bossa (Cool Cuts From The Tropics - Volume 2)
1998, ,
Soul-Jazz/Latin Jazz
Různí
The Blue Note Years Volume Three: Organ And Soul 1956 - 1967
1998,
Herbie Hancock
The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions
1998,
Různí
Roots Of Jazz Funk Volume One
1997, CD, Comp, MVP Records (5), MVP Records (5), ,
Hard Bop/Free Jazz/Modal
Různí
The Blue Box: Blue Note's Best
1997, 4xCD, Comp, EMI Music Canada, EMI Music Canada,
Richard Simon
Covering The Basses
1997, CD, Album, UFO-BASS,
Herbie Hancock
Jazz Profile: Herbie Hancock
1997, ,
Hard Bop/Modal
Joe Henderson
Ballads & Blues
1997,
Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane
The Three Tenors - Titans Of The Tenor Sax. Blue Notables Vol. 1
1996, CD, Comp, Mono, Smplr, Blue Note, Blue Note, ,
Hard Bop
Různí
This Is Jazz
1996, 10xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Ltd, Columbia, Columbia, Legacy, Epic, ,
Hard Bop/Fusion/Dixieland/Contemporary Jazz/Swing
Dexter Gordon
The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions
1996, Box + 6xCD, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Hard Bop/Bop
Různí
Bedroom Tenors
1996,
Různí
Blue Note Plays Sinatra
1996, ,
Swing/Bop
Různí
Midnight Blue - The (Be)Witching Hour
1996, ,
Big Band/Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Vocal
Různí
Jingle Bell Jam (Jazz Christmas Classics)
1994, CD, Comp, Rhino Records (2)
Herbie Hancock
Cantaloupe Island
1994
Miles Davis & Thelonious Monk
Live At Newport 1958 & 1963
1994, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
1993, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, EMI, ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop
Různí
Blue N' Groovy
1993, ,
Soul-Jazz/Modal
Různí
Blue Bop
1993
Různí
Afro Blue
1993, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Jackie McLean
Jackie McLean
1992, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, EMI, Musica Jazz, EMI
Ike Quebec
The Art Of Ike Quebec
1992, CD, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Bop/Bossa Nova/Latin Jazz/Hard Bop
Různí
The Best Of Blue Note Vol. 2
1992, ,
Soul-Jazz/Bop/Cool Jazz/Hard Bop
Joe Henderson
The Best Of Joe Henderson
1991
Různí
Ballads In Blue (Big Sounds For The Small Hours)
1991,
Dexter Gordon
Ballads
1991, ,
Hard Bop
Cole Porter
Blue Porter: Blue Note Plays The Music Of Cole Porter
1991,
Různí
Blue Note Piano Tracks
1990, LP, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Modal
Různí
Jazz 'Round Midnight
1990, 4xCD, Comp, 4 Tune, ,
Cool Jazz/Hard Bop
Jackie McLean
The Blue Note Years
1989, CD, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Bop
Grant Green
The Blue Note Years
1989, CD, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Bop/Modal/Soul-Jazz/Latin Jazz
Thelonious Monk
Live In Paris, 1964 - Alhambra Vol. 1
1989
Thelonious Monk
Live In Paris, 1964
1989
Různí
Blue Note 50th Anniversary Collection Volume 2 1956-1965 - The Jazz Message
1989,
Sonny Clark
The Blue Note Years
1988, CD, Comp, Mono, Blue Note
Dexter Gordon
The Blue Note Years
1988, CD, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Bop
Sonny Clark
The Blue Note Years
1988, CD, Comp, Mono, Promo, Blue Note, ,
Bop
Herbie Hancock
The Best Of Herbie Hancock
1988
Různí
Jazz 'Round Midnight Vol.1
1988, ,
Bop
Thelonious Monk
The Composer
1988, ,
Bop
Sonny Clark
Somethin' Special
1988
Dexter Gordon
The Best Of Dexter Gordon
1988, ,
Bop
Lee Morgan
The Best Of Lee Morgan
1988, ,
Hard Bop
Thelonious Monk
Evidence
1987
Thelonious Monk
'63 In Japan
1987
Různí
A Sample Of Blue Notes
1987
Horace Parlan
Happy Frame Of Mind
1986, ,
Hard Bop
Hank Mobley
Straight No Filter
1986, ,
Hard Bop
Různí
Soho Blue - Welcome To The Blue Note Club
1986, ,
Hard Bop/Bop/Post Bop
Různí
The Best Of Blue Note Vol.1
1985, CD, Comp, Mono, Blue Note, ,
Hard Bop/Modal/Post Bop
Thelonious Monk
Blue Monk
1985
Thelonious Monk
The Collection
1985
Různí
The Best Of Blue Note
1984, ,
Hard Bop/Modal
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk 1963 In Japan
1983
Různí
Blue Bossa - Blue Note Special 1963-1965
1982, LP, Comp, Blue Note
Různí
Newport Jazz Festival: Live (Unreleased Highlights From 1956, 1958, 1963)
1982, ,
Dixieland/Swing/Big Band/Stride/Cool Jazz/Bop
Donald Byrd
Byrd In Flight / Royal Flush
1980, 2xLP, Comp, Blue Note
Jackie McLean
Vertigo
1980, ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop
Jackie McLean
Tippin' The Scales
1979, ,
Post Bop
Thelonious Monk
Always Know
1979, ,
Bop/Post Bop
Jackie McLean
Hipnosis
1978, 2xLP, Comp, Blue Note
Billy Butterfield
The Incomparable Butterfield Horn
1978, LP, Album, Fat Cat's Jazz
Stanley Turrentine
Jubilee Shouts
1978, ,
Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz
Herbie Hancock
V.S.O.P. - Tour Narrative Special Limited Edition For Radio
1977, LP, Ltd, Promo, Columbia, ,
Fusion/Post Bop/Promotional/Interview
The Jackie McLean Quintet*
The Jackie McLean Quintet
1977, ,
Hard Bop
Booker Ervin
Back From The Gig
1976, 2xLP, Album, Blue Note, ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
1975, ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop/Modal
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
1975, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Thelonious Monk
Who's Afraid Of The Big Band Monk?
1974, ,
Bop/Big Band
Herbie Hancock
The Best Of Herbie Hancock
1971
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk's Greatest Hits Vol.1
1970, LP, Comp, CBS
Thelonious Monk
Blue Monk
1969, 7", EP, CBS/Sony
Různí
Blue Note's Three Decades Of Jazz - Volume 1 - 1959 - 1969
1969,
Thelonious Monk
Monk's Greatest Hits
1969, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Donald Byrd
Free Form
1966, 7", Blue Note
Donald Byrd
Free Form
1966
Hank Mobley
The Turnaround
1965, ,
Hard Bop
Bobby Timmons
Holiday Soul
1965
Monk*
Misterioso (Recorded On Tour)
1965,
Thelonious Monk
Monk.
1965
The Walter Bishop Jr. Group
Summertime
1965
McCoy Tyner
Today And Tomorrow
1964
Donald Byrd
A New Perspective
1964, ,
Soul-Jazz
Monk*
Big Band And Quartet In Concert
1964, ,
Bop
Thelonious Monk
It's Monk's Time
1964
Hank Mobley
No Room For Squares
1964, ,
Hard Bop
The Miles Davis Sextet & The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Miles & Monk At Newport
1964, ,
Hard Bop/Bop/Modal
Různí
Groovy Goodies
1964, ,
Hard Bop/Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Soul-Jazz
Joe Henderson
Blue Bossa
1963, 7", Blue Note, ,
Hard Bop
Booker Ervin
Exultation!
1963, ,
Post Bop
Joe Henderson
Page One
1963, ,
Hard Bop
Kenny Dorham
Una Mas (One More Time)
1963
Grant Green
Feelin' The Spirit
1963, ,
Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz
Don Wilkerson
"Pour Ceux Qui Aiment Le Jazz" (Camp Meetin')
1962
Peter Yorke Orchestra* / The Walter Bishop Jr. Trio*
A Pair of "Naturals"
1962
Herbie Hancock
Watermelon Man / Three Bags Full
1962
Jackie McLean
A Fickle Sonance
1962
Dexter Gordon
A Swingin' Affair
1962
Slide Hampton
Exodus
1962
Sonny Clark
Leapin' And Lopin'
1962, ,
Hard Bop
Herbie Hancock
Takin' Off
1962
Don Wilkerson
Preach Brother!
1962, ,
Soul-Jazz
Dexter Gordon
Go!
1962
Donald Byrd
6 M'S
1961, 7", Single, Mono, Blue Note
Donald Byrd
Royal Flush
1961
Kenny Dorham
The Arrival Of Kenny Dorham
1960
Kenny Dorham
Jazz Contemporary
1960, ,
Bop
Kenny Dorham
Modern Jazzclub - Kenny Dorham
LP, Comp, Time Records (3)
Různí
Blue Note Best Selections
LP, Comp, Blue Note, Liberty
Různí
This Is Modern Jazz Vol. 2 - Mainstream Edition
2xLP, Comp, Mono + Box, CBS/Sony
Různí
Jazz Autour De Minuit
CD, Comp, Dig, Blue Note, EMI,
Thelonious Monk
Solo Piano In Berlin '69 (Monk Plays Ellington)
DVD-V, Mono, JazzShots
Různí
Blue Note Meets Uniqlo
CD, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop/Latin Jazz
Niko Bellotto & Pawel Kobak / Dexter Gordon
More Than You Know EP
Různí
The Best Of Blue Note
Různí
Summer Jazz
2014, 2xCD, Comp, Wagram Music
Donald Byrd
Royal Flush
2023, ,
Hard Bop
Don Wilkerson
Preach Brother!
2019
Donald Byrd
A New Perspective
2018
Dexter Gordon
A Swingin' Affair
2017
Thelonius Monk Quartet*
Live In Zurich 1964
2006
Bud Powell / Thelonious Monk
Pianology
1994
Herbie Hancock
Takin' Off / Empyrean Isles
CD, Album, Comp, RE, Unofficial, ООО "Галактис"
Kenny Dorham
Una Mas
CD, Comp, Unofficial, Echo Industry Co., Ltd.
Herbie Hancock
Cantaloupe Island