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American jazz saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist.
Worked with : Machito, Chico Hamilton, Sam Rivers, Onaje Allen Gumbs, Muhal Richard Abrams, Roger Dawson, David Murray, Jack DeJohnette and others.

Born : May 08, 1952 in New York City, New York.

ALBUMS


John Purcell
Little Ray Of Sunshine
2000, CD, Album, Ltd, PAO Records
John Purcell, Robert Michael Weiß
Saxello Christmas In Vienna
1996, CD, Album, PAO Records
John Purcell
Trent Song
1994
Chico Freeman With John Purcell, Kenny Kirkland, Mark Thompson (9), Cecil McBee, Elvin Jones
The Pied Piper
1986,
John Purcell / Urszula Dudziak / R.A. Rama Mani* / Johnny Dyani / Okay Temiz / Freddie Santiago / T.A.S. Mani* / Ed Thigpen / R.A. Rajagopal* / Günter Baby Sommer* / T.N. Shashikumar* / Joe Koinzer
Percussion Summit
1984, CD,
World Saxophone Quartet
Requiem For Julius
2000, CD, Album, Justin Time, ,
Free Improvisation
World Saxophone Quartet
Takin' It 2 The Next Level
1996, CD, Album, Justin Time, ,
Post Bop/Modal
World Saxophone Quartet
With African Drums - Four Now
1996, CD, Album, Justin Time,
Dennis Gonzalez New Dallas Quartet
Stefan
1987, ,
Free Jazz/Post Bop
Julius Hemphill
The Boyé Multi-National Crusade For Harmony (Archival Recordings (1977-2007))
2021, 7xCD + Box, New World Records
World Saxophone Quartet
Steppenwolf
2002, CD, Album, Justin Time
Jarek Śmietana Band
Out Of The Question
2001, CD, Album, Not Two Records
World Saxophone Quartet
25th Anniversary - The New Chapter
2001, CD, Album, Justin Time
World Saxophone Quartet
M'Bizo
1999, CD, ,
Afrobeat
Abstract Truth
Beginnings
1994, CD, Album, Amadeo, PAO Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
The American Jazz Orchestra
The Music Of Jimmie Lunceford
1991
The Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra
Blu Blu Blu
1991
David Murray Big Band
Conducted By Lawrence "Butch" Morris
1991, ,
Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
The Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra
The Hearinga Suite
1989, Vinyl,
Julius Hemphill Big Band
Julius Hemphill Big Band
1988, ,
Free Jazz
David Murray Octet
New Life
1987, Vinyl No Barcode, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Third Kind Of Blue
Third Kind Of Blue
1986, Vinyl, ,
Contemporary Jazz
David Murray Big Band
Live At "Sweet Basil" - Vol. 2
1986, Vinyl, ,
Free Jazz/Big Band
Dennis Gonzalez John Purcell 8Tet
Little Toot
1985, LP, Album, Daagnim Records
David Murray Big Band
Live At "Sweet Basil" - Vol. 1
1985, ,
Big Band/Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation
Muhal Richard Abrams Octet
View From Within
1985, ,
Free Jazz
The Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra
Rejoicing With The Light
1983

APPEARANCES +


The Jazz Butcher
Never Give Up
2022, Vinyl Condition Blue Vinyl, ,
Indie Rock
Muhal Richard Abrams
The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint And Soul Note Volume 2
2016, 9xCD, Album, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Car, Black Saint, Soul Note, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
David Murray
The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note Volume 3
2016, 6xCD, Album, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Black Saint, Soul Note
Muhal Richard Abrams
The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note
2016
Jack DeJohnette
Special Edition
2012, ,
Contemporary Jazz
David Murray Octets*
The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note
2011, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album,, Black Saint, Soul Note, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
David Sanborn
Here & Gone
2008
Willie Colón
The Player
2007, 2x CD Tri-Fold Wallet Digipak, ,
Salsa
Hollotrio
Golem
2006, CD, Album, PAO Records
Instant Funk
The Anthology
2006, 2xCD, Comp, Salsoul Records, Suss'd Records
Bellowhead
Burlesque
2006, CD Digipak, ,
Brass Band/Folk/Klezmer
David Sanborn
Closer
2004
Jack DeJohnette
Selected Recordings
2004, CD, ,
Free Jazz/Jazz-Rock
Various
Classic Jazz: The Nineties
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets,
Various
Justin Time Records 20th Anniversary Compilation
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Justin Time, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Bop/Free Jazz/Swing
Tania Maria
Outrageously Wild
2003, 2x CD, ,
Latin Jazz
Various
Black Saint Story
2000, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Jack DeJohnette
Festival
1999, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, ECM Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Weeks & Co.
Rock Your World
1998, CD, Comp, Unidisc, ,
Disco
World Saxophone Quartet Featuring Jack DeJohnette
Selim Sivad. Tribute To Miles Davis With African Drums
1998, CD, Album, Justin Time
Various
Black Saint/Soul Note Critics' Pick Sampler (Vol. 1)
1997, CD, Comp, Black Saint, Soul Note, ,
Free Jazz/Post Bop
Enrique Fernandez And The Enriquillo Latin Jazz Winds
Melodia Para Congas: Jungle And The Saxophone
1997, CD, Album, Mapleshade Records
BeBe Winans
BeBe Winans
1997, CD, ,
Soul/Gospel
Tambó*
Al Santiago Presents Tambó Featuring Johnny Almendra & Louie Bauzo
1997, CD, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz/Guaguancó/Mambo/Bolero/Latin Jazz
David Sanborn
Songs From The Night Before
1996
David Murray Big Band Conducted By Lawrence "Butch" Morris*
South Of The Border
1995, CD, ,
Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
Various
ECM Story
1994, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,
David Murray
David Murray
1994, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, Black Saint, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
David Sanborn
Hearsay
1994, ,
Post Bop/Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz/Smooth Jazz
Alice Cooper
The Last Temptation
1994
Various
Jazz Fusions Two
1994
Anita Gravine
Welcome To My Dream
1993, CD, Album, The Jazz Alliance,
Patrick Doyle
Carlito's Way (Original Motion Picture Score)
1993, CD, ,
Score
Anthony Davis
X, The Life And Times Of Malcolm X, An Opera In Three Acts
1992, 2x CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Contemporary
David Sanborn
Upfront
1992, CD, ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Various
ECM Editions: Even The Price Sounds Great!
1991, CD, Comp, Promo, ECM Records, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Rock
Butch Morris
Dust To Dust
1991
David Sanborn = デイヴィッド・サンボーン*
Another Hand = アナザー・ハンド
1991, ,
Post Bop/Fusion
Various
L'Avanguardia Di Chicago
1990, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz, Black Saint, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Carl Stalling
The Carl Stalling Project (Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1936-1958)
1990, ,
Modern Classical/Big Band/Score/Experimental
Various
Dick Tracy
1990, ,
Rock & Roll/Swing
Santi Debriano
Soldiers Of Fortune
1990
The American Jazz Orchestra Conducted By John Lewis
Ellington Masterpieces
1989, ,
Big Band/Swing
Crossings
Childs Play
1988, Vinyl, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Smooth Jazz
Hamiet Bluiett
The Clarinet Family
1987, ,
Free Jazz
Stu Gardner
Presents Total Happiness: Music From The Bill Cosby Show Vol II
1987, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Smooth Jazz
The American Jazz Orchestra / Benny Carter
Central City Sketches
1987, 2x Vinyl, ,
Big Band/Swing
Henry Butler
The Village
1987
Muhal Richard Abrams
Colors In Thirty-Third
1987
Chico Freeman
Tales Of Ellington
1987
Chico Freeman
The Pied Piper
1986
Marlene (16) = マリーン*
Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise = 朝日のごとくさわやかに
1985, Vinyl, ,
Soul/Fusion/Smooth Jazz/Vocal
Tania Maria
The Real Tania Maria: Wild!
1985, ,
Latin Jazz
Merc And Monk
Merc And Monk
1985,
Dennis Gonzalez / John Purcell 6Tet
Anthem Suite
1984, LP, Daagnim Records
Chico Freeman Featuring Bobby McFerrin
Tangents
1984, Vinyl, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Various
Bratislava Jazz Days 1983
1984, 2x Vinyl, ,
Post Bop/Fusion/Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition
Album Album
1984, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Willie Colón
Tiempo Pa' Matar
1984, ,
Son Montuno/Guaguancó/Bolero/Plena/Merengue/Cha-Cha/Salsa
Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition
Inflation Blues
1983, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Instant Funk
Instant Funk V
1983, Vinyl, ,
Boogie/Funk/Soul
Jay Hoggard
Love Survives
1983, CD, ,
Fusion
Various
The Young Lions - A Concert Of New Music Played By Seventeen Exceptional Young Musicians - The Kool Jazz Festival June 30, 1982
1983, 2x Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Hard Bop/Avant-garde Jazz/Post Bop
Somos Musica Orquesta
Somos Musica
1983, ,
Salsa/Bolero/Merengue
Weeks & Co.
Weeks & Co.
1983, Vinyl, ,
Boogie/Electro/Funk/Soul
Peter Warren
Solidarity
1982, LP, Album, Japo Records
Aura
......Reaching For The Other Side
1981, LP, Album, Dolphin Records (8)
Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition
Tin Can Alley
1981, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Chico Hamilton
Reaching For The Top
1980, LP, Album, Ltd, Num, Nautilus Recordings,
Rey Reyes - La Orquestra Refran*
Llevare Candela / Trasnocha Dora
1979, ,
Salsa/Merengue
Ray Reyes*, La Orquesta Refrán
El Clavo
1979
Archie Shepp
Attica Blues Big Band (Live At The Palais Des Glaces)
1979, 2x Vinyl, ,
Soul-Jazz/Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Modal
Lord Smity*
Music Music Music
1978, LP, Charlie's Records
Christian Valor
Answer Man
1977, Vinyl,
Tito Rodriguez*
Curious?
1976, Vinyl, ,
Guaguancó/Salsa/Cha-Cha/Latin Jazz
University Of Bridgeport Jazz-Rock Ensemble
Rock: Man And His Music
1973, LP, Keyboard Publications, Columbia Special Products
David Murray Big Band Featuring James Newton
The Obscure Works Of Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
Cass, 3D Family,
Antonio Underwood
TONE POEM XIV : CONTINUATION
2022, CD, Album, Tone East Music LLC
Various
Pao To The People
2000, CD, Comp, Club, Smplr, Jazz Forum Records
Various
Sweeca Special Sampler
Cass, Comp, Sweeca
Jack DeJohnette
Jazz Jamboree '83
2003, 2xCDr, Unofficial, Pap, OMX, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Carl Stalling
The Carl Stalling Project (Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1936-1958)
CDr, ,
Modern Classical/Big Band/Score/Experimental