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Nat Adderley Sextet Mal Waldron Quintet McCoy Tyner Quartet The Elvin Jones Jazz Machine The Pat Dinizio Foursome The New York Saxophone Madness Michael Carvin Quintet Sonny Fortune Quartet Dollar Brand Orchestra

ex Nat Adderley Quintet

Born May 19, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Died October 25, 2018 in New York City, New York.

American jazz woodwind player. Fortune played soprano, alto, tenor, & baritone saxophones, clarinet, and flute.

ALBA

Last Night At Sweet Rhythm

2009, CD, Album, Sound Reason,

You And The Night And The Music

2007, CD, Album, 18th & Vine

Ernst Bier / Matthias Bätzel / Karl Schloz with Sonny Fortune

Live At The A-Trane

2006, CD, Album, Konnex Records,

Free Improvisation

Trilogy Collection

2005, 3xCD, Comp, Sound Reason

2003, CD, Album, Sound Reason

In The Spirit Of John Coltrane

2000, CD, Album, Shanachie,

Weldon Irvine Jr.* With Don Blackman, Lenny White, Tony Wiles*, Napoleon Revels, Sonny Fortune, Jimmy Owens

The Best Of Weldon Irvine Jr. (Vol. 1)

A Better Understanding

Gary Bartz, Sonny Fortune

1993, CD, Album, Konnex Records

It Ain't What It Was

1992, CD, Album, Konnex Records

David Janeway Featuring Sonny Fortune And Billy Hart

1991, CD, Album, Konnex Records

Freddie Hubbard And Friends: Clark Terry, Jon Hendricks, Jon Faddis, Kenny Burrell, Sonny Fortune, Joe Beck

Riding High Plus Jazz Symphonies Solo Brothers & Professor Jive

1989, 2xCD, Album, DRG Records

Sonny Fortune - Billy Harper - Stanley Cowell - Reggie Workman - Billy Hart

Sal Nistico, Buddy Rich, Kenny Barron, Sonny Fortune

I Giganti Del Jazz 81

With Sound Reason

Afro-Cuban Jazz/Fusion/Jazz-Funk

This Side Of Infinity

1978, 7", Mono, Promo, Atlantic

Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk

Serengeti Minstrel

Waves Of Dreams

Soul-Jazz/Fusion/Modal/Hard Bop

1975, 7", Promo, San, Horizon (3), A&M Records

Long Before Our Mothers Cried

Stan Hunter & Sonny Fortune

Corn Flakes / Trip On The Strip

Stan Hunter & Sonny Fortune

Trip On The Strip

Marcus Printup, Greg Osby, Sonny Fortune, Javon Jackson

CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Blue Note,

Hard Bop/Post Bop

Buster Williams Featuring Woody Shaw And Sonny Fortune

The Elvin Jones Jazz Machine

Elvin Jones Jazz Machine

Sonny Fortune Quartet

Sound Of Sounds

1998, 2xCD, Album, Live At EJ's

Mal Waldron Quintet

1994, CD, Album, Soul Note,

Mal Waldron Quintet

Nat Adderley Sextet

Autumn Leaves - Live At Sweet Basil

Nat Adderley Sextet

Work Song - Live At Sweet Basil

The New York Saxophone Madness

Danjiri (The Message From Kishiwada)

1985, LP, Album, CAAC

Nat Adderley Quintet

Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz

Michael Carvin Quintet

McCoy Tyner Quartet

2xCD, Unofficial, Megadisc (2)

CD, Unofficial, Megadisc (2)

KOMPILACE +

Spiritual Jazz 16: Riverside etc.

Spirituals/Free Jazz/Modal

2023, 6xCD + Box, Ltd, Confront,

Contemporary Jazz/Modal/Free Improvisation/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Big Band/Fusion/Free Jazz

Miles Davis: The Electric Years

2023, LP, Album, RE + 2xLP, Album, RE, Gat + LP, Album, , Vinyl Me, Please, Legacy, Columbia,

Fusion/Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk/Post Bop/Modal

Spiritual Jazz Vol. 15: A Tribute To Trane

Spiritual Jazz Vol.11 - SteepleChase

2020, 2x Vinyl,

Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

He's Coming: 45's Collection

2019, 2x7", Dynamite Cuts, Dynamite Cuts

Buddy Rich Septet With Kenny Barron

Very Live At Buddy's Place - Complete Edition

2016, CD, Album, RM, Phono (4)

Reiner Witzel & Datfunk

Miles Ahead (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

For Duke And Cannon

2015, CDr, Album, Squatty Roo Records,

Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz

Mongo Santamaria

Soul Bag & Stone Soul

2013, 2xCD, Comp, Blue Label (3),

Afro-Cuban Jazz/Latin Jazz

Clifford Jordan

The Complete Clifford Jordan Strata-East Sessions

Mal Waldron Quintets*

The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note

2012, 4xCD, Album, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Black Saint, Soul Note

Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine) + Sinbad + Spirit Man

2012, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Get On Down,

Tribe & Tales Of The Exonerated Flea

2011, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + Comp, MIG, Jazz Secrets,

Jazz-Rock/Contemporary Jazz

2011, CD, Comp, Concord Records,

Miles Español (New Sketches Of Spain)

Fusion/Flamenco

Beatles Vs. Stones (British Pop Hits Go Groovy)

Sous Les Pavés, Le Jazz

2008, 2xCD, Comp, Sony BMG Music Entertainment Jazz, Legacy, Columbia,

Blues Rock/Folk Rock/Free Jazz/Funk/Hard Bop/Jazz-Rock/Latin Jazz/Modal/Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Psychedelic Rock/Soul

Nat Adderley Quintet, Cannonball Adderley Group

Live On Planet Earth

2008, CD, Comp, West Wind,

Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz

2008, CD, Album, RE, Ode Records

The Complete On The Corner Sessions

Three Or Four Shades Of Blues / Cumbia & Jazz Sessions

2006, CD, Album + CD, Album + Comp, Collectables

McCoy Tyner / Various

Milestone Profiles

The Smithereens

The Mega Box Set

2005, 21xCD, Comp + Box, Not On Label (The Smithereens Self-released),

Rock & Roll/Power Pop/Alternative Rock

The Smithereens, Pat DiNizio

God Save The Smithereens (Deluxe Edition)

2004, 4x CD, All Media,

Samba Do Avião (A Jazz Tribute To Antonio Carlos Jobim)

Children On The Corner

2003, CD, Album, Sonance Records,

Vietnam: The Aftermath

2001, CD, Album, Justin Time,

Cuisine Nationale: Brazil

2001, CD, Comp, RM, ZYX Music,

Bossa Nova/Latin Jazz

JustBenson (George Benson's Golden Tracks)

2001, CD, Comp, Verve Records,

The Jazz Club Highlights 1990

The All Star Small Groups

Mongo Santamaria

Mongo Santamaria's Greatest Hits

Mongo Santamaria

Afro American Latin

Mambo/Boogaloo/Afro-Cuban Jazz

Welcome To The Basement

2000, 2x Vinyl,

Soul-Jazz/Funk/Latin Jazz

Jazz Samba Vol. 2 - The Finest In Samba And Bossa Nova

1999, CD, Comp, ZYX Music,

Bossa Nova/Samba

Funk Is A Four-Letter Word

1998, CD, Album, Comp, Blue Note,

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk

1998, CD, Album, Bonobo Records (3)

Charles Schwartz, Artists From The Philharmonia Virtuosi*, Artists From The New York Philharmonic*

Riding High: A Jazz Symphony/Musical Fantasy Against Drug Abuse

1998, CD, Album, Centaur Records

Electric Blue - Plug In And Turn On

Fusion/Jazz-Funk

1997, CD, Comp, Koch International,

Pat DiNizio With The Pat Dinizio Foursome

1997, CD, Single, Promo, Velvel

Sweet Basil Un-released Tracks

1997, CD, Promo, Sweet Basil (2),

Pat DiNizio With The Pat Dinizio Foursome

1997, CD, Single, Promo, Velvel

1997, 2x Vinyl Gatefold,

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Fusion

Pat DiNizio With The Pat DiNizio Foursome

Songs And Sounds

Brazilian Horizons

Jazz-Funk/Fusion/Latin Jazz

Jeff Silvertrust Quintet

Plasma Transfusion

1995, CD, Bulldozers From Jupiter Records, Bulldozers From Jupiter Records

Average White Band

1994, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, Enja Records,

Post Bop/Hard Bop

Jazz Dance Classics Volume Three

Jazz-Funk/Latin Jazz

It Don't Mean A Thing...

Soul Jazz Love Strata-East

1994, 2x Vinyl,

Soul-Jazz/Fusion/Jazz-Funk

Enja Story: 1972 To 1992

1993, CD, Comp, High Tide, Musica Jazz, Enja Records,

Jeff Silvertrust Quintet

Akanpesänranta

1993, CD, Bulldozers From Jupiter Records, Bulldozers From Jupiter Records

Jazz Dance Classics Volume Two

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Funk

Elvin Jones Introduces Takehisa Tanaka

When I Was At Aso-Mountain

1991, CD, Album, SteepleChase,

Contemporary Jazz/Bop

George Kawaguchi & All Stars

1991, CD, Album, King Record Co. Ltd

1991, Laserdisc, 12", S/Sided, NTSC, CLV, Lob Inc.,

Rabih Abou-Khalil

1991, CD Digipak,

Rabih Abou-Khalil

1987, LP, Comp, CBS,

Jazz-Rock/Free Improvisation/Fusion

Denon Jazz Sampler Volume 1

1986, CD, Comp, Smplr, Denon,

Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Cool Jazz

The Nat Adderley Quintet*

Elvin Jones Jazz Machine*

Live At Pit Inn

Charles Schwartz

1984, LP, Inner City Records,

Contemporary Jazz

1984, Vinyl Pitman Pressing,

Contemporary R&B/Boogie/Funk

Dizzy Gillespie

Closer To The Source

Syncro Jazz Live

1981, LP, Ode Records,

Contemporary Jazz/Jazz-Rock

Joe Chambers & Friends* Featuring Yoshiaki Masuo

New York Concerto

Post Bop/Jazz-Funk

Klaus Doldinger + Passport

1980, 2x Vinyl,

Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk/Fusion

The Atlantic Family

Live At Montreux

1978, 2x Vinyl RI,

Roy Brooks & The Artistic Truth*

Live At Town Hall

The Pablo Collection

1978, 2x Vinyl Gatefold

1977, 2xLP, Comp, Milestone (4),

Three Or Four Shades Of Blues

Emphasis On Jazz

Post Bop/Hard Bop/Avant-garde Jazz

Bossanova/Latin Jazz/Baião/Choro/Samba

Jazz Is On The Horizon—Sampler

1975, LP, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Horizon (3), A&M Records

Buster Williams

Blues In Concert - Groove Giants

Sum Of The Parts

Agharta = アガルタの凱歌

Roy Brooks And The Artistic Truth

Black Survival - "The Sahel Concert" At Town Hall

Free Jazz/Soul-Jazz

Very Live At Buddy's Place

Instrumental/Hard Bop/Swing

Big Band/Jazz-Funk

Charles Sullivan

1974, 2x Vinyl Pitman Pressing, Gatefold,

Fusion/Jazz-Funk/Modal

African Space Program

Tales Of The Exonerated Flea

Fusion/Contemporary Jazz

Alphonze Mouzon*

The Essence Of Mystery

Fusion/Jazz-Funk/Jazz-Rock

Where I'm Coming From

1973, Vinyl Indianapolis Pressing,

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk

Roy Brooks And The Artistic Truth

Ethnic Expressions

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

Red Black & Green

Pharoah Sanders

Izipho Zam (My Gifts)

Song For My Lady

Song Of The New World

Richard Roundtree

The Man From Shaft

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

1972, Vinyl Monarch Pressing,

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk

Bad Walking Woman

Post Bop/Jazz-Funk/Soul-Jazz/Hard Bop

The Other Side Of Abbey Road

1970, Vinyl Gatefold,

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk

Mongo Santamaria

Workin' On A Groovy Thing

Afro-Cuban/Soul-Jazz

Mongo Santamaria

Afro-Cuban/Jazz-Funk/Funk/Latin Jazz

Tell It Like It Is

Mongo Santamaria

Sparks! / Akilah

CD, Comp, BGP Records,

Jazz-Funk/Soul-Jazz

CD, Enh, Promo, Wide Hive Records,

2xLP, Comp, Milestone (4)

Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz

Afro-Cuban Jazz/Funk/Jazz-Funk/Soul-Jazz

2017, File, MP3, WAV, Mixed, Mixtape, musiques modernes,

Shout! Jazz Mix 2013

2013, CD, Comp, Mixed, Promo, SHOUT! Productions

Jazz For A Sunday Afternoon Vol. 1: The Pianos

2011, CD, Comp, RE, RM, Lester Recording Catalog,

Bop/Contemporary Jazz

Time Remembered: LRC Jazz Legacy Anthology

2001, 5xCD, Comp, Lester Recording Catalog,

Everyday I Have the Blues: LRC Jazz Legacy Anthology Volume 4

2001, CD, Comp, Lester Recording Catalog,

The Jazz Bar (The Finest Jazz Ballads & Blues)

2001, 3x CD, Box Set,

Hard Bop/Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Bop/Swing

Jazz Ballads And Blues

1999, CD, Comp, Jazz Classix

Signifying! - Funky Organ Grooves From The Big Apple

1998, CD, Comp, BGP Records, Prestige,

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk

Well Done Choice Cuts Volume 3

1998, CD, Comp, Groove Jams

Blue Note Festival '97

1997, CD, Comp, RM, Blue Note,

1997, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Disky

The Jazz Box - A Four Compact Disc Collection Of Jazz Greats

1995, 4xCD, Comp, Emporio,

1995, Cass, Comp, Emporio

Special Edition With Sid McCoy

1982, LP, Transcription, Westwood One

Horizon Sampler No. 3

1976, LP, Album, Horizon (3)

Listen To This, Herbie - Live At The Playhouse 1975

2023, 2xCD, Unofficial, Voodoo Down Records (2)

Best Of Electric Live

2019, CDr, Album, Unofficial, Sleepy Night Records,

Jazz-Funk/Jazz-Rock

Downbeat Jazz Awards 1976

2018, CD, Unofficial, Hi Hat,

Transmission Impossible

2016, 3xCD, Album, Unofficial, Eat To The Beat,

Fusion/Modal/Post Bop

Modal Source 2nd

2010, CD, Mixed, Promo, Unofficial, Eternity (28), Zooooo.jp,

2006, 6xCD, Unofficial, YSP

From Pangaea To Agharta And Somewhere In-Between

2002, 2xCD, Unofficial, ZipperDeke

The All Star Small Groups

Fusion/Jazz-Funk/Modal

Tell It Like It Is

Rabih Abou-Khalil

1989, Cassette,

Elvin Jones Jazz Machine*

Glasgow International Jazz Festival 1992

CDr, Unofficial, Jazztime (3), Jazztime (3)

At Paul's Mall 1974

CDr, Ltd, Num, Unofficial, So What! (2)

Rabih Abou-Khalil

The Other Side Of Abbey Road

Smooth Jazz/Soul-Jazz

Mongo Santamaria