Born 25. February 1928, London, England; died 23 August 2017 in Durchhausen, Germany.
Editorial Director, Jazz Journal International
Jazz pianist, writer of many Jazz biographies and liner notes author for jazz releases.
ALBUMS
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers*
The Art Of Jazz
2019
King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Bessie Smith, Sidney Bechet, Fletcher Henderson
Jazz: The Essential Collection Vol. 1
1997, 5xCD, Comp, In+Out Records
Roots
Saying Something
1995, 
,
, Post Bop
Chas Burchell
Unsung Hero − The Undiscovered Genius Of Chas Burchell
1994,
Stéphane Grappelli
Verve Jazz Masters 11
1993
Roots
Stablemates
1993, ,
, Post Bop
Roots (8) - Arthur Blythe, Sam Rivers, Nathan Davis, Chico Freeman, Don Pullen, Santi Debriano, Tommy Campbell
Salutes The Saxophone
1992
Nat Adderley Quintet
We Remember Cannon
1991
Paris Reunion Band
We Remember Klook (Live At The Moonwalker)
1990, CD, Album, Sonet, 
,
, Contemporary Jazz/Bop
Arnett Cobb, Jimmy Heath, Joe Henderson
Tenor Tribute
1990
Tony Coe
Canterbury Song
1989, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Paris Reunion Band
Hot Licks
1988, Vinyl, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Hard Bop
Stephane Grappelli*
Stephane Grappelli
1987
Dusko Goykovich
Celebration
1987, 
,
, Hard Bop
Nathan Davis
London By Night
1987
Mel Lewis And The Jazz Orchestra
Live In Montreux
1982, Vinyl, ,
, Big Band
Gordon Beck · Ron Mathewson · Tony Oxley · Stan Sulzmann · Kenny Wheeler
Seven Steps To Evans - A Tribute To The Compositions Of Bill Evans
1980, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
Clark Terry
Clark After Dark, The Ballad Artistry Of Clark Terry
1978, Vinyl, ,
, Big Band
Stephane Grappelli* & The Diz Disley Trio*
Violinspiration
1975
Johnny Griffin
Live At Ronnie Scott's
2008, CD, Album, In+Out Records, ,
, Bop/Hard Bop
APPEARANCES +
Greetje Kauffeld With The Paul Kuhn Trio Feat. Morello* & Barth*
My Shining Hour
2021
Sidney Bechet
Really The Blues
2018, 12xFile, DSF, Album, RE, DSD, 2xHD
Earl Hines
The Blues
2018, 6xFile, DSF, DSD, 2xHD
Ron Carter, Golden Striker Trio
San Sebastian
2017
Sonny Rollins Trio & Horace Silver Quintet*
Zurich 1959
2016, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
George Adams
The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note
2012, 5xCD, Album, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Black Saint, Soul Note, 
,
, Contemporary Jazz/Fusion/Avant-garde Jazz/Post Bop
Jazz Live Trio With Benny Bailey, Idrees Sulieman
Jazz Live Trio With Guests
2011, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
Jazz Live Trio With Phil Woods, Eddie Daniels, Stuff Smith, Leo Wright
Jazz Live Trio With Guests
2011, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
Jazz Live Trio With Gianni Basso, Guy Lafitte
Jazz Live Trio With Guests
2010, CD, Album, TCB Records (2), 
,
, Bop/Swing
Kenny Clarke, Francy Boland And Company*
The Golden Eight - Encore!
2010, CD,
Art Tatum
Tatum Art
2008, 10xCD, Comp + DVD, NTSC, Storyville, 
,
, Swing
DK Ibomeka
I'm Your Man
2008, CD, 
,
, Jazz-Funk/Soul-Jazz
Anke Helfrich Trio Feat. Roy Hargrove
Better Times Ahead
2006, CD, Album, Double Moon Records,
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
The Duke Box
2006, 8xCD, Comp + Box, Storyville, ,
, Big Band/Swing
The Lynne Arriale Trio
Live
2005, CD, DVD, 
,
, Post Bop/Jazz-Funk/Bop
Art Tatum
Art Tatum Live 1953-55, Volume 7
2004, CD, Comp, Mono, Storyville
Benny Carter All Stars*
Benny Carter All Stars
2004, 
,
, Swing
Various
Selections Of Jazz'N Pulz - Selections 1
2003, CD
Sammy Price
Featuring Emmett Berry
2002, CD, Comp, RM, EMI Music France
Cat Anderson
The Ellingtonian
2002, CD, Comp, EMI, EMI
Hans Koller
Hans Koller Musician Of The Year 1955
2002, CD, Comp, Jazz Realities, ,
, Cool Jazz
Deborah Brown
Songbird
2002, CD, Album, Jazz 'N Pulz, 
Annette Neuffer Quintet
Come Dance With Me
2002, CD, Album, YVP Music
Art Tatum
Art Tatum Live 1944-45, Volume 2
2002, CD, Comp, Mono, Storyville, ,
, Swing
Slide Hampton
All Star 69
2002, 
,
, Hard Bop
Svend Asmussen
Still Fiddling
2002, CD, ,
, Swing
Lucky Thompson
Nothing But The Soul
2002
The Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra & Jim McNeely Feat. Leroy Jones
The Power And The Glory: A Salute To Louis Armstrong
2001, CD, Album, Storyville
West Coast All Stars*
JazzOpen Stuttgart
2001, DVD-V, Album, NTSC, EuroArts, ,
, Cool Jazz
Benny Golson
One Day, Forever
2001, CD, ,
, Bop/Hard Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Benny Goodman, Benny Carter, Lionel Hampton, Django Reinhardt, Billie Holiday
Jazz The Essential Collection Vol. 4
2000, 5xCD, Comp, In+Out Records, ,
, Swing/Big Band/Gypsy Jazz/Vocal
Ack Van Rooyen
Pictures From My Album Of Friends, Volume1
2000, CD, Album, Comp, Mood Records,
Kenny Drew Trio*
At The Brewhouse
2000, ,
, Bop/Hard Bop
NDR Bigband* feat. Tomasz Stańko, Heinz Sauer
Ellingtonia
1999, CD, Album, ACT (4), ,
, Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Big Band
Jiggs Whigham, Netherlands Metropole Orchestra*
Love Walked In
1999, CD, Album, Koch Jazz, 
,
, Big Band
Various
Snowflakes - Mood Music Masterpieces From The MPS Archives
1999, 2xCD, Comp, RM, MPS Records, ,
, Easy Listening
Putte Wickman With Babik Reinhardt, Ulf Wakenius
Django D'or
1999, CD, Album, Gazell, 
,
, Swing/Gypsy Jazz
Michel Sardaby
Blue Sunset c/w : Con Alma
1999
Paul Kuhn Trio
My World Of Music (Live At The King Kamehameha)
1999
Klaus Doldinger
Back In New York - Blind Date
1999
Horace Parlan
Voyage Of Rediscovery
1999, ,
, Hard Bop/Bop
Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass
Two Originals (Brass My Soul & Tribute)
1998, CD, Comp, MPS Records, ,
, Big Band
Nathan Davis
Two Originals (Happy Girl & The Hip Walk)
1998, CD, Comp, RM, MPS Records, ,
, Modal/Hard Bop
Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Lester Young, Jack Teagarden, Count Basie
Jazz The Essential Collection Vol. 3
1998, 5xCD, Comp, In+Out Records, ,
, Bop/Swing/Big Band
The Mike Westbrook Concert Band
Marching Song Vol. 1 & 2
1998, ,
, Big Band/Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
John Surman / John Warren
Tales Of The Algonquin
1998, ,
, Post Bop/Avant-garde Jazz/Big Band
John Surman
John Surman
1998
John Surman
How Many Clouds Can You See?
1998
Mike Westbrook Concert Band*
Release
1998
The Mike Westbrook Concert Band
Celebration
1998
Stan Getz & Chet Baker
The Stockholm Concerts
1998, ,
, Cool Jazz
NDR Bigband*
Bravissimo II - 50 Years
1998, ,
, Big Band
Johnny Griffin
Griff'n'Bags
1998, ,
, Big Band/Post Bop/Hard Bop
Roman Schwaller Jazzquartet featuring Jimmy Cobb
Some Changes In Life
1997, CD, Album, Staff Records (2), Staff Records (2), ,
, Post Bop/Fusion
Kurt Weil & Vibes Revisited
Late - But Not Too Late
1997, CD, Columbia, Columbia
David Bubba Brooks*
Smooth Sailing
1997, CD, TCB Records (2),
Joe Pass With The NDR Big Band & Radio Philharmonie Hannover*
In Hamburg
1997, ,
, Big Band
Toto
Past To Present 1977-1990
1997
Eddie Harris
The Last Concert
1997, CD, ,
, Jazz-Funk
The Brazz Brothers, Lester Bowie, Amina Claudine Myers, David Peaston, Don Moye*, The Skruk Choir*
Brazzy Voices
1996, CD, Album, In+Out Records, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
NDR Bigband*
Bravissimo - 50 Years NDR Bigband
1996, CD Digipak, ,
, Big Band
Dee Daniels And The Metropole Orchestra
Wish Me Love
1995, CD, Album, Mons Records,
Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band*
Three Latin Adventures
1995, CD, ,
, Big Band/Latin Jazz
Warne Marsh ~ Lee Konitz
Live At Montmartre Vol.3
1995, ,
, Post Bop
Thomas Clausen Trio*
Psalm
1995, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Bop
Passport
Spirit Of Continuity - The Passport Anthology
1995, 2x CD, ,
, Fusion/Jazz-Rock/Latin Jazz
Clark Terry, Metropole Orchestra
Clark Terry - Metropole Orchestra
1995, CD, ,
, Big Band/Bop
Albert Dailey Trio
That Old Feeling
1995, CD, ,
, Post Bop
Michael Gibbs With Joachim Kühn
Europeana - Jazzphony No. 1
1995, CD, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Clarke-Boland Big Band
Blowing The Cobwebs Out
1994, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, Emanon, ,
, Big Band
Various
The In & Out Records Compilation - Jazz Unlimited! Volume 2
1994, CD, Comp, In+Out Records, ,
, Hard Bop/Post Bop/Fusion/Free Jazz/Smooth Jazz
Jesper Thilo/Clark Terry Quintet & Jesper Thilo Quartet
Jesper Thilo/Clark Terry Quintet & Jesper Thilo Quartet
1994, CD, Comp, Storyville, ,
, Swing/Bop
The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band*
Two Originals: All Blues/Sax No End
1994, ,
, Big Band/Hard Bop
The Rosenberg Trio
Caravan
1994
Karl Berger With James "Blood" Ulmer* / Ray Anderson / Carlos Ward / Dave Holland / Mark Feldman / Ingrid Sertso
Conversations
1994
Sun Ra & His Omniverse Arkestra*
Destination Unknown
1993
The Mendoza / Mardin Project*
Jazzpaña
1993, CD, ,
, Fusion/Flamenco/Big Band
Deborah Brown
Jazz 4 Jazz
1993, ,
, Vocal
The Mike Hennessey Chastet
Shades Of Chas Burchell
1993, Vinyl, ,
, Bop
Tete Montoliu
The Music I Like To Play - Vol. 4 - Soul Eyes
1992, CD, Album, Soul Note
Tina May
Never Let Me Go
1992
Vanessa Rubin
Soul Eyes
1992, CD, ,
, Vocal/Ballad/Bop/Swing
Guido Manusardi, Red Mitchell
Together Again
1991, CD, Soul Note,
Lucas Heidepriem Quartet
Voicings
1991, Vinyl,
Hans Koller
Out On The Rim
1991,
George Coleman
Playing Changes
1991
Zoot Sims & Al Cohn
Zoot Case
1991, ,
, Swing/Cool Jazz
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Images : Live At Mt. Fuji
1991
Various
Sonet Jazz Sampler (Sonet Giants Of Jazz)
1990, CD, Comp, Smplr, Sonet,
Klaus Ignatzek Group
Day For Night
1990
Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra*
Groove Shop
1990
Stan Getz Quartet
The Stockholm Concert
1990
Fredrik Norén Band
To Mr. J
1990, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Woody Shaw
In My Own Sweet Way
1989
Niels Lan Doky
Daybreak
1989,
Bop/Fusion
Buster Williams
Something More
1989, CD,
James Moody
Moving Forward
1988, CD, ,
, Post Bop
Cedar Walton, David Williams (2), Billy Higgins
The Trio 2
1988, ,
, Bop/Post Bop
Airto Moreira / Flora Purim
The Colours Of Life
1988, Vinyl, ,
, Fusion/Jazz-Funk/Latin Jazz
Paris Reunion Band
For Klook
1988
Kenny Wheeler Quintet
Flutter By, Butterfly
1988
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers*
Not Yet
1988, ,
, Hard Bop
Klaus Weiss Quintett* Featuring Clifford Jordan
Live At Opus 1
1988
Larry Coryell, Miroslav Vitous
Quartet - Dedicated To Bill Evans And Scott La Faro
1987, Vinyl,
Art Farmer, Fritz Pauer
Azure
1987
Duke Ellington
Master Of Jazz
1987, ,
, Big Band/Swing
Mal Waldron-Steve Lacy*
Sempre Amore
1987, ,
, Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Mal Waldron Quintet
The Git Go - Live At The Village Vanguard
1987
Nathan Davis
Jazz At Pitt
1986, LP, Comp, Promo, Revelation (4), ,
, Hard Bop
Zoot Sims
In A Sentimental Mood
1986
Cedar Walton, David Williams (2), Billy Higgins
Cedar Walton
1986
Louis Armstrong
Master Of Jazz
1986
Mike Melillo / Chet Baker
Symphonically
1986
Lilian Terry With Dizzy Gillespie
Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be ...Oo, Oo ...Oo, Oo
1985, Vinyl, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Cool Jazz
Billy Bang Sextet
The Fire From Within
1985, CD, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
The Eternal Traveller
1985
Chet Baker
Candy
1985
Michal Urbaniak • Quartet*
Friday Night At The Village Vanguard
1985
Thorgeir Stubø
Flight
1985, Vinyl, 
,
, Post Bop
Paris Reunion Band
French Cooking
1985, ,
, Post Bop
George Adams - Don Pullen Quartet
Live At Village Vanguard
1985, ,
, Free Jazz/Post Bop
Johnny Hodges
Master Of Jazz
1984
Lester Young
Master Of Jazz
1984
Art Tatum
Master Of Jazz
1984
Billie Holiday
Master Of Jazz
1984
Teddy Wilson
Master Of Jazz
1984,
Swing
Ben Webster
Master Of Jazz
1984,
Swing/Bop
Sidney Bechet
Master Of Jazz
1984
Monty Alexander In Concert*
Love And Sunshine
1984
Coleman Hawkins
Master Of Jazz
1984,
Swing
Earl Hines
Master Of Jazz
1984
Jack Teagarden
Master Of Jazz
1984
Nathan Davis
Faces Of Love
1983, LP, Album, Tomorrow International, Inc., ,
, Soul-Jazz/Latin Jazz
Stan Getz & Chet Baker
Line For Lyons
1983
The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band*
Live At Ronnie Scott's
1983
Mel Lewis And The Jazz Orchestra*
Play The Compositions Of Herbie Hancock - Live In Montreux
1982
Al Casey & Jay McShann
Best Of Friends
1982
Passport
Blue Tattoo
1981, Vinyl Specialty Pressing, ,
, Fusion
Jesper Thilo Quartet Featuring Kenny Drew, Mads Vinding, Billy Hart
Swingin' Friends
1981
Karin Krog & Dexter Gordon
Some Other Spring
1981, ,
, Bop/Vocal
Kai Winding And Curtis Fuller
Giant Bones '80'
1980, ,
, Hard Bop/Bop
Joachim Kühn
Snow In The Desert
1980
Rune Gustafsson / Niels-Henning Ørsted-Pedersen*
Just The Way You Are
1980,
Klaus Doldinger + Passport
Lifelike
1980, 2x Vinyl, ,
, Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk/Fusion
Rune Gustafsson / Zoot Sims
The Sweetest Sounds
1979
Tete Montoliu Trio
Tootie's Tempo
1979, ,
, Bop
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Quartet
Dancing On The Tables
1979
George Coleman
Live
1979, ,
, Post Bop
Frank Strozier Quintet
What's Goin' On
1978,
George Duke
The Primal George Duke
1978
Red Mitchell / Communication
Blues For A Crushed Soul
1978
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Trio
Trio 1
1978, Vinyl,
Archie Shepp
The Indomitable Archie Shepp
1978, ,
, Free Jazz
Al Cohn & James Moody
Partners In Jazz
1978
Dizzy Gillespie
The Incredible Dizzy Gillespie
1978
Lionel Hampton And Svend Asmussen
As Time Goes By
1978, ,
, Swing
Earl Hines & Jaki Byard
Partners In Jazz
1978
Coryell* / Catherine*
Splendid
1978
Clark Terry
The Effervescent Clark Terry
1978
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin
Partners In Jazz
1978, ,
, Post Bop/Hard Bop
Arne Domnerus* & Bengt Hallberg
Duets For Duke
1978, ,
, Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Ben Webster & Don Byas
Partners In Jazz
1978
Hampton Hawes
The Dynamic Hampton Hawes
1978
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Trio
Trio 2
1978
Francy Boland The Orchestra*
2. Red Hot
1977
The Monty Alexander Trio
Montreux Alexander - Live! At The Montreux Festival 1976
1977
Rosolino* - Candoli*
Just Friends
1977, Vinyl, ,
, Bop
Carmen McRae
Ronnie Scott's Presents Carmen McRae 'Live'
1977
Larry Coryell - Philip Catherine
Twin-House
1977, Vinyl SP - Specialty Pressing, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Various
Piano Power Vol.2 (A Panorama Of Jazz Piano Styles)
1976, LP, Comp, MPS Records, BASF,
Jimmy Whitherspoon* & Ben Webster
That's Jazz
1976
Francy Boland The Orchestra*
1. Blue Flame
1976, ,
, Big Band
Attila Zoller / Lee Konitz / Albert Mangelsdorff
Zo-Ko-Ma
1976
Red Rodney
Yard's Pad
1976
Various
USA Jazz Live
1976,
Frank Rosolino, Conte Candoli
Conversation
1976
Barney Kessel
Just Friends
1975
Carmen McRae And The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band*
November Girl
1975, ,
, Big Band/Vocal
Monty Alexander
Love And Sunshine
1975
Al Cohn & Zoot Sims
Motoring Along
1975
Stephane Grappelli* & The Diz Disley Trio*
Violinspiration
1975, ,
, Swing/Gypsy Jazz
Clarke-Boland Big Band
The Best Of The Clarke-Boland Big Band
1974, LP, Comp, MPS Records, BASF
Various
Piano Power! (A Panorama Of Jazz Piano Styles)
1974, Vinyl, ,
, Latin Jazz
Jim Hall
It's Nice To Be With You (Jim Hall In Berlin)
1974
The Art Van Damme Quintet
Keep Going
1974
Stan Tracey Trio
Perspectives
1972, LP, Album, Columbia, Columbia, ,
, Modal/Contemporary Jazz
Michel Sardaby
In New York
1972, Vinyl, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz/Modal/Cool Jazz
King Curtis & Champion Jack Dupree
Blues At Montreux
1972
Kenny Clarke Francy Boland And The Band*
Live At Ronnie's ; Album 2 ; Rue Chaptal
1970, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
, Big Band
The Art Van Damme Quintet
Blue World
1970,
Joe Sample
Fancy Dance
1970, ,
, Hard Bop/Post Bop/Fusion/Soul-Jazz
Kenny Clarke Francy Boland And The Band*
Live At Ronnie's ; Album 1 ; Volcano
1969, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
, Big Band
Nathan Davis Quartet
Rules Of Freedom
1969, Vinyl, ,
, Hard Bop/Modal
Benny Waters
In Paris
1967, LP, Album, Mono, Président
Michel Sardaby
Blue Sunset
1967,
Roots (8) / The Gadd Gang
Salute To The Saxophone / Digital Live
Joachim Kühn & Jan Akkerman
Kiel / Stuttgart Live !
, Free Improvisation
Tatum* / Hampton* / Rich*
The Hampton-Tatum-Rich Trio
Bud Powell
Summer Broadcasts 1953
Bud Powell
Autumn Broadcasts 1953
, Bop
Mal Waldron Quintet
The Seagulls Of Kristiansund - Live At The Village Vanguard
Nat Adderley Quintet
We Remember Cannon
Paul McCartney & Wings*
Over Europe Summer '72 Volume 1
2020, 15xCD, Comp, Dlx, Ltd, Num, Unofficial, Not On Label (Wings (2)),
Conte Candoli & Frank Rosolino
Conversations - The Complete Quintet Recordings
2009, 2xCD, Comp, Unofficial, Gambit Records
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Trio
2in1
2000, CD, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label
Buster Williams
Something More
Nathan Davis Quartet
Rules Of Freedom
Vinyl,
