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The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band Flim & The BB’s Ray Mantilla Space Station Mel Lewis Quintet Opera House Ensemble The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Mel Lewis Sextet Code Red The Jim Olsen Ensemble Doug Sertl Big Band Dick Oatts Quintet Terell Stafford - Dick Oatts Quintet Colors Of Jazz The Tom Talbert Jazz Orchestra Ted Rosenthal Quintet Gary Smulyan Nonet Vic Juris Quartet The David Berkman Quartet Jim McNeely Tentet Harold Danko Quintet The Earl MacDonald 6 Armen Donelian Sextet Michael Formanek Quintet Dick Oatts & Dave Santoro Quartet

ex Red Rodney Quintet, Al Porcino Big Band

American jazz alto and tenor saxophonist
Born 2 April 1953 in Des Moines, Iowa

ALBA

Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts, Bruce Barth, Tim Warfield, Mike Boone, Justin Faulkner

Fly With The Wind

2023, 4xFile, FLAC, Album, BCM+D Records

The Dam Jawn Feat. Dick Oatts

2023, CD, Challenge Records (3),

Hard Bop/Contemporary Jazz

Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts, Bruce Barth, Tim Warfield, Mike Boone, Justin Faulkner

Fly with the Wind

2023, File, WAV, BCM+D Records

Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts, Bruce Barth, Tim Warfield, Mike Boone, Justin Faulkner

Yes I Can, No You Can't

2023, File, WAV, BCM+D Records,

Dick Oatts, Gareth Lockrane, Ross Stanley, Mark Hodgson, Stephen Keogh

2023, 8xFile, FLAC, Album, Blau Records

Ray Mantilla Feat. Bobby Watson (2), Steve Grossman, Dick Oatts, Jack Walrath, Ronnie Mathews, Walter Bishop, Jr., Eddie Martinez

2019, CD, Comp, Red Records (15), GEDI Gruppo Editoriale

Terell Stafford, Dick Oatts, The Temple University Studio Orchestra

2017, CD, Album, BCM+D Records

Use Your Imagination

2017, CD, Album, SteepleChase,

Mats Holmquist, Randy Brecker, Dick Oatts, Latvian Radio Big Band

Big Band Minimalism

2017, CD, Album, Mama Records (2),

Dick Oatts, Mats Holmquist, New York Jazz Orchestra

A Tribute To Herbie +1

2016, CD, Album, Mama Records (2),

Jerry Bergonzi Featuring Dick Oatts

Intersecting Lines

2014, CD, Album, Savant,

Dick Oatts, Harold Danko

2014, CD, Album, SteepleChase

Garry Dial, Dick Oatts

That Music Always Round Me

2014, CD, BCM+D Records

2012, CD, Album, SteepleChase,

Lorenzo Lombardo, Cameron Brown, Gary Versace, Dick Oatts

2011, CD, Radio SNJ Records,

JazzNord Ensemble Feat. Dick Oatts

2010, CD, Not On Label,

2010, CD, Album, SteepleChase,

Jerry Bergonzi / Dick Oatts

2009, CD, Album, SteepleChase,

2008, CD, Album, SteepleChase

Dick Oatts / Billy Drewes / Walt Weiskopf

Jam Session, Vol. 18

2006, CD, Album, SteepleChase,

Stockholm Jazz Orchestra* With Dick Oatts And Gary Smulyan

Waves From The Vanguard

2006, CD, Album, Dragon (8),

Dick Oatts, Don Braden, Andy LaVerne, Vincent Herring, Jay Anderson, Billy Drummond

Jam Session, Vol. 3

2006, CD, Album, SteepleChase,

Dick Oatts / Jon Gordon (3) / Billy Drewes / Essiet Essiet, Sylvia Cuenca

Jam Session, Vol. 13

2006, CD, Album, SteepleChase,

Søren Møller*, Dick Oatts

2005, CD, Album, Music Mecca,

Contemporary Jazz

Soren Moller & Dick Oatts

The Clouds Above

2005, CD, Album, Audial Records,

Contemporary Jazz

Temple University Jazz Band Directed By Terell Stafford Featuring Jon Faddis, Conrad Herwig, Dick Oatts, Sandy Perez, Tim Warfield, Jr.*

Mean What You Say

2003, CD, Sea Breeze Vista,

Stockholm Jazz Orchestra* With Dick Oatts, Gary Smulyan

Homage To Mel Lewis And Thad Jones

2003, CD, Album, Dragon (8),

Dick Oatts Featuring Dave Santoro, James Oblon, David Berkman

2000, CD, Album, SteepleChase

Dick Oatts Featuring Harold Danko, Dave Santoro, James Oblon

Standard Issue Volume 2

2000, CD, Album, SteepleChase

1999, CD, Album, SteepleChase

1998, CD, Album, SteepleChase,

The Stockholm Jazz Orchestra & Jim McNeely Featuring Dick Oatts

1997, CD, Album, Dragon (8),

Post Bop/Big Band

Mel Lewis, Dick Oatts, John Mosca, Jim McNeely, Marc Johnson

Garry Dial & Dick Oatts

Dial & Oatts Play Cole Porter

Garry Dial & Dick Oatts

Garry Dial And Dick Oatts

Red Rodney Quintet, Dick Oatts, Garry Dial, Jay Anderson, John Riley

Soren Moller With Dick Oatts & Kirin Winds

Christian X Variations

CD, Album, Audial Records

Soren Moller, Dick Oatts

The Clouds Above

CD, Audial Records,

Terell Stafford - Dick Oatts Quintet

Bridging The Gap

2011, CD, Album, Planet Arts Recordings

The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

Thad Jones Legacy

1999, HDCD, New World Records,

Big Band/Bop/Post Bop

The Jim Olsen Ensemble

2014, CD, Album, OA2 Records

The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

Overtime Music Of Bob Brookmeyer

Harold Danko Quintet

Oatts & Perry III

2013, CD, Album, SteepleChase,

The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

Forever Lasting : Live In Tokyo

2011, 2xCD, Album, Promo, Planet Arts,

The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

Forever Lasting : Live In Tokyo

Harold Danko Quintet

Oatts & Perry II

2010, CD, Album, SteepleChase,

The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard

2008, 2xCD, Album, Planet Arts,

Post Bop/Big Band

The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

Up From The Skies (Music Of Jim McNeely)

2006, CD, Album, Planet Arts,

Big Band/Post Bop

Harold Danko Quintet

2006, CD, Album, SteepleChase,

The Earl MacDonald 6

Echoes In The Night

2005, CD, Album, Sea Breeze Jazz

The David Berkman Quartet

Start Here, Finish There

2004, CD, Album, Palmetto Records

The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

The Way (Music Of Slide Hampton)

2004, CD, Planet Arts Recordings,

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz

Ted Rosenthal Quintet

2003, CD, Album, Jazz 'N Pulz

Dick Oatts Quintet

2002, CD, Album, SteepleChase

Jim McNeely Tentet

2001, CD, Album, OmniTone,

The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

Can I Persuade You?

2001, CD, Planet Arts Recordings,

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz

The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

Lickety Split (Music of Jim McNeely)

1997, CD, New World Records

Vic Juris Quartet

1997, CD, Album, SteepleChase,

Hard Bop/Post Bop

The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band

The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band / Music Director Jon Faddis

Big Band/Bop/Swing

Gary Smulyan Nonet

Saxophone Mosaic

1994, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz,

1991, 12", Sony Masterworks

For Tropical Nights

1991, 12", Sony Masterworks

From Dusk Till Dawn

Easy Listening/Smooth Jazz

For Tropical Nights

For Sunday Morning

Easy Listening/Smooth Jazz

Armen Donelian Sextet

1990, CD, Album, Sunnyside,

Contemporary Jazz

Red Rodney Quintet

Red Rodney Quintet

Mel Lewis Sextet

Ray Mantilla Space Station

Al Porcino Big Band

Ray Mantilla Space Station

KOMPILACE +

2024, CD, Album, Cellar Music (2)

2024, CD, Cellar Live Records,

Hard Bop/Contemporary Jazz

Jennifer Wharton's Bonegasm

Post Bop/Latin Jazz

The Sounds Around The House

2021, CD, Album, Not On Label (Jeff Ellwood Self-Released)

Ed Neumeister & His NeuHat Ensemble

2020, CD, Album, Dig, MeisteroMusic,

The Michael Formanek Quintet*

Hey, It Was The 80s, Man!!

2020, 5xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label (Michael Formanek Self-released),

Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop

Joan Chamorro Presenta Joana Casanova

Joan Chamorro Presenta Joana Casanova

2020, CD, Album, Jazz To Jazz,

Constant Renaissance

2019, CD, EP, BCM+D Records

Rediscovered Ellington

2017, CD, Album, Zoho

Joan Chamorro, Èlia Bastida

Joan Chamorro Presenta Èlia Bastida

2017, CD, Album, Jazz To Jazz,

Michael Davis, Hip-Bone Big Band

Hip-Bone Big Band

2016, CD, Album, Hip-Bone Music,

Robert Nordmark Quartet Feat. Dave Liebman*

2016, CD, Album, Imogena Records

2015, CD, Album, Palmetto Records,

Yul Ballesteros

Nine Tales From The Inner Space

2015, CD, Album, Dig, Not On Label (Yul Ballesteros Self-released)

Ann Hampton Callaway

From Sassy To Divine: The Sarah Vaughan Project (Live At Jazz At Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola)

2014, CD, Album, Shanachie, After 9,

Brenda Earle Stokes

Right About Now

2014, CD, Album, Not On Label (Brenda Earle Stokes Self-released),

Joan Chamorro Presenta Rita Payés

2014, CD, Album, Jazz To Jazz

Joan Chamorro Presenta Eva Fernández

Joan Chamorro Presenta Eva Fernández

2013, CD, Album, Temps Record

Stockholm Jazz Orchestra Plays The Music Of Jukkis Uotila

2013, CD, Album, KSJazz,

Contemporary Jazz/Big Band

Swiss Jazz Orchestra

Sincerely Yours - Live, 10 Jahre

2013, 2xCD, Not On Label,

Everything But The Girl

The Language Of Life

Vincent Gardner

The Good Book, Chapter Three - The Book Of Bebop

2012, CD, Album, SteepleChase,

Gerald Wilson Orchestra

Joe Magnarelli + Strings

2010, CD, Album, Give@Go Records

High Noon - The Jazz Soul Of Frankie Laine

2008, CD, Album, Reservoir (2),

The Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra

The Definitive Thad Jones Live From The Village Vanguard

2008, 2xCD, Comp, Nimbus Records, Nimbus Records, Nimbus Records

Eastwood After Hours — Live At Carnegie Hall

2008, DVD-V, Copy Prot., NTSC, Dol, Malpaso Records,

Big Band/Cool Jazz/Bop/Hard Bop

Garry Dial, Terre Roche

Contemporary Jazz/Folk

The Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra*

2007, 2xCD, Comp, ITM ARCHIVES,

And His Big Band

2007, DVD-V, RM, NTSC, View Video

Pj5et Special Project

2007, CD, Album, Splasc(h) Records

Taking A Chance On Love

2006, CD, Album, SteepleChase

Let Yourself Go

2004, CD, Album, Zoho

2004, CD, Album, Munich Records,

Bossa Nova/Latin Jazz

Ins And Outs And Lalo Live At The Blue Note

2003, CD, Album, Aleph Records

Terell Stafford

2003, CD, MAXJAZZ

2002, CD, Album, Palmetto Records,

Contemporary Jazz

The Amsterdam Conservatory In The 21st Century

2002, CDr, Album, Comp, Amsterdam School Of The Arts,

Contemporary Jazz

Susannah McCorkle

Hearts And Minds

Remembering Eric Dolphy

1999, CD, Album, SteepleChase

1999, CD, Album, Palmetto Records,

Contemporary Jazz

UMASS Jazz Ensemble I*

1999, CD, Album, Not On Label (University of Massachusetts Jazz Ensemble I Self-Released)

Blue Note Plays Gershwin

1999, CD, Comp, Blue Note,

Smooth Jazz/Rhythm & Blues/Fusion

Susannah McCorkle

From Broken Hearts To Blue Skies

Visions Of Jazz: A Musical Journey

1998, 2xCD, Comp, EMI, Blue Note,

Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Big Band/Jump Blues/Swing

Soul-Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

Manhattan Moods

1997, CD, Album, Concord Jazz,

University Of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band*, Neil Slater

1997, CD, Album, North Texas Jazz,

Tom Talbert Orchestra*

This Is Living!

1997, CD, Album, Pipe DreamChartmaker, Chartmaker Records,

Across The Ocean

1997, CD, Album, ABCD Music,

Eastwood After Hours — Live At Carnegie Hall

Big Band/Cool Jazz/Bop/Hard Bop/Soundtrack

Celebrating Sinatra

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz

Catchin' Some Rays (The Music Of Ray Charles)

Dick Oatts & Dave Santoro Quartet Feat. Bruce Barth, James Oblan*

1996, CD, Album, Red Record, Red Record

1996, CD, Album, Victor,

Paquito D'Rivera

Portraits Of Cuba

A Brazilian Affair

1995, CD, Album, Venus Records (5),

Eiji Nakayama New York Quartet

1995, CD, Album, Jimco Records

1995, CD, Album, Novus J

Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

Luther Vandross

This Is Christmas

Soul/Rhythm & Blues/Contemporary R&B/Holiday

The Heatin' System

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk

I Was Born In Love With You

The Lost Cathedral: A Sound Painting For Quartet, Percussion & Recorded Tape

Suskun Yüreğim

Contemporary Jazz/Vocal

Bite Of The Apple

Contemporary Jazz

Susannah McCorkle

From Broadway To Bebop

Soul-Jazz/Easy Listening/Latin Jazz

The Thad Jones/ Mel Lewis Orchestra*

1993, 2xCD, Comp, West Wind,

1993, CD, Album, The Jazz Alliance,

Welcome To My Dream

1993, CD, Album, The Jazz Alliance,

Eiji Nakayama New York Quartet

1993, CD, Album, Jimco Records

No Detour Ahead

Ragtime/Soul-Jazz

Hendrik Meurkens

A View From Manhattan

Susannah McCorkle

From Bessie To Brazil

Soul-Jazz/Easy Listening/Latin Jazz

1992, CD, Album, The Jazz Alliance,

Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra

A Touch Of Class

1992, CD, West Wind,

Big Band/Post Bop

Still In Love With You

Contemporary R&B/House/Soul

Everything But The Girl

Yoshio "Chin" Suzuki*

Alternative Rock

Flim & The BB's

This Is A Recording

Stefan Karlsson

The Road Not Taken

1991, CD, Justice Records (2),

1991, LP, Comp, Red Record, Musica Jazz

Peter Tomlinson

1991, CD, Album, Compose

The Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra

The Definitive Thad Jones (Volume 2 Live From The Village Vanguard)

1991, CD, Album, Jazz Heritage Society

Sidran/Malach/Fame/Peterson

Go Jazz Sampler

1991, CD, Comp, Blue Moon/Go Jazz,

Uhm...Uhm...Uhmmmm!

Rhythm & Blues/Swing

Soul/Contemporary R&B/Synth-pop/House/Ballad

The Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra

To You - A Tribute To Mel Lewis

Everything But The Girl

Downtempo/Synth-pop

Smooth Jazz/Funk

Flim & The BB's

The Legendary Lou Rawls

The Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Big Band*

1990, CD, West Wind,

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop

The Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Big Band*

1990, CD, West Wind,

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Swing

Dianne Mower With Special Guest Artist Bill Mays

1990, CD, Album, Jazz City,

Flim & The BB's

The Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra

The Definitive Thad Jones (Volume 2 Live From The Village Vanguard)

It's Supposed To Be Fun

Manhattan Jazz Orchestra

The Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra

The Definitive Thad Jones

Ray Mantilla Space Station Featuring Special Guest Bobby Watson

Forbidden Colors

Afro-Cuban Jazz/Smooth Jazz/Latin Jazz

Flim & The BB's

The Further Adventures Of Flim & The BB's

Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra*

Soft Lights And Hot Music

The Tides Of Time

Flim & The BB's

Contemporary Jazz/Smooth Jazz

Soul-Jazz/Latin Jazz/Easy Listening

The Mel Lewis Orchestra

20 Years At The Village Vanguard

1985, LP, Album, Mbira Records (2),

Fusion/Free Improvisation

Doug Sertl Big Band Featuring Nick Brignola

1985, LP, Album, Discovery Records,

Flim & The BB's

Smooth Jazz/Fusion/Easy Listening

Flim & The BB's

Impressions Of Charles Mingus

Flim & The BB's

Soul-Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

Menagerie - Doug Sertl's Jazz Menagerie Featuring Nick Brignola

1982, LP, Album, Mark Records,

Mel Lewis And The Jazz Orchestra

Live In Montreux

Mel Lewis & The Jazz Orchestra

Make Me Smile & Other New Works By Bob Brookmeyer

Through A Looking Glass

The Mel Lewis Quintet*

Gary Wofsey And The Contemporary Jazz Orchestra Featuring Phil Woods

1980, LP, Album, Ambi Records,

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz

Mel Lewis And The Jazz Orchestra

Bob Brookmeyer - Composer & Arranger

Mel Lewis And The Jazz Orchestra

Flim & The BB's

Flim & The BB's

1978, LP, Album, Sound 80

Monica Zetterlund, The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra*

It Only Happens Every Time

Thad Jones - Mel Lewis Orchestra*

1976, LP, Album, Good Sounds (2)

The Glenn Miller Orchestra

Up Where We Belong

2xLP, Album, HMC Records (3),

LP, VWC Records

Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Big Band*

CD, Album, Comp, Blu Jazz

2023, File, WAV, BCM+D Records

Jazziz On Disc - Sounds Of Summer - Summer 2016

2016, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, Promo, Jazziz,

A 20-Bit Taste Of dmp

1993, CD, Comp, dmp

DMP Music Collection

1993, CD, Smplr, IMPS Music

20-Bit All Digital Jazz Collection

1992, CD, Comp, Promo, DMP

1990, CD, Smplr, DMP,

LP, Comp, Ltd, 180 + Box, ESA Records, in-akustik

Soul-Jazz/Latin Jazz/Easy Listening

Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra*

The Complete Poland Concerts 1976 & 1978

2009, CD, Comp, Unofficial, Gambit Records,

Post Bop/Big Band/Swing

Mel Lewis And The Jazz Orchestra*

At The Smithsonian, Washington D.C. - 1983, At The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam - 1987

2005, DVDr, Comp, Unofficial, GeWa Records

Smooth Jazz/Rhythm & Blues/Fusion

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz

Thad Jones - Mel Lewis Big Band*

New York City, Autumn 1975

1995, CD, Album, Unofficial, Editoriale Pantheon

Taking A Chance On Love