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Gallery Uri Caine Ensemble New York Jazz Collective Tim Berne's Bloodcount James Emery Septet Mingus Big Band Bob Mintzer Big Band Simon Nabatov Quintet Julian Argüelles Trio Iliad Quartet Jacob Anderskov Trio Agnostic Revelations Thumbscrew The Enja Band Mogensen Frisk Quartet Harold Danko Trio The Hook Up The Warriors Of The Wonderful Sound Richard Boukas Trio Rudy Linka Quartet Tony Malaby/Joey Sellers Quartet Ensemble Kolossus Harold Danko Quintet Angelica Sanchez Trio Roberto Ottaviano QuarkTet The Mingus Epitaph Rhythm Section Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet Michael Formanek Very Practical Trio Pierre Vaiana Quartet Michael Formanek Quintet Susan Alcorn Quintet Tim Berne 7 Mary Halvorson's Code Girl Cleöme Tony Malaby's Sabino Michael Formanek Drome Trio Location Location Location Jon Birkholz Trio Myra Melford Splash

ex Chet Baker Quartet, The Fred Hersch Trio, Scott Fields Ensemble, Jon Raskin Quartet, Ted Rosenthal Trio, Roberta Piket Trio, Rudy Linka Trio, Jack Walrath & The Masters Of Suspense

American jazz bassist born in San Francisco, California, May 7, 1958.

ALBA


Tim Berne, Michael Formanek
Parlour Games
2024, CD, Album, Ltd, Relative Pitch Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Vinnie Sperrazza, Ethan Iverson, Michael Formanek
Saturday
2023, CD, Album, Fresh Sound New Talent, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Tim Berne, Ryan Ferreira, Michael Formanek, Ches Smith
Decay
2022, 6xFile, FLAC, Screwgun Records
Formanek*, Berne*, Taborn*, Cleaver*
Other Zones
2022, 9xFile, FLAC, Album, 48 , Circular File Records, ,
Free Jazz
Michael Formanek
Imperfect Measures
2021, CD, Album, Intakt Records, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Michael Formanek, Peter Formanek
Dyads
2021, CD, Album, Out Of Your Head Records
Jeff Williams - Carmen Staaf, Michael Formanek
Bloom
2019
Devin Gray, Michael Formanek, Ellery Eskelin, Dave Ballou
Dirigo Rataplan II
2018, CD, Album, Rataplan Records
Michael Formanek, Ensemble Kolossus
The Distance
2016
Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek, Tomas Fujiwara : Thumbscrew
Thumbscrew
2014, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Ellery Eskelin, Susan Alcorn, Michael Formanek
Mirage
2013, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Ellery Eskelin / Dave Ballou / Michael Formanek / Devin Gray
Dirigo Rataplan
2012, ,
Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Michael Formanek
Small Places
2012
Michael Formanek
The Rub And Spare Change
2010, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Rudy Linka With John Abercrombie - Mike Formanek* - Gil Goldstein - George Mraz
Every Moment
2001, CD, Album, Acoustic Music Records
New York Jazz Collective, Marty Ehrlich, James Zollar, Ray Anderson, Mike Formanek*, Pheeroan Aklaff, Mike Nock
Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven
2001
Marty Ehrlich / Peter Erskine / Michael Formanek
Relativity
1999
Michael Formanek
Am I Bothering You?
1998, CD, Album, Screwgun Records, ,
Free Jazz
Tim Berne, Michael Formanek
Ornery People
1998
Bob Degen, Michael Formanek, Bill Stewart
Catability
1998, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop/Free Improvisation
Michael Formanek
Nature Of The Beast
1997
Michael Formanek
Low Profile
1994
Michael Formanek / Tim Berne / Jeff Hirshfield
Loose Cannon
1993, CD, Album, Soul Note, Soul Note, ,
Free Jazz
Jack Walrath & The Masters Of Suspense, Fuse*, Mike*, C.B. III*, Pullen*
Serious Hang
1992, CD, Album, Muse Records
Jack Wilkins, Joe Locke, Michael Formanek, Ed Schuller, Ronnie Burrage, George Schuller
Out Of The Blue(s) The Session
1992, 2xCD, GM Recordings
Michael Formanek
Extended Animation
1992, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Bob Mintzer, Michael Formanek, Jeff Andrews, Peter Erskine
I Remember Jaco
1991
Michael Formanek
Wide Open Spaces
1990
Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet
As Things Do
2023, CD, Album, Intakt Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Location Location Location
Damaged Goods
2023, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records
Michael Formanek Drome Trio
Were We Where We Were
2022,
Michael Formanek Very Practical Trio
Even Better
2019, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet
Time Like This
2018, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz
The Jamie Baum Group
Undercurrents
1992, CD, Album, Konnex Records
Myra Melford Splash
Myra Melford Splash
2025, CD, Album, Intakt Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Thumbscrew
Wingbeats
2024, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation/Modal
Thumbscrew
Multicolored Midnight
2022
Thumbscrew
Never Is Enough
2021,
Thumbscrew
The Anthony Braxton Project
2020, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records
The Warriors Of The Wonderful Sound
Soundpath (Composed By Muhal Richard Abrams)
2020, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Susan Alcorn Quintet
Pedernal
2020, ,
Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz
Simon Nabatov Quintet
Last Minute Theory
2019, CD, Album, Clean Feed, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Thumbscrew
Ours
2018, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records
Thumbscrew
Theirs
2018, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records
Roberto Ottaviano QuarkTet
Sideralis
2017, CD, Album, Dodicilune, Dodicilune
Thumbscrew
Convallaria
2016, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Harold Danko Quintet
Oatts & Perry III
2013, CD, Album, SteepleChase, ,
Post Bop
Julian Argüelles Trio
Ground Rush
2010, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Harold Danko Quintet
Oatts & Perry II
2010, CD, Album, SteepleChase, ,
Post Bop
Jon Birkholz Trio
Flora Fauna
2008, CD, Album, Umlaut Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Harold Danko Quintet
Oatts & Perry
2006, CD, Album, SteepleChase, ,
Post Bop
Rudy Linka Trio
Trip
2005, CD, Album, JV Records,
Jacob Anderskov Trio
On The Loose
2004, CD, Album, ILK Music, Scraggly Records
Harold Danko Trio
Trilix
2004, CD, Album, SteepleChase, ,
Post Bop
Jacob Anderskov Trio
Even Worse
2002, CD, Album, Scraggly Records, ILK Music
Scott Fields Ensemble
Mamet
2001, CD, Album, Delmark Records, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Jacob Anderskov Trio
Scraggly Music
2001, CD, Album, Scraggly Records
New York Jazz Collective
Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven
2001
Roberta Piket Trio
Midnight In Manhattan
2001,
Mingus Big Band
The Essential Mingus Big Band
2001
Jon Raskin Quartet
The Bass & The Bird Pond
1999, CD, Album, New World Records, ,
Free Jazz
Mogensen Frisk Quartet
Aquitaine
1998, CD, Album, Storyville
James Emery Septet
Spectral Domains
1998, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
New York Jazz Collective
I Don't Know This World Without Don Cherry
1997,
Ted Rosenthal Trio
Rosenthology
1996, ,
Bop
Tony Malaby/Joey Sellers Quartet
Cosas
1995, CD, Album, Nine Winds Records
The Enja Band
Live At Sweet Basil
1994, CD, Album, Enja Records, ,
Post Bop/Free Jazz
Bob Mintzer Big Band
Departure
1993, CD, Album, DMP
Pierre Vaiana Quartet
Shakra
1993, CD, Album, CELP
Rudy Linka Quartet
Mostly Standards
1993, CD, Album, Arta Records
Mingus Big Band
Mingus Big Band 93 - Nostalgia In Times Square
1993
The Mingus Epitaph Rhythm Section
Out Of The Blue(s) The Session
1992, 2xCD, GM Recordings, ,
Post Bop
Chet Baker Quartet
Burnin' At Backstreet
1991
Richard Boukas Trio
Embarcadero
1983, LP, Jazz Essence Records

KOMPILACE +


Michael Formanek
Pre-Apocalyptic
2020, 7xFile, FLAC, Album, Out Of Your Head Records, ,
Free Jazz
Jon Irabagon
Server Farm
2025, CD, Album, Irabbagast Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Ingrid Laubrock
The Last Quiet Place
2023, CD, Album, Pyroclastic Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Nataniel Edelman Trio
Un Ruido De Agua
2023, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Tony Malaby's Sabino
The Cave Of Winds
2022, CD, Album, Pyroclastic Records
The Angelica Sanchez Trio*
Sparkle Beings
2022, CD, Album, Sunnyside, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Post Bop
Micah Frank & Chet Doxas
The Music Of Hildegard Von Bingen (Part One)
2022
Marta Sanchez
SAAM (Spanish American Art Museum)
2022
Tony Malaby
Turnpike Diaries Volume 1
2021, 2xFile, FLAC, Not On Label (Tony Malaby Self-released), ,
Free Jazz
Freddie Redd
Reminiscing
2021, CD, Album, Bleebop records
Různí
Kimbrough
2021, 61xFile, FLAC, Album, 88., Newvelle Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Bloodcount*
Attention Spam
2021, 6xFile, FLAC, Screwgun Records, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz
Bloodcount*
5
2021, 6xFile, FLAC, Screwgun Records
Tony Malaby
Turnpike Diaries Volume 2
2021, 2xFile, FLAC, Not On Label (Tony Malaby Self-released), ,
Free Jazz
Ben Goldberg
Everything Happens To Be.
2021, 10xFile, FLAC, BAG Production Records
Michael Formanek Drome Trio With Chet Doxas And Vinnie Sperrazza
Were We Where We Were
2021
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
Carmen Staaf
Woodland
2020, LP, Newvelle Records,
Různí
Musicworks 137
2020, CD, Comp, Musicworks, ,
Electroacoustic/Experimental
Tim Berne 7
Adobe Probe
2020, 3xFile, FLAC, Screwgun Records, ,
Free Jazz
Anthony Pirog
Pocket Poem
2020, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records
Rudi Berger
Featuring Toninho Horta
2020, CD, Album, Gramola,
Mary Halvorson's Code Girl
Artlessly Falling
2020,
Russ Lossing
Changes
2019, CD, Album, Promo, SteepleChase, ,
Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Jacob Sacks
Fishes
2018, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Mary Halvorson
Code Girl
2018, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Post Bop
The Angelica Sanchez Trio*
Float The Edge
2017, CD, Album, Clean Feed, ,
Free Improvisation/Contemporary Jazz
Susan Alcorn
Soledad
2015, CD, Album, Relative Pitch Records
Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up
After All Is Said
2015, CD, Album, 482 Music
Různí
Message To Attila: The Music Of Attila Zoller
2015, CD, Comp, Enja Records,
Anthony Pirog
Palo Colorado Dream
2014, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records
Rudy Linka
Acoustic & Electric: Retrospective
2014, 2xCD, Album, Comp, RM, MIC Inc.,
Ananda Gari
T-Duality
2014, CD, Album, AUAND, ,
Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Různí
Cuneiform Turns 30: The Albums Of 2014
2014, 21xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Cuneiform Records, ,
Avantgarde/Art Rock/Alternative Rock/Prog Rock/Experimental
Steve Olson
Conversations
2014, CD, Album, Release It!, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Kirk Knuffke
Chorale
2013, CD, Album, SteepleChase
Robert Kraft
Live At Town Hall, NYC 1980
2013, CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Min, Vivid Sound, ,
AOR/Soft Rock
Jacob Anderskov With Agnostic Revelations
Granular Alchemy
2012, CD, Album, Ilk Music
Michael Franks
The Dream 1973-2011
2012, 5xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Warner Music France, Rhino Records (2), ,
Jazz-Funk/Smooth Jazz/Fusion
Tim Berne
Insomnia
2011, CD, Album, Clean Feed, ,
Free Jazz
Caine* - Mahler*
The Drummer Boy
2011, CD, Comp, WInter & Winter, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Jacob Anderskov
Agnostic Revelations
2010, CD, Album, ILK Music
Harold Danko
Escapades
2009, CD, Album, SteepleChase
Různí
The Roads They've Taken
2009, 2xCD-ROM, Album, International Trumpet Guild, ,
Bop/Post Bop/Swing/Avant-garde Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk
Judi Silvano, Cleome
Live Takes
2008, CD, Album, JSL Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Různí
Something Blue
2008, CD, Comp, Blue Note, Somethin' Else, ,
Cool Jazz/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Vocal
Bloodcount*
Seconds
2007, 2xCD, Album + DVD-V, NTSC, PAL, Screwgun Records, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Harold Danko
Times Remembered
2007, CD, Album, SteepleChase
Dave Ballou
Insistence
2007, CD, Album, SteepleChase
Různí
Alpen Jazz Festival 2007 Feldafing
2007, CD, Comp, ACT (4), ,
Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Uri Caine
The Classical Variations
2007, CD, Comp, Winter & Winter, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Classical/Contemporary/Contemporary Jazz
The Margaret Slovak Quartet
For The Moment
2007, CD, Album, Slovak Music (2)
Dave Burrell
Momentum
2006, CD, Album, High Two, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Julian Argüelles
Partita
2006, CD, Album, Basho Records, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Rudy Linka
Beyond The New York City Limits
2006, CD, Album, Jiří Vaněk
Uri Caine
Uri Caine's Classic Crossover
2006, 3xCD, Comp, Ltd, Winter & Winter, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Romantic
Harold Danko
Hinesight - The Music Of Earl Fatha Hines
2005, CD, Album, SteepleChase
Různí
Your Guide To The North Sea Jazz Festival 2004
2004, CD, Comp, Universal Music B.V.,
Dave Ballou
Dancing Foot
2004, CD, Album, SteepleChase, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Hard Bop
Uri Caine / Gustav Mahler
Dark Flame
2003, CD, Album, Winter & Winter, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Romantic
Marty Ehrlich
Line On Love
2003, CD, Album, Palmetto Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Různí
Dreyfus Story
2003, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, High Tide,
Angelica Sanchez
Mirror Me
2003, CD, Album, OmniTone, ,
Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Elvis Costello
North
2003, Vinyl,
Soul-Jazz/Modern Classical/Easy Listening
Pandelis Karayorgis / Mat Maneri
Disambiguation
2002, CD, Album, Leo Records, ,
Free Improvisation
Harold Danko
Fantasy Exit
2002, CD, Album, SteepleChase
Vic Juris
Songbook 2
2002, CD, Album, SteepleChase
Baikida Carroll
Marionettes On A High Wire
2001, CD, Album, OmniTone, ,
Free Jazz
Dave Ballou
On This Day
2001, CD, Album, SteepleChase
Harold Danko
Prestigious
2001, CD, Album, SteepleChase
Marty Ehrlich
Song
2001, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Tony Malaby
Sabino
2000, CD, Album, Arabesque Jazz, ,
Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Různí
Top Jazz '99
2000, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Big Band
Paquito D'Rivera
Habanera
2000, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz/Latin Jazz
Jack Walrath
I Am The Walrath
1999, CD, Comp, 32 Jazz, ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop
Bob Degen
Catability
1999, CD, Album, Enja Records, ,
Hard Bop
Rob Garcia
Place Of Resonance
1999, CD, Album, Consolidated Artists Productions,
Rudy Linka
Emotions In Motion
1999, CD, Linka/BMI,
Různí
Ballads In Blue
1999,
The Uri Caine Ensemble*
Gustav Mahler In Toblach (I Went Out This Morning Over The Countryside)
1999, 2x CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Experimental
Různí
Resurrection Part 2: 20th Century-Improvised Music Works
1998, CD, Comp, Dig, Winter & Winter
Gary Thomas
Pariah's Pariah
1998, CD, Album, Winter & Winter, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Dave Ballou
Amongst Ourselves
1998, CD, Album, SteepleChase
Rez Abbasi
Modern Memory
1998, CD, Album, Cathexis Records
Bloodcount*
Discretion
1997, CD, Album, Screwgun Records, ,
Free Jazz
Bloodcount*
Saturation Point
1997, CD, Album, Screwgun Records, ,
Free Jazz
Roberta Piket Quintet
Unbroken Line
1997, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Vocal
Uri Caine / Gustav Mahler
Urlicht / Primal Light
1997, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Romantic
James Emery
Standing On A Whale Fishing For Minnows
1997
Art Pepper
San Francisco Samba
1997
Bloodcount*
Unwound
1996, 3xCD, Album, Ltd + Box, Screwgun Records, ,
Free Jazz
Marty Ehrlich
New York Child
1996, CD, Album, Enja Records
Daniel Schnyder
Tarantula
1996, CD, Album, Enja Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Contemporary/Latin Jazz
Lee Konitz
Strings For Holiday (A Tribute To Billie Holiday)
1996, ,
Post Bop
Daniel Schnyder
Nucleus
1995, CD, Album, Enja Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Mary LaRose
Cutting The Chord
1995, CD, Alb, Ledhead Productions
Sonia Jacobsen
Avalanche
1995, CD, Album, Sun Sounds
Různí
The Adventure Continues ...
1995, CD, Comp, Promo, Enja Records,
Tim Berne's Bloodcount
Memory Select: The Paris Concert❸
1995, ,
Free Jazz
Kevin Mahogany
You Got What It Takes
1995,
Marimolin*
Combo Platter
1995
Tim Berne's Bloodcount
Lowlife: The Paris Concert❶
1995, ,
Free Jazz
Tim Berne's Bloodcount
Poisoned Minds: The Paris Concert❷
1995, CD, ,
Free Jazz
Marty Ehrlich
Can You Hear A Motion?
1994, CD, Album, Enja Records
Nora York
To Dream The World
1994, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Bob Mintzer, Michael Brecker
Twin Tenors
1994
Bruce Williamson
Big City Magic
1993, CD, Album, Timeless Records (3),
Glenn Alexander
Rainbow's Revenge
1993, CD, Album, Shanachie
Rudy Linka
Live It Up
1993, CD, Album, Timeless (9)
Eddie Daniels
Under The Influence
1993
Jane Ira Bloom
Art And Aviation
1992, CD, Album, Arabesque Jazz
Ronnie Cuber
Cubism
1992, CD, Album, Fresh Sound Records
Různí
20th Anniversary! Twenty Years In Modern Jazz
1992
Leni Stern
Ten Songs
1992
John Hart
Trust
1992
Různí
GRP 10th Anniversary Collection
1992, 3x CD, ,
Soul-Jazz/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Smooth Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Fusion/Big Band/Swing/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Jazz-Rock/Latin Jazz
James Emery / Iliad Quartet
Turbulence
1991, CD, Album, Knitting Factory Works
Rudy Linka Quartet Featuring John Abercrombie
Rudy Linka Quartet Featuring John Abercrombie
1991, CD, Album, Punc, Arta Records
Daniel Schnyder
Mythology
1991, CD, Album, Enja Records
Bob Mintzer
Art Of The Big Band
1991, ,
Big Band
Jack Wilkins
Alien Army
1991
New York Voices
Hearts Of Fire
1991, CD, ,
Vocal
Terumasa Hino
From The Heart
1991, ,
Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Daniel Schnyder
Decoding The Message
1990, CD, Album, Enja Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Různí
Jazz City Christmas Vol. 2
1990, CD, Album, Jazz City, ,
Fusion/Holiday
Fred Hersch
Evanessence: A Tribute To Bill Evans
1990
Fred Hersch Trio*
Heartsongs
1990,
Daniel Schnyder
The City - Seven Compositions By Daniel Schnyder
1989,
Terumasa Hino
Bluestruck
1989
Rob Schneiderman
New Outlook
1988, CD, Album, Reservoir (2), ,
Bop
Meredith D'Ambrosio
The Cove
1988
Charles Loos & Ali Ryerson
Charles Loos - Ali Ryerson
1988
Franco Ambrosetti
Movies Too
1988, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Soundtrack
Attila Zoller
Overcome (Live At The Leverkusen Jazz Festival)
1988
Dave Samuels
Living Colors
1988
Mark Murphy Arranged And Conducted By Bill Mays
Beauty And The Beast
1987, ,
Poetry/Post Bop
Franco Ambrosetti
Movies
1987, Vinyl,
Attila Zoller
Memories Of Pannonia
1986
Jukkis Uotila
Introspection
1984
Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra Featuring Lew Tabackin
Ten Gallon Shuffle
1984
Různí
Re:Source, Masters From Gramavision
1983
Bob Moses
When Elephants Dream Of Music
1983, ,
Contemporary Jazz
David Lahm
Real Jazz For The Folks That Feel Jazz
1982
Dave Liebman*
The Last Call
1979, LP, Album, EGO Records (3),
Norman Williams* And The One Mind Experience
The Bishop
1976
Ronnie Cuber
Cubism
CD, Album, RE, Fresh Sound Records
Různí
ECM Music And Words : Autumn 2012
2012, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,
Různí
Ellipsis - Le Tendenze Degli Anni Ottanta
2001, CD, Comp, High Tide, Musica Jazz,
Různí
Modern Sax
CD, Unofficial, Par Media Music,
The Bob Mintzer Big Band*
Techno Pop (Live In The 90's)