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Lee Konitz Big Band Benny Carter And His Orchestra Stan Getz Quartet Buck Clayton With His All-Stars The Tony Scott Quartet The Mat Mathews Quartet Manny Albam And His Jazz Greats The Dick Katz Trio Joe Newman Octet The American Jazz Orchestra Larry Sonn Orchestra Osie Johnson Quintet The Jay And Kai Quintet Jimmy Knepper Quintet Gene Quill And His Quintet Oscar Pettiford Orchestra Paul Horn Quartet Buck Clayton And His Swing Band Loren Schoenberg And His Jazz Orchestra

ex Ben Webster Quartet, Lee Konitz Quintet, The Lee Konitz Trio

American jazz pianist, arranger, record producer, educator and writer.
Born : March 13, 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Died : November 10, 2009 in Manhattan, New York City, New York.
Katz had freelanced throughout much of his career, and worked in a number of ensembles.

ALBUMS

Helen Merrill / Dick Katz

The Helen Merrill - Dick Katz Sessions

2008, CD, Comp, RM, Mosaic Records (2),

Dave Pell Octet, Dick Katz

Love Story / Piano & Pen

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Collectables

John Lewis (2), Dick Katz, Derek Smith, René Urtreger

The John Lewis Piano / Jazz Piano International

1999, CD, Album, Comp, Collectables

The Line Forms Here

1996, CD, Album, Reservoir (2)

1993, CD, Album, Reservoir (2)

In High Profile

The Lee Konitz Trio With Dick Katz & Wilbur Little

Helen Merrill / Dick Katz

A Shade Of Difference

Lee Konitz, Jim Hall, Joe Henderson, Eddie Gomez, Elvin Jones, Dick Katz, Ray Nance, Karl Berger, Marshall Brown, Richie Kamuca

The Lee Konitz Duets

Helen Merrill Together With Dick Katz

The Feeling Is Mutual

The Surrey With The Fringe On Top

1960, 7", Top Rank International

René Urtreger, Derek Smith, Dick Katz

Jazz Piano International

7", EP, Atlantic,

The Milestone Albums

2012, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album,, Milestone (4),

A Life In Time (The Roy Haynes Story)

2007, 3x CD, DVD,

Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Fusion/Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz

Jazz Lounge V (In A Brazilian Mood)

2002, CD, Comp, Dig, Ayia Napa,

Downtempo/Bossa Nova

2000, CD, Comp, Fantasy, ZYX Music,

Latin Jazz/Bossa Nova

The Blues And Other Colors

Brazilian Horizons

Jazz-Funk/Fusion/Latin Jazz

Jack De Johnette*

The De Johnette Complex

1994, LP, Album, RE, Original Jazz Classics, Yeh Eum Records Co., Ltd.,

Hard Bop/Jazz-Funk/Free Improvisation

Bird Lives! Music Of Charlie Parker

A Shade Of Difference

Deep In A Dream

Jim Hall / Ron Carter Duo

Post Bop/Cool Jazz

...Where Would I Be?

Cool Jazz/Samba/Instrumental

Karl Berger & Company With Ed Blackwell, Dave Holland, Carlos Ward

1970, LP, Album, Milestone (4),

Free Jazz/Post Bop

Lee Konitz Quintet

Jack De Johnette*

The De Johnette Complex

The Lee Konitz Duets

Moody And The Brass Figures

Standard Bearers - The Milestone Collection

Loren Schoenberg And His Jazz Orchestra

Out Of This World

1998, CD, Album, TCB Records (2),

Benny Carter And His Orchestra

Further Definitions (AKA "The Complete Further Definitions Sessions")

Jump Blues/Big Band/Swing

The American Jazz Orchestra

The Music Of Jimmie Lunceford

Loren Schoenberg And His Jazz Orchestra

"Just A-Settin' And A-Rockin'"

Loren Schoenberg And His Jazz Orchestra

Time Waits For No One

Denon Jazz Sampler Volume 1

1986, CD, Comp, Smplr, Denon,

Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Cool Jazz

Jimmy Knepper Quintet

The Lee Konitz Trio

Benny Carter And His Orchestra

Further Definitions

1962, 7", EP, Impulse!, Artone,

Benny Carter And His Orchestra

Further Definitions

1962, 7", MiniAlbum, Gat, Impulse!, Hispavox,

Benny Carter And His Orchestra

Further Definitions

Manny Albam And His Jazz Greats

The Tony Scott Quartet

Tony Scott In Hi-Fi

5xLP, Alt + Box, Comp, GJ-, Curcio,

Bop/Big Band/Jazz-Funk/Cool Jazz/Easy Listening

Oscar Pettiford Orchestra

Lee Konitz Quintet

APPEARANCES +

Spiritual Jazz 16: Riverside etc.

Spirituals/Free Jazz/Modal

Milt Hinton • Wendell Marshall • Wyatt Ruther

Basses Loaded! + East Coast Jazz/5 (2 LP On 1 CD)

2021, CD, Comp, Hi , Fresh Sound Records,

His Eight Finest Albums (Eight Classic LPs On 4 CDs)

2020, 4xCD, Comp, Enlightenment (3),

The Complete Albums 1953-1959

2019, 4xCD, Comp, Enlightenment (3),

Four Classic Albums Second Set

2019, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Avid Jazz

Four Classic Albums (Second Set)

2019, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Avid Jazz,

Seven Classic Albums

Oscar Pettiford, Nonet* / Big Band* / Sextet*

New York City 1955 - 1958

2017, 2xCD, Uptown Records (2),

Roy Eldridge Richie Kamuca Quintet*

At The Half Note

2017, CD, Comp, Sounds Of Yester Year

Nonette Rare in Rehearsal

2016, CDr, Album, Squatty Roo Records,

Jazz 100年 Part3 Jazz Vocal Collection 14 Carmen McRae

2016, CD, Comp, Mono, Universal Music,

Jazz 100年 Part3 Jazz Vocal Collection 17 Helen Merrill

2016, CD, Comp, Mono, Universal Music,

Johnny Hodges, Ray Nance, Keith Christie, John Dankworth

Homage To The Duke

The Complete Bee Hive Sessions

2015, 12xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, Lim, Mosaic Records (2),

Post Bop/Hard Bop

Jazz Guitar Ultimate Collection Vol. 1

2014, 10xCD, Comp, Mono + Box, The Intense Media,

Cool Jazz/Bop/Post Bop/Gypsy Jazz/Swing/Bossa Nova/Latin Jazz/Hard Bop/Modal/Big Band

Nina Simone And Her Friends (An Intimate Variety Of Vocal Charm)

Soul-Jazz/Piano Blues/Vocal

Tate*, Buckner*, Bishop*

2013, LP, Comp, 180, STS Analog

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers*, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons & Jymie Merritt

Complete Studio Recordings

2013, 5xCD, Comp, RM, Jazz Dynamics,

Jazz Instruments

2013, Box, Har + 8xCD, Comp, EarBooks, Edel Germany GmbH,

East Coast Jazz Workshops New York 1954-1961

Buck Clayton - Buddy Tate

Buck & Buddy + Blow The Blues

2012, CD, Album, Comp, RE, Dig, Solar Records (4),

Further Definitions + Jazz Giant

2012, CD, Comp, American Jazz Classics,

Four Classic Albums Plus

2012, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Avid Jazz, Avid Entertainment,

Genius + Soul = Jazz: Complete 1-56-1960 Sessions With Quincy Jones

2011, 2xCD, Comp, American Jazz Classics,

Sonny Rollins And The Big Brass Trio & Quintet

2011, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Fresh Sound Records

The Complete Bethlehem Recordings

2011, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, Ltd, RE, RM, Solar Records (4),

"The Tiger" - Portrait Of A Great Alto Player

2011, CD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records,

All-Star Groups, Three Classic Albums Plus

2009, 10xCD, Album + Box, Comp, House Of Jazz, T2 Entertainment,

The Man - Complete Recordings 1946-1959

2009, 2xCD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records

2008, CD, Comp, Verve Records,

Jazz Sahib - Complete Sextets Sessions 1956 - 1957

2008, 2xCD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records,

Oscar Pettiford

Oscar Rides Again

2008, 4xCD, Comp, Ltd, Proper Records (2),

Bop/Big Band/Cool Jazz/Swing

Four Classic Albums Plus ....

2008, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, RM, Avid Entertainment, Avid Jazz,

2008, CD, Comp, RM, Verve Records,

Big Band/Latin Jazz/Swing/Cool Jazz/Vocal

2008, CD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records,

J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding

2007, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,

2007, CD, Comp, Jazz Hour,

Squeeze Me • The Jazz And Swing Accordion Story

2006, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Proper Records (2),

Hard Bop/Swing/Bop

Miljenko Prohaska

Miljenko Prohaska

2006, 3xCD, Comp, Cantus (3), HRT - Hrvatska Radiotelevizija,

The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records

Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Free Jazz

Tony Scott (2) & The Three Dicks

The Complete Milt Hinton And Osie Johnson Quartet Featuring Dick Katz, Dick Garcia And Dick Hyman

2005, CD, Comp, Lone Hill Jazz,

The Modern Jazz Quartet & Jimmy Giuffre

Complete Recordings

2005, CD, Comp, Lone Hill Jazz,

Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions 1953-62

2005, 8xCD + Box, Comp, Mono, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2),

The Complete 1940-1949 Non-Ducal Violin Recordings: When We're Alone

2005, CD, Comp, AB Fable

The Genius of Charlie Parker

2005, 2xCD, Comp, RM, 24b, Savoy Jazz

2004, 2xCD, Comp, Disconforme SL,

Bop/Big Band/Cool Jazz

Jazz Horizons: Down Beat Jazz Concert / Down Beat Jazz Concert Vol 2

2003, CD, Comp, RE, Dot Records,

The J.J. Johnson Memorial Album

2003, CD, Comp, RM, Prestige,

Sir Roland Hanna*

Tributaries - Reflections On Tommy Flanagan

2003, CD, Album, 24-, IPO Recordings, IPO Recordings

Thelonious Monk

It's Monk's Time

Kai Winding And J. J. Johnson*

An Afternoon At Birdland

Thelonious Monk

Classic Jazz: The Fifties - Take Two

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets,

Swings The Village

2002, CD, Album, Ltd, Nagel Heyer Records

Thelonious Monk

Coleman Hawkins

The Definitive Coleman Hawkins

Impulsively Ellington (A Tribute To Duke Ellington)

1999, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Impulse!,

Thelonious Monk

Monk Alone: The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings 1962-1968

The Complete Savoy Master Takes

Genius + Soul = Jazz / My Kind Of Jazz

1997, CD, Comp, RM, Rhino Records (2),

The Oscar Peterson Trio

Sarah Vaughan In Hi-Fi

Fats Waller & His Rhythm

Fractious Fingering: The Early Years, Part 3 (1936)

Jay Jay Johnson

1996, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, Fantasy

Jazz With Prestige: A History Of Prestige Jazz & Blues

1996, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Prestige,

Chicago Blues/Bop/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz/Soul-Jazz

The Buck Clayton Swing Band*

Buck Clayton Live

1996, CD, Album, Nagel Heyer Records, Nagel Heyer Records

Kai Winding And J.J. Johnson

1996, CD, Album, Mono, RE, Bethlehem Records

Standards On Impulse!

Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop

Shelly Manne Quintet - Stan Getz Quartet - Zoot Sims Quartet

Live 1956 & 1957

1995, CD, Album, Jazz Band Records,

Rob Schneiderman

1994, CD, Album, Reservoir (2)

1994, CD, Album, Soul Note

Atlantic Jazz Keyboards

Piano Blues/Soul-Jazz

The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra*

The Complete Joe Newman RCA Victor Recordings (1955-1956) "The Basie Days"

George Shearing

The Complete Capitol Live Recordings Of George Shearing

Nat 'King' Cole*

The Piano Style Of Nat 'King' Cole

Big Band/Easy Listening

Shoutin' Blues 1949

Sonny Rollins And Friends

Sonny Rollins And Friends

Vocal/Ballad/Bop/Swing

Various Featuring Milt Hinton, Hank Jones, Zoot Sims, Oscar Pettiford, Al Cohn

The Modern Art Of Jazz

1991, CD, Comp, Biograph

Jay Jay Johnson*, Frank Rosolino

Jay Jay Johnson - Frank Rosolino

Solos, Duets And Trios

The Best Of The Jazz Saxophones Vol. III - Sonny Lester Collection

Hard Bop/Post Bop

The American Jazz Orchestra Conducted By John Lewis

Ellington Masterpieces

Jazz Piano (A Smithsonian Collection)

1989, 4x CD, Box Set,

Boogie Woogie/Dixieland/Swing/Bop/Hard Bop

Stan Getz Quartet & Shelly Manne Quintet

Stan & Shelly Live In 1956/57

1988, LP, Jazz Band Records,

Loren Schoenberg & His Jazz Orchestra*

The Impulse! Collection - The Best Of Impulse! Volume I

1988, 2x Vinyl,

The American Jazz Orchestra / Benny Carter

Central City Sketches

Bebop, Hard Bop and Funk

Manny Albam & His Jazz Greats*

Jazz Horizons: Jazz New York

Jazz Masters Of The Sax

Jazz Workshop Four Brass – One Tenor... Al Cohn

1982, LP, Album, RCA,

1981, LP, Album, Uptown Records (2)

Randy Vanwarmer

Chasin' The Bird

1979, Box Set, 10x Vinyl,

Swing/Soul-Jazz/Bop/Big Band

Roy Eldridge - Richie Kamuca Quintet

Comin' Home Baby

1978, LP, Album, Pumpkin Productions

Sonny Criss / Kenny Dorham

Wardell Gray & Dexter Gordon

The Chase And The Steeplechase

Modern/Cool Jazz

Statements And Improvisations, 1934-1942

1977, LP, Album, Comp, Smithsonian Collection, Columbia Special Products,

Cannonball Adderley Featuring Nat Adderley

Cool Jazz/Hard Bop

Jazztime U.S.A. - The Best Of Bob Thiele's Classic Jam Sessions Of The 1950's

1977, 2x Vinyl gatefold,

Bop/Post Bop/Cool Jazz/Vocal/Swing

Twofer Sampler Summer 1976

1976, 2xLP, Comp, Promo, Gat, Fantasy, Milestone (4), Prestige,

Sonets Jubileums Serie 5. Jazz

1976, LP, Album, Comp, Sonet

The Feeling Is Mutual

J.J. Johnson - Kai Winding - Bennie Green With Sonny Rollins, John Lewis (2), Gerry Mulligan, Art Blakey

Them There Eyes

Little Jazz And The Jimmy Ryan All-Stars

Mat Mathews Quintet & Quartet* Featuring Herbie Mann

Mat Mathews Quintet & Quartet

Don Elliott, Tony Scott (2), Stuff Smith, Georgie Auld

Chicago 'N All That Jazz

Big Band/Post Bop

The Art Of Milt Jackson - The Atlantic Years

Soul-Jazz/Bop/Hard Bop

Riddle Of The Sphinx = El Misterio De La Esfinge

Piano Power! (A Panorama Of Jazz Piano Styles)

Encyclopedia Of Jazz On Records - Vol. 3 The Forties / Vol. 4 The Fifties

1974, 2x Vinyl,

Bop/Hard Bop/Big Band/Post Bop/Swing

Coleman Hawkins

Reevaluations: The Impulse Years

1973, 2x Vinyl,

Bop/Cool Jazz/Latin Jazz/Swing

Ray Ellington His Big Band & Singers

Everybody Dance!

1972, LP, Album, Chapter 1

Won't Somebody Tell Me

Modern Jazz Drums Deluxe

1971, 2xLP, Comp, Impulse!, ABC Records,

The Blue Potato And Other Outrages...

The Martial Solal Trio*

Charlie Mingus*, Osie Johnson And His Orch.*, The Jones Boys, The Birdlanders

Foundations Of Modern Jazz

Bud Freeman Esq

Orchestra U.S.A.

Avant-garde Jazz

J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding

The Great Kai & J.J.

1961, CD Digipak,

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Jazz Horizons: Down Beat Jazz Concert Vol. 2

Genius + Soul = Jazz

Rhythm & Blues/Big Band/Soul/Soul-Jazz

L'Avventura Del Jazz

Something To Swing About

Ray Ellington Quartet*

Ellington Plays Ellington

1959, 7", EP, Pye Records,

Historic Jazz Concert At Music Inn

The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra*

Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi, Volume Two

Buck Clayton And His All Stars*

Buck Clayton Special

Larry Sonn And His Orchestra*

Jazz Band Having A Ball!

Down Beat Jazz Concert

Bop/Cool Jazz/Hard Bop

Sonny Rollins And The Big Brass

J. J. Johnson* And Kai Winding

Duke Ellington / Louis Armstrong / Buck Clayton

Festival de Newport 1956

A Ruby Braff Omnibus

Presenting Kenny Graham

Al Cohn's Four Brass One Tenor

Four Brass, One Tenor

1956, 7", EP, Cov, RCA, RCA

Al Cohn's Four Brass One Tenor

Four Brass, One Tenor

1956, 7", EP, Cov, RCA, RCA

East Coast Jazz/5 Part 1

1956, 7", EP, Mono, London Records, London Records, London American Recordings, London American Recordings,

Four Brass, One Tenor

Candido Featuring Al Cohn

The Joe Newman Octet*

I'm Still Swinging

Rouse-Watkins Jazz Modes* / Gene Quill-Dick Sherman Quintet

Jazzville Vol. 1

Kenny Dorham And The Jazz Prophets

Carmen McRae With Mat Matthews Quintet*

By Special Request

Dave Brubeck And Jay* & Kai*

Duke Ellington / Buck Clayton All-Stars*

Bethlehem's Best

1956, 3x Vinyl,

Swing/Cool Jazz/Vocal

Osie Johnson's All-Stars

Swingin' Sounds

Kai* And Jay*, Bennie Green With Strings*

Kai And Jay, Bennie Green With Strings

The Modern Art Of Jazz By Mat Mathews

Jimmy Raney Featuring Bob Brookmeyer

Jimmy Raney Featuring Bob Brookmeyer

Osie Johnson And His Combos In Johnson's Whacks

1955, 10", Period Records

East Coast Jazz 5

1955, 7", EP, Mono, Bethlehem Records, Bethlehem Records

Osie Johnson And His Combos In Osie's Oasis

1955, 10", Album, Mono, Period Records

Love Is Here To Stay / This Will Make You Laugh

Kai Winding And J. J. Johnson*

An Afternoon At Birdland

Tony Scott Quartet*

Swootie Patootie - Yesterdays - Blues For Ava

Don't Argue / Bags' Groove

The Jazz Workshop - Four Brass, One Tenor

Ball At Bethlehem With Braff

The Jay And Kai Quintet, J.J. Johnson And Kai Winding

J.J. Johnson And Kai Winding

Trombone For Two

East Coast Jazz/5

1954, 7", EP, Mono, Esquire,

Tony Scott Quartet*, Mat Mathews Quartet*

Jazz For G.I.'s

Tony Scott Quartet*

Tony Scott Quartet

Tony Scott Quartet*

Music After Midnight

Oscar Pettiford And His Birdland Band

Jazz Off The Air Vol.6

LP, Album, Spotlite Records,

7", EP, Esquire

7", EP, Mono, Philips, Philips, Philips,

The Newport Jazz Festival

3x7", Single, Comp, Mono, Philips, Philips, Philips, Philips,

Sonny Rollins Brass / Sonny Rollins Trio

7", EP, Jukebox, Verve Records,

Tony Scott Quartet*

Swootie Patootie - Yesterdays - Blues For Ava

10", Not On Label,

Benny Carter And His Orchestra, Charlie Mingus*

Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus

7", EP, Jazzbox

Mat Mathews / Bill Henderson

Knights At The Castle

7", EP, Jazzbox, Jazzbox

First English Public Jam Session

Shellac, 10", His Master's Voice,

Larry Sonn And His Orchestra*

East Coast Jazz

7", EP, Dot Records,

CD, Album, Endgame Records (5)

LP, Comp, RE, Prestige

Clayton*, Brubeck* And Jay* & Kai*

Modern Jazz Festival

Records, Records, Records Drowning In A Sea Of Cramps

2020, 2xCD, Comp, Righteous,

Rock & Roll/Rockabilly/Doo Wop

Tropical Britxotica! - Polynesian Pop And Placid Jazz From The Wild British Isles!

2016, LP, Comp, Trunk Records,

Easy Listening/Pacific/Space-Age/Exotica

The Lee Konitz Duets

Ben Webster, The Ben Webster Quartet*