The Carla Bley Band Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy Ed Schuller & Band Joe Lovano Wind Ensemble The "New Lucifers" Joe Lovano Street Band Mat Maneri Quintet The Carla Bley Big Band Ed Schuller Group Johannes Barthelmes Group Matt Gordy Sextet Chico & Rita New York Band
ex The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
ex The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
US-American trombonist, born June 26, 1953, Worcester, Massachusetts
Gary Valente has toured with Maynard Ferguson, Charlie Haden, Cab Calloway, Andy Sheppard, Joe Lovano, Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy, George Gruntz, Michel Camilo, David Murray, Jean-Marie Machado, Bebo Valdez and The Lincoln Center Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra.
He currently resides in New York City.
ALBUMS
Gary Valente And Robert Hanlon
The Evil Twin
1996, Cass, Chr, Not On Label (Gary Valente Self-released), Not On Label (Robert Hanlon (3) Self-released), 
R. Anderson*, C. Harris*, G. Lewis* & G. Valente*
Slideride
1995, CD, Album, hat ART
George Schuller Featuring Joe Lovano, Tiger Okoshi, Gary Valente, Ed Schuller
Lookin' Up From Down Below
1989, CD, Album, GM Recordings
Charlie Haden, Carla Bley, Don Cherry, Sharon Freeman, Mick Goodrick, Jack Jeffers, Michael Mantler, Paul Motian, Jim Pepper, Dewey Redman, Steve Slagle, Gary Valente
The Ballad Of The Fallen
1983
The Carla Bley Big Band
Looking For America
2003
Mat Maneri Quintet
Acceptance
1998, CD, Album, hatOLOGY
Johannes Barthelmes Group
Blues For George
1996, CD, Album, L+R Records, 
,
, Hard Bop
The Carla Bley Big Band
Goes To Church
1996
Ed Schuller Group
To Know Where One Is
1994
Ed Schuller & Band
The Eleventh Hour
1992, CD, Album, TUTU Records (2), ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Matt Gordy Sextet
2 Two 2
1990, CD, Album, Hook Records (9)
Joe Lovano Wind Ensemble
Worlds
1990, CD, 
,
, Contemporary Jazz
Various
For Taylor Storer
1988, LP, Album, Ltd, TS Records (5), ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Modern Classical/Minimal
The Carla Bley Band
I Hate To Sing
1984, Vinyl, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
APPEARANCES +
Nick Mason
Unattended Luggage
2018
Alexander von Schlippenbach - The Carla Bley Band
50 Jahre Jazz Fest Berlin
2014, LP, Album, Ltd, Num, Berliner Festspiele, ,
, Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Contemporary Jazz
Robert Wyatt
Different Every Time Volume 2 (Benign Dictatorships)
2014, 2x Vinyl, 
,
, Jazz-Rock/Avantgarde/Alternative Rock/Contemporary/Art Rock
Robert Wyatt
Different Every Time
2014, 2x CD, ,
, Jazz-Rock/Avantgarde/Alternative Rock/Contemporary
Arturo O'Farrill And The Chico O’Farrill Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra*
Final Night At Birdland
2013, CD, Album, ZOHO
Various
Chico & Rita
2011, CD Gatefold Cardboard Sleeve, 
,
, Soundtrack/Big Band/Bop/Easy Listening/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Latin Jazz/Guaracha/Bolero/Guaguancó/Swing/Rumba/Mambo
Joseph Daley* - Earth Tones Ensemble
The Seven Deadly Sins
2010, CD, Album, Dig, Jaro Medien, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Big Band/Free Jazz
Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Chick Corea, Bill Frisell, The Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Pat Metheny, Dave Holland, Carla Bley, Tomasz Stańko
40 Jaar ECM
2009, 9xCD, Comp, RM + CD, Smplr + Box, ECM Records, 
Fabio Morgera
Neapolitan heart
2009, CD, Album, EmArcy
George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band*
Pourquoi Pas? Why Not?
2008, CD, Album, TCB Records (2), 
,
, Contemporary Jazz
Arturo O'Farrill And The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra*
Song For Chico
2008, CD, ZOHO, ,
, Latin Jazz/Big Band
Carla Bley And Her Remarkable! Big Band*
Appearing Nightly
2008, CD, ,
, Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
Mauro Ottolini, Beppe Calamosca
Slide Family
2007, CD, Album, Splasc(h) Records
George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band*
Tiger By The Tail
2006, CD, Album, TCB Records (2), NOVARTIS, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
George Russell
Jazz-Thetic
2005, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, 
,
, Contemporary Jazz/Bop/Cubano
Veronica Martell
The Art Of Intimacy
2005, ,
, Easy Listening
Jean-Marie Machado
Andaloucia
2004, CD, Album, Le Chant Du Monde
Various
Dreyfus Story
2003, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, High Tide,
Various
Classic Jazz: The Nineties
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets,
Defunkt
Live In Europe
2002, 2xCD, Album, Music Avenue, ,
, Jazz-Funk/Funk
Carla Bley
Live In Montreal
2002, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Joe Lovano
Viva Caruso
2002, CD, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band*
Global Excellence
2001, CD, Album, TCB Records (2), ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Sara Lee
Make It Beautiful
2000, CD, Album, Righteous Babe Records, ,
, Synth-pop/Indie Rock/Funk
Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy
When The Spirit Returns
2000
Carla Bley
4X4
2000
Chico O'Farrill
Carambola
2000, CD, ,
, Latin Jazz
Karen Mantler
Karen Mantler's Pet Project
2000, CD, ,
, Post Bop
Chico O'Farrill
Heart Of A Legend
1999, CD, ,
, Afro-Cuban Jazz
Various
Coltrane's Ashé: The 14th Annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert Boston, MA
1998, 2xCD, Album, Greenline Records
Ed Schuller & The 11th Hour Band
Snake Dancing
1998, CD, Album, TUTU Records (2)
Lester Bowie Brass Fantasy*
The Odyssey Of Funk & Popular Music - Vol. 1
1998
Johannes Barthelmes
For Her
1997, CD, Lagerhaus Music Factory, ,
, Smooth Jazz
Ed Schuller
The Force
1996, CD, Album, TUTU Records (2)
The Joe Mulholland Sextet
Second Sight
1995, CD, Album, Jazzheads, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
Chris Van Allsburg Read By Robin Williams
Jumanji
1995, Cass, Dlx, Box, Houghton Mifflin Company, Charles Berry Productions
Robert Wyatt
Going Back A Bit: A Little History Of Robert Wyatt
1994, 2xCD, Comp, Virgin, ,
, Art Rock/Prog Rock
Andy Sheppard
Delivery Suite
1994, CD, Album, Blue Note International, Blue Note, ,
, Big Band
The Story
The Angel In The House
1993
Andy Sheppard
Rhythm Method
1993
Carla Bley
Big Band Theory
1993
Carla Bley
The Very Big Carla Bley Band
1991
David Lahm And The All-stars
Be Somebody
1990, CD, Album, Generation Records (15),
Orchestra Jazz Siciliana
Plays The Music Of Carla Bley
1990
Various
The Art Of Sound
1990, CD, ,
, Smooth Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening
Various
The Watt Works Family Album
1990, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Andy Sheppard
Soft On The Inside
1990, CD, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Carla Bley
Fleur Carnivore
1989
Orange Then Blue
Music For Jazz Orchestra
1987, Vinyl,
Steve Weisberg
I Can't Stand Another Night Alone (In Bed With You)
1986
Various
That's The Way I Feel Now - A Tribute To Thelonious Monk
1984, 2x Vinyl, ,
, Bop/Post Bop
Carla Bley
Heavy Heart
1984
Charlie Haden / Carla Bley
The Ballad Of The Fallen
1983, Vinyl,
Carla Bley
Mortelle Randonnée (Extraits De La Bande Originale Du Film)
1983, Vinyl, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Tom McKinley*, Ed Schuller
Life Cycle
1982, LP, Album, GM Recordings
George Russell
New York Big Band
1982, ,
, Free Jazz/Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
David Lahm
Real Jazz For The Folks That Feel Jazz
1982
Shanghai
Shanghai
1982, Vinyl, ,
, Pop Rock
Carla Bley
Live!
1982
Nick Mason
Hot River
1981, 12", Single, Promo, Cle, Columbia, ,
, Folk Rock/Rock & Roll/Art Rock
Carla Bley
Social Studies
1981
Nick Mason
Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports
1981, ,
, Alternative Rock/Jazz-Rock
Various
Amarcord Nino Rota
1981
Tony Dagradi
Oasis
1980, LP, Album, Gramavision
Mystic Merlin
Mystic Merlin
1980, Vinyl, ,
, Disco/Soul/Funk
Marcello Melis
Free To Dance
1978
Ron Julian And The Sanctuary
Little Boy
1969, LP, Album, Arco Records (2)
David Murray Big Band Featuring James Newton
The Obscure Works Of Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
Cass, 3D Family,
Veronica Martell
Big City Swing
CD, 
,
, Swing
Various
Jazzbox
1992, Box, Comp + 6xLP, Album, ECM Records,
Carla Bley Band*
Live At Berliner Jazztage
2020, CDr, Album, RE, Unofficial, Necromancer (2),
Carla Bley
Heavy Heart
2000
Nick Mason
Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports
1997
Carla Bley
Escalator Over The Hill
2xCDr, Unofficial, e.b,
Carla Bley Big Band*
Teatro Morlacchi, Perugia - 7/13/2006
2xCDr, Unofficial, Not On Label (Carla Bley Big Band),
Carla Bley Big Band*
Umbria Jazz Festival - Teatro Turreno - Perugia, Italy - 7/18/2002
CDr, Unofficial, Not On Label (Carla Bley Big Band),
Carla Bley / Paul Haines
Escalator Over The Hill - A Chronotransduction - Bologna July 14, 1998
2xCDr, Unofficial, Not On Label (Carla Bley), Not On Label (Paul Haines)
Charlie Haden / Carla Bley
The Ballad Of The Fallen