American bassist, flutist, percussionist and engineer, born September 21, 1955, in Traverse City, Michigan.
ALBUMS
Marc Beaudin (3), Mike Johnston, Mike Gilmore
The Sky Too Is Concrete
2025, CD, Album, CrowVoice Audio
Mike Johnston / Mike Gilmore / Mike Khoury / Kirk Lucas
Impermanence
2009, CDr, Album, Ltd, Triple Bath
Mike Johnston / Mike Gilmore / Mike Khoury / Kirk Lucas
The Hidden
2007, CDr, Album, Ltd, Triple Bath
Faruq Z. Bey W/ Northwoods Improvisers
Emerging Field (Bonus Tracks)
2010, CDr, Ltd, Num, Entropy Stereo Recordings
Northwoods Improvisers
Kuhtuhlpa
2024
Northwoods Collective
Homage To Africa
2016, LP, S/Sided, Ltd, Sagittarius A-Star
Northwoods Improvisers
Northwoods Improvisers Box Set
2014
Northwoods Improvisers
Northwoods Improvisers Box Set - Vol. II
2014
Faruq Z. Bey W/ Northwoods Improvisers
Primal Waters
2012
Northwoods Collective
Canopy
2011, LP, S/Sided, Ltd, Sagittarius A-Star
Adam Rudolph, Ralph Jones
Yèyí (A Wordless Psalm Of Prototypical Vibrations)
2010, CD, Album, Meta Records (2), 
,
, Free Jazz
Faruq Z. Bey W/ Northwoods Improvisers
Emerging Field
2010, CD, Album, Entropy Stereo Recordings
Peter Kowald
Bass Solo
2009
Dennis González* & Faruq Z Bey* w/ Northwoods Improvisers Septet*
Hymn For Tomasz Stanko
2009
Faruq Z. Bey With Northwoods Improvisers
Rwanda
2005
Faruq Z. Bey W/ Northwoods Improvisers
Auzar
2004, CD, Album, Entropy Stereo Recordings
Faruq Z. Bey W/ Northwoods Improvisers
Hot House 2001
2001, CDr, Album, Ltd, Entropy Stereo Recordings
Northwoods Improvisers
Fanfares
2023, CD, Album, Entropy Stereo Recordings
Northwoods Improvisers
Raft
2021, CD, Album, Entropy Stereo Recordings
Northwoods Improvisers
Constellations
2008
Northwoods Improvisers
Branches
2000, CD, Album, Entropy Stereo Recordings
Northwoods Improvisers
Spinning
2000, CD, Album, Arc (4)
Northwoods Improvisers
Lightning Darkness
1999, CD, Album, Entropy Stereo Recordings, Entropy Stereo Recordings
Northwoods Improvisers
Fog And Fire
1994, CD, Album, Arc (4)
APPEARANCES +
Faruq Z. Bey
Atlan-Tan Suite
2024, CD, Album, Entropy Stereo Recordings, ,
, Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Donovan Boxey, Dominic Bierenga
As Iron Sharpens Iron
2017, CD, Donovan Boxey
Various
Qbico U-nite VI & VII, Detroit & Buffalo, USA
2010, 3xLP, Qbico, 
,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Bobby Bradford Extet
Midnight Pacific Airwaves
2009, CD, Album, Entropy Stereo Recordings
Peter Kowald
Bass Solo
2009
Whirimako Black
Sings
2007, CD, Album, Mai Music, 
,
, Contemporary Jazz
Faruq Z. Bey With Northwoods Improvisers
Infa'a
2006
Faruq Z. Bey W/ Northwoods Improvisers
Journey Into The Valley
2004, DVD-V + CD, Album, Entropy Stereo Recordings, ,
, Free Jazz
Griot Galaxy
Live At The D.I.A.
2003, 2xCD, Album, Entropy Stereo Recordings, ,
, Free Jazz
Faruq Z. Bey With Northwoods Improvisers
Ashirai Pattern
2002, CD, Album, Entropy Stereo Recordings, ,
, Free Jazz
Faruq Z. Bey With Northwoods Improvisers
19 Moons
2001, CD, Album, Entropy Stereo Recordings
Luc Houtkamp
In Chicago
1999, CD, Album, Entropy Stereo Recordings
Bailey* / Stevens* / Watts*
Dynamics Of The Impromptu
1999, CD, ,
, Free Improvisation
Nervosa
Possibly, Could Be...
1996, CD-ROM, Single, Promo, Not On Label
Remote Viewing Ensemble
Remote Viewing Ensemble
CD, Album, Entropy Stereo Recordings, Entropy Stereo Recordings