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Scottish multi-instrumentalist, born 27 August 1937, The Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland. Father of Damon Shulman and Calvin Shulman, grandfather of Elliot Shulman, Rowan Shulman and Joel Shulman.

In 1970, he co-founded the progressive rock group Gentle Giant along with his younger brothers Derek Shulman and Ray Shulman. He left the group in 1972. A multi-instrumentalist, he plays alto and tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet, trumpet, mellophone, piano, plus occasional percussion and vocals.

ALBUMS


Steve Hackett
Premonitions: The Charisma Recordings 1975 – 1983
2015, Box, Dlx + 10xCD, Comp, RM + 4xDVD-V, Comp, Multic, Universal Music Catalogue, Virgin, ,
Prog Rock/Art Rock
Gentle Giant
Three Piece Suite
2017, ,
Prog Rock
Gentle Giant
Three Friends / Octopus
2013
Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant / Acquiring The Taste
2012, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + Comp, RM, BGO Records
Gentle Giant
I Lost My Head - The Chrysalis Years (1975-1980)
2012, ,
Prog Rock
Gentle Giant
King Alfred's College 1971
2009, CD, Album, Alucard, ,
Prog Rock
Simon Dupree And The Big Sound
Part Of My Past (The Simon Dupree And The Big Sound Anthology)
2004, ,
Pop Rock/Soul/Mod
Gentle Giant
King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Gentle Giant
1997, CD, ,
Prog Rock
Gentle Giant
Under Construction
1997
Various
And The Heavens Cried - 35 Progressive Rock Classics
1996, 2xCD, Comp, Débutante, ,
Blues Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Folk Rock/Prog Rock
Gentle Giant
Out Of The Woods - The BBC Sessions
1996
Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant
1989
Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant
1982, LP, Comp, Armando Curcio Editore
Simon Dupree And The Big Sound
Kites
1982
Gentle Giant
Pretentious
1977
Gentle Giant
Giant Steps... The First Five Years
1975, ,
Prog Rock
Gentle Giant
The Original Studio Gentle Giant - Vol. 1
1974
Gentle Giant
The Original Studio Gentle Giant - Vol. 2
1974
Gentle Giant
The Advent Of Panurge
1973, 7", Vertigo, ,
Prog Rock
Gentle Giant
Octopus
1972
Gentle Giant
Three Friends
1972
Gentle Giant
Prologue / Working All Day / Three Friends
1972
Gentle Giant
Acquiring The Taste
1971
Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant
1970
Simon Dupree And The Big Sound
Broken Hearted Pirates / She Gave Me The Sun
1969
Gentle Giant
Three Piece Suite
2024
Gentle Giant
Three Friends
2019
Gentle Giant
City Hermit - British Radio Sessions & Rare Early Tracks 1970-1972
2018, LP, Album, Ltd, Unofficial, ATOS Records (2)
Gentle Giant
Live In Essen, Germany 1971
2012
Gentle Giant
Octopus
2003
Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant
2003
Gentle Giant
Acquiring The Taste
1997
Gentle Giant
Gargantua
1991, CD, Album, Unofficial, Aulica, ,
Prog Rock

APPEARANCES +


Various
Blowing Free (Underground & Progressive Sounds Of 1972)
2022, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Esoteric Recordings, ,
Prog Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Various
Taking Some Time On (Underground Sounds Of 1970)
2021, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Esoteric Recordings
Various
Breakthrough (Underground Sounds Of 1971)
2021, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Esoteric Recordings,
Algebra
Deconstructing Classics
2019, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Ltd, Andromeda Relix
Antonio Apuzzo Strike!
Songs Of Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow
2016, CD, Album, Dodicilune, Dodicilune
A Tribe Called Quest
We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
2016, CD, ,
Conscious
Roberto Ottaviano
Astrolabio
2015, CD, Album, Dodicilune, Dodicilune, ,
Contemporary Jazz
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
Plays Prog Rock Classics
2015,
Witherscape
The Inheritance
2013
TwinKeys
Tarkus And Other Love Stories
2012, CD, Album, Leo Records, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Contemporary Jazz
Wave Mechanics Union
Further To Fly
2012, CD, Album, HXmusic, LLC, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Big Band
Damon Shulman
Vultures And Sheep
2008, CD, Album, Alucard
Various
Giant Party Pieces
2004, CDr, Album, Gorgg-O-Sonic
Various
The Best Prog Rock Album In The World …Ever!
2003, 3x CD, ,
Hard Rock/Classic Rock/Prog Rock
Various
Aqualung
2001, ,
Classic Rock/Art Rock/Hard Rock
Various
The Best Of Progressive Rock
1999, CD, Comp, Center Stage Live
Kamera Quintet
Kamera In Rock
1998, CD, Album, Velut Luna
Different Trains
On The Right Track
1994, CD, Album, Giant Electric Pea
Chatterbox
Chatterbox
1994, CD, Not On Label
D. Lewis Band
Dust In The Wind
1993, CD, Single, Promo, WGR
Various
Vertigo Classics And Rarities 1969 - 1973 Volume One
1990, ,
Hard Rock/Prog Rock
Long John Baldry
Rock With The Best
1982
Various
The Progressives
1973, ,
Jazz-Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Prog Rock
Jethro Tull / Gentle Giant
Thick As A Brick Part 1 / Peel The Paint
1972, 7", Promo, Chrysalis, Vertigo
Various
The Vertigo Trip
1971, 2xLP, Smplr, Vertigo, ,
Blues Rock/Hard Rock/Prog Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Various
Do It Rock On Vertigo
1971, 2xLP, Comp, Gat, Vertigo, ,
Hard Rock/Prog Rock/Folk Rock
Simon Dupree & The Big Sound*
Without Reservations
1967
Various
Piccadilly Sunshine Volumes 1 - 10 (A Compendium Of Rare Pop Curios From The British Psychedelic Era)
2015, Box, Comp, Unofficial + 10xCD, Comp, RE, Unofficia, Rubble (2), ,
Psychedelic Rock/Pop Rock/Mod
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
Plays Prog Rock Classics
2015
Various
Aqualung
2001, ,
Classic Rock/Art Rock/Hard Rock
Various
Piccadilly Sunshine Part Seventeen (British Pop Psych And Other Flavours 1966 - 1969)
CDr, ,
Pop Rock/Ballad/Psychedelic Rock/Beat