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Arthur Blythe | |
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Nazionalità | Stati Uniti |
Genere | Jazz |
Periodo di attività musicale | 1969 – 2017 |
Arthur Murray Blythe (Los Angeles, 5 Luglio 1940 – Lancaster, 27 Marzo 2017) è stato un compositore e sassofonista statunitense.
Biografia
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]Inizia a suonare il sassofono all'età di nove anni. A New York collabora con Gil Evans, Jack DeJohnette, Chico Hamilton, Lester Bowie e McCoy Tyner. Ha fatto parte dei progetti The Leaders e Wolrd Saxophone Quartet. Blythe viene considerato musicista più ortodosso tra quelli nell’epoca del post-free. [1]
Discografia
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]Come leader
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]Year | Title | Label |
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1977 | The Grip | India Navigation |
1977 | Metamorphosis | India Navigation |
1977 | Bush Baby | Adelphi |
1978 | In the Tradition | Columbia |
1978 | Lenox Avenue Breakdown | Columbia |
1980 | Illusions | Columbia |
1981 | Blythe Spirit | Columbia |
1982 | Elaborations | Columbia |
1983 | Light Blue: Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk | Columbia |
1984 | Put Sunshine in It | Columbia |
1986 | Da-Da | Columbia |
1987 | Basic Blythe | Columbia |
1996 | Calling Card | Enja |
1996 | Synergy | In + Out |
1991 | Hipmotism | Enja |
1997 | Night Song | Clarity |
1997 | Today's Blues | CIMP |
2000 | Spirits in the Field | Savant |
2001 | Blythe Byte | Savant |
2002 | Focus | Savant |
2003 | Exhale | Savant |
Collaborazioni
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]con Synthesis
- Six by Six (Chiaroscuro, 1977), with Olu Dara, a.o.
- Sentiments (Ra, 1979), with Olu Dara, David Murray, a.o.
con The Leaders
- Mudfoot (Black Hawk, 1986)
- Out Here Like This (Black Saint, 1987)
- Unforeseen Blessings (Black Saint, 1988)
- Slipping and Sliding (Sound Hills, 1994)
- Spirits Alike (Double Moon, 2006)
con Roots
- Salutes the Saxophone – Tributes to John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins and Lester Young (In & Out, 1992)
- Stablemates (In & Out, 1993)
- Say Something (In & Out, 1995)
con Santi Debriano and Billy Hart
- 3-Ology (Konnex, 1993)
con Jeff Palmer, John Abercrombie, Victor Lewis
- Ease On (AudioQuest Music, 1993)
con David Eyges and Bruce Ditmas
- Synergy (In & Out, 1997)
con John Abercrombie, Terri Lyne Carrington, Anthony Cox, Mark Feldman, Gust Tsilis
- Echoes (Alessa, 2005)
Come sideman
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]con Joey Baron
- Down Home (Intuition, 1997) with Ron Carter and Bill Frisell
- We'll Soon Find Out (Intuition, 1999)
con Lester Bowie
- The 5th Power (Black Saint, 1978)
- African Children (Horo, 1978)
con Jack DeJohnette
- Special Edition (ECM, 1979)
con Gil Evans
- Gil Evans Live at the Royal Festival Hall London 1978 (RCA, 1979)
- The Rest of Gil Evans Live at the Royal Festival Hall London 1978 (Mole Jazz, 1981)
- Parabola (Horo, 1979)
- Live at the Public Theater, Vol. 1 & 2 (Trio (Japan)/Storyville (Sweden), 1980)
- Priestess (Antilles, 1983)
- Sting and Gil Evans – Strange Fruit (ITM, 1993)
con John Fischer
- 6 × 1 = 10 Duos for a New Decade (Circle, 1980)
con Chico Freeman
- Luminous (Jazz House, 1989)
- Focus (Contemporary, 1995)
con Chico Hamilton
- Peregrinations (Blue Note, 1975)
- Chico Hamilton and the Players (Blue Note, 1976)
con Craig Harris
- Cold Sweat Plays J. B. (JMT, 1999)
con Julius Hemphill
- Coon Bid'ness (Freedom, 1972)
con Azar Lawrence
- Bridge into the New Age (Prestige, 1974)
con the Music Revelation Ensemble
- In the Name of... (DIW, 1994)
- Knights of Power (DIW, 1996)
con Woody Shaw
- The Iron Men con Anthony Braxton (Muse, 1977 [1980])
con Horace Tapscott
- The Giant is Awakened (Flying Dutchman, 1969)
con Gust William Tsilis & Alithea
- Pale Fire (Enja, 1988)
con McCoy Tyner
- Quartets 4 X 4 (Milestone, 1980)
- 44th Street Suite (Red Baron,1991)
con the World Saxophone Quartet
- Metamorphosis (Elektra Nonesuch, 1990)
- Breath of Life (Elektra Nonesuch, 1992)
Note
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- ^ Claudio Sessa, Arthur Blythe, sassofonista, su rsi.ch, RSI.
Collegamenti esterni
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