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Poetry and Jazz: A Chronology

By Duncan Heining
October 14, 2018
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My intention here is to offer a detailed but inevitably incomplete chronology of poetry and jazz. The focus is solely on the combination of the two art forms in performance, not on poetry about jazz or jazz musicians or poetry inspired by jazz but not performed to music. My definition of 'poetry' is fairly broad and extends to spoken word/text combined with jazz. Hopefully, readers will be able to add to the chronology by contributing further examples of which I have been unaware.

1957. The Clown (Atlantic LP1260)

Charles Mingus

bass, acoustic
1922 - 1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Mingus, narration/spoken voice by actor/story-teller Jean Shepherd on "The Clown" only. Part-poem, part-story written by Mingus.

1957. A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry (Bethlehem BCP 6026) Charles Mingus. "Scenes in the City" only. Words by Langston Hughes, spoken by actor Melvin Stewart.

1957. Poetry Readings in the Cellar (Fantasy 7002) Kenneth Rexroth/Lawrence Ferlinghetti/Cellar Jazz Quintet.

1957. Kenneth Patchen Reads with Allyn Ferguson and The Jazz Chamber Jazz Sextet (Discovery Records DS-858)

1957. Word Jazz (Dot Records DLP 3075)

Ken Nordine

poet / spoken word
1920 - 2019

" data-original-title="" title="">Ken Nordine words and narration with the

Fred Katz

cello
b.1919

" data-original-title="" title="">Fred Katz Group, including

Paul Horn

flute
1930 - 2014

" data-original-title="" title="">Paul Horn (woodwinds). (NB. Not so much poetry and jazz, as story-telling and jazz. Nordine wrote a series of vignettes for this and other recordings, sometimes surreal and humorous, sometimes mildly socially critical. Fred Katz and his group play a kind of chamber jazz. Katz would later play in Chico Hamilton's Quintet.)

1958. The Weary Blues with Langston Hughes (MGM E6397) with two groups, one arranged by

Leonard Feather

b.1914

" data-original-title="" title="">Leonard Feather, the other by Charles Mingus. Poetry and spoken word by Langston Hughes.

1958. Jazz Canto Volume 1 (World Pacific WP 1244) Poems by Walt Whitman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Dylan Thomas, Langston Hughes, William Carlos Williams and others. Various groups perform with various readers, including actor John Carradine,

Hoagy Carmichael

piano
1899 - 1981

" data-original-title="" title="">Hoagy Carmichael—

Chico Hamilton

drums
1921 - 2013

" data-original-title="" title="">Chico Hamilton Quintet,

Gerry Mulligan

saxophone, baritone
1927 - 1996

" data-original-title="" title="">Gerry Mulligan,

Ralph Pena

bass, acoustic
1927 - 1969

" data-original-title="" title="">Ralph Pena Quintet,

Bob Dorough

vocals
1923 - 2018

" data-original-title="" title="">Bob Dorough Trio, Jazz Canto Ensemble (with

Buddy Collette

saxophone, tenor
1921 - 2010

" data-original-title="" title="">Buddy Collette). (NB. There does not seem to have been a Volume 2. The Bob Dorough version of three poems by Hughes should carry a health warning.)

1958. Son of Word Jazz (Dot Records DLP 25096) Ken Nordine/Fred Katz Group. (NB. Contains the piece "I Used to Think My Right Hand Was Uglier Than My Left.")

1959. Kenneth Patchen Reads with Jazz in Canada (Folkways FL9718) Kenneth Patchen recorded in Vancouver with the Allan Neil Quartet. (NB. 1942 Patchen worked with composer

John Cage

composer / conductor
1912 - 1992

" data-original-title="" title="">John Cage on the radio play The City Wears a Slouch Hat. Patchen also performed his poetry with Charles Mingus in the 1950s but no recordings are known to exist.

1959. New York, N.Y. (Decca DL 9216)

George Russell

composer / conductor
1923 - 2009

" data-original-title="" title="">George Russell. Features words and narration by

Jon Hendricks

vocals
1921 - 2017

" data-original-title="" title="">Jon Hendricks and a stellar orchestra including

John Coltrane

saxophone
1926 - 1967

" data-original-title="" title="">John Coltrane,

Bill Evans

piano
1929 - 1980

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Evans,

Art Farmer

flugelhorn
1928 - 1999

" data-original-title="" title="">Art Farmer.

1959. Poetry for the Beat Generation (Hanover #5000)

Jack Kerouac & Steve Allen

" data-original-title="" title="">Jack Kerouac & Steve Allen/

Steve Allen

composer / conductor
1921 - 2000

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Allen on piano. Recorded March 1958. Released June 1959.

1959. Blues and Haikus (Hanover #5000 Jack Kerouac with

Al Cohn

saxophone, tenor
1925 - 1988

" data-original-title="" title="">Al Cohn,

Zoot Sims

saxophone, tenor
1925 - 1985

" data-original-title="" title="">Zoot Sims tenor saxophones. Recorded Spring 1958. Released October 1959.

1959. Red Bird Christopher Logue/

Tony Kinsey

b.1927

" data-original-title="" title="">Tony Kinsey Quintet—recorded 29th May 1959 1959 New Departures magazine launched by Michael Horovitz.

1959. Next! (Dot Records DLP 25196) Ken Nordine with the Dick Marx Orchestra.

1960. Poetry and Jazz at the Blackhawk (Fantasy 7008) Kenneth Rexroth -group probably

Brew Moore

saxophone, tenor
1924 - 1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Brew Moore (tenor), Dickie Mills (trumpet), Clair Willey (piano), John Mosher (bass), Hank Uribe (drums).

1960. Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (Candid CJM 8005/CSM 9005) Charles Mingus Quartet. Spoken word "Original Fables of Faubus" only. Recorded 20th October

1960. London Institute for Contemporary Arts, 20th November. Horovitz and

Pete Brown

vocals
b.1906

" data-original-title="" title="">Pete Brown read "Blues for the Hitchhiking Dead" with the

Joe Harriott

saxophone
1928 - 1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Harriott Quintet. Cornelius Cardew also performs.

1960. Radio Cologne, December. Michael Horovitz reads with a quintet including Derek Humble (alto) and Dusko Gojkovic (trumpet)

1960. Word Jazz II (Dot Records DLP 25301) Ken Nordine with the Northern Jazz Quartet.

1961. Poetry and Jazz in Concert Hampstead Town Hall, 4th February 1961. Organised by Jeremy Robson.

1961. Anglia Television, March. Pete Brown reads "I'm Sorry I'm Late" accompanied by Buddy Bounds (trumpet).

1961. Jazz and Voices, Waterloo Room, Royal Festival Hall, 6th June 1961. Performance of God's Trombones, a collection of verse sermons by James Weldon Johnson. Music by

Michael Garrick

piano
1933 - 2011

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Garrick,

Johnny Scott

b.1930

" data-original-title="" title="">Johnny Scott Quintet and speakers from the University of London led by Heather Black (later a member of the Barrow Poets). Jeremy Robson meets Michael Garrick at concert.

1961. Poetry Reading Royal Festival Hall 11th June 1961. Reading only. Organised by Jeremy Robson.

1962. Poetry and Jazz in Concert, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, 24th February. On behalf of/organised by Coventry Arts Umbrella. Arnold Wesker Centre 42 in audience. Asked Robson to organise series of concerts for his forthcoming Centre 42 festivals.

1962. University of Southampton, "Blues for the Hitchhiking Dead," 12th March "McTaggart's Blues," "Flying Home," "Night" performed by Michael Horovitz, Pete Brown,

Stan Tracey

piano
1926 - 2013

" data-original-title="" title="">Stan Tracey,

Bobby Wellins

saxophone, tenor
1936 - 2017

" data-original-title="" title="">Bobby Wellins,

John Mumford

b.1935

" data-original-title="" title="">John Mumford (trombone),

Jeff Clyne

bass, acoustic
1937 - 2009

" data-original-title="" title="">Jeff Clyne (bass),

Laurie Morgan

b.1926

" data-original-title="" title="">Laurie Morgan (drums). (Released 2013 Gearbox records as The Live New Departures Jazz Poetry Septet—Blues for the Hitchhiking Dead (Jazz Poetry Superjam #1)

1962. Center 42 Festivals, Autumn. Performances in five UK industrial towns, including Poetry and Jazz in Concert.

1962 Blues for the Lonely (Columbia SEG8244 EP.) Michael Garrick/Jeremy Robson. Recorded 11th December 1962. Released 1963.

1963. Poetry and Jazz in Concert (Argo DA/ZDA 26 and DA/ZDA 27) Michael Garrick/Jeremy Robson et al. Recorded 3rd March 1963, St Pancras Town Hall. Released Argo as two separate LPs.

1963. Poetry and Jazz in Concert, Hampstead Town Hall, 21st May. Jeremy Robson, Adrian Mitchell, Leo Abse, Christopher Logue. Michael Garrick Trio with Joe Harriott and

Shake Keane

trumpet
1927 - 1997

" data-original-title="" title="">Shake Keane.

1963. Marquee Club -The Live New Departures Jazz Poetry Septet. Residency from May (Tuesday)/June (Saturday).

1963.

Daevid Allen

" data-original-title="" title="">Daevid Allen Trio forms as poetry and jazz trio. Daevid Allen (guitar, poetry),

Hugh Hopper

bass, electric
1945 - 2009

" data-original-title="" title="">Hugh Hopper (bass),

Robert Wyatt

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Robert Wyatt (drums) plus Mike Ratledge (piano). Performs at Marquee Club Tuesday 4th June. Michael Horovitz guests. (Daevid Allen Trio—"Live 1963" Voiceprint 122. Released 2015)

1963. Institute for Contemporary Arts, March 28th. Various artists—including William Burroughs, Bryon Gysin, John Esam, New Departures Quartet, The Machine Poets, Daevid Allen, Hugh Hopper, Robert Ellidge (Wyatt).

1965. Sonny's Time Now (Jihad 663; reissued DIW-355)

Sunny Murray

drums
1937 - 2017

" data-original-title="" title="">Sunny Murray. Leroi Jones/

Amiri Baraka

vocals
1934 - 2014

" data-original-title="" title="">Amiri Baraka features on "Black Art." 1965 New York Art Quartet
band / ensemble / orchestra
" data-original-title="" title="">New York Art Quartet/Leroi Jones (Fontana STL5521/ESP 1004). Jones/Baraka "Sweet/Dada Nihilismus" only.

1966. Before Night and Day (Argo EAF/ZFA92 EP). Michael Garrick/Jeremy Robson. Recorded 28th May 1965.

1966. Black Marigolds (Argo ZDA88). "Jazz for Five" John Smith/Michael Garrick. Recorded 3rd January 1966.

1968. A Black Mass: A play by Leroi Jones. Accompanied by

Sun Ra

piano
1914 - 1993

" data-original-title="" title="">Sun Ra and the Myth Science Arkestra. Jihad Productions (reissued 2017 Greyscale GSJGZ015CD)

1968. Black and Beautiful ... Soul and Madness (Jihad Productions JIHAD 1001) The Jihad -Amiri Baraka and others. (Reissued 2009 Son Boy Records Sonboy 003CD)

1968. The Sun

Steve Lacy

saxophone, soprano
1934 - 2004

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Lacy with texts by Buckminster Fuller, Lao Tzu, Eug��ne Guillevic (Recordings from 1967, 1968, 1973 released 2011 EMANEM 5022)

1969. Poetry and Jazz in Concert 250 (Argo ZPR264/265) Michael Garrick/Jeremy Robson. Recorded 22nd June 1969 Queen Elizabeth Hall. (NB. The '250' in the title indicates that this was the 250th Poetry and Jazz in Concert organised by Robson and Garrick between 1961-1969.)

1969. Poem for Malcolm (BYG Records 529.311)

Archie Shepp

saxophone, tenor
b.1937

" data-original-title="" title="">Archie Shepp. Title track only. Shepp wrote and performs the poem.

1970. Bradford Arts Festival, February.

Graham Collier

composer / conductor
1937 - 2011

" data-original-title="" title="">Graham Collier Music perform Smoke Blackened Walls and Curlews. Words by J. B. Priestley, Ted Hughes, Edward Carpenter, Mrs. Gaskell. (NB. Broadcast BBC Radio 3 July 1971.)

1970. Small Talk at 125th and Lenox

Gil Scott-Heron

vocals
1949 - 2011

" data-original-title="" title="">Gil Scott-Heron (Flying Dutchman FDS 131)

1970. The Last Poets (Douglas 3) 1971 Listen to the Silence (Concept CR002) George Russell. Music by a group including

Jan Garbarek

saxophone
b.1947

" data-original-title="" title="">Jan Garbarek (Saxophones),

Bobo Stenson

piano
b.1944

" data-original-title="" title="">Bobo Stenson (piano),

Jon Christensen

drums
1943 - 2020

" data-original-title="" title="">Jon Christensen (drums),

Arild Andersen

bass, acoustic
b.1945

" data-original-title="" title="">Arild Andersen (bass) plus choir and other musicians. (NB. Russell selected the libretto from various texts to create a work that was highly critical of American foreign policy and its treatment of Native Americans.)

1971. Mr Smith's Apocalypse (Argo ZAGF 1) Michael Garrick with John Smith plus band and choir.

1971. This Madness (Douglas 30583) The Last Poets

1971. Pieces of a Man (Flying Dutchman FD 10143) Gil Scott Heron. "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised."

1971 Black Ivory (Perception PLP 18) Wanda Robinson. (Reissued Castle Music CMRCD 084)

1971 Tyger Play with music about the life and work of William Blake. Libretto/script by poet Adrian Mitchell. Music by jazz composer

Mike Westbrook

composer / conductor
b.1936

" data-original-title="" title="">Mike Westbrook. Performed at the National Theatre.

1972. Tyger: A Celebration of William Blake LP of above. (RCA SER-5612) Westbrook has reworked this material throughout his career—The Westbrook Blake: Bright as Fire (1980, Original Records ORA 203), Glad Day: Settings of William Blake (1999, ENJA ENJ-9376 2)

1972. Camden Festival, May 1971. Graham Collier Music perform Wheel of Dreams. Words by Walt Whitman, W. H. Auden, Conrad Aiken. (NB. Broadcast Radio 3)

1972. Free Will (Flying Dutchman FD 10153). Gil Scott Heron "Billy Green is Dead," "Sex Education: Ghetto Style," "No Knock," "The King Alfred Plan."

1972. Chastisement (Blue Thumb BTS39) The Last Poets

1972. Alkebu-Lan -Land Of The Blacks (Live At The East) (Strata-East—SES-1972-4) Mtume Umoja Ensemble—

Gary Bartz

saxophone, alto
b.1940

" data-original-title="" title="">Gary Bartz,

Carlos Garnett

saxophone, tenor
b.1938

" data-original-title="" title="">Carlos Garnett (sax),

Leroy Jenkins

bass, electric
1932 - 2007

" data-original-title="" title="">Leroy Jenkins (violin),

Stanley Cowell

piano
1941 - 2020

" data-original-title="" title="">Stanley Cowell (piano),

Buster Williams

bass, acoustic
b.1942

" data-original-title="" title="">Buster Williams (bass),

Billy Hart

drums
b.1940

" data-original-title="" title="">Billy Hart (drums), Mtume (conga, tonette),

Andy Bey

piano
1939 - 2025

" data-original-title="" title="">Andy Bey, Eddie Micheaux,

Joe Lee Wilson

b.1935

" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Lee Wilson (vocals), Weusi Kuumba, Yusef Iman (poetry)

1972. It's Nation Time (Motown B457L). Imamu Amiri Baraka plus various artists including Gary Bartz, Lonnie Smith,

Reggie Workman

bass
b.1937

" data-original-title="" title="">Reggie Workman,

Idris Muhammad

drums
1939 - 2014

" data-original-title="" title="">Idris Muhammad.

1973. Southern Arts Association for the Worthing Festival of Literature, March. Graham Collier Music perform Sea, Sky and Down with poems by Ted Walker and Children of Adam, a setting of Walt Whitman poems from Leaves of Grass in Worthing in March 1973. Actor John Carbery narrates.

1973. Me and a Friend (Perception Records PLP 37) Wanda Robinson. (Reissued Castle Music CMRCD 084)

1974. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Flying Dutchman BDL 1-0613 -compilation) Gil Scott Heron

1974. Celebrations and Solitudes (Strata East SES 7421)

Jayne Cortez

poet / spoken word

" data-original-title="" title="">Jayne Cortez with

Richard Davis

bass, acoustic
1930 - 2023

" data-original-title="" title="">Richard Davis (bass). (NB. Cortez was married to

Ornette Coleman

saxophone, alto
1930 - 2015

" data-original-title="" title="">Ornette Coleman and is the mother of

Denardo Coleman

drums
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Denardo Coleman, who was her musical director in her group the Firespitters—see below).

1976. Small Change (Asylum 53050)

Tom Waits

piano and vocals
b.1949

" data-original-title="" title="">Tom Waits "Small Change," "Step Right Up," "Pasties and a G String (At the Two O'Clock Club)" only.

1977. Foreign Affairs (Asylum 53068)Tom Waits "Jack & Neal," "Potter's Field" only.

1977. Zeitgeist (EMC 3207)

Tony Coe

saxophone, tenor
b.1934

" data-original-title="" title="">Tony Coe, orchestra with poems of Jill Robin spoken by Mary Thomas

1977. The Day of the Dead (Mosaic GCMD 783/4). Graham Collier Music. Words by novelist Malcolm Lowry from Under the Volcano. (NB. Excerpts broadcast BBC Radio 3 October 1977. Reissued BGO 1028)

1977. Delights of the Garden (Douglas NBLP7051) The Last Poets with

Bernard Purdie

drums
b.1939

" data-original-title="" title="">Bernard Purdie.

1977. Rebirth Cycle (Third Street Records TSJ 100. Mtume plus various musicians plus Side one "Sais" poet Muktar Mustapha.

1977-1978. White Suit Blues A play with music—libretto/script by poet Adrian Mitchell, music by jazz composer Mike Westbrook. Directed by Richard Eyre at the Old Vic, London.

1978. The Mind of Gil Scott Heron (Arista AL8301) Gil Scott Heron

1979. The Way (hatART Records HH2 RO3) Steve Lacy with text by Lao Tzu. Steve Lacy (soprano),

Steve Potts

b.1945

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Potts (alto, soprano), Ir��ne Aebi (cello, violin, vocals),

Kent Carter

bass
b.1939

" data-original-title="" title="">Kent Carter (bass), Oliver Johnson (drums). Recorded in Switzerland. (Later Reissued hatOLOGY 2-604)

1980. Unsubmissive Blues (Bola Press BP 8001) Jayne Cortez with Denardo Coleman,

Bern Nix

guitar
1950 - 2017

" data-original-title="" title="">Bern Nix (guitar).

1981. Songs (hatART 1985/6) Steve Lacy/Brion Gysin. Steve Lacy (soprano, vocals), Steve Potts (alto, soprano),

Bobby Few

piano
1935 - 2021

" data-original-title="" title="">Bobby Few (piano), Ir��ne Aebi (vocals, violin),

Jean-Jacques Avenel

bass, acoustic

" data-original-title="" title="">Jean-Jacques Avenel (bass), Oliver Johnson (drums). Brion Gysin (voice -tracks 4,6).

1982. There It Is (Bola Press BP8201) Jayne Cortez and the Firespitters. Denardo Coleman, Bern Nix, Charles Moffett Jr. (tenor),

Jamaaladeen Tacuma

bass
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Jamaaladeen Tacuma (bass),

Bill Cole

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Cole (Shenai, flute), Farel Johnson Jr., Abraham Adzinyah (perc).

1982. New Music—New Poetry (India Navigation IN1048) Amiri Baraka,

David Murray

saxophone, tenor
b.1955

" data-original-title="" title="">David Murray (sax),

Steve McCall

drums
b.1933

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve McCall (drums).

1982. The Cortege (Original Records ORA 319). Music by jazz composer Mike Westbrook, texts selected by

Kate Westbrook

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Kate Westbrook and sung by Kate Westbrook and

Phil Minton

vocals
b.1940

" data-original-title="" title="">Phil Minton. Poems by William Blake, Arthur Rimbaud, Herman Hesse, Federico Garc��a Lorca and others.

1984. Futurities (hat ART 2022) Steve Lacy. Words by Robert Creeley, Steve Lacy (soprano), Steve Potts (alto, soprano),

George Lewis

trombone
b.1952

" data-original-title="" title="">George Lewis (trombone), Gyde Knebusch (harp),

Barry Wedgle

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Barry Wedgle (guitar), Ir��ne Aebi (voice),

Jeff Gardner

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Jeff Gardner (piano), Jean-Jacques Avenel (bass), Oliver Johnson (drums, gongs, glockenspiel). (Reissued as two CDs—hat ART CD6031, hat ART CD 6032)

1985. Oh My People (Celluloid 6108) The Last Poets

1986. Maintain Control (Bola Press BP8601) Jayne Cortez and the Firespitters (with Denardo Coleman, Bern Nix, Charles Moffett Jr. (sax), Ornette Coleman (track 4 only),

Frank Lowe

saxophone, tenor
1943 - 2003

" data-original-title="" title="">Frank Lowe (sax),

Bill Cole

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Cole (reeds), Al MacDowell (bass), Bern Nix, Denardo Coleman (drums), Abraham Kobena Adzenyah Donno (perc),

Ed Blackwell

drums
1929 - 1992

" data-original-title="" title="">Ed Blackwell (drums -tracks 2, 11 only).

1994. Poetry & Music Jayne Cortez (Compilation of There It Is, Maintain Control and Everywhere Drums (Tradition & Moderne TM106)

1994. Cheerful & Optimistic Jayne Cortez and the Firespitters with Talib Kibwe, Frank Lowe (sax), Al McDowell (bass), Bern Nix (guitar), Denardo Coleman (drums) plus Salieu Suso, Sarjo Kuyateh (Kora), Abdoulaye Epizo Bangoura (Djembe). (Bola Press BP9401)

1995. Real Song Amiri Baraka and Amiri Baraka's Blue Ark (Enja CD8098-2).

1996. Taking the Blues Back Home Jayne Cortez and the Firespitters with Talib Kibwe, Frank Lowe (sax), Al McDowell (bass), Bern Nix (guitar), Denardo Coleman (drums) plus Billy Branch (harmonica), Carl Weathersby (guitar) Nakoyo Suso (vocals), Sarjo Kuyateh, Salieu Suso, Abdoulaye Epizo Bangoura (Djembe). (Harmolodic/Verve 531918-2)

2001. Have We Told You All You Thought To Know Robert Creeley, with

Steve Swallow

bass
b.1940

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Swallow (bass guitar),

David Torn

guitar, electric
b.1953

" data-original-title="" title="">David Torn (guitar),

Chris Massey

drums
b.1981

" data-original-title="" title="">Chris Massey (drums), David Cast (sax, bass clarinet) (Cuneiform CD Rune 144)

2003. Borders of Disorderly Time Jayne Cortez & the Firespitters with Sam Furnance,

T.K. Blue

saxophone, tenor

" data-original-title="" title="">T.K. Blue, Frank Lowe,

Alex Harding

saxophone, baritone

" data-original-title="" title="">Alex Harding (saxophones),

Bobby Bradford

trumpet
b.1934

" data-original-title="" title="">Bobby Bradford (track 2 trumpet), Al MacDowell,

Charnett Moffett

bass
1967 - 2022

" data-original-title="" title="">Charnett Moffett (bass),

Ron Carter

bass
b.1937

" data-original-title="" title="">Ron Carter (bass -tracks: 4, 7, 9, 11), Bern Nix (guitar),

James Blood Ulmer

guitar
b.1942

" data-original-title="" title="">James Blood Ulmer (guitar tracks: 5, 6, 8, 10), Denardo Coleman (drums). (Bola Press BLP 2003)

2006. So There Steve Swallow with Robert Creeley,

Steve Kuhn

piano
b.1938

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Kuhn (piano), Cikada Quartet. (WATT Records XtraWATT/12 1700494)

2007. Avant Poetry and Jazz for Time Travelers in Love Robert Anbian with the Unidentified Flying Quartet (Edgetone records EDT4052)

2017. Amina Baraka & the Red Microphone with Ras Moshe Burnett (sax, flute, perc),

Rocco John Iacovone

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Rocco John Iacovone (saxophones, piano),

Laurie Towers

" data-original-title="" title="">Laurie Towers (bass guitar),

John Pietaro

percussion
b.1962

" data-original-title="" title="">John Pietaro (drums, perc). (ESP 5021)

2017. the Word For It Now

Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra with text by Robert Walser (FMR CD458-0817)

2018. The Poetry of Jazz Philip Levine and

Benjamin Boone

saxophone
b.1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Benjamin Boone (Origin Records 82754)

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