schedule biography discography press quotes & reviews photos links Photo above by Mark Sheldon, NYC, 'O6,
marksheldonphotography.com.
(please see various reviews in the "press quotes" section of this Web site)
AVAILABLE NOW: The
Henry Grimes Trio featuring David Murray & Hamid Drake live at Kerava (Finland), 'O4 on Ayler Records,
www.Ayler.com, #aylCD-028, the first label release by the NEW Henry Grimes,
available at good stores everywhere, or order from www.downtownmusicgallery.com/Main/index.htm,
(212) 473-OO43, dmg [at] downtownmusicgallery.com;
or from www.cadencebuilding.com/cadence/musicsaleshp.html,
(315) 287-2852, info [at] ncdsales.com.
AVAILABLE NOW: Marc
Ribot's Spiritual Unity w/ Roy Campbell, Jr., Chad Taylor, & featuring
Henry Grimes, 'O4, music by Albert
Ayler and Marc Ribot, (Pi Recordings #15), available at good stores everywhere,
or order from www.downtownmusicgallery.com/Main/index.htm,
(212) 473-OO43, dmg [at] downtownmusicgallery.com;
or from www.cadencebuilding.com/cadence/musicsaleshp.html,
(315) 287-2852, info [at] ncdsales.com.
AVAILABLE NOW: Henry
Grimes, "More Call": The first new issue of NEW Henry
Grimes music, a private-issue CD of the finale to the WKCR-FM Henry
Grimes radio festival, an hour-long
bass solo (WKCR studios, NYC,
'O3), each CD featuring a hand-drawn design by Henry Grimes himself. These
are not reproductions; each drawing is unique. Contact musicmargaret [at]
earthlink.net for purchase.
AVAILABLE NOW: "Sublime Communication," a CD release recorded in the WKCR studios on July
16, 'O4 by the Henry
Grimes Trio featuring Andrew Lamb & Newman Taylor Baker (chosen "best jazz trio of the year" in 'O4 by
New York Press!), contact musicmargaret
[at] earthlink.net for purchase.
TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK:
The Henry Grimes Trio featuring Andrew
Lamb & Newman Taylor Baker (chosen "best jazz trio of the year"
by New York Press in 'O4), "Sublime Communication 2," live from
Edgefest, Ann Arbor, Oct., 'O5, contact musicmargaret [at] earthlink.net
for purchase.
NEW!! Henry Grimes & Rashied Ali,"Going to the Ritual," recorded in concert on the air at WKCR, 3/2O/O7, and including a bonus track not heard on the broadcast / Webcast, Henry playing bass and violin and speaking some of his poetry, wonderful liner notes by Marc Medwin, available July 22nd, 'O8 from Porter Records (www.porterrecords.com)!
FIRST REVIEW OF "GOING
TO THE RITUAL"!!
www.jazzreview.com/cd/review-18842.html
Featured Artists: Henry Grimes and Rashied Ali
CD Title: Going To The Ritual
Year: 2007
Style: Free Jazz / Avant-Garde
Musicians: Henry Grimes (bass, violin, voice), Rashied Ali (drums)
Review by Bryan Zoran:
Henry Grimes and Rashied Ali are "Going To The Ritual." Join
them on the new release by JazzNewYork Productions. Bassist Henry Grimes
has joined drummer Rashied Ali to create wonderful new music. "Going
To The Ritual" is a symphony of sound. My choice of the word “symphony”
is very deliberate: Despite having only two artists to fill the musical
canvas, this is a very full-sounding date. They maximize the space they
have to work with, bringing out the best in each other’s artistry.
Both musicians exhibit a deep strength and focus that carries the music
throughout the recording. The date opens with Ali behind the set, laying
down a definitively creative introduction to "Hidden Forces Aggregate."
His driving percussion work is infused with impressive phrasing and dexterity.
His agility is complemented by a clear direction with which to share his
musical vision. Ali sets his original piece on its course before Henry
enters the picture. Bringing his heavyweight champion bass sound, Henry
shows why he is one of the most respected improvisers on the planet. This
selection includes some of his work with a bow before giving way to dynamic
conversation between him and Ali. This is followed by Mr. Grimes reciting
an original poem entitled "Easternal Mysticism." The poem was
recently published in his new book of poems, "Signs Along the Road."
His reading is accompanied by the bow of his bass and Rashied’s drums.
"Gone Beyond the Gate," the third track, is a tour de force
of free jazz. Henry starts out on bass with melodic runs that seem to
search out for, and at the same time provide, meaning, fulfillment, musical
nourishment. Here his playing feels at times bluesy, at times funky, but
all the time played with great feeling and sensitivity. This is where
Henry adds another element to the session by putting down the bass and
picking up the violin. Moving back to the bass, sometimes with the bow,
Henry keeps things lively on this 25-minute track. The song closes out
with Henry and Rashied trading inspired lines. The final selection, “This
Must Have Always Happened,” features some striking solo work by Rashied,
interspersed with another taste of Henry’s violin playing and poetry
reading. Near the end of this track, Henry briefly showcases some hauntingly
beautiful bow work...
[Thanks, Bryan!]
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NEW!! Henry Grimes's astounding, impassioned solo bass and violin extravaganza, more than three hours of continuous improvisation (pausing only to switch instruments) recorded at Peter Karl's great studio in Brooklyn in March, 'O8, to be released as a double CD by ILK (Independent Label Kobenhavn, www.ilkmusic.com) in November, 'O8. Thanks, Kresten Osgood!
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AVAILABLE NOW: Oluyemi Thomas (various instruments) & Henry Grimes (bass), "The Power of Light," recorded in concert in Pittsburgh, PA on July 1, 'O6, released on Not Two Records (#MW 787-2) and available from http://nottwo.com, at many good stores, or from musicmargaret [@] earthlink.net.
AVAILABLE NOW:
William Parker Bass Quartet, "Requiem,"
w/ Henry Grimes, William Parker, Alan Silva, & Sirone
playing basses plus Charles Gayle playing
alto saxophone in concert at Vision Festival 'O4, released as
Splasc(h) World #H885 in 'O6, available from www.jazzos.com at this link: http://tinyurl.com/shgml.
AVAILABLE NOW: Luis Perdomo, "Awareness," w/ Henry Grimes, Hans Glawishnig, Eric McPherson, & Nasheet Waits, released on RKM Music in 'O6, available from www.cduniverse.com & www.amazon.com, among others.
Temporarily out of stock: Dennis Gonzalez's Inspiration Band CD entitled "Nile River Suite," a beautiful quintet recording featuring Roy Campbell, Jr., Sabir Mateen, Michael
Thompson, and special guest Henry Grimes, 'O3. Please contact Dennis Gonzalez at DennisGonzalezx
[at] aol.com for purchase information.
Sadly, we note that ESP Disk has again re-released Henry Grimes's classic recording "The Call" (ESP #1026, 1965) to much fanfare without making any arrangements whatsoever to pay Henry a penny. Bernard Stollman of ESP owes Henry more than 4O years of royalties for sales of this recording and only paid him $1O to record it in the first place, and yes, we have a copy of Henry's original contract from 1965. Attorneys, please contact musicmargaret [@] earthlink.net regarding this, because we could use some legal help in this regard! Fans, if you feel you must buy this re-release, please contact musicmargaret [@] earthlink.net to arrange to send Henry Grimes some money for your purchase. Thank you.
NOTE:
Downtown Music Gallery in New York City carries
a lot of old and new Henry Grimes recordings and will ship them to you
if you place an order on the Web or by phone. You can go to www.downtownmusicgallery.com/Main/index.htm
and enter Henry Grimes's name in the "QuickSearch" box and click
"go," and a list of available recordings (presently 42 of them) will appear.
Henry Grimes Discography
The information below has been selected from a more detailed discography compiled by Michael Fitzgerald, which includes song titles and alternate takes and is on view at www.JazzDiscography.com .
For each recording session, the releases containing only a portion of the titles recorded on that date are listed first, followed by releases on which all titles appear.
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Date: September 1957
Location: New York City
Label: Debut
Released as:
Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1821-2 - Debut Rarities, vol. 3 (1993)
Shafi Hadi (ldr), Shafi Hadi (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Clarence 'Gene' Shaw (t), Wynton Kelly (p), Henry Grimes (b), Dannie Richmond (d)
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Date: October 22, 1957
Location: Nola Studios or Olmsted Studios?, New York City
Label: Verve
Released as:
Verve LP 12": MGV 8281 - Tranquility
Lee Konitz (ldr), Lee Konitz (as), Billy Bauer (g), Henry Grimes (b), Dave Bailey (d)
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Date: November 16, 1957
Location: New York City
Label: Seeco
Released as:
Seeco LP 12": CELP 425 - The Modern Art Of Jazz
Carlton LP 12": STLP12/113 - Free Blown Jazz
Perfect LP 12": PL 12010 - My Kind Of Jazz
All titles on: -Fresh Sound CD: FSR CD-160/2 - A Day In New York (1991)
Tony Scott (ldr), Tony Scott (cl), Sahib Shihab (bar), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Bill Evans (p), Henry Grimes (b), Paul Motian (d)
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Date: December 3, 11, and 17, 1957
Location: Coastal Studios, New York City
Label: Pacific Jazz
Released as:
Pacific Jazz LP 12": PJ-1241 - Quartet With Chet Baker
Pacific Jazz CD: CDP 7 46857 2 - Reunion (1988)
Playboy LP 12": PB 1958 - The Playboy Jazz All-Stars, vol. 2
Mosaic LP 12": MR5-103 - The Complete Pacific Jazz And Capitol Recordings Of The Original Gerry Mulligan Quartet And Tentette With Chet Baker (1983)
Mosaic CD: MD3-102 - The Complete Pacific Jazz And Capitol Recordings Of The Original Gerry Mulligan Quartet And Tentette With Chet Baker (1989)
All titles on: -Mosaic CD: MS 021 - Mosaic Select 21 - Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan (ldr), Gerry Mulligan (bar), Chet Baker (t), Henry Grimes (b), Dave Bailey (d)
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Date: December 4 & 5, 1957
Location: Coastal Studios, New York City
Label: Pacific Jazz
Released as:
World Pacific LP 12": WP 1237 - The Gerry Mulligan Songbook
World Pacific LP 12": ST 1001 - The Gerry Mulligan Songbook
Pacific Jazz CD: CDP 7243 8 33575 2 9 - The Gerry Mulligan Songbook (1995)
All titles on: -Mosaic CD: MS 021 - Mosaic Select 21 - Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan (ldr), Allen Eager, Zoot Sims (as, ts), Lee Konitz (as), Al Cohn (ts, bar), Gerry Mulligan (bar, arr), Freddie Green (g), Henry Grimes (b), Dave Bailey (d), Bill Holman (arr)
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Date: December 11 & 17, 1957
Location: Coastal Studios, New York City
Label: Pacific Jazz
Released as:
World Pacific LP 12": WP 1253 - Annie Ross Sings A Song With Mulligan
All titles on: -Mosaic CD: MS 021 - Mosaic Select 21 - Gerry Mulligan
Pacific Jazz CD: CDP 7 46852 2 - Annie Ross Sings A Song With Mulligan
(1988)
Gerry Mulligan, Annie Ross (ldr), Gerry Mulligan (bar), Chet Baker (t),
Henry Grimes (b), Dave Bailey (d), Annie Ross (v)
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Date: April 30, 1958
Location: CBS Timex TV Show, New York City
Label: [television broadcast]
Released as:
Kings Of Jazz LP 12": KLJ 20031 - Timex Jazz Show
Radiola LP 12": MR-1095 - The Second Timex All-Star Jazz Show (1979)
Gerry Mulligan (ldr), Gerry Mulligan (bar), Art Farmer (t), Henry Grimes
(b), Dave Bailey (d)
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Date: July 4, 1958
Location: Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI
Label: Columbia
Released as:
Columbia LP 12": C2-38262 - Newport Jazz Festival Live (Unreleased
Highlights) (1982)
Benny Goodman (ldr), Benny Goodman (cl), Skippy Colluchio, Ernie Mauro
(as), Rudy Rutherford, Buddy Tate (ts), Gene Allen (bar), Billy Butterfield,
Bernie Glow, Taft Jordan, Doc Severinsen (t), Eddie Bert, Vernon Brown,
Frank Rehak (tb), Kenny Burrell (g), Roland Hanna (p), Henry Grimes (b),
Roy Burns (d), Jimmy Rushing, Martha Tilton (v)
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Date: July 4, 1958
Location: Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI
Label: [radio broadcast]
Released as:
All titles on: -Giants Of Jazz LP 12": GoJLP 1011
Benny Goodman (ldr), Benny Goodman (cl), Skippy Colluchio, Ernie Mauro
(as), Rudy Rutherford, Buddy Tate (ts), Gene Allen (bar), Billy Butterfield,
Bernie Glow, Taft Jordan, Doc Severinsen (t), Eddie Bert, Vernon Brown,
Frank Rehak (tb), Kenny Burrell (g), Roland Hanna (p), Henry Grimes (b),
Roy Burns (d), Jimmy Rushing, Martha Tilton (v)
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Date: July 6, 1958
Location: Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI
Label: [radio broadcast]
Released as:
FDC LP 12": 1024 - Newport Jazz 1958-59
Sonny Rollins (ldr), Sonny Rollins (ts), Henry Grimes (b), Roy Haynes
(d)
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Date: July 6, 1958
Location: Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI
Label: [radio broadcast]
Released as:
FDC LP 12": 1024 - Newport Jazz 1958-59
Phontastic CD: NCD 8813 - Newport Jazz Festival, vol. 1 - Mostly Miles
All titles on: -Philology CD: W 65-2 - From Newport To Nice (1992)
Lee Konitz (ldr), Lee Konitz (as), Henry Grimes (b), Ed Levinson (d)
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Date: July 6, 1958
Location: Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI
Label: [radio broadcast]
Released as:
FDC LP 12": 1025 - Newport Jazz Festival
Thelonious Monk (ldr), Thelonious Monk (p), Henry Grimes (b), Roy Haynes
(d)
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Date: July 7, 1958
Location: New York City
Label: Park
Released as:
MusicMasters CD: CIJ 60201 - The Yale University Music Library, vol. 4
- Big Band Recordings (1992)
Benny Goodman (ldr), Benny Goodman (cl), Gene Allen (bar), Billy Butterfield,
Buck Clayton, Taft Jordan, E. V. Perry (t), Eddie Bert, Vernon Brown,
Harry DeVito (tb), Kenny Burrell (g), Roland Hanna (p), Henry Grimes (b),
Roy Burns (d), Martha Tilton (v), Sid Feller, George Williams (arr)
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Date: July 10, 1958
Location: Beltone Studios, New York City
Label: MGM
Released as:
All titles on: -Verve LP 12": V 8430 - Brass/Trio
Metrojazz LP 12": E 1002 - Sonny Rollins And The Big Brass
Verve CD: 314 557 545-2 - Sonny Rollins And The Big Brass (1999)
Sonny Rollins (ldr), Sonny Rollins (ts), Henry Grimes (b), Charles 'Specs'
Wright (d)
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Date: July 11, 1958
Location: Metropolitan Studios, New York City
Label: MGM
Released as:
Verve LP 12": V 8430 - Brass/Trio
Metrojazz LP 12": E 1002 - Sonny Rollins And The Big Brass
All titles on: -Verve CD: 314 557 545-2 - Sonny Rollins And The Big Brass
(1999)
Sonny Rollins (ldr), Sonny Rollins (ts), Reunald Jones, Ernie Royal, Clark
Terry (t), Nat Adderley (c), Billy Byers, Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Rehak
(tb), Don Butterfield (tu), Rene Thomas (g), Dick Katz (p), Henry Grimes
(b), Roy Haynes (d), Ernie Wilkins (arr, con)
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Date: July 14, 1958
Location: Capitol Studios, New York City
Label: Park
Released as:
Playboy LP 12": PB 1958 - The Playboy Jazz All-Stars, vol. 2
MusicMasters CD: CIJ 60142 - The Yale University Music Library, vol. 1
- Never Before Released Recordings (1988)
Benny Goodman (ldr), Benny Goodman (cl), Skippy Colluchio, Ernie Mauro
(as), Dick Hafer, Buddy Tate (ts), Gene Allen (bar), John Frosk, Taft
Jordan, Buzz King, E. V. Perry (t), Eddie Bert, Vernon Brown, Harry DeVito
(tb), Chuck Wayne (g), Roland Hanna (p), Henry Grimes (b), Roy Burns (d),
Mladen 'Bobby' Gutesha, André Previn, George Williams (arr)
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Date: August 9, 1958
Location: Half Note, New York City
Label: Jazz Records
Released as:
All titles on: -Bombasi LP 12": 11235 - Charlie The Bird Parker &
Lennie Tristano
Jazz Records LP 12": JR-6 - Continuity
Jazz Records CD: JR-6 (CD) - Continuity
Lennie Tristano (ldr), Warne Marsh (ts), Lennie Tristano (p), Henry Grimes
(b), Paul Motian (d)
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Date: March 2, 1959
Location: Nalen club, Stockholm, Sweden
Label: [radio broadcast]
Released as:
Bird Notes EP 7": -
Dragon LP 12": DRLP 73 - St. Thomas
DIW CD: DIW-387
Dragon CD: DRCD 229 - St. Thomas (1993)
Sonny Rollins (ldr), Sonny Rollins (ts), Henry Grimes (b), Pete LaRoca
Sims (d)
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Date: March 4, 1959
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Label: [radio broadcast]
Released as:
Ingo LP 12": 9 - Sonny Rollins In Sweden 1959
Jazz Hour CD: JHR 73552 - Oleo
All titles on: -Dragon LP 12": DRLP 73 - St. Thomas
DIW CD: DIW-387
Dragon CD: DRCD 229 - St. Thomas (1993)
Sonny Rollins (ldr), Sonny Rollins (ts), Henry Grimes (b), Pete LaRoca
Sims (d)
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Date: March 4, 1959
Location: Södra Teatern, Stockholm, Sweden
Label: [television broadcast]
Released as:
All titles on: -Ingo LP 12": 9 - Sonny Rollins In Sweden 1959
DIW CD: DIW-387
Dragon CD: DRCD 229 - St. Thomas (1993)
Sonny Rollins (ldr), Sonny Rollins (ts), Henry Grimes (b), Joe Harris
(d)
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Date: March 5, 1959
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Label: [radio broadcast]
Released as:
All titles on: -Jazz Hour CD: JHR 73552 - Oleo
Moon CD: MCD 015 - Sonnymoon For Two (1990)
Sonny Rollins (ldr), Sonny Rollins (ts), Henry Grimes (b), Pete LaRoca
Sims (d)
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Date: March 11, 1959
Location: Aix-en-Provence, France
Label: Royal Jazz
Released as:
Jazz Hour CD: JHR 73552 - Oleo
All titles on: -Royal Jazz CD: RJ 502 - Aix-en-Provence, 1959 (1989)
Sonny Rollins (ldr), Sonny Rollins (ts), Henry Grimes (b), Kenny Clarke
(d)
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Date: February 4, 1960
Location: The Prelude restaurant, New York City
Label: Riverside
Released as:
All titles on: -Riverside LP 12": RLP-1168 - Uptown
-Riverside LP 12": RLP-12-319 - Uptown
-Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1901-2 - Uptown (1997)
Billy Taylor (ldr), Billy Taylor (p), Henry Grimes (b), Ray Mosca (d)
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Date: March 26, 1960
Location: New York City
Label: Sesac
Released as:
All titles on: -Sesac LP 12": N3001/02 - Custom Taylored
-Riverside LP 12": RLP-12-339 - Warming Up
-Fresh Sound CD: FSR-CD 205 - Custom Taylored (1993)
-Milestone CD: MCD 47103 - Warming Up! (2004)
Billy Taylor (ldr), Billy Taylor (p), Henry Grimes (b), Ray Mosca (d)
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Date: probably 1960
Location: New York City
Label: Urania
Released as:
All titles on: -Panorama LP 12": PLP 2008 - Be My Guest
-Jazz Kings LP 12": 1220 - Rolf Kuhn Orchestra
-Urania LP 12": 1220 - Sounds Of Jazz
-Fresh Sound CD: FSR-CD-326 - Sounds Of Jazz (2002)
Rolf Kühn (ldr), Rolf Kühn (cl), Jack Sheldon (t), Chuck Wayne
(g), John Bunch (p), Henry Grimes (b), Ray Mosca (d)
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Date: June 30, 1960
Location: New York City
Label: Columbia
Released as:
Epic LP 12": BN 26183 - Mose Allison Sings And Plays V-8 Ford Blues
Epic LP 12": 16031 - Mose Allison Takes To The Hills
Columbia LP 12": C 30564 - Retrospective
Epic Legacy CD: 57878 - Mose Allison Sings And Plays V-8 Ford Blues
Epic LP 12": LN 24183 - Mose Allison Sings And Plays V-8 Ford Blues
All titles on: -Columbia LP 12": CL 1565 - I Love The Life I Live
-Columbia Legacy CD: J3K-64275 - High Jinks (1994)
-Columbia Legacy CD: CK 57880 - I Love The Life I Live (1994)
Mose Allison (ldr), Mose Allison (p, v), Henry Grimes (b), Paul Motian
(d)
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Date: 1961
Location: Huntington Station, NY
Label: Jazz Unlimited
Released as:
All titles on: -Jazz Unlimited LP 12": JA 1000 - The Carmen Leggio
Group (1961)
-Leggio CD: 1321 - Leggio's Legacy Of Sleepy Hollow (2005)
Carmen Leggio (ldr), Carmen Leggio (ts), John Bunch (p), Henry Grimes
(b), Ray Mosca (d)
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Date: October 10, 1961
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Impulse!
Released as:
All titles on: -Impulse! LP 12": A-9 - Into The Hot (1962)
-MCA/Impulse! CD: MCAD-39104 - Into The Hot (1988)
-GRP/Impulse! CD: IMPD-270 - Mixed (1998)
Cecil Taylor (ldr), Jimmy Lyons (as), Archie Shepp (ts), Ted Curson (t),
Roswell Rudd (tb), Cecil Taylor (p), Henry Grimes (b), Sunny Murray (d)
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Date: November 17, 1961
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Prestige
Released as:
Prestige CD: PRCD-11027-2 - Queen Of The Organ - Memorial Album (2003)
All titles on: -Prestige LP 12": PR 7240 - Shirley Scott Plays Horace
Silver
Shirley Scott (ldr), Shirley Scott (org), Henry Grimes (b), Otis 'Candy'
Finch (d)
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Date: ca. 1962
Location: New York City
Label: Roulette
Released as:
All titles on: -Roulette LP 12": R 52095 - Skin Burns
Roy Burns (ldr), Carmen Leggio (ts), John Bunch (p), Henry Grimes (b),
Roy Burns (d)
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Date: ca. 1962
Location: Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Label: Riverside
Released as:
All titles on: -Jazzland LP 12": JLP 78 - Something Big
Metronomes (ldr), Les Spann (g), Junior Mance (p), Henry Grimes (b), Grady
Tate (d), Paul Benson, Conrad Moore, Julius Robinson, Charles 'Woody'
Woodford (v), Melba Liston (arr, con)
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Date: 1962, possibly February
Location: Medallion Studio, Newark, NJ
Label: Savoy
Released as:
All titles on: -byg LP 12": 529.159
-Savoy LP 12": MG 12177 - Funk Dumpling (1962)
-Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 1180 - Funk Dumpling (1987)
-Savoy Jazz Cassette: SJK 1180 - Funk Dumpling (1987)
-Savoy Jazz CD: SV-0255 - Funk Dumpling (1994)
Perry Robinson (ldr), Perry Robinson (cl), Kenny Barron (p), Henry Grimes
(b), Paul Motian (d)
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Date: April 1962
Location: New York City
Label: United Artists
Released as:
All titles on: -United Artists LP 12": 14006 - Going To The Movies
-United Artists LP 12": 15006 - Going To The Movies
Jerome Richardson (ldr), Jerome Richardson (f, ts, bar), Les Spann (f,
g), Richard Wyands (p), Henry Grimes (b), Grady Tate (d)
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Date: May 5, 1962
Location: Birdland, New York City
Label: [radio broadcast]
Released as:
All titles on: -Tempi di Jazz CD: CDTJ 704 - Charles Mingus
-Jazzman CD: JM 11741 - In Concert (1993)
Charles Mingus (ldr), Charles McPherson (as), Booker Ervin (ts), Richard
Williams (t), Toshiko Akiyoshi (p), Charles Mingus (p, b), Henry Grimes,
Herman Wright (b), Dannie Richmond (d)
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Date: May 12, 1962
Location: Birdland, New York City
Label: [radio broadcast]
Released as:
All titles on: -J For Jazz LP 12": JFJ 802 - Broadcasts
-Tempi di Jazz CD: CDTJ 704 - Charles Mingus
-Jazzman CD: JM 11741 - In Concert (1993)
Charles Mingus (ldr), Charles McPherson (as), Booker Ervin (ts), Richard
Williams (t), Toshiko Akiyoshi (p), Henry Grimes, Charles Mingus (b)
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Date: May 16, 1962
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Impulse!
Released as:
Impulse! LP 12": A-23 - Out Of The Afternoon (1962)
GRP/Impulse! CD: GRD-180 - Out Of The Afternoon (1996)
Roy Haynes (ldr), Roland Kirk (ww), Tommy Flanagan (p), Henry Grimes (b),
Roy Haynes (d)
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Date: May 23, 1962
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Impulse!
Released as:
Impulse! LP 12": A-23 - Out Of The Afternoon (1962)
GRP/Impulse! CD: GRD-180 - Out Of The Afternoon (1996)
Roy Haynes (ldr), Roland Kirk (ww), Tommy Flanagan (p), Henry Grimes (b),
Roy Haynes (d)
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Date: November 14, 1962
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Impulse!
Released as:
Impulse! LP 12": A-33 - Reaching Fourth (1963)
GRP/Impulse! CD: IMPD-255 - Reaching Fourth (1998)
McCoy Tyner (ldr), McCoy Tyner (p), Henry Grimes (b), Roy Haynes (d)
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Date: January 15, 1963
Location: Falkonercentret, Copenhagen, Denmark
Label: [radio broadcast]
Released as:
Moon CD: MCD 053-2 - Rollins Meets Cherry, vol. 1 (1994)
Moon CD: MCD 054-2 - Rollins Meets Cherry, vol. 2 (1994)
Sonny Rollins (ldr), Sonny Rollins (ts), Don Cherry (c), Henry Grimes
(b), Billy Higgins (d)
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Date: January 17, 1963
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Label: Landscape
Released as:
All titles on: -Landscape CD: LS2-915 - Live Mid-60s (1992)
Sonny Rollins (ldr), Sonny Rollins (ts), Don Cherry (c), Henry Grimes
(b), Billy Higgins (d)
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Date: January 19, 1963 - second concert
Location: Olympia Theater, Paris, France
Label: [radio broadcast]
Released as:
Jazz Anthology CD: JA 5241 - Jazz In Europe
Moon CD: MCD 054-2 - Rollins Meets Cherry, vol. 2 (1994)
Bandstand CD: BDCD 1502 - European Concerts
Bandstand CD: BS 18007 - European Concerts (1995)
All titles on: -Magnetic CD: MRCD 101 - Live In Paris 1963
Sonny Rollins (ldr), Sonny Rollins (ts), Don Cherry (c), Henry Grimes
(b), Billy Higgins (d)
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Date: January 29, 1963
Location: Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany
Label: [radio broadcast]
Released as:
Jazz Anthology LP 12": JA 5235 - Stuttgart 1963
Jazz Connoisseur LP 12": JC 106 - Stuttgart 1963 Concert
Sonny Rollins (ldr), Sonny Rollins (ts), Don Cherry (c), Henry Grimes
(b), Billy Higgins (d)
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Date: February 20, 1963
Location: New York City
Label: RCA Victor
Released as:
All titles on: -RCA Victor LP 12": LSP 2725 - 3 In Jazz
-Bluebird CD: 2496-2-RB11 - On The Outside (1991)
-BMG CD: 07863 52725-2 - 3 In Jazz (1994)
-RCA CD: 68675 - The Complete Sonny Rollins RCA Victor Recordings (1997)
-BMG CD: 09026-63479-2 - Sonny Meets Hawk (1999)
Sonny Rollins (ldr), Sonny Rollins (ts), Don Cherry (c), Henry Grimes
(b), Billy Higgins (d)
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Date: March 1963
Location: Phase Two Coffeehouse, New York City
Label: Emanem
Released as:
All titles on: -Emanem LP 12": 3316 - School Days (1975)
-QED LP 12": QED 997 - School Days (1979)
-hat ART CD: 6140 - School Days
-hat ART CD: 587 - School Days (2002)
Steve Lacy (ldr), Steve Lacy (ss), Roswell Rudd (tb), Henry Grimes (b),
Denis Charles (d)
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Date: March 24, 1963
Location: Gotham Studios, New York City
Label: Dauntless
Released as:
All titles on: -Dauntless LP 12": DM 4312 - West Side Story Bossa
Nova (1963)
-Dauntless LP 12": DS 6312 - West Side Story Bossa Nova (1963)
-Dauntless CD: DC 6004 - West Side Story Bossa Nova (2002)
Bill Barron (ldr), Bill Barron (ts), Willie Thomas (t), Kenny Burrell
(g), Kenny Barron (p), Henry Grimes (b), Charli Persip (d), Jose Soares
(per)
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Date: March 25, 1963
Location: Gotham Studios, New York City
Label: Audio Fidelity
Released as:
All titles on: -Dauntless LP 12": DM 4313 - Jazz Impressions Of "Lawrence
Of Arabia" (1963)
-Audio Fidelity LP 12": AFSD 6217 - Vibes In Motion (1968)
Walt Dickerson (ldr), Walt Dickerson (vib), Austin Crowe (p), Henry Grimes
(b), Andrew Cyrille (d)
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Date: March 27, 1963
Location: Gotham Studios, New York City
Label: Dauntless
Released as:
All titles on: -Dauntless LP 12": DM 4312 - West Side Story Bossa
Nova (1963)
-Dauntless LP 12": DS 6312 - West Side Story Bossa Nova (1963)
-Dauntless CD: DC 6004 - West Side Story Bossa Nova (2002)
Bill Barron (ldr), Bill Barron (ts), Willie Thomas (t), Clifton 'Skeeter'
Best (g), Steve Kuhn (p), Henry Grimes (b), Charli Persip (d), Jose Soares
(per)
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Date: March 28, 1963
Location: Gotham Studios, New York City
Label: Dauntless
Released as:
All titles on: -Dauntless LP 12": DM 4312 - West Side Story Bossa
Nova (1963)
-Dauntless LP 12": DS 6312 - West Side Story Bossa Nova (1963)
-Dauntless CD: DC 6004 - West Side Story Bossa Nova (2002)
Bill Barron (ldr), Bill Barron (ts), Willie Thomas (t), Kenny Burrell
(g), Steve Kuhn (p), Henry Grimes (b), Charli Persip (d), Jose Soares
(per)
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Date: July 6, 1963
Location: Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI
Label: [radio broadcast]
Released as:
FDC LP 12": 1025 - Newport Jazz Festival
Sonny Rollins (ldr), Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Rollins (ts), Paul Bley (p),
Henry Grimes (b), Roy McCurdy (d)
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Date: July 18, 1963
Location: RCA Studio B, New York City
Label: RCA Victor
Released as:
All titles on: -RCA Victor LP 12": LSP 2712 - Sonny Meets Hawk (1963)
-Bluebird CD: 2179-2-RB - All The Things You Are (1990)
-RCA CD: 68675 - The Complete Sonny Rollins RCA Victor Recordings (1997)
-BMG CD: 09026-63479-2 - Sonny Meets Hawk (1999)
Sonny Rollins (ldr), Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Rollins (ts), Paul Bley (p),
Henry Grimes (b), Roy McCurdy (d)
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Date: February 24, 1964
Location: Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City
Label: Debut
Released as:
All titles on: -Debut LP 12": DEB 146 - Spirits
-Freedom CD: FCD 741018 - Witches And Devils (1988)
Albert Ayler (ldr), Albert Ayler (ts), Norman Howard (t), Henry Grimes,
Earle Henderson (b), Sunny Murray (d)
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Date: February 24, 1964
Location: Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City
Label: Debut
Released as:
Osmosis LP 12": 4001 - Swing Low, Sweet Spiritual
All titles on: -Black Lion CD: BLCD 760197 - Goin' Home (1994)
Albert Ayler (ldr), Albert Ayler (ss, ts), Call Cobbs (p), Henry Grimes
(b), Sunny Murray (d)
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Date: June 26, 1965
Location: Starlight Lounge, Philadelphia, PA
Label: [private recording]
Released as:
Cullen Knight Music CD: CKM-319 - The Life And Times Of Cullen Knight,
volume 1 (1962-1986)
Cullen Knight Music CD: CKM-320 - The Life And Times Of Cullen Knight,
volume 2 (1965-1999)
Cullen Knight (ldr), Cullen Knight (t), Fred Simmons (p), Henry Grimes
(b), Bill Byrd (d)
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Date: August 12, 1965
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Impulse!
Released as:
Impulse! LP 12": A-97 - On This Night (1966)
Impulse! LP 12": IA 9357/2 - Further Fire Music
All titles on: -GRP/Impulse! CD: GRD-125 - On This Night (1993)
Archie Shepp (ldr), Archie Shepp (ts, p), Bobby Hutcherson (vib), Henry
Grimes (b), Rashied Ali, J. C. Moses (d), Joe Chambers (d, tmp), Ed Blackwell
(per), Christine Spencer (v)
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Date: September 10, 1965
Location: Village Gate, New York City
Label: [television broadcast]
Released as:
Ozone LP 12": 19
Cecil Taylor (ldr), Jimmy Lyons (as), Cecil Taylor (p), Henry Grimes (b),
Andrew Cyrille (d)
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Date: September 23, 1965
Location: Judson Hall, New York City
Label: ESP-Disk
Released as:
All titles on: -ESP-Disk LP 12": ESP 1020 - Spirits Rejoice
Albert Ayler (ldr), Charles Tyler (as), Albert Ayler (ts), Donald Ayler
(t), Call Cobbs (hps), Henry Grimes, Gary Peacock (b), Sunny Murray (d)
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Date: November 11, 1965
Location: New York City
Label: ESP-Disk
Released as:
All titles on: -ESP-Disk LP 12": ESP 1023 - Frank Wright Trio
-ESP-Disk CD: ESP 1023-2 - Frank Wright Trio
-ESP-Disk CD: 4007 - The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings (2005)
Frank Wright (ldr), Frank Wright (ts), Henry Grimes (b), Tom Price (d)
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Date: ca. November 17, 1965
Location: (Crown Heights area), Brooklyn, NY
Label: Jihad
Released as:
Jihad LP 12": 663 - Sonny's Time Now
DIW LP 12": DIW-25002 - Sonny's Time Now
DIW LP 7": DIW-850925 - The Lie
All titles on: -DIW CD: DIW-355 - Sonny's Time Now
Sunny Murray (ldr), Albert Ayler (ts), Don Cherry (t), Henry Grimes, Lewis
Worrell (b), Sunny Murray (d), Amiri Baraka (spk)
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Date: December 18, 1965
Location: New York City
Label: ESP-Disk
Released as:
All titles on: -ESP-Disk LP 12": ESP 1024 - Burton Greene Quartet
-ESP-Disk CD: ESP 1024-2 - Burton Greene Quartet
Burton Greene (ldr), Marion Brown (as), Frank Smith (ts), Burton Greene
(p, per), Henry Grimes (b), Dave Grant, Tom Price (d)
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Date: December 24, 1965
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Released as:
Both titles on: -Blue Note LP 12": BST 84226 - Complete Communion
(1966)
-Mosaic CD: MD2-145 - The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Don Cherry
(1993)
-Blue Note CD: 7243 5 22673 2 3 - Complete Communion (2000)
Don Cherry (ldr), Leandro 'Gato' Barbieri (ts), Don Cherry (c), Henry
Grimes (b), Ed Blackwell (d)
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Date: December 28, 1965
Location: New York City
Label: ESP-Disk
Released as:
All titles on: -ESP-Disk LP 12": ESP 1026 - The Call
-ESP-Disk CD: ESP 1026-2 - The Call
Henry Grimes (ldr), Perry Robinson (cl), Henry Grimes (b), Tom Price (d)
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Date: February 4, 1966
Location: New York City
Label: ESP-Disk
Released as:
All titles on: -ESP-Disk LP 12": ESP 1029 - Charles Tyler Ensemble
-ESP-Disk CD: ESP 1029-2 - Charles Tyler Ensemble
Charles Tyler (ldr), Charles Tyler (as), Charles Moffett (bel), Henry
Grimes (b), Ronald Shannon Jackson (d), Joel Freedman (vc)
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Date: May 19, 1966
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Released as:
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84237 - Unit Structures (1966)
All titles on: -Blue Note CD: CDP 7 84237 2 - Unit Structures (1987)
Cecil Taylor (ldr), Makanda Ken McIntyre (ob, bcl, as), Jimmy Lyons (as),
Eddie Gale (t), Cecil Taylor (p), Henry Grimes, Alan Silva (b), Andrew
Cyrille (d, per)
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Date: September 19, 1966
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Released as:
All titles on: -Blue Note LP 12": BST 84247 - Symphony For Improvisers
(1967)
-Mosaic CD: MD2-145 - The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Don Cherry
(1993)
-Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 28976 2 0 - Symphony For Improvisers (1994)
-Blue Note CD: 7243 5 63823 2 9 - Symphony For Improvisers (2005)
Don Cherry (ldr), Pharoah Sanders (pic, ts), Leandro 'Gato' Barbieri (ts),
Don Cherry (c), Karl Berger (vib, p), Henry Grimes, Jean Francois Jenny
Clark (b), Ed Blackwell (d)
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Date: October 6, 1966
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Released as:
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84260 - Conquistador
All titles on: -Blue Note CD: CDP 7 84260 2 - Conquistador (1989)
Cecil Taylor (ldr), Jimmy Lyons (as), Bill Dixon (t), Cecil Taylor (p),
Henry Grimes, Alan Silva (b), Andrew Cyrille (d)
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Date: November 11, 1966
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Released as:
All titles on: -Blue Note LP 12": BST 84311 - Where Is Brooklyn?
(1969)
-Mosaic CD: MD2-145 - The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Don Cherry
(1993)
-Blue Note CD: 0946 3 11435 2 6 - Where Is Brooklyn? (2005)
Don Cherry (ldr), Pharoah Sanders (pic, ts), Don Cherry (c), Henry Grimes
(b), Ed Blackwell (d)
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Date: November 15, 1966
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Impulse!
Released as:
All titles on: -Impulse! LP 12": AS 9138 - Tauhid
-GRP/Impulse! CD: GRD-129 - Tauhid (1993)
Pharoah Sanders (ldr), Pharoah Sanders (pic, as, ts, v), Sonny Sharrock
(g), Dave Burrell (p), Henry Grimes (b), Roger Blank (d), Nat Bettis (per)
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Date: December 8, 1966
Location: New York City
Label: ESP-Disk
Released as:
All titles on: -ESP-Disk LP 12": ESP 1041 - From Now On
Karl Berger (ldr), Carlos Ward (as), Karl Berger (vib), Henry Grimes (b),
Ed Blackwell (d)
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Date: December 8, 1966
Location: New York City
Label: ESP-Disk
Released as:
All titles on: -ESP-Disk LP 12": ESP 1044 - Marzette Watts And Company
Marzette Watts (ldr), Byard Lancaster (f, bcl, as), Marzette Watts (bcl,
ss, ts), Clifford Thornton (t, c), Karl Berger (vib), Sonny Sharrock (g),
Art 'Juni' Booth, Henry Grimes (b), J. C. Moses (d)
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Date: December 18, 1966
Location: Village Vanguard, New York City
Label: Impulse!
Released as:
Impulse! LP 12": IA 9336/2 - The Village Concerts
Impulse! LP 12": AS 9155 - In Greenwich Village (1967)
All titles on: -GRP/Impulse! CD: IMP 22732 - Live In Greenwich Village
- The Complete Impulse Recordings (1998)
Albert Ayler (ldr), Albert Ayler (ts), Donald Ayler (t), Call Cobbs (p),
Bill Folwell, Henry Grimes (b), Beaver Harris (d), Michael Sampson (vn)
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Date: June 1, 2003
Location: WKCR-FM Studios, New York City
Label: [radio broadcast]
Released as:
Performance was all recorded, but only approximately 40 minutes were broadcast
as the conclusion of the 103-hour Henry Grimes Festival on WKCR-FM. The
entire performance has been issued on CD by Grimes and is available through
his website at www.HenryGrimes.com.
Henry Grimes (ldr), Henry Grimes (b)
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Date: November 23, 2003
Location: Universal Rehearsal Studio, New York City
Label: Daagnim
Released as:
All titles on: -Daagnim CD: CD 9 - Nile River Suite (2004)
Dennis Gonzalez (ldr), Roy Campbell, Jr. (f, t, fh), Sabir Mateen (f,
cl, acl, as, ts), Dennis Gonzalez (t), Henry Grimes (b), Michael Thompson
(d, per)
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Date: June 5, 2004
Location: Kerava Jazz Festival, Keudatalo House, Kerava, Finland
Label: [private recording]
Released as:
All titles on: -Ayler Records CD: AYL-CD-028 - Live At The Kerava Jazz
Festival (2005)
Henry Grimes (ldr), David Murray (bcl, ts), Henry Grimes (b), Hamid Drake
(d)
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Date: July 16, 2004
Location: WKCR-FM, New York City
Label: [radio broadcast]
Released as:
All titles on: -Private issue CD: - - Sublime Communication
Henry Grimes (ldr), Andrew Lamb (f, ts), Henry Grimes (b), Newman Taylor
Baker (d)
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Date: October 27, 2004
Location: Tonic, New York City
Label: Pi Recordings
Released as:
Pi Recordings CD: 15 - Spiritual Unity (2005)
Marc Ribot (ldr), Roy Campbell, Jr. (t), Marc Ribot (g), Henry Grimes
(b), Chad Taylor (d)
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Date: October 28, 2004
Location: Orange Music Sound Studios, West Orange, NJ
Label: Pi Recordings
Released as:
All titles on: -Pi Recordings CD: 15 - Spiritual Unity (2005)
Marc Ribot (ldr), Roy Campbell, Jr. (t), Marc Ribot (g), Henry Grimes
(b), Chad Taylor (d)
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