MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS.

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-Levels and degrees of lights-: Anthony Braxton (as) Maurice McIntyre (ts) Muhal Richard Abrams (as-1, p) Gordon
Emmanuel (vib) Charles Clark (b) Thurman Barker (d) Penelope Taylor (vcl).
Chicago, Illinois, June 7, 1967.
.......... ....................... Levels and degrees of light (ab, mmi, cc out) .. Delmark DS413.......... DD413 (CD).
.......... ....................... My thoughts are my future-now and forever (pt vcl) ...- ................................. -.
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Leroy Jenkins (vln) Leonard Jones (b) David Moore (recitation) unidentified bird whistles, bells, tamb added.
Chicago, Illinois, December 21, 1967.
.......... ....................... The bird song ................................................. Delmark DS413, DD413 (CD).
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-Young at heart, wise in time-: Leo Smith (tp, flhrn + other inst.) Henry Threadgill (as) Muhal Richard Abrams (p) Lester
Lashley (b, perc) Thurman Barker (d, perc).
Chicago, Illinois, July 2, 1969.
.......... ....................... Young at heart (p solo) .................................. Delmark DS423, DD413 (CD).
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Chicago, Illinois, August 20, 1969.
.......... ....................... Wise in time................................................... Delmark DS423, DD413 (CD).
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-Things to come from those now gone-: Wallace McMillan (fl-1, as-2) Edwin Daugherty (as-3, ts-4) Richard Brown (ts-5)
Emanuel Cranshaw (vib-6) Muhal Richard Abrams (p) Rufus Reid (b-7) Reggie Willis (b-8) Steve McCall (d-9) Wilbur
Campbell (d-10) Ella Jackson (vcl).
Chicago, Illinois, October 11 & 31, 1972.
.......... ....................... Ballad for new souls (1) ................................. Delmark DS430.
.......... ....................... Things to come from those now gone (2, 8, 9, 10) .......-.
.......... ....................... How are you ? (ej vcl, 6, 7) ........................................-.
.......... ....................... In retrospect (5, 7) .....................................................-.
.......... ....................... Ballad for old souls (6, 7) ..........................................-.
.......... ....................... 1 and 4 plus 2 and 7 (9) .................................. Delmark DS430.
.......... ....................... March of the transients (2, 3, 8, 10) ............................-.
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-Afrisong-: Muhal Richard Abrams (p) solos.
Chicago, Illinois, September 9, 1975.
.......... ....................... Afrisong......................................................... Trio / Whynot (Jap) PA7121.
.......... ....................... The infinitive flow......................................................-.
.......... ....................... Peace on you ..............................................................-.
.......... ....................... Hymn to the East........................................................-.
.......... ....................... Roots .........................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Blues for M................................................................-.
.......... ....................... The new people ..........................................................-.
Note: ........ Trio / Whynot PA7121 = India Navigation IN1058..
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-Sightsong-: Muhal Richard Abrams (p) Malachi Favors (b, perc, vcl).
New York, N.Y., October 13-14, 1975.
.......... ....................... W.W. (Dedicated to Wilbur Ware) ................. Black Saint (It) BSR0003.
.......... ....................... J.G. (Dedicated to Johnny Griffin) .............................-.
.......... ....................... Sightsong ...................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Two over one .............................................................-.
.......... ....................... Way way way down yonder........................................-.
.......... ....................... Panorama (mf out) .....................................................-.
.......... ....................... Unity (Dedicated to the A.A.C.M.) .............................-.
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Malachi Favors (b, perc, vcl) solo, same date.
.................................. Way, way, way down yonder ......................................-.
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-1-OQA + 19-: Anthony Braxton (fl, cl, as, sopranino, vcl) Henry Threadgill (as, ts, fl, vcl) Muhal Richard Abrams (p, synt,
vcl) Leonard Jones (b, vcl) Steve McCall (d, perc, vcl).
New York, N.Y., November / December, 1977.
.......... ....................... Charlie in the Parker (ate out) ........................ Black Saint (It) BSR0017, 120017-2.
.......... ....................... Balladi (vcl) .................................................. same issues.
.......... ....................... Arhythm songy (ht, smc out) ......................................-.
.......... ....................... OQA (vcl) .................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Ritob..........................................................................-.
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-Lifea Blinec-: Joseph Jarman (alto-cl, bassax, sop, bassoon, fl, perc, vcl) Douglas Ewart (cl, b-cl, fl, bassoon, sop, as, ts,
perc, vcl) Muhal Richard Abrams (p, synt, perc, vcl) Amina Claudine Myers (p, perc, vcl) Thurman Barker (d, perc).
Chicago, Illinois, February 1978.
.......... ....................... Bud P. (Dedicated to Bud Powell) .................. Novus / Arista AN3000.
.......... ....................... Lifea blinec ......................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Ja Do Thu (Dedicated to Jarman, Douglas & Thurman) ....-.

.......... ....................... Duo 1...............................................................................-.

.......... ....................... Duo 2...............................................................................-.
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-Spiral-Live at Montreux 1978-: Muhal Richard Abrams (p, perc).
Montreux, Switzerland, July 22, 1978.
.......... ....................... D. song .......................................................... Novus / Arista AN3007.
.......... ....................... String song.................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Voice song .................................................................-.
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-Spihumonesty-: George Lewis (tb, sousaphone, synt) Roscoe Mitchell (as, fl) Muhal Richard Abrams (p, synt) Amina
Myers (p, el-p, org) Youseff Yancy (thermin) Leonard Jones (b) Jay Clayton (vcl).
New York, N.Y., July, 1979.
.......... ....................... Triverse ......................................................... Black Saint (It) BSR0032,120032-2.
.......... ....................... Inneroutersight ............................................... same issues.
.......... ....................... Unichange..................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Spihumonesty.............................................................-.
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-Mama and Daddy-: Baikida Carroll (tp, flhrn) George Lewis (tb) Vincent Chancey (fhr) Bob Stewart (tu) Wallace McMillan
(as, ts, fl, cga) Leroy Jenkins (vln) Muhal Richard Abrams (p, synt) Brian Smith (b) Thurman Barker (d, mar, perc) Andrew
Cyrille (perc).
New York, N.Y., June 16 & 19, 1980.
.......... ....................... Fafca.............................................................. Black Saint (It) BSR0041, 120041-2.
.......... ....................... Balu............................................................... same issues.
.......... ....................... Malic .........................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Mama and daddy ........................................................-.
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-Duet-: Muhal Richard Abrams, Amina Claudine Myers (p).
Milan, Italy, May 11-12, 1981.
.......... ....................... Transparency of Lobo Lubu............................ Black Saint (It) BRS0051, 12051-2.
.......... ....................... Miss Amina.................................................... same issues.
.......... ....................... Swang rag swan"........................................................-.
.......... ....................... Down the street from the Gene Ammons public school -.
.......... ....................... Journey home as seen through the fairness of life ........-.
.......... ....................... Dance from the East ...................................................-.
.......... ....................... One for Peggy ............................................................-.
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-Blues for ever-: Baikida Carroll (tp, flhrn) Vincent Chancey (fhr) Craig Harris (tb) Eugene Ghee (cl, ts) Jimmy Vass (as, fl)
Wallace McMillan (bar, fl) Howard Johnson (bar, tu) Muhal Richard Abrams (p) Jean Paul Bourelly (g) Michael Logan (b)
Andrew Cyrille (d).
Milan, Italy, July 20, 21 & 27, 1981.
.......... ....................... Ancient and future reflections ......................... Black Saint (It) BSR0061.
.......... ....................... Du King (Dedicated to Duke Ellington) ......................-.
.......... ....................... Chambea....................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Duet for one world .....................................................-.
.......... ....................... Blues forever..............................................................-.
.......... ....................... Cluster for many worlds .............................................-.
.......... ....................... Quartet to quartet........................................................-.
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-Amarcord Nino Rota-: Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra : Claudio Roditi (tp) Emmett McDonald (tb) Sharon Freeman (fhr)
Henry Threadgill (fl) Bobby Eldridge (cl, bar) Jay Hoggard (vib) Amina Claudine Myers (p) Fred Hopkins (b) Warren Smith
(d) Muhal Richard Abrams (dir).
c. 1981.
.......... ....................... Notturno ........................................................ Hannibal HNBL9301.
Note: ........ Other tracks on the above LP see JAKI BYARD, DAVE SAMUELS, CARLA BLEY, BILL FRISELL, SHARON FREEMAN, MICHAEL
SAHL, STEVE LACY, DAVID AMRAM and WILLIAM FISHER..
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-Interpretations of Monk -: Don Cherry (tp) Roswell Rudd (tb) Steve Lacy (sop) Charlie Rouse (ts) Muhal Richard Abrams
(p) Richard Davis (b) Ben Riley (d).
Live, Wollman Auditorium , Columbia University , New York, N.Y.,
November 1, 1981.
.......... ....................... Announcement by Verna Gillis ....................... Koch Jazz KOC-CD-7838.
.......... ....................... Introduction by Nat Hentoff........................................-.
.......... ....................... Crepuscule with Nellie (mra solo)...............................-.
.......... ....................... I mean you .................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Ask me now ...............................................................-.
.......... ....................... Gallops gallop (sl solo)..............................................-.
.......... ....................... Blue Monk .................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Four in one.................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Poetry by Amiri Baraka ..............................................-.
Note:
Part of 2 CD set . Other CD by BARRY HARRIS, same location and date..
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-Rejoicing with the light-: The Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra : Baikida Carroll (tp, flhrn) Vincent Chancey (fhr) Craig
Harris (tb) Howard Johnson (b-cl, bar, tu) Marty Ehrlich (b-cl, as, fl) Eugene Ghee (b-cl, ts) Patience Higgins (b-cl, alto-cl,
bar) John Purcell (b-cl, as, fl, oboe, pic) Muhal Richard Abrams (p, cond) Abdul Wadud (cello) Jean-Paul Bourelly (g) Rick
Rozie (b) Warren Smith (perc, vib, tymp) Andrew Cyrille (d) Jeanette Moody (sop, vcl).
New York, N.Y., January 8, 10 & 25, 1983.
.......... ....................... The heart is love and "I am" (1) ..................... Black Saint (It) BSR0071.
.......... ....................... Blessed be the heaven at 12 (9-7-5-3-1) ......................-.
.......... ....................... Bloodline (Dedicated to Fletcher Henderson.
....................................................Don Redman, Benny Carter) ....................-.
.......... ....................... Rejoicing with the light ..............................................-.
.......... ....................... Spiral to clarity...........................................................-.
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-View from within-: Muhal Richard Abrams Octet : Stanton Davis (tp, flhrn) John Purcell (fl, sop, as, ts, b-cl) Marty Ehrlich
(pic, fl, as, ts, cl, b-cl) Warren Smith (vib, mar, gongs) Muhal Richard Abrams (p, gongs) Rick Rozie (b) Thurman Barker (d,
mar, gongs, bells) Ray Mantilla (bgo, cga, perc).
New York, N.Y., September 22 & 27, 1984.
.......... ....................... Laja ............................................................... Black Saint (It) BSR0081.
.......... ....................... View from within .......................................................-.
.......... ....................... Personal conversations ...............................................-.
.......... ....................... Down at Peppers ........................................................-.
.......... ....................... Positrain.....................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Inner lights.................................................................-.
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-Roots of blue-: Muhal Richard Abrams (p) Cecil McBee (b).
New York, N.Y., January 7, 1986.
.......... ....................... Time into space into time................................ RPR Records RPR1001.
.......... ....................... C.C.'s world ...............................................................-.
.......... ....................... Metamor ....................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Roots of blue..............................................................-.
.......... ....................... Direflex .....................................................................-.
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-Colors in thirty-third-: John Blake (vln-1) John Purcell (sop, ts, b-cl-3) Dave Holland (cello, b-2) Muhal Richard Abrams (p)
Fred Hopkins (b) Andrew Cyrille (d).
New York, N.Y., December 19, 1986.
.......... ....................... Drumman Cyrille ........................................... Black Saint (It) BSR0091.
.......... ....................... Miss Richarda (3, ac out) ...........................................-.
.......... ....................... Munktmunt ................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Soprano song (1) .......................................................-.
.......... ....................... Piano-cello song (2) ...................................................-.
.......... ....................... Colors in thirty-third (1, 2) .........................................-.
.......... ....................... Introspection (1, 2) ....................................................-.
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-The Hearinga Suite-: Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra : Cecil Bridgewater, Frank Gordon, Ron Tooley, Jack Walrath (tp)
Clifton Anderson, Dick Griffin (tb) Jack Jeffers, Bill Lowe (b-tb) Marty Ehrlich (fl, cl, as, pic) John Purcell (cl, ts, sop, fl)
Patience Higgins (b-cl, ts) Courtney Wynter (b-cl, bassoon, ts) Charlie Davis (sop, bar) Warren Smith (vib, perc,
glockenspiel) Muhal Richard Abrams (p, synt) Diedre Murray (cello) Fred Hopkins (b) Andrew Cyrille (d).
New York, N.Y., January 17-18, 1989.
.......... ....................... Hearinga ........................................................ Black Saint (It) CD120103-2.
.......... ....................... Conversation with the three of me...............................-.
.......... ....................... Seesall .......................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Aura of thought ..........................................................-.
.......... ....................... Things........................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Oldfotalk....................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Finditnow...................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Bermix.......................................................................-.
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Note: ........ For a CD Black Saint 120133-2 (March 15, 1990) see ROSCOE MITCHELL..
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-Blu Blu Blu-: The Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra : Jack Walrath (tp) Alfred Patterson (tb) Mark Taylor (frh) Joe Daley (tu)
John Purcell (as, cl, fl) Robert DeBellis (as, cl, b-cl) Eugene Ghee (ts, cl, b-cl) Patience Higgins (bar, fl, cl) Muhal Richard
Abrams (p, synt, bells, cond) Warren Smith (vib, tymp) David Fiuczynski (g) Brad Jones (b) Lindsay Horner (b-1) Thurman
Barker (d) Joel Brandon (whistler).
New York, N.Y., November 9-10, 1990.
.......... ....................... Plus equal, minus balance ............................... Black Saint (It) CD120117-2.
.......... ....................... Cycles five (1) ...........................................................-.
.......... ....................... Bloodline ...................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Septone (1) ................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Blu blu blu .................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Petsrof .......................................................................-.
.......... ....................... One for the whistler....................................................-.
.......... ....................... Stretch time................................................................-.

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-Family talk-: Jack Walrath (tp) Patience Higgins (ts, b-cl, oboe, eng-hrn) Muhal Richard Abrams (p, synt) Warren Smith
(vib, perc, mar tymp) Brad Jones (b) Reggie Nicholson (d, perc, mar, tymp).
New York, N.Y., February 26-27 & March 1, 1993.
.......... ....................... Meditation 1................................................... Black Saint (It) CD 120132-2.
.......... ....................... Drumbutu...................................................................-.
.......... ....................... DizBirdMonkBudMax (A tribute) ..............................-.
.......... ....................... Family talk.................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Illuso..........................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Sound image of the past (rma, rg only) .......................-.
.......... ....................... Present and future (rma, rg only) ................................-.
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-Think all, focus one-: Eddie Allen (tp) Alfred Patterson (tb) Eugene Ghee (ts, b-cl) Muhal Richard Abrams (p, synt) David
Gilmore (g) Brad Jones (b) Reggie Nicholson (d).
New York, N.Y., July 15-16, 1994.
.......... ....................... Before and after.............................................. Black Saint (It) CD 120141-2.
.......... ....................... The harmonic veil ......................................................-.
.......... ....................... Crossbeans.................................................................-.
.......... ....................... The junction ...............................................................-.
.......... ....................... Scaledance .................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Encore .......................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Think all, focus one ....................................................-.
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-Song for all -: Eddie Allen (tp) Craig Harris (tb) Aaron Stewart (ts, sop) Bryan Carrott (vib, perc) Muhal Richard Abrams (p,
synt) Brad Jones (b) Reggie Nicholson (d) Richarda Abrams (vcl).
New York , April 26-27 & 29, 1995.
.......... ....................... Song for all .................................................... Black Saint (It) 120161-2.
.......... ....................... Dabadubada ...............................................................-.
.......... ....................... GMBR.......................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Over the same over.....................................................-.
.......... ....................... Linetime ....................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Steamin up the road...................................................-.
.......... ....................... Imagine......................................................................-.
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-One line, two views -: Eddie Allen (tp, perc, vcl) Marty Ehrlich (as, b-cl, perc, vcl) Patience Higgins (ts, b-cl, perc, vcl) Tony
Cedras (accor, perc, vcl) Mark Feldman (vln, perc, vcl) Bryan Carrott (vib, perc, vcl) Muhal Richard Abrams (p, synt, rainstick, perc, vcl) Lindsay Horner (b, perc, vcl) Reggie Nicholson (d, perc, vcl) Anne LeBaron (harp, perc, vcl) .
New York, N.Y., June 23-24, 1995.
.......... ....................... Texture 95...................................................... New World Records 80469-2.
.......... ....................... The prism 3................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Hy depth ....................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Tribute to Julius Hemphill and Don Pullen ..................-.
.......... ....................... One line, two views ....................................................-.
.......... ....................... 11 over 4....................................................................-.
.......... ....................... Ensemble song ...........................................................-.
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-The open air meeting-: Marty Ehrlich (as, cl) Muhal Richard Abrams (p, synt).
Live, "Summer Jazz at the Brooklyn Museum: Double exposure", New York,
N.Y., August 11, 1996.
.......... ....................... Marching with honor ...................................... New World Records 80512-2.
.......... ....................... Dark Sestina...............................................................-.
.......... ....................... Crossbeams................................................................-.
.......... ....................... The price of the ticket.................................................-.
.......... ....................... Bright canto ...............................................................-.
.......... ....................... Blues to you ...............................................................-.