Arthur Blythe

Arthur Blythe July 5 1940 – March 27 2017 Was An American Jazz Alto Saxophonist And Composer. His Instrumental Voice Had A Vibrato And Was Within The Post-Bop Subgenre Of Jazz. Born In Los Angeles Blythe Lived In San Diego Returning To Los Angeles When He Was 19 Years Old. He Took Up The Alto Saxophone At The Age Of Nine Playing R&B Until His Mid-Teens When He Discovered Jazz. In The Mid-1960s Blythe Was Part Of The Underground Musicians And Artists Association UGMAA Founded By Horace Tapscott On Whose 1969 The Giant Is Awakened He Made His Recording Debut. After Moving To New York In The Mid-70s Blythe Worked As A Security Guard Before Being Offered A Place As Sideman For Chico Hamilton 75–77 . He Subsequently Played With Gil Evans' Orchestra 1976–78 Lester Bowie 1978 Jack DeJohnette 1979 And McCoy Tyner Also 1979 . Blythe's Group – John Hicks Fred Hopkins And Steve McCall – Played Carnegie Hall And The Village Vanguard In 1979. Blythe Began To Record As A Leader In 1977 For The India Navigation Label And Then For Columbia Records From 1978 To 1987. Albums Such As The Grip And Metamorphosis Both On The Label Offered Capable Highly Refined Jazz Fare With A Free Angle Which Seemed "out There". Blythe Played On Many Pivotal Albums Of The 1980s Among Them Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition On ECM. Blythe Was A Member Of The All-Star Jazz Group The Leaders And After The Departure Of Julius Hemphill He Joined The World Saxophone Quartet. Beginning In 2000 He Made Recordings On Savant Records Which Included Exhale 2003 With John Hicks Piano Bob Stewart Tuba And Cecil Brooks III Drums . Discography As Leader YearTitleLabel
1977The GripIndia Navigation
1977MetamorphosisIndia Navigation
1977Bush BabyAdelphi
1978In The TraditionColumbia
1978Lenox Avenue BreakdownColumbia
1980IllusionsColumbia
1981Blythe SpiritColumbia
1982ElaborationsColumbia
1983Light Blue Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious MonkColumbia
1984Put Sunshine In ItColumbia
1986Da-DaColumbia
1987Basic BlytheColumbia
1996Calling CardEnja
1996SynergyIn Out
1991HipmotismEnja
1997Today's BluesCIMP
1997Night SongClarity
2000Spirits In The FieldSavant
2001Blythe ByteSavant
2002FocusSavant
2003ExhaleSavant Collaborations With Synthesis Six By Six Chiaroscuro 1977 With Olu Dara A.O.
Segments Ra 1979 With Olu Dara David Murray A.O. With 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 With 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 With Santi Debriano And Billy Hart 3-Ology Konnex 1993 With Jeff Palmer John Abercrombie Victor Lewis Ease On AudioQuest Music 1993 With David Eyges And Bruce Ditmas Synergy In & Out 1997 With John Abercrombie Terri Lyne Carrington Anthony Cox Mark Feldman Gust Tsilis Echoes Alessa 2005 As Sideman With Joey Baron Down Home Intuition 1997 With Ron Carter And Bill Frisell
We'll Soon Find Out Intuition 1999 With Ron Carter And Bill Frisell With Lester Bowie The 5th Power Black Saint 1978 African Children Horo 1978 With Jack DeJohnette Special Edition ECM 1979 With 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 Three Tracks With Blythe Rec. 1976 Without Sting With John Fischer 6 × 1 10 Duos For A New Decade Circle 1980 With Chico Freeman Luminous Jazz House 1989 Focus Contemporary 1995 With Chico Hamilton Peregrinations Blue Note 1975 Chico Hamilton And The Players Blue Note 1976 With Craig Harris Cold Sweat Plays J. B. JMT 1999 With Julius Hemphill Coon Bid'ness Freedom 1972 With Azar Lawrence Bridge Into The New Age Prestige 1974 With The Music Revelation Ensemble In The Name Of... DIW 1994 Knights Of Power DIW 1996 With Woody Shaw The Iron Men With Anthony Braxton Muse 1977 With Horace Tapscott The Giant Is Awakened Flying Dutchman 1969 With Gust William Tsilis & Alithea Pale Fire Enja 1988 With McCoy Tyner Quartets 4 X 4 Milestone 1980 44th Street Suite Red Baron 1991 With The World Saxophone Quartet Metamorphosis Elektra Nonesuch 1990 Breath Of Life Elektra Nonesuch 1992 read less