Black Note were an American jazz ensemble formed in 1991. The band released four albums, on

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American reco ...

Impulse! Records Impulse! Records (occasionally styled as "¡mpulse! Records" and "¡!") is an American jazz record label established by Creed Taylor in 1960. John Coltrane was among Impulse!'s earliest signings. Thanks to consistent sales and positive critiques ...

Red Records Red Records is an Italian jazz record company and label founded in 1976 by Sergio Veschi and Alberto Alberti. C. M. Bailey called it the Blue Note of Europe. In the 1980s its catalogue included Italian jazz musicians such as Franco D'Andrea, G ...

and World Stage. They won first prize at the John Coltrane Young Artist Competition in 1991.

Discography

* ''43rd & Degnan'' (World Stage, 1991) * ''L.A. Underground'' ( Red Records, Red, 1993

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* ''Jungle Music'' ( Columbia, 1994) * ''Nothin' But The Swing'' (

Impulse! Impulse! Records (occasionally styled as "¡mpulse! Records" and "¡!") is an American jazz record label established by Creed Taylor in 1960. John Coltrane was among Impulse!'s earliest signings. Thanks to consistent sales and positive critiques ...

, 1995

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Group members

Marcus Shelby Marcus Shelby (born February 2, 1966, in Anchorage, Alaska)Jones, Kenneth"Marcus Shelby Keeps Jazz Orchestra Rolling". MTV, December 21, 2000. is an American bass player, composer and educator best known for his major works for jazz orchestra, '' ...

- bass *

Willie Jones III Willie Jones III (born June 8, 1968, in Los Angeles, California) is a jazz drummer. He has played, toured, and recorded with Horace Silver, Roy Hargrove, Hank Jones, Cedar Walton, and Herbie Hancock. He played on Arturo Sandoval's Grammy-winning ...

- drums * Eric Reed - piano * Kenneth Crouch - piano * Ark Sano - piano * Richard Grant - trumpet *

Gilbert Castellanos Gilbert Castellanos (born 1972) is an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, educator, composer, and arranger based in San Diego, California. He was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. He is a former member of the Black Note, the Tom Scott Quintet, the An ...

- trumpet * James Mahone - alto sax * Phil Vieux - tenor sax * Robert Stewart - tenor sax

Guest musicians

Greg Kurstin Gregory Allen Kurstin (born May 14, 1969) is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. He has won nine Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year, Non-Classical in 2017 and 2018, and contributed to five songs that pe ...

- piano *

Nicholas Payton Nicholas Payton (born September 26, 1973) is an American trumpet player and multi-instrumentalist. A Grammy Award winner, he is from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is also a writer who comments on subjects including music, race, politics, and life i ...

- trumpet *

Teodross Avery Teodross Avery (born July 2, 1973) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist, who has released albums for the record labels including GRP Records and Impulse! Records. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area The San Francisco Bay Area, commonl ...

- tenor sax, soprano sax

References

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