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Jerome Richardson (December 25, 1920 – June 23, 2000) was an American jazz musician and woodwind player. He is cited as playing one of the earliest jazz flute recordings with his work on the 1949
Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...
arranged song "Kingfish".


Career

Starting from a young age, he first played alto saxophone, taking
Johnny Hodges Johnny Hodges (July 25, 1907 – May 11, 1970) was an American alto saxophone, alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many years. Hodges was also featured on sop ...
and
Benny Carter Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career ...
as models. By the age of fourteen, he was playing professionally around northern California, and also took up the flute. He studied music at San Francisco State College. While in the navy, he worked under
Marshal Royal Marshal Walton Royal Jr. (December 5, 1912 – May 8, 1995) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and clarinetist best known for his work with Count Basie, with whose band he played for nearly twenty years. Early life and education Marshal Royal ...
in the 45-piece regimental band that was attached to the Navy's preflight training school for pilots at St. Mary's College in Moraga, California. After his discharge, he joined
Lionel Hampton Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, and bandleader. He worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich, to Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, an ...
`s band in 1949 before moving to New York in 1954. There, he played with Oscar Pettiford and at Minton`s Playhouse doing combo work with
Kenny Burrell Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige Records, Prestige, Blue Note, Verve Records, Verve, CTI Records, CTI, Muse Records, Muse, and Concord Records, Conco ...
. He also worked at the Roxy Theatre (New York City) in their R&B productions. Richardson was the regular saxophonist in the Oscar Pettiford band that one night, being busy with studio recording work, saw him late for the gig at Cafe Bohemia where
Cannonball Adderley Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s. Adderley is perhaps best remembered by the general public for the 1966 soul ...
and brother Nat Adderley were present in the audience. Cannonball had taken his part and was inadvertently discovered as a result. Richardson was versed in a variety of instruments in the saxophone, clarinet, and flute families. Early in his career he even sang rock and roll blues vocals. He was an in demand studio musician for television and stage, as well as a
session musician A session musician (also known as studio musician or backing musician) is a musician hired to perform in a recording session or a live performance. The term sideman is also used in the case of live performances, such as accompanying a reco ...
in groups outside of jazz. He played with
Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...
,
Lionel Hampton Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, and bandleader. He worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich, to Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, an ...
,
Billy Eckstine William Clarence Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing and bebop eras. He was noted for his rich, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. In 2019, Eckstine was posthumously a ...
, Oscar Pettiford,
Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz Double bass, upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective Musical improvisation, improvisation, he is considered one of ...
,
Kenny Burrell Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige Records, Prestige, Blue Note, Verve Records, Verve, CTI Records, CTI, Muse Records, Muse, and Concord Records, Conco ...
, The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (of which he was a founding member), and later with
Earl Hines Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl "Fatha" Hines (December 28, 1903 – April 22, 1983), was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano and, according to one source, " ...
' small band. Richardson was born in
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, and died in
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, of heart failure at the age of 79.


Discography


As leader

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'' (New Jazz, 1959) * '' Roamin' with Richardson'' (New Jazz, 1959) * ''Going to the Movies'' (United Artists, 1962) * '' Groove Merchant'' (Verve, 1967) * ''Jazz Station Runaway'' (TCB, 1997) * ''Groovin' High in Barcelona, with the Tete Montoliu Trio'' (Fresh Sound Records, 2021)


As sideman

* 1955: Oscar Pettiford: '' Another One'' (Bethlehem) * 1955:
Kenny Clarke Kenneth Clarke Spearman (January 9, 1914January 26, 1985), known professionally as Kenny Clarke and nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use of the ride ...
: '' Bohemia After Dark'' (Savoy) * 1955: Ernie Wilkins: '' Flutes & Reeds'' (Savoy) with
Frank Wess Frank Wellington Wess (January 4, 1922 – October 30, 2013) was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist. He was renowned for his extensive solo work; however, he was also remembered for his time playing with Count Basie, Count Basie's band duri ...
* 1955: Nat Adderley: '' That's Nat'' (Savoy) * 1955:
Sarah Vaughan Sarah Lois Vaughan (, March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Sassy" and "List of nicknames of jazz musicians, The Divine One", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, ...
: '' In the Land of Hi-Fi'' (Mercury) * 1955:
Hank Jones Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians have described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts h ...
: '' Bluebird'' (Savoy) * 1955: Jimmy Cleveland: '' Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars'' (EmArcy) * 1956:
Cannonball Adderley Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s. Adderley is perhaps best remembered by the general public for the 1966 soul ...
: '' In the Land of Hi-Fi with Julian Cannonball Adderley'' * 1956:
Kenny Burrell Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige Records, Prestige, Blue Note, Verve Records, Verve, CTI Records, CTI, Muse Records, Muse, and Concord Records, Conco ...
: '' All Night Long'' (Prestige) * 1956: Oscar Pettiford: '' The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi'' (ABC-Paramount) * 1957:
Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...
: '' This Is How I Feel About Jazz'' (ABC-Paramount) * 1957: Phineas Newborn, Jr.: '' Phineas Newborn, Jr. Plays Harold Arlen's Music from Jamaica'' (RCA Victor) * 1957: Oscar Pettiford: '' The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi Volume Two'' (ABC-Paramount) * 1957: ''The Three Playmates'' - The Three Playmates with George Barrow, Jerome Richardson,
Budd Johnson Albert J. "Budd" Johnson III (December 14, 1910 – October 20, 1984) was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist who worked extensively with, among others, Ben Webster, Benny Goodman, Big Joe Turner, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke ...
, Sam Price,
Kenny Burrell Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige Records, Prestige, Blue Note, Verve Records, Verve, CTI Records, CTI, Muse Records, Muse, and Concord Records, Conco ...
, Joe Benjamin, Bobby Donaldson, Ernie Wilkins (arranger) (Savoy Records, 1957)Savoy Records discography
Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
* 1958:
Gene Ammons Eugene "Jug" Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974), also known as "The Boss", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. The son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons is remembered for his accessible music, steeped in soul and R ...
: '' The Big Sound'' (Prestige), '' Groove Blues'' (Prestige) * 1958: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis: '' The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook'' (Prestige), '' The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook, Vol. 2'' (Prestige), '' The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook Volume 3'' (Prestige), '' Smokin''' (Prestige) * 1958:
Betty Carter Betty Carter (born Lillie Mae Jones; May 16, 1929 – September 26, 1998) was an American jazz singer known for her improvisational technique, scatting and other complex musical abilities that demonstrated her vocal talent and imaginative inter ...
: '' I Can't Help It'' * 1958: Abbey Lincoln: '' It's Magic'' (Riverside) * 1958: Ray Brown: '' This Is Ray Brown'' * 1958: Jimmy Cleveland: '' A Map of Jimmy Cleveland'' (Mercury) * 1958:
Helen Merrill Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milcetic; July 21, 1929) is an American jazz vocalist. Her first album, the eponymous 1954 recording ''Helen Merrill (album), Helen Merrill'' (with Clifford Brown on EmArcy), was an immediate success and associat ...
: '' You've Got a Date with the Blues'' (MetroJazz) * 1959: Tiny Grimes: '' Tiny in Swingville'' (Swingville) * 1959: Jimmy Cleveland: '' Rhythm Crazy'' (EmArcy) * 1959:
Dinah Washington Dinah Washington (; born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular black female recording artists of the 1950s. Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a ...
: ''
What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! ''What a Diff'rence a Day Makes!'' is a tenth studio album by Dinah Washington, arranged by Belford Hendricks, featuring her hit single of the same name. The title track won Washington the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance at the 2nd An ...
'' * 1959: Joe Wilder: '' The Pretty Sound'' (Columbia) * 1959:
Ruth Brown Ruth Alston Brown (; January 12, 1928 – November 17, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and actress, sometimes referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of R&B". She was noted for bringing a popular music, pop music ...
: '' Miss Rhythm'' (Atlantic) * 1959: Ahmed Abdul-Malik: '' East Meets West'' (RCA Victor) * 1959: Quincy Jones: '' The Birth of a Band!'', '' The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones'' (Mercury) * 1959: Billy Taylor: '' Billy Taylor with Four Flutes'' (Riverside) * 1959:
Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music, 20th-century music. Davis ado ...
: ''
Porgy and Bess (Miles Davis album) ''Porgy and Bess'' (CL 1274) is a studio album by the jazz musician Miles Davis, released in March 1959 on Columbia Records. The album features arrangements by Davis and collaborator Gil Evans from George Gershwin's 1935 opera of the same name. ...
'' (Columbia) * 1960: Randy Weston: '' Uhuru Afrika'' (Roulette) * 1960: Quincy Jones: '' I Dig Dancers'' (Mercury) * 1960: Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis: '' Trane Whistle'' (Prestige) * 1961:
Benny Golson Benny Golson (January 25, 1929 – September 21, 2024) was an American bebop and hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a p ...
: '' Pop + Jazz = Swing'' (Audio Fidelity) * 1961:
Etta Jones Etta Jones (November 25, 1928 – October 16, 2001) was an American jazz singer. Her best-known recordings are "Don't Go to Strangers" and "Save Your Love for Me". She worked with Buddy Johnson, Oliver Nelson, Earl Hines, Barney Bigard, Gene Ammo ...
: '' So Warm'' (Prestige) * 1961: Billy Taylor: '' Kwamina'' (Mercury) * 1961:
Cannonball Adderley Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s. Adderley is perhaps best remembered by the general public for the 1966 soul ...
: ''
African Waltz ''African Waltz'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, released on the Riverside label and performed by Adderley with an orchestra conducted by Ernie Wilkins.
'' (Riverside) * 1962:
Junior Mance Julian Clifford Mance, Jr. (October 10, 1928 – January 17, 2021), known as Junior Mance, was an American jazz pianist and composer. Biography Early life (1928–1947) Mance was born in Evanston, Illinois. When he was five years old, Mance st ...
: '' The Soul of Hollywood'' (Jazzland) * 1962: Blue Mitchell: '' A Sure Thing'' * 1962:
Milt Jackson Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with ...
: '' Big Bags'' * 1962:
Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte ( ; born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Belafonte ...
: '' Midnight Special'' * 1962:
Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...
: '' Big Band Bossa Nova'' * 1962:
Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...
: '' The Quintessence'' * 1962:
Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz Double bass, upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective Musical improvisation, improvisation, he is considered one of ...
: '' The Complete Town Hall Concert'' (Blue Note) * 1962:
Etta Jones Etta Jones (November 25, 1928 – October 16, 2001) was an American jazz singer. Her best-known recordings are "Don't Go to Strangers" and "Save Your Love for Me". She worked with Buddy Johnson, Oliver Nelson, Earl Hines, Barney Bigard, Gene Ammo ...
: '' Love Shout'' (Prestige), '' Hollar!'' (Prestige) * 1963: Buddy Emmons: '' Steel Guitar Jazz'' (Mercury) * 1963:
Lalo Schifrin Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Music of Latin America, Lati ...
and
Bob Brookmeyer Robert Edward "Bob" Brookmeyer (December 19, 1929 – December 15, 2011) was an American jazz valve trombone, valve trombonist, Jazz piano, pianist, arranger, and composer. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Brookmeyer first gained widespread public ...
: '' Samba Para Dos'' (Verve) * 1963: Charles Mingus: '' Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus'' (Impulse!) * 1963: Charles Mingus: '' The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady'' (Impulse!) * 1964: Lalo Schifrin: '' New Fantasy'' (Verve) * 1964:
Cal Tjader Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr. ( ; July 16, 1925 – May 5, 1982) was an American Latin Jazz musician, often described as the most successful non-Latino Latin music (genre), Latin musician. He explored other jazz idioms, especially small group mod ...
: '' Warm Wave'' (Verve) * 1964:
Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...
: ''
Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini ''Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini'' is an album by Quincy Jones that contains music composed by Henry Mancini. Track listing All music composed by Henry Mancini, lyricists indicated # "Baby Elephant Walk" – 2:49 # "Charade ( ...
'', '' Golden Boy'' (Mercury) * 1964: J. J. Johnson: '' J.J.!'' (RCA Victor) * 1965: Milt Jackson: '' Ray Brown / Milt Jackson'' with Ray Brown (Verve) * 1965: Quincy Jones: '' Quincy Plays for Pussycats'' (Mercury) * 1965: Lalo Schifrin: ''
Once a Thief and Other Themes ''Once a Thief and Other Themes'' is an album of film and television themes by Argentine composer, pianist and conductor Lalo Schifrin recorded in 1965 and released on the Verve Records, Verve label.Payne, DLalo Schifrin discographyaccessed March ...
'' (Verve) * 1965: J. J. Johnson: '' Goodies'' (RCA Victor) * 1965: Jimmy Smith: ''
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'' (Verve) * 1965:
Sonny Stitt Sonny Stitt (born Edward Hammond Boatner Jr.; February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982) was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of his era, recording over ...
: '' Broadway Soul'' (Colpix) * 1965:
Shirley Scott Shirley Scott (March 14, 1934 – March 10, 2002) was an American jazz organist. Her music was noted for its mixture of bebop, blues, and gospel elements. She was known by the nickname "Queen of the Organ". Life and career Scott was born in P ...
: '' Latin Shadows'' (Impulse!) * 1965: J. J. Johnson: '' Broadway Express'' (RCA Victor) * 1966:
Oliver Nelson Oliver Edward Nelson (June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. His 1961 Impulse! album '' The Blues and the Abstract Truth'' (1961) is regarded as one of the most signi ...
: '' Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle'' (Impulse!) * 1966:
Cal Tjader Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr. ( ; July 16, 1925 – May 5, 1982) was an American Latin Jazz musician, often described as the most successful non-Latino Latin music (genre), Latin musician. He explored other jazz idioms, especially small group mod ...
: '' Soul Burst'' (Verve) * 1966: Oliver Nelson: '' Happenings'' with
Hank Jones Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians have described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts h ...
(Impulse!) * 1966: Shirley Scott: '' Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands'' (Impulse!) * 1966: Les McCann: '' Les McCann Plays the Hits'' (Limelight) * 1966: Jimmy Smith: '' Got My Mojo Workin''', '' Hoochie Coochie Man'' (Verve) * 1966:
Jimmy McGriff James Harrell McGriff (April 3, 1936 – May 24, 2008) was an American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader. Biography Early years and influences Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, McGriff started playing pia ...
: '' The Big Band'' (Solid State) * 1966: Manny Albam: '' The Soul of the City'' (Solid State) * 1966:
Chico Hamilton Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton (September 20, 1921 – November 25, 2013) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He came to prominence as sideman for Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, and Lena Horne. Hamilton became a bandleader, f ...
: '' The Further Adventures of El Chico'' (Impulse!) * 1966: Oliver Nelson: '' Encyclopedia of Jazz'' (Verve) * 1966: Oliver Nelson: '' The Sound of Feeling'' (Verve) * 1966:
Clark Terry Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American Swing music, swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948� ...
: ''
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'' (Mainstream) * 1966: J. J. Johnson: '' The Total J.J. Johnson'' (RCA Victor) * 1966:
Johnny Hodges Johnny Hodges (July 25, 1907 – May 11, 1970) was an American alto saxophone, alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many years. Hodges was also featured on sop ...
: '' Blue Notes'' (Verve) * 1967: Johnny Hodges: '' Don't Sleep in the Subway'' (Verve) * 1967: Sylvia Syms: '' For Once in My Life'' (Prestige) * 1967: Jimmy McGriff: '' A Bag Full of Blues'' (Solid State) * 1967:
Kai Winding Kai Chresten Winding ( ; May 18, 1922 – May 6, 1983) was a Danish-born American trombonist and jazz composer. He is known for his collaborations with fellow trombonist J. J. Johnson. His version of " More", the theme from the movie ''Mondo Ca ...
: '' Penny Lane & Time'' (Verve) * 1967:
Antônio Carlos Jobim Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (25 January 1927 – 8 December 1994), also known as Tom Jobim (), was a Brazilian composer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and singer. Considered as one of the great exponents of Brazilian ...
: ''
Wave In physics, mathematics, engineering, and related fields, a wave is a propagating dynamic disturbance (change from List of types of equilibrium, equilibrium) of one or more quantities. ''Periodic waves'' oscillate repeatedly about an equilibrium ...
'' (A&M/CTI) * 1968:
Stan Getz Stan Getz (born Stanley Gayetski; February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wis ...
: '' What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David'' (Verve, 1968) * 1968: Earl Coleman: ''Manhattan Serenade'' * 1968:
David "Fathead" Newman David "Fathead" Newman (February 24, 1933 – January 20, 2009) was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist, who made numerous recordings as a session musician and leader, but is best known for his work as a sideman on seminal 1950s an ...
: '' Bigger & Better'' (Atlantic) * 1968:
Stanley Turrentine Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophone, tenor saxophonist and record producer. He began his career playing R&B for Earl Bostic and later soul jazz recording for the Blue Note Reco ...
: '' Always Something There'' * 1968: Nat Adderley: '' You, Baby'' * 1968:
Kenny Burrell Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige Records, Prestige, Blue Note, Verve Records, Verve, CTI Records, CTI, Muse Records, Muse, and Concord Records, Conco ...
: ''
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'' (Verve) * 1968:
Sonny Stitt Sonny Stitt (born Edward Hammond Boatner Jr.; February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982) was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of his era, recording over ...
: '' Parallel-a-Stitt'' (Roulette) * 1968: Nat Adderley: '' Calling Out Loud'' * 1969:
Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( ; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improvisation, improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy El ...
: '' It's My Way'' (Solid State) * 1969: Sonny Stitt: '' Come Hither'' (Solid State) * 1969: Walter Wanderley: '' Moondreams'' (A&M/CTI) * 1969: Dizzy Gillespie: ''
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'' (Solid State) * 1969: Kenny Burrell: '' Night Song'' (Verve) * 1969:
Roy Ayers Roy Edward Ayers Jr. (September 10, 1940 – March 4, 2025) was an American vibraphonist, record producer, and composer. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several studio albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure ...
: '' Daddy Bug'' (Atlantic) * 1969: Milton Nascimento - ''
Courage Courage (also called bravery, valour ( British and Commonwealth English), or valor (American English)) is the choice and willingness to confront agony, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. Valor is courage or bravery, especially in ...
'' (A&M/CTI) * 1969:
George Benson George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist. A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the ...
- '' Tell It Like It Is'' (A&M/CTI) * 1969:
George Benson George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist. A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the ...
: ‘’ The Other Side of Abbey Road (A&M/CTI) * 1969:
Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...
- '' Walking In Space'' (A&M/CTI) * 1969:
Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. He started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. Hancock soon joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of ...
: ''
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'' (Blue Note) * 1969:
Phil Woods Philip Wells Woods (November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer. Biography Woods was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. After inheriting a saxophone at age 12, he began t ...
: '' Round Trip'' (Verve) * 1970:
Mose Allison Mose John Allison Jr. (November 11, 1927 – November 15, 2016) was an American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and songwriter. He became notable for playing a unique mix of blues and modern jazz, both singing and playing piano. After moving to N ...
: '' Hello There, Universe'' (Atlantic) * 1970:
Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...
: '' Gula Matari'' (A&M) * 1970:
Johnny Hodges Johnny Hodges (July 25, 1907 – May 11, 1970) was an American alto saxophone, alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many years. Hodges was also featured on sop ...
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3 Shades of Blue ''3 Shades of Blue'' is the final album recorded as leader by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges featuring performances recorded in 1970 with vocalist Leon Thomas and composer/arranger Oliver Nelson and first released on the Flying Dutchman ...
'' (Flying Dutchman) * 1970: Leon Thomas: '' The Leon Thomas Album'' (Flying Dutchman) * 1970: The Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra: '' Consummation'' * 1970: Billy Butler: '' Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow'' (Prestige) * 1971: Stanley Turrentine: '' Salt Song'' (CTI) * 1971:
Gene Ammons Eugene "Jug" Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974), also known as "The Boss", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. The son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons is remembered for his accessible music, steeped in soul and R ...
: '' Free Again'' (Prestige) * 1971: Reuben Wilson: '' Set Us Free'' * 1972: Quincy Jones: '' The Hot Rock OST'' (Prophesy) * 1972:
Steely Dan Steely Dan is an American rock band formed in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, in 1971 by Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Originally having a traditional band lineup, Becker and Fagen cho ...
: '' Can't Buy a Thrill'' * 1973:
Steely Dan Steely Dan is an American rock band formed in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, in 1971 by Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Originally having a traditional band lineup, Becker and Fagen cho ...
: '' Countdown To Ecstasy'' * 1973: Lalo Schifrin: ''Enter the Dragon'' (soundtrack) (Warner Bros.) * 1973: Kenny Burrell: '' Both Feet on the Ground'' (Fantasy) * 1973:
Bee Gees The Bee Gees were a musical group formed in 1958 by brothers Barry Gibb, Barry, Robin Gibb, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was especially successful in popular music in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and later as prominent performers in ...
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Life in a Tin Can ''Life in a Tin Can'' is the Bee Gees' eleventh studio album (ninth worldwide), released in January 1973 in the US and on 1 March 1973 in the UK. Background The Bee Gees travelled to Los Angeles to record ''Life in a Tin Can''. However, it was ...
'' * 1974: Kenny Burrell: '' Up the Street, 'Round the Corner, Down the Block'' (Fantasy) * 1974: Moacir Santos: '' Saudade'' (Blue Note)'' * 1974:
Steely Dan Steely Dan is an American rock band formed in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, in 1971 by Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Originally having a traditional band lineup, Becker and Fagen cho ...
: '' Pretzel Logic'' * 1975: Kenny Burrell: '' Ellington Is Forever'' (Fantasy) * 1975:
Horace Silver Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s. After playing tenor saxophone and piano at sch ...
: '' Silver 'n Brass'' (Blue Note) * 1975: Oliver Nelson: '' Skull Session'' (RCA/Flying Dutchman), '' Stolen Moments'' (East Wind) * 1975: Richard "Groove" Holmes: '' Six Million Dollar Man'', (RCA/Flying Dutchman) * 1975: Moacir Santos: '' Carnival of the Spirits'' * 1975: Kenny Burrell: '' Sky Street'', ''
Ellington Is Forever Volume Two ''Ellington Is Forever Volume Two'' is an album by guitarist Kenny Burrell featuring compositions associated with Duke Ellington recorded in 1975 and released on the Fantasy Records label.Storm at Sunup (A&M) * 1976:
Bobby Bland Robert Calvin Bland (born Robert Calvin Brooks; January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013), known professionally as Bobby "Blue" Bland, was an American blues singer. Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with the blues and R&B. He was describ ...
, B. B. King - '' Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live'' * 1976: Wade Marcus: ''
Metamorphosis Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops including birth transformation or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and different ...
'' * 1976:
Carmen McRae Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer. She is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century and is remembered for her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpretati ...
: '' Can't Hide Love'' * 1976:
Zoot Sims John Haley "Zoot" Sims (October 29, 1925 – March 23, 1985) was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor but also alto (and, later, soprano) saxophone. He first gained attention in the "Four Brothers" sax section of Woody Herman's big ...
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Hawthorne Nights ''Hawthorne Nights'' is an album by saxophonist Zoot Sims recorded in 1976 and released by the Pablo Records, Pablo label the following year.Milt Jackson Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with ...
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Feelings According to the '' APA Dictionary of Psychology'', a feeling is "a self-contained phenomenal experience"; feelings are "subjective, evaluative, and independent of the sensations, thoughts, or images evoking them". The term ''feeling'' is closel ...
'' (Pablo) * 1976:
Lee Ritenour Lee Mack Ritenour ( ; born January 11, 1952) is an American jazz guitarist who has been active since the late 1960s. Biography Ritenour was born in 1952, in Los Angeles, California. At the age of eight he started playing guitar and four years l ...
: '' First Course'' * 1977: Dizzy Gillespie: '' Free Ride'' (Pablo) * 1977: Benny Golson: '' Killer Joe'' (Columbia) * 1977: Quincy Jones: ''
Roots A root is the part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors the plant body, and absorbs and stores water and nutrients. Root or roots may also refer to: Art, entertainment, and media * ''The Root'' (magazine), an online magazine focusin ...
'' (A&M) * 1979: The Crusaders: '' Street Life'' * 1979:
Earth, Wind & Fire Earth, Wind & Fire (abbreviated as EW&F or EWF) is an American band formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1969. Their music spans multiple genres, including jazz, R&B, soul, funk, disco, pop, Latin and Afro-pop. They are among the best-selling ba ...
: '' I Am'' * 1980:
Kenny Burrell Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige Records, Prestige, Blue Note, Verve Records, Verve, CTI Records, CTI, Muse Records, Muse, and Concord Records, Conco ...
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Heritage Heritage may refer to: History and society * A heritage asset A heritage asset is an item which has value because of its contribution to a nation's society, knowledge and/or culture. Such items are usually physical assets, but some countries also ...
'' (AudioSource) * 1981:
Gerald Wilson Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. He arranged music for D ...
: '' Lomelin'' (Discovery) * 1990: Joey DeFrancesco: '' Where Were You?'' (Columbia) * 1991:
Clifford Jordan Clifford Laconia Jordan (September 2, 1931 – March 27, 1993) was an American jazz tenor saxophone player and composer. Originally from Chicago, Jordan later moved to New York City, where he recorded extensively in addition to touring across ...
: '' Down Through the Years'' (Milestone) * 1992:
Jimmy Heath James Edward Heath (October 25, 1926 – January 19, 2020), nicknamed Little Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader. He was the brother of bassist Percy Heath and drummer Albert Heath. Biography Heath w ...
: '' Little Man Big Band'' (Verve)


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Richardson, Jerome 1920 births 2000 deaths Musicians from Oakland, California American jazz saxophonists American male saxophonists American jazz flautists Verve Records artists 20th-century British musicians 20th-century American saxophonists Jazz musicians from California 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra members Orchestra U.S.A. members 20th-century American flautists