Thurman Green (August 12, 1940 – June 19, 1997) was an American jazz

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. He was a member of the

Horace Tapscott Horace Elva Tapscott (April 6, 1934 – February 27, 1999) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He formed the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra (also known as P.A.P.A., or The Ark) in 1961 and led the ensemble through the 1990s. Early li ...

Quintet and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. Green and

Hamiet Bluiett Hamiet Bluiett (; September 16, 1940 – October 4, 2018) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. His primary instrument was the baritone saxophone, and he was considered one of the finest players of this instrument. A mem ...

were at the

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together in 1962. More than thirty years later, Bluiett produced and performed on Green's only album as a leader, ''Dance of the Night Creatures'' on Mapleshade Records. They began recording in 1994, and Green died in 1997 at the age of 57. Mapleshade released the album in 1999.

Discography

* ''Cross Current'' (B.J. Records, 1988) as Thurman Green Trio * ''Dance of the Night Creatures'' ( Mapleshade, 1999)

As sideman

With

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. In addition to being a ...

* ''

Live and Swinging ''Live and Swinging'' (subtitled ''The Gerald Wilson Orchestra Plays Standards and Blues'') is a live album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra recorded in 1967 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.Everywhere'' (Pacific Jazz, 1968) * '' California Soul'' (Pacific Jazz, 1968) * ''

Eternal Equinox ''Eternal Equinox'' is an album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra recorded in 1969 which became his last released on the Pacific Jazz label.

'' (Pacific Jazz, 1969) * '' Lomelin'' (Discovery, 1981) * '' Jessica'' (Trend, 1982) * '' Calafia'' (Trend, 1985) * ''

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'' (Discovery, 1989) * ''

State Street Sweet ''State Street Sweet'' is an album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra recorded in 1994 and released on the MAMA label.Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra * 1990 ''Groove Shop'' * 1991 ''Heart and Soul'' * 1995 ''Absolutely!'' With others * 1969 ''

Electric Connection ''Electric Connection'' is one of four American recordings Jean-Luc Ponty made in 1969. In 1969 was it was released on vinyl by Pacific Jazz Records, World Pacific Jazz and reissued in 1993 on CD by One Way Records. Track listing Side one # "Su ...

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Jean-Luc Ponty Jean-Luc Ponty (born 29 September 1942) is a French jazz violinist and composer. Early life Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano. At sixteen, he was admitt ...

* 1971 ''

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Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, i ...

* 1972 ''

Ethiopian Knights ''Ethiopian Knights'' is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring performances by Byrd with Thurman Green, Harold Land, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Sample and others, recorded for the Blue Note label in 1971.Donald Byrd Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop m ...

* 1974 ''Adam's Apple'',

Doug Carn Doug Carn (born July 14, 1948) is an American jazz musician from St. Augustine, Florida, formerly married to Jean Carne and known for his several albums released for Black Jazz Records. Carn is a multi-instrumentalist known primarily for his work ...

* 1975 ''

Inner Glow ''Inner Glow'' is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson recorded in 1975 and originally released on the Japanese Blue Note label.

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Bobby Hutcherson Robert Hutcherson (January 27, 1941 – August 15, 2016) was an American jazz vibraphone and marimba player. "Little B's Poem", from the 1966 Blue Note album '' Components'', is one of his best-known compositions.Huey, Steve. "Components – Bob ...

* 1977 ''

Tomorrow Is Here ''Tomorrow Is Here'' is an album by American jazz percussionist Willie Bobo recorded in late 1976 and early 1977 and released on the Blue Note label.

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Willie Bobo William Correa (February 28, 1934 – September 15, 1983), better known by his stage name Willie Bobo,Biography ''AllMusic'' was an American Latin jazz percussionist of Puerto Rican descent. Bobo rejected the stereotypical expectations of Lati ...

* 1980 '' California Message'',

Benny Golson Benny Golson (born January 25, 1929) is an American bebop/ 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 performer, before launc ...

* 1984 ''The Poet II'',

Bobby Womack Robert Dwayne Womack (; March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Starting in the early 1950s as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guit ...

* 1987 ''Before My Time'', Lol Coxhill * 1987 ''E-bone-ix'',

Buster Cooper George "Buster" Cooper (April 4, 1929 – May 13, 2016) was an American jazz trombonist. Career A native of St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, Cooper played in a territory band with Nat Towles in Texas in the late 1940s and with Lionel Ha ...

* 1987 ''Tribute to Count Basie'',

Gene Harris Gene Harris (born Eugene Haire, September 1, 1933 – January 16, 2000) was an American jazz pianist known for his warm sound and blues and gospel infused style that is known as soul jazz. From 1956 to 1970, he played in The Three Sounds tr ...

* 1989 ''Boogie Down'',

Ernestine Anderson Ernestine Anderson (November 11, 1928 – March 10, 2016) was an American jazz and blues singer. In a career spanning more than six decades, she recorded over 30 albums. She was nominated four times for a Grammy Award. She sang at Carnegie Hall ...

* 1990 ''Rhythm, Blues Soul & Grooves'',

Bobby King Bobby King (born July 28, 1944, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States) is an American gospel-style, R&B and soul singer. He formed a singing duo with Terry Evans in the early 1970s. Since 1973, King has sung on most Ry Cooder albums. He wa ...

* 1991 ''

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Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musi ...

and

Michel Legrand Michel Jean Legrand (; 24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and jazz pianist. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to many so ...

* 1991 ''Unforgettable'',

Natalie Cole Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to success in the mid-1970s as an R&B singer with the ...

* 1993 ''

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* 1995 ''Afterglow'', Dr. John * 1995 ''In a Hefti Bag'', Frank Capp * 1996 ''Their Time Was the Greatest'',

Louie Bellson Louie Bellson (born Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni, July 6, 1924 – February 14, 2009), often seen in sources as Louis Bellson, although he himself preferred the spelling Louie, was an American jazz drummer. He was a composer, ...

References

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