Black Note

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Black Note were an American jazz ensemble formed in 1991. The band released four albums, on Columbia Records, Impulse! Records, Red Records and World Stage.^[1]

Black Note, 1994

They won first prize at the John Coltrane Young Artist Competition in 1991.^[2][3]

Discography

• 43rd & Degnan (World Stage, 1991)
• L.A. Underground (Red, 1993 [1994])
• Jungle Music (Columbia, 1994)
• Nothin' But The Swing (Impulse!, 1995 [1996])

Group members

• Marcus Shelby - bass
• Willie Jones III - drums
• Eric Reed - piano
• Kenneth Crouch - piano
• Ark Sano - piano
• Richard Grant - trumpet
• Gilbert Castellanos - trumpet
• James Mahone - alto sax
• Phil Vieux - tenor sax
• Robert Stewart - tenor sax

Guest musicians

• Greg Kurstin - piano
• Nicholas Payton - trumpet
• Teodross Avery - tenor sax, soprano sax