James Spaulding

James Ralph Spaulding Jr. (was born July 30, 1937)^[1] is an American jazz saxophonist and flutist.^[2]

James Spaulding
Spaulding performing in 2006
Background information
Birth name	James Ralph Spaulding Jr.
Born	(1937-07-30) July 30, 1937 (age 87) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Saxophone, Flute
Labels	Storyville, Muse, 32 Records, HighNote, Marge

Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, United states,^[1] Spaulding attended the Chicago Cosmopolitan School of Music.^[1] Between 1957 and 1961, he was a member of Sun Ra's band.^[1] In the 1960s, he worked as a studio musician at Blue Note Records, recording with Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, and Stanley Turrentine.^[1] He was also a member of Freddie Hubbard's quintet and the World Saxophone Quartet.^[3]

He went on to work with some post-bop musicians such as Max Roach, Randy Weston and Woody Shaw.^[1] Under the leadership of Mercer Ellington, in the 1970s, Spaulding played in the Duke Ellington Orchestra.^[1] In the 1980s, Spaulding worked with Ricky Ford and, as part of an octet, with David Murray.^[1]

Discography

As leader

• 1976: James Spaulding Plays the Legacy of Duke Ellington (Storyville)
• 1988: Gotstabe a Better Way! (Muse)
• 1988: Brilliant Corners (Muse)
• 1991: Songs of Courage (Muse)
• 1993: Blues Nexus (Muse)
• 1997: The Smile of the Snake (HighNote)
• 1999: Escapade (HighNote)
• 2001: Blues Up & Over (Speetones)
• 2005: Round to It Vol. 2 (Speetones)
• 2006: Down With It (Marge)^[4]

As sideman

With Kamal Abdul-Alim

• Dance (Stash, 1983)

With Louis Armstrong

• Louis Armstrong and His Friends (Flying Dutchman/Amsterdam, 1970)

With Billy Bang

• Vietnam: Reflections (Justin Time, 2005)

With Kenny Barron

• Lucifer (Muse, 1975)

With Art Blakey

• Golden Boy (Colpix, 1964)

With Richard Davis

• Harvest (Muse, 1977 [1979])

With Ricky Ford

• Loxodonta Africana (New World, 1977)
• Shorter Ideas (Muse, 1984)
• Looking Ahead (Muse, 1986)
• Saxotic Stomp (Muse, 1987)

With Grant Green

• Solid (Blue Note, 1964)

With Freddie Hubbard

• Hub-Tones (Blue Note, 1962)
• Breaking Point! (Blue Note, 1964)
• Blue Spirits (Blue Note, 1964)
• The Night of the Cookers (Blue Note, 1965)
• Backlash (Atlantic, 1967)
• High Blues Pressure (Atlantic, 1967)
• The Black Angel (Atlantic, 1969)

With Bobby Hutcherson

• Components (Blue Note, 1965)
• Patterns (Blue Note, 1968)
• Ambos Mundos (Landmark, 1989)

With Abbey Lincoln

• It's Me (Verve, 2003)

With Hank Mobley

• A Slice of the Top (Blue Note)
• Third Season (Blue Note)

With Lee Morgan

• Standards (1967) (Blue Note)

With David Murray

• Hope Scope (Black Saint, 1987)
• David Murray Big Band (DIW/Columbia, 1991)
• Picasso (1993)
• Dark Star: The Music of the Grateful Dead (1996)
• Octet Plays Trane (1999)

With William Parker

• Wood Flute Songs (AUM Fidelity, 2013)

With Duke Pearson

• Wahoo! (Blue Note 1964)
• Honeybuns (Atlantic 1965)
• Prairie Dog (Atlantic 1966)
• Sweet Honey Bee (Blue Note 1966)
• The Right Touch (Blue Note 1967)

With Sam Rivers

• Dimensions & Extensions (1967)

With Max Roach

• Drums Unlimited (Atlantic, 1965)

With Pharoah Sanders

• Karma (1969)

With Woody Shaw

• Woody III (Columbia, 1979)
• For Sure! (Columbia, 1979)

With Wayne Shorter

• The Soothsayer (Blue Note 1965)
• The All Seeing Eye (Blue Note 1965)
• Schizophrenia (Blue Note 1967)

With Horace Silver

• The Jody Grind (Blue Note 1966)

With Sun Ra

• Visits Planet Earth (1957–1958)
• The Nubians of Plutonia (1958)
• Jazz in Silhouette (1959)
• Sound Sun Pleasure!! (1959)
• Somewhere Else (Rounder, 1988–89)
• Purple Night (A&M, 1990)

With Leon Thomas

• Spirits Known and Unknown (Flying Dutchman, 1969)
• The Leon Thomas Album (Flying Dutchman, 1970)

With Charles Tolliver

• The New Wave in Jazz (Impulse!, 1965)
• Impact (Strata-East, 1975)

With Stanley Turrentine

• The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967)
• Rough 'n' Tumble (Blue Note 1966)
• The Spoiler (Blue Note 1967)

With McCoy Tyner

• Tender Moments (Blue Note, 1968)

With Tyrone Washington

• Natural Essence (Blue Note 1967)

With Larry Young

• Of Love and Peace (Blue Note 1966)