James Spaulding
James Spaulding (* the 30th July 1937 in Indianapolis ) is an American jazz - saxophonist and flutist and composer.
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Spaulding grew up in Indianapolis, where he received his first lessons from his father, a jazz guitarist and band leader. After three years in the military, he went to Chicago in 1957 (as he said in an interview to meet his role model, tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin ), where he studied at the Cosmopolitan School of Music . He recorded and toured with Sun Ra and his Arkestra; Spaulding was involved in four albums in 1958/59, including a. at Jazz in Silhouette (1959).
After a short stay in Indianapolis, Spaulding went to Freddie Hubbard in New York in 1962 and recorded several Blue Note albums with him ( Hub Tones 1962, Breaking Point 1964, The Night of the Cookers , 1965). At the same time he played with Randy Weston , with whom he also went on concert tour through Europe. He then toured Europe again with Max Roach and recorded a lot for Blue Note as a sideman, such as McCoy Tyner ( Tender Moments ), Wayne Shorter ( The Soothsayer and The All Seeing Eye , 1965), Bobby Hutcherson ( Components , 1965 and Patterns , 1968), who also included a composition by Spaulding, “A Time To Go” on Patterns ; he was also in the studio with Grant Green ( Solid , 1964) and Duke Pearson ( Wahoo , 1964). Spaulding can also be heard on Pharoah Sanders' album Karma and also worked with Leon Thomas .
In the 1970s he taught (flute and improvisation) at Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina . In the 1980s he also recorded his own records, partly on his own label Speetones and on Muse ("Brilliant Corners" 1988). In 1991 he recorded his composition "Songs of Courage" (with choir, partly written in the 1960s on the occasion of the murder of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King ). In the same year he was involved in the album David Murray Big Band Conducted by Lawrence "Butch" Morris . He was also a long member of the World Saxophone Quartet founded by David Murray in 1977 , with whom he had his longest collaboration.
In 1996 his album The Smile of the Snake was created for the High Note label, on which Richard Wyands , Ron McClure and Tony Reedus participated; In 1999 he recorded Escapade with John Hicks , Ray Drummond and Kenny Washington .
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Sources and Notes
- ↑ According to his own account, his first recording was with soul singer Jerry Butler , he played the flute, but is not mentioned in the credits of the album
- ↑ Life at the Club La Marchal, Brooklyn. With Lee Morgan , Harold Mabern (p), Larry Ridley (b), Pete LaRoca (dr)
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| SURNAME | Spaulding, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz alto saxophonist and flutist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Indianapolis |