Date:	08-Sep-1998 11:07:57
From:	Michael Ricci (coolcat@visionx.com)
	Tom Waits played with Lew Tabackin, Shelly Manne and Jim Hughart on "Small Change" (Elektra/Asylum, 1976). Rickie Lee Jones recorded "Flying Cowboys" (Geffen, 1989) with Dean Parks, Peter Erskine, Rob Wasserman, Paulinho da Costa and Randy Brecker.

 

Date:	08-Sep-1998 11:17:35
From:	Michael Ricci (coolcat@visionx.com)
	Joshua Redman provides the sax work on Me'shell NdegeOcello's "Plantation Lullabies" and "Peace Beyond Passion". Geri Allen, Bobby Lyle and Luis Conte appear on "Plantation Lullabies".

 

Date:	08-Sep-1998 23:30:46
From:	Alex V. Henderson (breastique@aol.com)
	Elitism and close-mindedness prevent many jazz musicians (especially the ever-so-silly "purists") from taking part in R&B, pop, rock, funk or hip-hop sessions, but when jazzers are open to a variety of experiences, everyone wins. Example: The Average White Band being joined by soloists Sonny Fortune and Michael Brecker on an extended live version of "Pick Up The Pieces." Killer. And let's not forget Hank Crawford and David "Fathead" Newman's years with soul man Ray Charles. Or how about Don Myrick going from Chicago's AACM to Earth, Wind & Fire's horn section? Or Sonny Rollins doing a spot with The Rolling Stones in 1981? Or Branford Marsalis backing Sting? An open mind is an enriching thing.

 

Date:	16-Sep-1998 04:58:22
From:	reid (rtt5@gte.net )
	Cool thread. I just found out that Phil Woods played the solo on Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are." Didn't Sonny Rollins play on a Stone's album? Anyone know which one. Didn't Wayne Shorter also play the solo on Steely Dan's "Aja?"

 

Date:	16-Sep-1998 05:01:05
From:	reid (rtt5@gte.net)
	Sorry, I didn't read your thread carefully Alex. Do you know which Stones album did Rollins play on? Don Myrick is the guy that plays the solo on the live version of "Reasons" right? He was in AACM? Wow. Brecker's probably on a lot of these. And, Alex, you're right about the open-minded thing.

 

Date:	16-Sep-1998 08:32:17
From:	ChriS (cslawec9@idt.net)
	The Rollins/Stones collaboration was "Waiting On A Friend," which I believe is on their album "Tattoo You" (that's DEFINITELY the song title, though). Miles made a cameo on one of the last albums by Cameo, I'm fairly certain on the one containing their hit single "Skin I'm In." Miles also cut some sessions with Prince that eventually appeared on the bootleg -- NOT the "official release" -- called "Crystal Ball."

 

Date:	18-Sep-1998 08:30:25
From:	richard (richard.morris@uce.ac.uk)
	Ronnie Ross (UK baritone jazz man, now deceased) on Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side

 

Date:	20-Sep-1998 04:01:15
From:	Vicki (vicki@uab.campus.mci.net)
	I think Sting's first solo album (Dream of the Blue Turtles) with Branford Marsalis, Omar Hakim, and Kenny Kirkland. I saw that group live and it was truly awesome!!! Also, I noticed Joe Sample on one of Steely Dan's cuts...I think it was "Black Cow".

 

Date:	21-Sep-1998 11:58:48
From:	David G. Whiteis (whiteis@ipfw.com)
	Not only does the AACM's Lester Bowie embrace many forms of blues, R&B, etc. -- he is (or at least used to be) married to Fontella Bass, of "Rescue Me" fame. When the late blues pianist Sunnyland Slim was invited to play for CHICAGO CANTATA, a specially-commissioned orchestral piece at the Chicago Blues Festival a few years ago, Bowie was nearly giddy w/ happiness at the opportunity to play alongside the venerable Delta master. He (& his compatriots) treated Sunnyland w/ all the respect & deference that was his due, & Sunnyland responded w/ a magnificent performance.

 

Date:	25-Sep-1998 02:18:03
From:	reid (rtt5@gte.net)
	Thanks Chris for the information.

 

Date:	25-Sep-1998 09:44:03
From:	jim smith (JimSmith@port.ac.uk)
	Back in the early 60's I often tuned in to the AFN broadcasts especially the late night programme " Round Midnight" and I remember with happy memories tracks being played from two Andre Previn albums "LIKELOVE" and "LIKE BLUE". Perhaps not jazz but at the right time in the right place,at least back then...WOW!!!!!!!!

 

Date:	28-Sep-1998 19:18:07
From:	Joel Roberts (jrbts@tuna.net)
	Brad Mehldau plays keyboards on the new Willie Nelson album. And Willie never played with Miles Davis, but Miles did record a song called "Willie Nelson."

 

Date:	29-Sep-1998 21:34:09
From:	Paul Abella (Pabella3@aol.com)
	This is a hip thread. It makes me proud to see some of us jazz folk NOT getting all stoic and stone faced about the idea of jazz players playing in pop (or otherwise) idioms. How about some of these? Ernie Watts on a good chunk of of the 70's output of Steely Dan and Frank Zappa... Speaking of Zappa/Jazz crossovers, how about Jean Luc Ponty and George Duke? Peter Erskine on tour with Steely Dan... Virtually all of the great tenor players of the 50's and 60's cut their teeth with R & B bands (and one alto player comes to mind there too: Ornette Coleman) The late great Tony Williams recorded half of the drum tracks for a PIL album (ginger Baker recorded the others) And for a couple in the other direction, Duane Allman recorded with Herbie Mann, Jerry Garcia (whose estate just released a full blown Jazz album of Jerry's called "So What") recorded with Ornette Coleman, and Van Morrison put out one of the cooler vocal Jazz albums of the 90's. What I don't get is why this is such a revolutionary concept. Jazz became popular music in the first place because of one of the greatest entertainers of all time, Louis Armstrong. Horace Silver, Jimmy Smith, The Jazztet, Herbie Mann, Miles Davis and a huge host of others all had BIG popular hits, and many of them wrote tunes for that specific purpose. this does not make them bad or watered down or anything like that. This does however help them live just a little more comfortably. And if they're cool with that, so am I. We should be glad that the artists mentioned in this thread are giving pop a jazz sensibility. and if someone checks out Sonny Rollins because of that Rolling Stones track, I know someone's gonna have their mind BLOWN. And I for one, couldn't be happier. Keep Your Ears Open, Paul

 

Date:	30-Sep-1998 13:38:28
From:	Jim
	Connie Kay and Richard Davis both played with Van Morrison on ASTRAL WEEKS. Besides Wayne Shorter on "Aja," Steely Dan also featured Phil Woods on KATY LIED ("Dr. Wu" I think) and Victor Feldman on several albums. Earl Hines played on Ry Cooder's PARADISE AND LUNCH. Chet Baker played on Elvis Costello's "Shipbuilding" (not sure which album). Just to name a few.

 

Date:	01-Oct-1998 15:48:16
From:	Chris Genzel (stamil@t-online.de)
	Let's not forget Herbie Hancock who's on a large number of pop/ r&b/ disco/ etc. recordings, e.g. Quincy Jones' big hit "Ai No Corrida". Hancock discography at http://home.t-online.de/home/stamil/hhdisco.htm

 

Date:	03-Oct-1998 02:57:28
From:	Normski (normand@honkytonk.demon.co.uk)
	The great Charlie Haden plays with Beck on one track on "Odelay", a wonderful eclectic mix that makes full use of Charlie's country roots. Also....a warning. I picked up an album by Willie Nelson and Don Cherry. It's a different Don Cherry, not Ornette's side-man.

 

Date:	08-Oct-1998 06:29:23
From:	Yulia (shtutina@iname.com)
	Lester Bowie blew wonderful tunes at D. Bowie's "Black Tie White Noise". Navermind David Sanborn who played with D. Bowie on at least 4 disks.

 

Date:	08-Oct-1998 06:32:45
From:	Yulia (shtutina@iname.com)
	Lester Bowie blew wonderful tunes at D. Bowie's "Black Tie White Noise". Navermind David Sanborn who played with D. Bowie on at least 4 disks.

 

Date:	08-Oct-1998 17:58:16
From:	Roger Crane (roger.crane@losangeles.af.mil)
	Don't know the names of his band members but long time country singer Merle Haggard's swinging band (The Strangers) are definitely jazz influenced. Merle, too,like his fellow country singer Willie Nelson, phrases like a jazz singer.

 

Date:	10-Oct-1998 22:27:22
From:	earl d. (eldphd@infohwy.com)
	Miles doing Sketches from Spain, Ella and Louis doing Porgy & Bess, Duke's Anatomy of a Murder soundtrack, Marsalis playing Mozart and Purcell--is that the sort of thing you're talking about?

 

Date:	12-Oct-1998 17:23:02
From:	David G. Whiteis (whiteis@ipfw.edu)
	Mac "Dr. John" Rebbenac has, for years, filled his bands w/ players who are equally proficient in jazz, R&B, funk, etc. His BLUESIANA TRIANGLE features Fathead Newman & the late Art Blakey; space wouldn't even permit a list of the great New Orleans musicians he's worked w/ over the years. I just had a brainstorm: I wonder if it might be fun to start a discussion thread about jazz versions of "non-jazz" tunes? For example: for years I've wondered what Coltrane might have done w/ the modal implications of the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood," if he'd had a chance...

 

Date:	12-Oct-1998 21:03:49
From:	Karen D (wdickes@acadia.net)
	Don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Jon Faddis, & Freddie Hubbard all play on Billy Joel's "52nd Street" album. Plus, Phil Woods plays an awesome alto solo on Paul Simon's "Have a Good Time" on his "Still Crazy After All These Years" album.

 

Date:	13-Oct-1998 04:51:41
From:	jim smith (JimSmith@port.ac.uk)
	The Freewheelin'Bob Dylan album has two tracks with George Barnes,Dick Wellstood,Gene Ramey,Herb Lovelle.Waitress in a Donut Shop,by Maria Muldaur has three tracks arranged and conducted by Benny Carter and featuring Harry Edison,Snooky Young,George Bohannon,Abe Most,Plas Johnson,Bud Shank,Shahib Shihab Roger Kellaway,John Collins,Ray Brown and Paul Humphrey.

 

Date:	13-Oct-1998 14:35:31
From:	Paul Hawkins (phawkjr@bellsouth.net)
	John Bigham, who recorded with the rock/funk/ska band Fishbone, produced and performed a song called "Jilli" on Miles Davis's Amandla album.

 

Date:	14-Oct-1998 16:17:30
From:	Steve Wilson (swilson19@juno.com)
	Here's a few for you. Billy Cobham was in Bob Weir's (Grateful Dead) side project, a band called Bobby and the Midnites on Arista. David Sanborn all over David Bowie albums, probably most well known for the sax in Young Americans. Michael Brecker is the featured solist on I Know It's Over from Julio Iglesias' album Non-Stop, an album that also has Paul Jackson Jr., Neil Stubenhaus, Stevie Wonder on harmonica (I consider Stevie a great jazz harmonica player,) Paulhino DaCosta, chuck Findley, and many more. Carlos Santana's album The Swing of delight features, not just has playing, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams. Has anyone ever seen this lineup before, like in Miles second great quintet? How about the awesome Randy Brecker obligatti behind Bruce Springsteen on Meeting Across the River from (still) his best album, Born To Run. Frank Zappa has frequently used jazz sidemen in his bands, but check out this horn section on the In New York CD. Randy and Mmichael Brecker, Lou Marini, Ronnie Cuber, and Tom malone. Lso on this album is the vibraphonist, Dave Samuels. The 70's horn band Ten Wheel Drive was veryjazz and blues oriented. Their album Brief Replies featured the sax great Dave Liebman. Their last album, Peculiar Friends included the following horn section: Alan Gauvin, Tom Malone, Dean Pratt, Danny Stiles, and Frank Fritt. Wow. Michael Brecker, like his brother Randy is on many non jazz albums, but one of my favorite solo's by him is on guitarist Hiram Bullocks album called From All Sides. The song is Funky Broadway. Guitarist Al Dimeola has been on very few albums besides his own since going solo after the breakup of Return To Forever. Check him out on Stomu Yamashta's two Rock albums, Go, and Go Too. O.K., so as an related addendum to the original premise, how about jazz players who had their own, or were members of non-jazz bands. Here's a few: Stanley Clarke had his own art rock band called Animal Logic for quite a while. The Brecker Bros. were co-founders of the band Dreams that also had Billy Cobham, John Abercrombie, Will Lee, David Sanborn, and Barry Rogers. Speaking of Randy Brecker, he was also in the original lineup of Blood, Sweat, and Tears, and recorded on their first album, Child Is Father To The Man. His replacement after that first album was Kew Soloff. Lest we forget all the jazzers that have been through B,S,&T, don't forget no less a jazz Giant that Joe Henderson was even in that band. Last but not least, many of you will be familiar with Branford Marsalis' alter ego, Buckshot LeFonque. How many know that the name Buckshot actually came from and was used by none other than Cannonball Adderley when he moonlighted on R&B records in the 50's? Get the connection? Think bullets, Cannonballs...Buckshot. Hey this is really fun. I can't wait to see additional entries in this forum. Don't forget Duke Ellington said it best. There's only two kinds of music, good and bad. Later, Steve.

 

Date:	15-Oct-1998 09:20:57
From:	Chris Genzel (stamil@t-online.de)
	But Duke was wrong. There isn't good and bad music, there is only music you like and music you don't like. Herbie Hancock discography at: http://home.t-online.de/home/stamil/hhdisco.htm

 

Date:	15-Oct-1998 10:42:05
From:	Steve Wilson (swilson19)
	But Duke wasn't wrong Chris. That's exactly what he meant. You like it or you don't. There is no other criteria for music. Duke would never exclude the personal element from the listeners experience. I believe what many of the entries on this thread are saying in one way or another is that, hey, there's other music out there that we like, and we're beyond being pressured into allegiance to the flavor of the moment, even by certain elitists like Wynton Marsalis or Frank Lacy. We will listen to what we like whether or not anyone else does. We will consider music to be good or bad on a personal level. One last thing Chris. I dig your Hancock Discography. Later, Steve.

 

Date:	18-Oct-1998 17:18:22
From:	Lars Auby (lars.auby@linkoping.mail.telia com)
	Here´s some more: Don Cherry played on albums by Lou Reed (The Bells) and Ian Dury. Miles Davis played on his exwife Betty Davis album Nasty Gal. Joe Farrell played with psychedelic folkband Pearls Before Swine and with The Band. Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Shorter and a lot of other jazzers has played with the great Joni Mitchell. Ornette Coleman has played on albums with Yoko Ono and with Jerry Garcia. Oliver Lake played on MTV unplugged with Björk. Larry Young played with Jimi Hendrix (Nine To The Universe). Eddie Gomez and Mike Mainieri has played with the great late Tim Hardin. ExCream bassist Jack Bruce has played with many jazzfolks, ex. Billy Cobham, David Murray and Carla Bley. Evan Parker played on Scott Walker´s album Climate Of Hunter. Tony Williams played on an album with The Doors keybordist Ray Manzarek. Herbie Hancock played on an album with Simple Minds.

 

Date:	19-Oct-1998 14:12:09
From:	Judson Maynard (jazzbo112@aol.com)
	One of my favorite pop albums is Paul Simons One Trick Pony. This album has performances by Eric Gale, Steve Gadd, Richard Tee, John Tropea, Hiram Bullock, Anthony Jackson and John Faddis.

 

Date:	19-Oct-1998 16:32:21
From:	Chris Genzel (stamil@t-online.de)
	Yeah, and there's the great J.J. Johnson who contributed an arrangement to the "Shaft" soundtrack by Isaac Hayes. Hancock discography at: http://home.t-online.de/home/stamil/hhdisco.htm

 

Date:	20-Oct-1998 09:34:02
From:	Mike R. (mricci@visionx.com)
	Joni Mitchell recorded with several jazz musicians in the '70s. COURT AND SPARK (1974) included Larry Carlton, Tom Scott, Chuck Findley, Joe Sample, Jim Hughart, Wilton Felder and John Guerin. HEJIRA (1976) had a similar lineup, but add Victor Feldman (vibes) and Jaco Pastorius. And Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, Peter Erskine and Don Alias performed on ON MINGUS (1979).

 

Date:	20-Oct-1998 17:41:51
From:	Dan Bonhomme (blackrock@sympatico.ca)
	John McLaughlin played on the cut Flame Sky on Santana's "Welcome" album. McLaughlin and Carlos Santana recorded an album called "Love Devotion Surrender" using a mix of jazz and Santana musicians. There are other Santana albums I would recommend to jazz fans if the above two appeal, namely "Caravanserai", "Barboletta" and "Oneness". This music is much closer to jazz than it is to rock IMO. Not sure of availability on CD, I have LP's and a good turntable.

 

Date:	21-Oct-1998 12:01:01
From:	Chris Lowis (C_Lowis@hotmail.com)
	Jazz musicians appearing on non-jazz records is excellent. But what do you people think about DJs/Producers etc sampling jazz records for use in their tunes. I think that done well and keeping in the spirit of the music it is cool, but so often it is done to add a 'trendy' feel to the music, like jazz is being pushed as the next big thing. Any comments? Chris

 

Date:	23-Oct-1998 17:44:47
From:	harold m
	Joe Sample plays a solo on Anita Baker's remake of "The Look Of Love". Kirk Whalum does the sax solo on Whitney Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You". Marcus Miller does plenty of work on most Luther Vandross albums as producer, writer and bass player.

 

Date:	29-Oct-1998 19:01:29
From:	Frank Moten (fmoten@snet.net)
	Jon Faddis - Mostly know for his remarkable re-creation of Dizzy Gillespie's furiously hot high's and ass whippen solos. Some of the artist he's worked with include: Lou Reed, James Brown, Blood Sweat & Tears, Dave Matthews, Walter Murphy (Fifth of Beethoven Disco), David Ruffin, Neil Sedaka, Chic, Phoebe Snow, Tina Turner. The list goes on and on. This can be a nod to the great Dizzy Gillespie as well as the great gifts the Faddis possess.

 

Date:	08-Nov-1998 16:55:13
From:	Richard Mayer
	Britt Woodman, Virgil Jones, Frank Wess and Dizzy G. all played on Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium

 

Date:	08-Nov-1998 16:57:33
From:	Richard Mayer (rjmayer @sover.net)
	Britt Woodman, Virgil Jones, Frank Wess and Dizzy G. all played on Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium

 

Date:	04-Dec-1998 11:30:56
From:	José Domingos Raffaelli (jdr@musicshop.com.br)
	Joe Henderson and Larry Willis played with Blood, Sweat and Tears, but I don't know if they recorded with the group. Zoot Sims recorded with Phoebe Snow. Chet Baker recorded with Brazilian keyboardist Rique Pantoja. Tommy Flanagan recorded with Brazilian pop singer Nando Gabrieli (the album will come out on next year)

 

Date:	10-Dec-1998 20:44:55
From:	Zenny
	Chet Baker played on a Elvis Costello song called Ship building. Chet then recorded Elvis's song Kind of Blue. Ray Brown played on an Elvis Costello record and so has Bill Frisell. Randy Brecker did some work with Paul Simon and James Taylor.

 

Date:	29-Dec-1998 18:32:57
From:	Andrew Wilson (uncgrad7@yahoo.com)
	I think jazz musicians are a rare breed and they can "Do It" For example long time jazz man Frank Moten has been producing Acid Jazz/Hip-Bop. What is Hip-Bop? His upcoming release can be sampled via Real Audio At: http://frankmoten.simplenet.com

 

Date:	14-Jan-1999 19:13:01
From:	alexandra leh (alexandra.leh@tvc.cbs.com)
	I'm jazz guitarist George Barnes' daughter. While Dad was a deeply respected, ahead-of-his-time jazz musician, composer, arranger and producer, he actually made the most money of his lifetime inventing sounds for, and playing on, other people's records when he moved to New York from Chicago in 1951 until the late 60's. You hear him of all of Sam Cooke's hits, and the hits of Bobby Vinton, Paul Anka, Connie Francis, Brenda Lee, The Drifters, The Chiffons, Jackie Wilson, The Four Seasons, on and on. He had an easily recognizable sound, and a much sought-after ability to come up with then-unheard licks, still used to this day. Many demos for Motown that were supposedly recorded in Detroit were recorded by incredible New York studio musicians including Dad (so many of whom could not make a decent living for their families playing jazz, so they played jingles, r&b and rock) -- and they weren't even paid scale, just a demo rate! Any time you tune in an oldies station, you're going to hear my father -- and Jack Lesberg, Cliff Leeman, Bernie Leighton, et al -- at least a couple of times an hour. These men are at the true heart of rock 'n' roll. There are cool stories coming out now about this aspect of music. A great guy from Australia named Tony Cooper has interviewed over 140 musicians, producers and engineers from that era for a book to be published next year (my mother and I just had another 5-hour chat with him in December). And I'm writing a screenplay about 5 brilliant jazz players from disparate backgrounds who can't make a decent living in 1962 New York playing what they love, so they become studio players...a tale rather close to my heart. So. The history is long.

 

Date:	04-Feb-1999 19:20:10
From:	Lyman Medeiros (bigbass@hotbot.com)
	Ron Carter played a track on hip-hop artists A Tribe Called Quest's second disc "The Low-End Theory."

 

Date:	01-Jul-1999 13:30:12
From:	Kevin (kleese@rwd.com)
	Some great jazz guitarists have appeared on Elvis Costello albums. Bill Frisell and Elvis did an entire album together. It's called "Live at the Meltdown" (1995). Marc Ribot has showed up on at least one Elvis album ("Spike"). Someone else in this thread mentioned Chet Baker playing on the Elvis tune "Shipbuilding", but he wasn't sure which album. That album is "Punch the Clock" (By the way, good catch! I had no idea that was Chet!) Roberta Flack's "First Take" album has the wonderfully sensitive bass playing of none other than Ron Carter. Note to Paul Abella: Please let me know which PIL album Tony Williams played on. Thanks, I'm really curious!

 

Date:	24-Sep-1999 13:49:52
From:	Brent
	I noticed some mention of the various people that have played with Tom Waits over the years. His use of primarily west coast sidemen is what gave his earlier music sucha a great feel. On various albums before 'Rain Dogs' you'll find Teddy Edwards, Shelly Manne, Jack Sheldon, Larry Bunker, Pete Jolly, Jim Hughart, Lew Tabackin, Mike Melvoin, etc. Also of note throughout this period is the work of masterful engineer/producer Bones Howe. After 'Rain Dogs' Tom Waits starts using more East Coast players (or so it seems to me). Included are Marc Ribot, Ralph Carney, the Midtown Horns, John Lurie, and (perhaps most importantly of all) Greg Cohen. The work with Greg Cohen on the marvelous album 'The Black Rider' is some of the best music I've ever heard in or out of jazz. Greg Cohen's playing/arranging is always impressive - check out his two solo albums on DIW - 'Moment ot Moment' and 'Way Low.' He has also worked extensively with John Zorn's Masada, Elvis Costello, Lou Reed, Madeleine Peyroux and others. A fine example of a musician in search of quality and soul and not only style.

 

Date:	19-Oct-1999 22:00:12
From:	Hal
	I like: "Buddy Holly Live at the Apollo with the Art Tatum trio." This is great stuff. Charlie Parker sits in on two

 

Date:	10-Nov-1999 20:10:03
From:	David (jazzdr@aol.com)
	And let's not forget Ornette Coleman, Branford Marsalis and David Murray' jams with the Grateful Dead on separate occasions.

 

Date:	11-Nov-1999 18:55:26
From:	wayne
	Wayne Shorter plays a short but tasteful solo on Don Henley's End of the Innocence.

 

Date:	15-Dec-1999 11:12:46
From:	George Gosset (ggo15@cantva.canterbury.ac.nz)
	Artist: FONTAINE, BRIGITTE Title: Comme á La Radio "This was Fontaine's second album, from 1971, following Est.... A spellbinding vocalist with an intense, emotionally charged presence, she actually enlisted the Art Ensemble of Chicago to back her on half of this album, an amazing crossover that works quite well." (courtesy http://www.forcedexposure.com)

 

Date:	05-May-2000 12:43:20
From:	carlos kase (carlos.kase@umusic.com)
	Carlos Ward on many B.T. Express records. He plays and arranges. Buck Clayton on Patti Page's major hit, "Tennessee Waltz". Louis Armstrong and Johnny Cash recreate "Blue Yodel #5" for T.V. Exists on bootleg. Philip Wilson at Woodstock with the Blues Project. Sun Ra with the Blues Project on a rare 45-rpm record. Ornette Coleman with Claude Nougaro (French pop singer). Evan Parker with Charlie Watts. Jo Jones and other Basieites at Newport '58 with Chuck Berry. On "Jazz on a Summer's Day". Gil Evans and Sting live in concert. Available on Eurpean bootlegs.

 

Date:	26-May-2000 17:18:44
From:	James (anamanaci@aol.com)
	Lew Soloff blew a great jazz solo on "What Goes Up, Must Come Down" by Blood, Sweat and Tears. p.s. Can anyone tell me where great swing/jazz musicians hang out in Los Angeles? I'm dying out here. I'm talking about people who dig Vic Dickenson more than Watrous; Prez and Hawk more than Brecker and Trane (no offence intended to those styles). Thank you forever.

 

Date:	30-May-2000 12:21:47
From:	Mel Morris (mmorris375@aol.com)
	Michael Brecker on Cameo's "Candy". Whew!

 

Date:	27-Jun-2000 19:06:55
From:	Holly
	How about Richard Davis on bass and Connie Kay on drums on Van Morrison's first album "Astral Weeks." It's much different from his other albums - looser, more creative. A very good performance by all.

 

Date:	09-Sep-2000 18:07:07
From:	Jeremy Liddiard (jeremy@golly.fsnet.co.uk)
	I don't know whether you'd class it as "non-jazz" but it was certainly in the POPular charts for a while. Ronnie Ross plays baritone sax (with others) on the albums of "Matt Bianco" including a great solo on one, but I forget which.

 

Date:	03-Feb-2001 05:03:19
From:	Andreas
	Two recordings that were scheduled for 1971 for Jimi Hendrix were one with Rahsaan Roland Kirk and one with Gil Evans. In the last year or two of his life Hendrix was definitely feeling constrained by the limits placed on him by the expectations of fans and record companies. One can only imagine what the two colaborations might have yielded! It wouldn't have been boring!

 

Date:	20-Feb-2001 10:39:25
From:	Bill Kog
	I know that finding Micheal Brecker on a pop album is like finding sand on a beach, but here is one that has been missed. Mike takes a killer solo on the tune Ingenue on the Little Feat album Representing the Mambo. I also remember reading about Ron Carter recording with Jefferson Airplane. I would sure like to know what that was (at one time I was a big Airplane fan).

 

Date:	03-May-2001 15:15:47
From:	Jerry Levinson (jerrylev@adelphia.net)
	George Bohannon is another jazz musician who is ubiquitous on pop records. One of his most widely heard solos is on the Doors "Touch Me" from "Soft Parade".

 

Date:	17-Jun-2001 19:50:23
From:	Leonard E. Lee
	I think one of the greatest jazz solos was on a song called Urgent On Foreigners album 4 on atlantic records. I think the solo was played by John Hooker. And speaking of Stevie Wonder and his jazz harmonica playing you should listen to Im Glad You Walked into My Life recorded by the Four Tops on their ABC rrecord album Nights Light Harmony released in 1975

 

Date:	23-Aug-2001 23:30:03
From:	Kevin Brook
	Trumpeter Jon Faddis, who is presently a member of the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars, not only played on the first two Chic albums, "Chic" (1977) and "C'est Chic" (1978) respectively, on songs like "I Want Your Love" and "Sometimes You Win", but also on other Chic projects including Norma Jean Wright's 1978 album "Norma Jean" and Sister Sledge's 1979 album "We Are Family".

 

Date:	28-Aug-2001 13:43:46
From:	eduardo goicoechea (edugoico@hotmail.com)
	Dizzy Gillespie played with Stivie Wonder in the song "Do I do" from "The Musiaquarium I". David Sanborn on and Charles Lloyd played with the Rolling Stones on several records. Miles Davis played in a song with Scriti Politi (Miles had played a theme of them on "Tutu") In Spain, many talented jazz musicians play with national pop figures such as Joan Manuel Serrat or Ana Belén.

 

Date:	09-Oct-2001 22:38:00
From:	Spencer (splinky024@aol.com)
	Pat Metheny has played with rock musician and ex-Grateful Dead keyboardist Bruce Hornsby on at least one of his albums, "Hot House" I think. My mom had it and I picked it up and leafed through it. Imagine my surprise when I saw Metheny and his guitar inside those pag

 

Date:	09-Oct-2001 22:39:31
From:	Spencer (splinky024@aol.com)
	Pat Metheny has played with rock musician and ex-Grateful Dead keyboardist Bruce Hornsby on at least one of his albums, "Hot House" I think. My mom had it and I picked it up and leafed through it. Imagine my surprise when I saw Metheny and his guitar inside those pag

 

Date:	20-Oct-2001 15:58:08
From:	roger
	listen to Ron Carter on Erykah Badu's Baduism...Kenny Garrett is on Quincy Jones' Q's Joint and Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Pat Metheny have all played and recorded with brazilian pop singer Milton Nascimento... Music is music...no labels