6 albums as leader and 11 as sideman (1975–2026), each listed chronologically.
1995 · Quartets - Live At The Village Vanguard
The credits on Afro-Desia (1975) put Joe Lovano in an organist's band, seven years before Psalm (1982) set him alongside the drummer's group he would be identified with. Looking backwards from the later reputation, that route in is easy to miss.
2012 · Radio Music Society
The 2011 Grammy for Best New Artist was the first time a jazz musician had won the category. Esperanza Spalding
1982 · Psalm
Sunday at the Village Vanguard was recorded live on June 25, 1961, capturing Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro, and Paul Motian's trio. Eleven days later, LaFaro died in a car accident, making this their final performance together.
1996 · The Dark Keys
Kenny Kirkland played on a long list of records, among them Black Codes (From the Underground) in 1985, yet he put out exactly one album under his own name: Kenny Kirkland, in 1991. The drummer on it was Jeff "Tain" Watts, who had been sitting next to him on Black Codes six years earlier.
2018 · Super Heroes
Randy Brecker played trumpet on Jaco Pastorius's landmark 1976 debut album, a cornerstone of jazz fusion. Fifteen years later, the same trumpeter turns up on a folk-tinged pop record — New Moon Shine (1991) — a world away from fusion's cutting edge.
Paul Motian
Jeff "Tain" Watts
Randy Brecker