Joey Calderazzo

Wish

Joshua Redman · 1993

Michael Brecker

Michael Brecker · 1987

80/81

Pat Metheny · 1980

Don't Try This At Home

Michael Brecker · 1988

Michael Brecker spent more than a decade as one of the most in-demand session saxophonists in pop and jazz alike, yet didn't release an album under his own name until 1987, just before turning 40. The bassist he brought in for that belated debut was Charlie Haden.

Black Codes (From the Underground)

Wynton Marsalis · 1985

Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis · 1982

Kenny Kirkland

Kenny Kirkland · 1991

The Dark Keys

Branford Marsalis · 1996

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.

Tales from the Hudson

Michael Brecker · 1996

MethenyPat Methenyパット・メセニー joined Tales from the HudsonTales from the HudsonMichael Brecker · 1996 at Brecker's invitation, contributing guitar on two tracks and co-producing. His guitar synthesis creates a striking tonal dialogue with Brecker's EWI.

Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis · 1982

Black Codes (From the Underground)

Wynton Marsalis · 1985

Citizen Tain

Jeff 'Tain' Watts · 1999

Romare Bearden Revealed

Branford Marsalis Quartet · 2003

In 1984, Wynton Marsalis — already a rising star — called his quintet's pianist Kenny Kirkland and drummer Jeff 'Tain' Watts the best young players on the scene, yet completely unrecognized. The spotlight stayed on the leader; the sidemen he rated above himself remained unknown.

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