Black Note were an American jazz ensemble formed in 1991. The band released four albums, on
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...
,
Impulse! Records,
Red Records and
World Stage.
They won first prize at the John Coltrane Young Artist Competition in 1991.
Discography
* ''43rd & Degnan'' (World Stage, 1991)
* ''L.A. Underground'' ( Red Records, Red, 1993)
* ''Jungle Music'' (Columbia
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, 1994)
* ''Nothin' But The Swing'' (Impulse!
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, 1996)
Group members
*Marcus Shelby
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- bass
* Willie Jones III - drums
*Eric Reed Eric Reed may refer to:
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- piano
* Kenneth Crouch - piano
* Ark Sano - piano
* Richard Grant - trumpet
*Gilbert Castellanos
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- trumpet
*James Mahone
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- alto sax
*Phil Vieux
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- tenor sax
* Robert Stewart - tenor sax
Guest musicians
* Greg Kurstin - piano
* Nicholas Payton - trumpet
* Teodross Avery - tenor sax, soprano sax
References
Columbia Records artists
Impulse! Records artists
American jazz ensembles
Red Records artists
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