Glenn Arthur Ferris (born June 27, 1950) is an American jazz trombonist who has also worked in other fields. Outside of jazz he has played for

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, and

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. He studied classical music from 1958 to 1967, but from 1964 onward he also studied jazz with

Don Ellis Donald Johnson Ellis (July 25, 1934 – December 17, 1978) was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer, and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of time signatures. Later in his lif ...

, performing all of the trombone solos on three albums ("Ferris Wheel" was written for him by Don). Prior to the live concert at Filmore, he shaved his head. He went on to perform with a variety of American musicians in several genres before moving to France in 1980. In France he worked with

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, Brotherhood of Breath, and

Henri Texier Henri Texier (born 27 January 1945) is a French jazz double bassist. At the age of sixteen, fascinated by the double bass, Texier became a self-taught bassist, crediting Wilbur Ware most as an influence. He formed his first group with Georges ...

. He has led a trio and a quintet and has taught at the

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Discography

As leader

* ''A Live in Paris with Collectif Planete Carree'' (RCA Victor, 1980) * ''Flesh and Stone'' (Enja, 1994) * ''Palatino'' with Romano/Benito/Fresu (Label Bleu, 1995) * ''Face Lift'' (Enja, 1996) * ''Refugees'' (Enja, 1997) * ''Chrominance'' (Enja, 2001) * ''Here and Now'' with BFG (Naïve, 2001) * ''Air'' with Mirabassi/Boltro (Sketch, 2003) * ''Skin Me!'' (Naive, 2004) * ''X Actimo!'' (Naive, 2006) * ''Ferris Wheel'' (Enja, 2009) * ''Live in L.A.'' with Bobby Bradford (Clean Feed, 2011) * ''Now or Never'' with BFG (Naive, 2013) With Palatino * ''Tempo'' (Label Bleu, 1998) * ''Palatino Chap. 3'' (EmArcy, 2001) * ''Back in Town'' (Naive, 2011)

As sideman

With

Billy Cobham William Emanuel Cobham Jr. (born May 16, 1944) is a Panamanian Americans, Panamanian–American jazz drummer who came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. He was indu ...

* ''

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'' (Atlantic, 1974) * '' Shabazz'' (Atlantic, 1975) * ''

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'' (Atlantic, 1975) With

* ''

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'' ( Columbia, 1968) * '' The New Don Ellis Band Goes Underground'' ( Columbia, 1969) * '' Don Ellis at Fillmore'' (Columbia, 1970) With Steve Lacy * ''

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'' (Novus, 1990) * '' Itinerary'' (hat ART, 1991) * ''

Clangs ''Clangs'' is a live album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy featuring a double sextet, which was recorded in Germany in 1992 and released on the Swiss hat ART label in 1993.

'' (hat ART, 1993) With

Peter Schärli Peter Schärli (29 May 1955) is a Swiss jazz trumpeter. Biography When he was ten years old, he started to learn trumpet. He continued his studies at the Lucern jazz school while working as a clerk. He joined the blues band Exodus as a sing ...

* ''Tomorrow'' (Enja, 1992) * ''Blues for the Beast'' (Enja, 1997) * ''Guilty'' (Enja, 2001) * ''Avo Session'' (TCB, 2011) * ''Purge'' (Enja, 2015) With

* ''An Indian's Week'' (Label Bleu, 1993) * ''Mosaic Man'' (Label Bleu, 1998) * ''Strings' Spirit'' (Label Bleu, 2002) With

Jack Walrath Jack Arthur Walrath (born May 5, 1946) is an American post-bop jazz trumpeter and musical arranger known for his work with Ray Charles, Gary Peacock, Charles Mingus, and Glenn Ferris, among others. Biography Walrath was born in Stuart, Florida. ...

* '' In Europe'' (SteepleChase, 1983) * '' Jack Walrath Quintet at Umbria Jazz Festival, Vol. 1'' (Red, 1985) * '' Jack Walrath Quintet at Umbria Jazz Festival, Vol. 2'' (Red, 1985) With others * Karen Alexander, ''Voyager'' (Asylum, 1978) *

Sophie Alour Sophie Alour (born 24 December 1974) is a French jazz musician who plays saxophone, clarinet, and flute. Biography Alour started playing the clarinet at the music school in Quimper, when she was 13 years of age. When she was 19, she started t ...

, ''Time for Love'' (Music from Source 2017) *

Barry Altschul Barry Altschul (born January 6, 1943, New York City) is a free jazz and hard bop drummer who first came to notice in the late 1960s for performing with pianists Paul Bley and Chick Corea. Biography Altschul is of Russian Jewish heritage, the s ...

, ''That's Nice'' (Soul Note, 1986) * Atlantik, ''Songe Yo'' (Sonodisc, 1993) *

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, ''AWB'' (Atlantic, 1974) * Stéphane Belmondo &

Yusef Lateef Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in America. Although Lateef's main instruments ...

, ''Influence'' (B.Flat, 2005) *

Tim Berne Tim Berne (born October 16, 1954) is an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and record label owner. His primary instruments are the alto and baritone saxophones. Biography Berne was born in Syracuse, New York, United States. He has said that ...

, ''The Five-Year Plan'' (Empire, 1979) *

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, ''Look Out for #1'' (A&M, 1976) *

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, ''DecOdeX'' (Philips, 1996) *

Franco D'Andrea Francesco "Franco" D'Andrea (born 8 March 1941 in Merano, Italy) is an Italian jazz pianist and composer. Life D'Andrea is considered one of the most famous jazz musicians from Italy and has recorded some 200 albums. He developed his style in ...

, ''Flavours'' (Penta Flowers 1992) *

Bill Deraime Alain "Bill" Deraime is a French blues singer (born 2 February 1947 in Senlis, Oise).Birchmeter, JasonBill Deraimeallmusic.com. Retrieved March 2011] Discography * ''Bill Deraime'' (LP - 1979) * ''Plus la peine de frimer'' (LP - 1980) ...

, ''Tout Recommencait'' (EastWest 1994) *

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, ''Save the Country'' (Liberty, 1970) * George Duke, ''From Me to You'' (Epic, 1977) *

, ''Big Thing'' (EMI, 1988) * Jean-Luc Fillon, ''Echoes of Ellington'' (Cristal, 2006) *

Dave Frishberg David Lee Frishberg (March 23, 1933 – November 17, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and lyricist. His songs have been performed by Blossom Dearie, Rosemary Clooney, Shirley Horn, Anita O'Day, Michael Feinstein, Irene Kr ...

, ''Where You at?'' (Bloomdido, 1991) *

Vinny Golia Vinny Golia (born March 1, 1946) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist specializing in woodwind instruments. He performs in the genres of contemporary music, jazz, free jazz, and free improvisation. Career As a composer, Golia fuse ...

, ''Live at the Century City Playhouse Los Angeles 1979'' (Dark Tree, 2017) *

Henri Guedon Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the 'List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.'' * Henri I de Montm ...

, ''Afro Blue'' (Le Chant du Monde, 1982) * Henri Guedon, ''Afro Temple'' (Le Chant du Monde, 1984) *

Polo Hofer Urs Alfred "Polo" Hofer (16 March 1945 – 22 July 2017) was a Swiss rock musician. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of Swiss rock music and a ″national treasure″ of Switzerland. Career Hofer composed and sang in Bernese German, ...

, ''Rutmus, Bluus + Schnalli Schue!'' (Schnoutz, 1988) *

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, ''Parakou'' (Island, 1989) *

Didier Levallet Didier Levallet (born 19 July 1944, in Arcy-sur-Cure, France) is a French jazz double bassist, composer, arranger and leader. A self-taught bassist, Levallet made his professional debut in Paris in 1969, working with such artists as Ted Curson, J ...

, ''Generations'' (Evidence, 1992) *

Franck Monnet Franck Gilbert Yannick Monnet (born 13 September 1967, in Le Mans) is a French singer-songwriter. He wrote songs for the following artists: Vanessa Paradis (collaboration with Matthieu Chedid for the albums Bliss, 2000, and Divinidylle, 2007), ...

, ''Les Embellies'' (Tot Ou Tard, 2000) * Moni Bile, ''Bijou'' (Toure Jim's 1982) *

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, ''Distant Lover'' (Highrise, 1982) * Alphonse Mouzon, ''Back to Jazz'' (Optimism, 1988) *

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, ''The Guide'' (Columbia, 1994) *

Buell Neidlinger Buell Neidlinger (March 2, 1936 – March 16, 2018) was an American cellist and double bassist. He has worked with a variety of pop and jazz performers, prominently with iconoclastic pianist Cecil Taylor in the 1950s and '60s. Biography Neidli ...

, Marty Krystall, Archie Shepp, Glenn Ferris, ''Marty's Garage'' (K2B2, 1983) *

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, ''Flute Music'' (1977) *

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, ''Dance of the Robot People'' (Akono, 1982) *

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/ Antoine Herve, ''O.N.J. 87'' (Label Bleu, 1988) * Roberto Ottaviano, ''Astrolabio'' (Dodicilune, 2015) * Luna Parker, ''Le Challenge Des Espoirs'' (Barclay, 1987) * Luna Parker, ''Felin Pour L'Autre'' (Barclay, 1988) *

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, ''Takin' My Time'' (Warner Bros., 1973) * Dede Saint Prix, ''Kannel'' (New Deal, 1989) * Dede Saint Prix, ''Leve Arrete Ton Delire'' (Sonodisc, 1991) * Veronique Sanson, ''Allah'' (WEA, 1988) * Veronique Sanson, ''Moi, Le Venin'' (WEA, 1988) *

Martial Solal Martial Solal (born August 23, 1927) is a French jazz pianist and composer. Biography Solal was born in Algiers, French Algeria, to Algerian Jewish parents. He was persuaded to study clarinet, saxophone, and piano by his mother, who was an oper ...

, ''Big Band'' (CY, 1984) *

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, ''Tabou Combo Super Stars'' (Tabou Combo and Tapes 1979) *

Gianmaria Testa Gianmaria Testa (17 October 1958 – 30 March 2016) was an Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist. Testa began musical performances in 1990 and in the early 1990s, he won two consecutive top prizes at the Recanati Festival. His first album "Mon ...

, ''Lampo'' (Le Chant du Monde, 2007) *

Francky Vincent Franck Joseph "Francky" Vincent (born April 18, 1956) is a French singer, songwriter, record producer, painter, talent manager and musician from Guadeloupe. Biography Childhood Francky Vincent was born in Pointe-à-Pitre April 18, 1956, in Gua ...

, ''Manze Lola'' (Bleu Caraibes, 1988) *

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, ''Pacific Ocean'' (Blue Caribou, 2008) *

, ''

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'' (Tamla, 1976)

References

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