musicians playing an ENTIRE session NOT on their primary instrument

[Rooster_Ties]

Several come to mind...

>> Ornette on Tenor -- nuff said

>> Jackie McLean -- Old and New Gospel (with Ornette on trumpet throughout)

>> Terence Blanchard -- Romantic Defiance (with Kenny Garrett on tenor(!) throughout)

And the one that gave me the idea for this thread (I've not ever heard this one (yet), but if the sales job I just discovered on the TrueBlue website is to be believed)...

>> Donald Byrd -- Fuego ("Byrd uses a pocket trumpet for this album, giving him a brighter, more distinctive sound.")

How many can we think of?? (That are worth mentioning -- that is. )

To qualify -- said musician has to play ONE instrument on nearly the entire album, and that instrument can't be his or her main axe. (The musician doesn't have to be the leader on the date.)

[Chas]

Buddy DeFranco , Blues Bag on Veejay - DeFranco's only bass-clarinet recording .

Pete Jolly , Porgy & Bess on Interlude ( led by Buddy Collette ) - Jolly on accordion throughout .

[BFrank]

[blajay]

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Bill Heid - Air mobile - Doodlin'

John "Broadway" Tucker - Impromptu blue - Blue Movie

Johnnie Bassett - Bassett hound - Cannonball

Bill Heid plays piano throughout all three of these albums.

Sonny Stitt - Night letter - Prestige

Sonny Stitt - Turn it on - Prestige

Sonny Stitt & Jack McDuff - Stitt meets Brother Jack - Prestige

on these - and numerous sessions with Gene Ammons, Sonny plays only tenor sax. And I think there are some Gene Ammons sessions in which Sonny plays Baritone throughout. And some Stitt sessions in which Jug plays baritone throughout. But I can't be asked to document these

David Newman & Ray Charles - Fathead - Atlantic

Ray Charles in Person - Atlantic

Ray Charles at Newport - Atlantic

Hank crawford plays only baritone sax on all these albums.

Calvin Newborn - From the hip - Rooster Jazz

Hank Crawford plays piano throughout.

Shirley Scott - Blues everywhere - Candid

Shirley plays piano throughout.

Jack Wilson - The jazz organs - Vault

Wilson on organ throughout.

Johnny Lytle - Everything must change - Muse

John Patton plays electric piano throughout.

Helen Humes - Tain't nobody's biz-ness if I do - Contemporary

Benny Carter on trumpet throughout.

That'll do for now.

MG

[Chas]

Bob Brookmeyer Trio , Holiday - Brookmeyer on piano exclusively .

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Not an entire session, because two LPs were made at one, but Trane played alto sax on all the tracks on which he was featured on the Gene Ammons LPs

Groove blues - Prestige

The big sound - Prestige

(Three out of four on the first, one out of four on the second)

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

There are about a million sessions on which Wilton Felder plays bass.

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Boncana Maiga - The best of Salsa - Melodie

Jose "Chombo" Silva plays violin throughout.

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - 1951 session for Royal Roost featured Billy Taylor on organ.

Two Roy Eldridge sessions, of 13 Feb and 23 April 1953 featured Oscar Peterson on organ.

MG

[Chas]

Randy Weston , Blue Moses - Weston on electric-piano

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Randy Weston , Blue Moses - Weston on electric-piano

Not sure an electric piano counts instead of an accoustic one.

What about electric or accoustic guitars? Or saxes? Or trumpets? Or basses?

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Ah! Also Phil Upchurch made a number of disco sessions on bass. Best if they remain nameless

MG

[Chas]

Randy Weston , Blue Moses - Weston on electric-piano

Not sure an electric piano counts instead of an accoustic one.

Well I'm sure . An electric-piano is as distinctive from an acoustic piano as a harpsichord or a clavichord !

If , like many others , Randy Weston had played electric-pianos for years then I wouldn't have cited him , but Blue Moses is noteworthy for being the only electric-piano album he's recorded .

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Randy Weston , Blue Moses - Weston on electric-piano

Not sure an electric piano counts instead of an accoustic one.

Well I'm sure . An electric-piano is as distinctive from an acoustic piano as a harpsichord or a clavichord !

If , like many others , Randy Weston had played electric-pianos for years then I wouldn't have cited him , but Blue Moses is noteworthy for being the only electric-piano album he's recorded .

Kay.

MG

[Sundog]

Joe Farrell plays drums and Alan Dawson switches to vibes on this one.

[kh1958]

Oh Yeah (also Mingus on piano throughout).

[jazztrain]

A few more off the top of my head. The album titles say it all for the first five:

Bud Shank. Plays Tenor.

Phil Woods. The Clarinet Album.

Zoot Sims. Soprano Sax.

Bill Evans & Bob Brookmeyer. The Ivory Hunters [brookmeyer on piano throughout]

Oscar Pettiford. My Little Cello.

Here's another: Miles Davis. Collector's Items [bird on tenor throughout]

Several come to mind...

>> Ornette on Tenor -- nuff said

>> Jackie McLean -- Old and New Gospel (with Ornette on trumpet throughout)

>> Terence Blanchard -- Romantic Defiance (with Kenny Garrett on tenor(!) throughout)

And the one that gave me the idea for this thread (I've not ever heard this one (yet), but if the sales job I just discovered on the TrueBlue website is to be believed)...

>> Donald Byrd -- Fuego ("Byrd uses a pocket trumpet for this album, giving him a brighter, more distinctive sound.")

How many can we think of?? (That are worth mentioning -- that is. )

To qualify -- said musician has to play ONE instrument on nearly the entire album, and that instrument can't be his or her main axe. (The musician doesn't have to be the leader on the date.)

[blajay]

David Newman & Ray Charles - Fathead - Atlantic

Ray Charles in Person - Atlantic

Ray Charles at Newport - Atlantic

Hank crawford plays only baritone sax on all these albums.

I've actually seen an album or two where Ray Charles plays alto sax--I believe for the entire album. I can't track down the info though right now.

Edit to add that it was a tribute to Charlie Parker, iirc

Edited December 22, 2008 by zanonesdelpueblo

[Michael Weiss]

Jackie McLean - Tenor - A Long Drink of the Blues

Charles McPherson - Tenor - Bulls Eye (Barry Harris)

Johnny Griffin - Alto and Baritone - Blue Stroll (Ira Sullivan)

Roland Alexander - Piano - High Step(Coltrane /Paul Chambers Transition date)

Edited December 22, 2008 by Michael Weiss

[Rosco]

Chick Corea plays drums and vibes on Wayne Shorter's Super Nova

[Robert J]

Arturo Sandoval on piano instead of trumpet. And doing a fine job.

[jazztrain]

Here's another:

Stephane Grappelli - My Other Love [solo piano session]

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

David Newman & Ray Charles - Fathead - Atlantic

Ray Charles in Person - Atlantic

Ray Charles at Newport - Atlantic

Hank crawford plays only baritone sax on all these albums.

I've actually seen an album or two where Ray Charles plays alto sax--I believe for the entire album. I can't track down the info though right now.

Edit to add that it was a tribute to Charlie Parker, iirc

That's "Soul brothers", with Milt Jackson. Ray plays piano on most, if not all, tracks, but gets in some alto playing, too. And Milt gets in some piano playing, when Ray's on alto, and guitar playing. But they're both on their main instrument most of the time.

But you've reminded me about

Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz - Impulse

Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz Live - Golden Age of Jazz

Ray plays organ throughout these two albums.

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I'm not sure, because it's the only one of his Kudu albums that I haven't got, but I think the reason I didn't buy it was because Grover Washington Jr played soprano all over "A secret place".

MG