Roswell Rudd

Biography

Roswell Hopkins Rudd Jr. (November 17, 1935 – December 21, 2017) was an American jazz trombonist and composer. Although skilled in a variety of genres of jazz (including Dixieland, which he performed while in college), and other genres of music, he was known primarily for his work in free and avant-garde jazz. Beginning in 1962 Rudd worked extensively with saxophonist Archie Shepp.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  That's The Way I Feel Now - A Tribute To Thelonious Monk

  1984

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  Enrico Rava Quartet

  1978

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  Dinner Music

  1977

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  The Third World

  1970

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  Mama Too Tight

  1967

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  New York Eye And Ear Control

  1966

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  Live In San Francisco

  1966

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  Four For Trane

  1965

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  Into The Hot

  1962

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  Escalator Over The Hill

  1971

Credited work

772 releases · 88 albums · active 1956–2025

• Performance · 1,379
• Other credits · 157
• Production · 26
• Engineering · 3

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Nola Recording Studios · Judson Hall · Grog Kill Studio

Frequent collaborators

• Various
• Archie Shepp
• Cecil Taylor
• Steve Lacy
• The Carla Bley Band
• Herbie Nichols
• Carla Bley
• Albert Ayler

Around the web

• Wikipedia