Discography
AS LEADER:
Two Shades of Blue (Ed Byrne Music: 2000; re-released Blue Truffle: 2014); arranger, composer, leader, producer, slide and valve trombones
Conquistador – Latin Jazz Evolution (Blue Truffle: 2012); arranger, composer, leader, producer, trombone
Salsa World Series Volume 5 Cuba Jam (Spotify, Amazon, Apple 2013); arranger, composer, leader, producer, trombone on Conquistador - One For Carlos
Counterpoise – featuring Mikaya McCraven (Simmer: 2016, recorded 2003); arranger, composer, leader, producer, trombone
AS SIDEMAN:
With Chet Baker
Chet Baker: Career: 1952-1988 (Amazon: 2005): slide and valve trombone soloist
With Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker
Carnegie Hall Concert, Vol. 1 (CTI: 1974); slide and valve trombone soloist
Carnegie Hall Concert, Vol. 11 (CTI: 1974); slide and valve trombone soloist
Various Artists (with Dave Brubeck, Erroll Garner , Thelonious Monk , Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Dave Grusin, Wynton Marsalis, André Previn, Paul Desmond, Thelonious Monk, Gil Evans, Stan Getz, Dave Brubeck, Paul Chambers, Dave Grusin, Steve Gadd, Roland Hanna, Bob Brookmeyer, Gary Burton, Paul Desmond, Jim Hall, Elvin Jones, Herbie Hancock, and others):
The Very Thought of You: Jazz for Lovers (Legacy/Columbia: 1995), Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan – My Funny Valentine, w/ Ron Carter, Harvey Mason, John Scofield, Bob James, Dave Samuels, and Ed Byrne, trombone
The Best of Gerry Mulligan, Featuring Chet Baker (Amazon, Apple: 1991); slide and valve trombone soloist
With The Fania All Stars
A Band And Their Music: Campeones (Fania: 1974, 2008); lead trombone
El Raton: Carlos Santana, cheo Feliciano, Jorge Santana, Fania All Stars (Fania: 1974) Live HD Film; trombone
Live at Yankee Stadium Vol 1 (Fania, 1975); trombone
Live at Yankee Stadium Vol 2 (Fania, 1975); trombone
Fania All Stars - Live (Fania: 1978); trombone
Pone Duro: The Fania All Stars Story (Fania: 2010); lead trombone
Live In Africa (Fania: 2011), trombone
Salsa: Mis Mejores Exitos (Amazon, Apple: 2023); trombone
With Gene Krupa Big Band
World of Music Tribute to Gene Krupa Felt Forum: January 17, 1974 Volume I (Jazz Legends: 1974); trombone
World of Music Tribute to Gene Krupa Felt Forum: January 17, 1974 Volume II (Jazz Legends: 1974); trombone
With Maynard Ferguson
Live at the Great American Music Hall, Volume I (Status: 1973, 1994/1995); slide and valve trombone soloist
Live at the Great American Music Hall, Volume II (Status: 1973, 1994/1995); slide and valve trombone soloist
Maynard Ferguson Gold Disk (CBS/Sony: 1974); slide and valve trombone soloist
The Whole World's His Stage (Columbia: 1977); slide and valve trombone soloist
The Best of Maynard Ferguson (Columbia: 1980); slide and valve trombone soloist
I Love Contemporary Jazz (CBS Records: 1986); slide and valve trombone soloist
With Eddie Palmieri
Unfinished Masterpiece (Coco: 1974); trombone (Grammy Award Winner: Best Latin Recording)
Exploration-Salsa-Jazz-Descarga (Coco: 1978); trombone
Oyelo Que Te Conviene - Eddie Palmieri and Lalo Rodriquez (Coco: 1975/1990); trombone
With Willie Colón And Mon Rivera
There Goes The Neighborhood, Se Chavo El Vecindario (Vaya: 1975); trombone
With Mel Torme
Live at the Maisonette (Atlantic: 1975); lead trombone
With Andy Harlow
El Campesino (Vaya: 1975); valve trombone soloist, slide trombone
El Campesino (Amazon, Apple: 1995); valve trombone soloist, slide trombone
With Bobby Vince Paunetto
Paunetto's Point (Pathfinder: 1976); slide and valve trombone soloist, composer/arranger Fenway Funk (Nominated, Grammy Award)
Commit to Memory (Pathfinder: 1976); slide and valve trombone soloist, arranger
Various Artists: Airto Moreira, Bobby Paunetto, et al. London Jazz Classics 2: Classic Soul Jazz Music from Around the World (Soul Jazz: 1994); Paunetto's Point (Pathfinder: 1976); featured slide and valve trombone soloist, composer/arranger
Commit to Memory/Paunetto's Point (Pathfinder: 1998); slide and valve trombone soloist, composer/arranger
With Conjunto Libre
Con Salsa, Con Ritmo, Volume I (Salsoul: 1976); trombone soloist, arranger
Con Salsa, Con Ritmo, Volume II (Salsoul: 1976); trombone soloist, arranger
Conjunto Libre - Tiene Calidad (Salsoul: 1978); trombone soloist, arranger
Libre Greatest Hits (Salsoul: 1996); trombone soloist, arranger
With Seguida
On Our Way To Tomorrow... (Fania: 1976); trombone
With Ethel Merman, Leslie Uggams
Sesame Street Christmas (Sesame Street: 1978); trombone
With Manu Dibango
Gone Clear (Mango: 1980); trombone
Ambassador (Mango: 1981/1993); trombone
Choc 'N Soul (Aux and Associes: 2010); trombone
With The Dalton Jazz Ensemble
The Dalton Jazz Ensemble (RCA: 1981); producer, director, composer, arranger
Seven Steps to Heaven (Trutone: 1985); producer, director, arranger, trombone, trumpet soloist
With Don Sebesky
Full Cycle (Paddle Wheel: 1984); trombone soloist, euphonium
With Steve McCraven
International World (ASP: 1991); composer, percussion, vocals, trombone soloist
Song of the Forest Boogaraboo (World McC: 1994); featuring Archie Shepp; trombone soloist
Bosco (World McC: 1996); featuring Archie Shepp, Arthur Blythe; trombone soloist
Black Studies (Big Tree: 2003); trombone soloist, percussion, horn arrangements
With The Player's Association
Turn the Music Up! (Vanguard: 1978); lead trombone
Players Association-Turn The Music Up/Ride The Groove/The Get Down Mellow Sound (Vanguard: 1989); lead trombone
The Player's Association (Southbound: 1998); lead trombone
Various Artists: Tom Harrell, Mike Brecker, Jon Faddis, David Sanborn, Joe Farrell, Bob Berg; Earth, Wind and Fire and others - Cool Fever: From Disco Jazz to Jazz House (Irma: 1997); lead trombone
Various Artists. Cool Fever: From Disco Jazz to Jazz House (Southbound: 1998); lead trombone
With Various Artists
Nu Yorica! Culture Clash In New York City: Experiments In Latin Music 1970-77 (Soul: 1972 – 1977/1996); trombone
Tropical con mis panas (Amazon, Apple: 1974/2021); trombone
En Tu Salsa, Volume II (Universal, Amazon, Apple: 1974/2021); trombone
With Héctor Lavoe , Gloria Estefan, Cheo Feliciano, Mon Rivera, Rubén Blades, Willie Colón, and others:
Caminando con ritmo (Amazon, Apple: 2023); trombone
With Inés Desquinés
Inés Desquinés Sings Steve Lacey (Senators: 2003); horn arrangements (arranger and producer of Riddle and Cliché), trombone soloist
