Black Saint Records main series discography This is a discography of the main series of albums released on the Black Saint label from 1975 onwards. The series started as LPs numbered BSR 0001, BSR 0002, and so on. In the mid to late 1980s albums were released on both LP and CD. The CDs had a different numbering system. For example for 0102 in the series the CD is 0102-2 and the LP BSR 0102. Later albums were released only on CD. For simplicity only the core number of the issue number is used on these pages. This page lists albums in the sequence Black Saint 0100 to 0149. Uncertain about the release dates for this set of albums! Black Saint pages: 0001-0049 | 0050-0099 | 0100-0149 | 0150-0242

New Life, David Murray Octet, 1987, Black Saint 0100 Tracks : Train Whistle, Morning Song, New Life, Blues in the Pocket Musicians : David Murray, Baikida Carroll, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, John Purcell, Adegoke Steve Colson, Wilber Morris, Ralph Peterson, Jr

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Reflections in Blue, Sun Ra Arkestra, 1987, Black Saint 0101 Tracks : State Street Chicago, Nothin' from Nothin', Yesterdays, Say It Isn't So, I Dream Too Much, Reflections in Blue Musicians : Sun Ra, Randall Murray, Tyrone Hill, Pat Patrick, Marshall Allen, Danny Ray Thompson, John Gilmore, Eloe Omoe, James Jacson, Ronald Wilson, Carl LeBlanc, Tyler Mitchell, Thomas Hunter, Earl "Buster" Smith

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Suite of Winds, Trio Hurricane, 1988, Black Saint 0102 Tracks : North, South, East, West Musicians : Paul Murphy, Glenn Spearman, William Parker

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The Hearinga Suite, Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra, 1989, Black Saint 0103 Tracks : Hearinga, Conversations With the Three of Me, Seesall, Aura of Thought - Things, Oldfotalk, Finditnow, Bermix Musicians : Muhal Richard Abrams, Ron Tooley, Jack Walrath, Cecil Bridgewater, Frank Gordon, Clifton Anderson, Dick Griffin, Jack Jeffers, Bill Lowe, John Purcell, Marty Ehrlich, Patience Higgins, Courtnay Winter, Charles Davis, Diedre Murray, Fred Hopkins, Warren Smith, Andrew Cyrille

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Edge-ing, Oliver Lake Quartet, 1994, Black Saint 0104 Tracks : Edge-ing, Scene One, Shiffs, Peanut Butter, Zaki, Verve Nerve Musicians : Oliver Lake, Charles Eubanks, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille

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I Want to Talk About You, David Murray Quartet, 1989, Black Saint 0105 Tracks : Heart to Heart, Quads, Red Car, I Want to Talk About You, Morning Song Musicians : David Murray, John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Ralph Peterson

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Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986, Anthony Braxton, 1987?, Black Saint 0106 Tracks : Composition No. 131, Composition No. 99, Composition No. 124, Composition No. 122, Composition No. 101 Musicians : Anthony Braxton, David Rosenboom, Mark Dresser, Gerry Hemingway

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Southern Bells, Clarinet Summit, 1987?, Black Saint 0107 Tracks : Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Fluffy's Blues, I Want To Talk About You, Beat Box, Southern Bells, Perdido, Mbizo Musicians : Alvin Batiste, John Carter, Jimmy Hamilton, David Murray

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Dodging Bullets, John Lindberg, Albert Mangelsdorff & Eric Watson, 1992?, Black Saint 0108 Tracks : The Horn Is A Lady, Dodging Bullets, Four Fathers, Sticks And Bones, Shuffle Up, Ceilings (Trio Version), Hardware, Fersengeld, Ceilings (Piano Solo Version) Musicians : John Lindberg, Albert Mangelsdorff, Eric Watson

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Voodoo, The Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet, 1987?, Black Saint 0109 Tracks : Cool Struttin', Minor Meeting, Nicely, Something Special, Voodoo, Sonia, Sonny's Crib Musicians : John Zorn, Wayne Horvitz, Ray Drummond, Bobby Previte

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The Hill, David Murray Trio, 1988, Black Saint 0110 Tracks : Santa Barbara And Crenshaw Follies, The Hill, Fling, Take The Coltrane, Herbie Miller, Chelsea Bridge Musicians : David Murray, Richard Davis, Joe Chambers

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Hours After, Sun Ra Arkestra, 1989, Black Saint 0111 Tracks : But Not For Me, Hours After, Beautiful Love, Dance Of The Extra Terrestrians, Love On A Far Away Planet Musicians : Sun Ra, Randall Murray, Tyrone Hill, John Gilmore, Ronald Wilson, Danny Ray Thompson, Pat Patrick, Leroy Taylor, Marshall Allen, Carl LeBlanc, Tyler Mitchell, James Jackson, Earl Smith, Thomas Hunter

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Around, Karl Berger and Friends, 1991?, Black Saint 0112 Tracks : Morning, Travel South, Around, Still, Permutations II, This Is It, Guitar Vibes, It's Me, Funky Emperor Musicians : Karl Berger, Paul Koji Shigihara, Santi Debriano, Leroy Williams

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A Tribute to Blackwell, Old and New Dreams, 1990, Black Saint 0113 Tracks : Happy Hours, Law Years, Togo, Dewey's Tune, Street Woman Musicians : Don Cherry, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell

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From Bad to Badder, The American Jazz Quintet, 1991?, Black Saint 0114 Tracks : Stephanie, Nostalgia Suite, To Brownie, Ed Blackwell, Imp'n Perry Too, Edith, Tony, Mozarten Musicians : Harold Batiste, Alvin Batiste, Al Turbinton, Ellis Marsalis, Richard Payne, Edward Blackwell

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Fat Man and the Hard Blues, Julius Hemphill Sextet, 1991, Black Saint 0115 Tracks : Otis' Groove, Lenny, Floppy, Opening, Headlines, Four Saints, Fat Man, Glide, Tendrils, Anchorman, Untitled, Three-Step, The Answer, The Hard Blues Musicians : Julius Hemphill, Andrew White, James Carter, Carl Grubbs, Marty Ehrlich, Sam Furnace

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Six Monk's Compositions (1987), Anthony Braxton, 19??, Black Saint 0116 Tracks : Brilliant Corners, Reflections, Played Twice, Four In One, Ask Me Now, Skippy Musicians : Anthony Braxton, Mal Waldron, Buell Neidlinger, Bill Osborne

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Blu Blu Blu, Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra, 1991, Black Saint 0117 Tracks : Plus Equal Minus Balance, Cycles Five, Bloodline, Septone, Blu Blu Blu, Petsrof, One For The Whistler, Stretch Time Musicians : Muhal Richard Abrams, Jack Walrath, Alfred Patterson, Eugene Ghee, Robert De Bellis, John Purcell, Patience Higgins, Joe Daley, Mark Taylor, Warren Smith, David Fiuczynski, Brad Jones, Lindsey Horner, Thurman Barker, Joel Brandon

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The Healers, David Murray and Randy Weston, 1988?, Black Saint 0118 Tracks : Clever Beggar, The Healers, Mbizo, Blue Moses Musicians : David Murray, Randy Weston

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Out Here Like This, The Leaders, 1989, Black Saint 0119 Tracks : Zero, Luna, Cool, Donkey Dust, Portraits, Felicite, Loves I Once Knew Musicians : Lester Bowie, Chico Freeman, Arthur Blythe, Kirk Lightsey, Cecil McBee, Don Moye

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Live at the Knitting Factory, Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound Ensemble, 1990, Black Saint 0120 Tracks : Almost Like Raindrops, Bass Solo From The Composition Sing, Nonaah, Flight Of Birds, Trumpet Solo From The Composition Rock Out, Reverend Frank Wright, You Changed The Texture On Me, Beyond The Fast Lane, Stick & Stone Musicians : Roscoe Mitchell, Hugh Ragin, A. Spencer Barefield, Jaribu Shahid, Tani Tabbal

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Mayan Temples, Sun Ra Arkestra, 1991?, Black Saint 0121 Tracks : Dance Of The Language Barrier, Bygone, Discipline No. 1, Alone Together, Prelude To Stargazers, Mayan Temples, I'll Never Be The Same, Stardust From Tomorrow, El Is The Sound Of Joy, Time After Time, Opus In Springtime, Theme On The Stargazers, Sunset On The Night On The River Nile Musicians : Sun Ra, Ahmed Abdullah, Michael Ray, Tyrone Hill, John Gilmore, Noel Scott, Marshall Allen, Jothan Callins, James Jackson, Ron McBee, Clifford Barbaro, Earl "Buster" Smith, Jorge Silva, Elson Nascimento, June Tyson

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Leroy Jenkins Live!, Leroy Jenkins featuring Computer Minds, Leroy Jenkins, 1993?, Black Saint 0122 Tracks : Bird, Eddie, And Monk, A Prayer, Static In The Attic, Computer Minds, Looking For The Blues, Chicago, Jehovah Theme Musicians : Leroy Jenkins, Eric Johnson, Brandon Ross, Hill Greene, Reggie Nicholson

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Living on the Edge, Dewey Redman Quartet, 1990, Black Saint 0123 Tracks : Boo Boodoop, Mirror Windows, Blues For J.A.M. Part 1, If I Should Lose You, As One, Lazy Bird Musicians : Dewey Redman, Geri Allen, Cameron Brown, Eddie Moore

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4 (Ensemble) Compositions 1992, Anthony Braxton, 1993, Black Saint 0124 Tracks : Composition No. 100, Composition No. 96, Composition No. 164, Composition No. 163 Musicians : Anthony Braxton, Robert Rumboltz, John Rapson, Don Byron, J.D. Parran, Marty Ehrlich, Randy McKean, Roland Dahinden, Amina Claudine Myers, Jay Hoggard, Ted Reichman, Guy Klucevek, Warren Smith, Lynden Achee

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Something in Return, Jimmy Lyons & Andrew Cyrille, 1988, Black Saint 0125 Tracks : Take The A Train, Something In Return, Lorry, J. L., Nuba, Fragments 1 Musicians : Jimmy Lyons, Andrew Cyrille

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Beat Kennel, Rova, 1988, Black Saint 0126 Tracks : El Amor En Los Tiempos De La Finca, The Aggregate, Sportspeak, Composition, What Was Lost Regained Musicians : Larry Ochs, Andrew Voigt, Bruce Ackley, Jon Raskin

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Moving Right Along, World Saxophone Quartet, 19??, Black Saint 0127 Tracks : Antithesis, Baba 2, N.T., Astral Travels, Land Of Mystery, Moving On, Amazing Grace Part I, Giant Steps, Urban, Sharrod, M.I.L.D., Lightning And Thunder, Amazing Grace Part II Musicians : David Murray, James Spaulding, Eric Person, Oliver Lake, Hamiet Bluiett

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You'll Know When You Get There, Chico Freeman featuring Von Freeman, 1989, Black Saint 0128 Tracks : Liberian Girl, Mist, The Trespasser, House Of Dreams, The Ditty, You'll Know When You Get There, Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology), No. 7 (For Andrew Hill), I Remember You Musicians : Chico Freeman, Von Freeman, E. J. Allen, Geri Allen, Don Pate, Victor Jones, Norman Hedman, Joel Brandon

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Unforeseen Blessings, The Leaders, 1989, Black Saint 0129 Tracks : In A Minute, Hip Dripper, Sun Precondition Five, The Search, Lightish, Sun Precondition Six, Peacemaker, Wait A Minute, Agadir, Heavens Dance, Now A Moment, Lucia, Blueberry Hill Musicians : Lester Bowie, Chico Freeman, Arthur Blythe, Kirk Lightsey, Cecil McBee, Don Moye

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Burnt Offering, Jimmy Lyons & Andrew Cyrille, 1991, Black Saint 0130 Tracks : Popp-A, Exotique, Burnt Offering Musicians : Jimmy Lyons, Andrew Cyrille

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Octagon, String Trio of New York, 1994, Black Saint 0131 Tracks : The Pursuit Of Happiness, One For Robin, Strings And Things, Circular Views, Upside The Downside, Forever February, Billie: The Queen Of Holiday, A Short History Of The Balkans Musicians : Regina Carter, James Emery, John Lindberg

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Family Talk, Muhal Richard Abrams, 1993, Black Saint 0132 Tracks : Meditation 1, Drumbutu, DizBirdMonkBudMax (A Tribute), FamilyTalk, Illuso, Sound Image of the Past, Present and Future Musicians : Muhal Richard Abrams, Jack Walrath, Patience Higgins, Brad Jones, Warren Smith, Reggie Nicholson

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Duets and Solos, Roscoe Mitchell & Muhal Richard Abrams, 1990?, Black Saint 0133 Tracks : Scenes And Color, Ode to the imagination, Star night, Reunion: March-Prelude-Dance-Finale Musicians : Roscoe Mitchell, Muhal Richard Abrams

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Spirit of Nuff...Nuff, Henry Threadgill Very Very Circus, 1991, Black Saint 0134 Tracks : Hope A Hope A, Unrealistic Love, Drivin' You Slow And Crazy, Bee Dee Aff, First Church Of This, Exacto, In The Ring Musicians : Henry Threadgill, Curtis Fowlkes, Edwin Rodriguez, Marcus Rojas, Brandon Ross, Masujaa, Gene Lake

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From the Bureau of Both, Rova, 1993, Black Saint 0135 Tracks : Swang, Pinnacle, Swapmeet! Swapmeet!, Cage: For John Cage, The Floater, What's The Frequency, Kenneth?, Streak Musicians : Larry Ochs, Steve Adams, Bruce Ackley, Jon Raskin

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Up and Down, Chico Freeman & Mal Waldron, 1992, Black Saint 0136 Tracks : Battleground, Hiromi, Tyrolean Waltz, Aftermath, My One And Only Love, Up And Down Musicians : Chico Freeman, Mal Waldron, Ricky Knauer, Tiziana Ghiglioni

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Eugene (1989), Anthony Braxton with The Northwest Creative Orchestra, 1991, Black Saint 0137 Tracks : Composition No. 112, Composition No. 91, Composition No. 134, Composition No. 100, Composition No. 93, Composition No. 45, Composition No. 71, Composition No. 59 Musicians : Anthony Braxton, Ernie Carbajal, John Jensen, Rob Blakeslee, Mike Heffley, Tom Hill, Carl Woideck, Mike Curtis, Thom Bergeron, Mike Vannice, Todd Barton, Joe Robinson, Forrest Moyer, Tom Kelly, Charles Dowd

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Consecration, Charles Gayle, 1993, Black Saint 0138 Tracks : O Father, Rise Up, Justified, Glorious Saints, Thy Peace, Redemption Musicians : Charles Gayle, William Parker, F. Vattel Cherry, Michael Wimberly

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Hope Scope, David Murray Octet, 1991, Black Saint 0139 Tracks : Ben, Same Places New Faces, Hope Scope, Lester, Thabo Musicians : David Murray, Rasul Siddik, Hugh Ragin, Craig Harris, James Spaulding, Dave Burrell, Wilber Morris, Ralph Peterson, Jr.

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Five Chord Stud, Julius Hemphill Sextett, 1994, Black Saint 0140 Tracks : Band Theme, Mr. Critical (For Ornette), Shorty, Mirrors, Five Chord Stud, The Moat and the Bridge, Georgia Blue, Flush, Spiritual Chairs Musicians : Julius Hemphill, James Carter, Andrew White, Tim Berne, Marty Ehrlich, Sam Furnace, Fred Ho

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Think All, Focus One, Muhal Richard Abrams, 1995, Black Saint 0141 Tracks : Before And After, The Harmonic Veil, Crossbeams, The Junction, Scaledance, Encore, Think All, Focus One Musicians : Muhal Richard Abrams, Eddie Allen, Alfred Patterson, Eugene Ghee, David Gilmore, Brad Jones, Reggie Nicholson

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The Long & Short of It, Joe Rosenberg, 2003?, Black Saint 0142 Tracks : Allez, Detritus, What It Is, The Long & Short Of It, Motion, Go, Stasis, C'Est Facile Musicians : Joe Rosenberg, Olivier Py, Jean-Luc Guionette, Hubertus Biermann, Edward Perraud

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Stringology, Diedre Murray & Fred Hopkins, 1994, Black Saint 0143 Tracks : Doo Wop, Zebra Walk, Calypso, Glass Walls, Relay Replay, Systems, Minute Tango, Old Nancock Musicians : Diedre Murray, Fred Hopkins, Marvin Sewell, Newman Baker, Ray Mantilla

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Dedicated to Dolphy, Oliver Lake, 1996?, Black Saint 0144 Tracks : Fire Waltz, Hat and Beard, Feather, 245, Miss Ann, Something Sweet, Something Tender, November '80, Page Four, G.W. Musicians : Oliver Lake, Russel Gunn, Charles Eubanks, Belden Bullock, Cecil Brooks III

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A Sanctuary Within, David Murray Quartet, 1992?, Black Saint 0145 Tracks : Short And Sweet, Mountain Song, Return Of The Lost Tribe, Waltz To Heaven (Dedicated To My Aunt Helen Murray), A Sanctuary Within: Part I (Duo), A Sanctuary Within: Part II (Quartet), Most Of All, Song For New South Africa, Ballad For THe Blackman Musicians : David Murray, Tony Overwater, Sunny Murray, Kahil El'Zabar

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Chile New York: Sound Environment, Julius Hemphill & Warren Smith, 1998?, Black Saint 0146 Tracks : One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven Musicians : Julius Hemphill, Warren Smith

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Mystery Project, Glenn Spearman Double Trio, 1993, Black Saint 0147 Tracks : Straight Up Straight Out, Double Image, Horus, S. D. III, Thinking Of Frank Musicians : Glenn Spearman, Larry Ochs, Chris Brown, Ben Lindgren, Donald Robinson, William Winant

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Blues...?, String Trio of New York, 1995, Black Saint 0148 Tracks : Cobalt Blue, Depth, Hurry up and Wait, Speedball, I'm Afraid, Suite of Works by Charlie Parker: Bloomdido/Billie's Bounce/K.C. Blues, Bellyachin' Blues, Red Shift, Freddie Freeloader Musicians : Regina Carter, James Emery, John Lindberg

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Not to Be a Star, Keshavan Maslak with Paul Bley, 1993, Black Saint 0149 Tracks : Trying Hard to Be, Star Trying, Too Hard to Be a Star, I Must Try, Not to Be, A Star, Try Hard Not To, Be a Star, Trying Hard to Be, A Human Being, Trying Hard to Be Human Musicians : Keshavan Maslak, Paul Bley

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