French Free Jazz trumpeter turned Linguistics professor.
recorded July 23, 1966: New York City
1) Phase (1,2,3,4) — SMurray 9:45
recorded 1967: New York City
[Information on this session was obtained from the Marion Brown Discography]
recorded May 1967: RLA Sound Studios, New York City
1) The Lady — AJones 9:04
recorded 1968: New York City
1) Large Orchestra Piece 1 — BDixon 29:00
"XP" and "XY" slated for inclusion on Deutsche Grammophon Avant-garde LP (unissued).
recorded June 9, 1969: Studio Saravah, Paris, France
1) Aquarius Suite — BGreene 10:24
recorded June 10, 1969: Paris, France
1) Black Suite — JCoursil 31:00
recorded July 7-8, 1969: Studio Saravah, Paris, France
1) Duke — JCoursil 7:35
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Sunny Murray
ESP 1032
Coursil, Jacques (tr), Graham, Jack (as), Lancaster, Byard (as), Murray, Sunny (drm), Silva, Alan (ab)
2) Hilariously — SMurray 10:22
3) Angels & Devils — JGraham 11:30
4) Giblet — SMurray 8:34
Jacques Coursil — Unissued session
ESP 1062 (unissued)
Ali, Rashied (drm), Brown, Marion (as), Coursil, Jacques (tr), unknown bassist (probably Reggie Johnson)
Frank Wright — Your Prayer
ESP 1053
Ali, Mohamed (drm), Coursil, Jacques (tr), Jones, Arthur (as), Tintweiss, Steve (ab), Wright, Frank (ts)
2) Train Stop — FWright 7:32
3) No End — FWright 6:49
4) Fire of Spirits — FWright 12:31
5) Your Prayer — FWright 15:42
Bill Dixon University of the Streets Orchestra
Unissued/Private tape
Buckingham, John (tuba), Burtis, Sam (trom), Chamberlain, Dave (fl ss), Chiasson, Warren (vib), Clark Sonny (bs),
Coursil, Jacques (tr), Dixon, Bill (tr), Doyle, Arthur (ts), Dunbar, Richard (frhorn), Elrauch, Susan (voc),
Jones, Leo (tr), Rivers, Sam (ss ts), Simmons, Sonny (enghorn), Thornton, Clifford (corn), Waters, Monty (b#-ss),
Watts, Marzette (bcl), Whittaker, Wesley (trom), Witlarge, Leopanar (as), unknown bassist (probably Art Davis)
2) V + VI rehearsal reel — BDixon 17:50
3) "XP" — BDixon 18:00
4) "XY" — BDixon 17:20
[Information on this session was obtained from Dixonia, a Bio-Discography by Ben Young]
Burton Greene — Aquariana
BYG 529 308
Coursil, Jacques (tr #1), Delcloo, Claude (drm), Gewissler, Dieter (ab), Greene, Burton (ap),
Guérin, Beb (ab), Jones, Arthur (as), Malherbe, Didier (fl shenai #2)
2) From "Out of Bartok" — BGreene 5:10
3) Two-One-Two Vibrations — BGreene 19:20
Jacques Coursil — Black Suite
BYG 529 349, America 30 AM 6111
Braxton, Anthony (bcl ss), Coursil, Jacques (tr), Delcloo, Claude (drm perc), Greene, Burton (ap),
Guérin, Beb (ab), Jones, Arthur (as)
Jacques Coursil — Way Ahead
BYG 529 319
Coursil, Jacques (tr), Delcloo, Claude (drm), Guérin, Beb (ab), Jones, Arthur (as)
2) Fidel — JCoursil 10:03
3) Paper — BDixon 18:45