Selected Discography

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As a Leader

The Traveler
Quest (Sunnyside Record SSC 1058)
A New Beginning (Gramavision 18-8808)
Adventures Of The Heart (Gramavision 18-8705)
Twinkling Of An Eye (Gramavision 18-8501)
Maiden Dance (Gramavision GR 8309)

With McCoy Tyner

Horizon (Milestones M-9094)
La Leyenda de la Hora (Columbia FC37375)
N.Y. - Montreux Connection (Columbia FC 37652)

With Sumi Tonooka

Kindred Spirits(Spirit Records)

With Grover Washington, Jr.

Live At The Bijou (Kudo KUX 3637M2)
Reed Seed (Motown M7 910R1)
Baddest (Motown M9940A2)
Paradise (Electra 6E182)

With Archie Shepp

Attica Blues (Impulse AS-9222)
Cry of My People (Impulse AS-9231)

With Avery Sharpe

Avery Sharpe & John Blake Duo Epic Ebony Journey(JKNM Records AS89893)

With James Newton

James Newton (Gramavision GR 8205)
Luella (Gramavision GR 8304)
African Flower (Blue Note BT 85109)

With Steve Turre

Fire & Ice (Stash Records ST-CD-7)
Right There (Antilles Records 314-510040-2)

With Others

7 In 7 Out (Rainbow RR 2010)
The Young Lions Featured as one of 17 "Exceptional Young Musicians" at Carnegie Hall Kool Jazz Festival, 1982. (Electra/Musician 60196-1)
Love Survives Jay Hoggard (Gramavision GR 8204)
Flying Out Cecil McBee (India Navigation In 1053)
Children of the Fires Marvin Peterson (Sunrise 1944)
A Tear and a Smile Catalyst (Muse 5069)
Unity Catalyst (Muse 5042)
Unlock the Funk Locksmith (Arista AB4274)
The String Summit One World in Eight (MPS 0068.275)
You Are My Starship Norman Connors (Buddah 0698)
Quartet Indigo Quartet Indigo (Landmark Records LCD 1536-2)