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A Work in progress by Julien Palomo
SPECIAL THANKS :
Marc Chaloin for astute collaboration. – Nothing would have been possible without his long-time research on the subject, especially Sections D & E. Thanks also for careful re-reading.
INVALUABLE THANKS :
Sonny Simmons.
Michael Marcus ; Janet.
Bert Wilson and Nancy Curtis (www.bertwilson.com).
James Bronson Jr. (www.toucherecordings.com).
Jon Klette (www.jazzaway.com).
Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut (The F.M.A. ; NOLABEL).
THANKS :
Derek Styles (www.mkmjazz.com, researcher)
Dick Bowman (www.freejazz.org) for exchanging views.
Al Douglas (www.bug-less.net, composer).
Roy Morris (Homeboy label).
Dan Prothero (www.fogworld.com, artist) for his testimony.
Will Smith (Down Beat).
Rick Lopez’ work on Sam Rivers, Karl-Michael Schneider’s on Marion Brown and Jason Hook’s on Cecil Taylor provided great inspiration.
Last update May 26, 2008
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Artist : born Huey Simmons, August 4, 1933, Sicily Island, LA.
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A. Issued recordings, broadcasts
| Rec. date | Leader | 1st issue | ||
| 1. | 62.11.21 | PRINCE LASHA/SONNY SIMMONS | The Cry! | 1963 |
| 2. | 63.05.00 | P. LASHA/S. SIMMONS/D. CHERRY/C. JORDAN | It Is Revealed | 1963 |
| 3. | 63.07.03 | ERIC DOLPHY | Iron Man ; Conversations | 1964;1969 |
| 4. | 63.05-08(?).00 | BOSSA TRES | Jazz Tempo, Latin Accents | 1965 |
| 5. | 63.08.08 | ELVIN JONES/JIMMY GARRISON | Illumination! | 1963 |
| 6. | 66.08.30 | SONNY SIMMONS | Staying On The Watch | 1966 |
| 7. | 66.12.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Music From The Spheres | 1968 |
| 8. | 67.09.28-29 | PRINCE LASHA/SONNY SIMMONS | Firebirds | 1968 |
| 9. | 68.02.24 | SONNY SIMMONS | Sonny Simmons and the Depth Probers (live rehearsal) | 2007 |
| 10. | 69.00.00 | SONNY SIMMONS/JUMA SULTAN | (rehearsal tape) | 2007 |
| 11. | 69.02.10 | SONNY SIMMONS | Manhattan Egos | 1969 |
| 12. | 69.03.06 | SONNY SIMMONS/+V/A | True Creation from Vibration (live rehearsal) | 2007 |
| 13. | 69.07.31, 69.08.01 | SONNY SIMMONS | Rumasuma | 1970 |
| 14. | 70.07.24 | BERT WILSON/SONNY SIMMONS/+V/A. | The Mystic Rites Of Sound | 2005 |
| 15. | 70.09.20 | PRINCE LASHA/FIREBIRDS | Live at Monterey Jazz Festival Vol.III | 1976 |
| 16. | 70.11.06 | SONNY SIMMONS/MICHAEL WHITE | (Live session) | 2000 |
| 17. | 70.11.24 | SONNY SIMMONS | Burning Spirits | 1971 |
| 18. | 71.00.00 | BERT WILSON/SONNY SIMMONS/+V/A. | Kozmic Communication | 2005 |
| 19. | 71.09.10 | BERT WILSON/SONNY SIMMONS/+V/A | Expanded Universe | 2005 |
| 20. | 71.12.24 | BERT WILSON/SONNY SIMMONS/+V/A. | Christmas With Uncle Sonny | 2004 |
| 21. | 71.12.25 | BERT WILSON/SONNY SIMMONS/+V/A. | Christmas With Uncle Sonny | 2004 |
| 22. | 72.00.00 | BERT WILSON/SONNY SIMMONS/+V/A. | Palo Colorado Suite | 2005 |
| 23. | 72.08.01 | SMILEY WINTERS | “That” Nigger Music | 1976 |
| 24. | 78(?).00.00 | TOWNSEND, TOWNSEND, TOWNSEND AND ROGERS | Townsend, Townsend, Townsend And Rogers | 1979 |
| 25. | 80.03(?).00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Live At The Cheshire Cat | 2006 |
| 26. | 80.04(?).00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Introducing Black Jack Pleasanton | 2008 |
| 27. | 80.04(?).00-81.00.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Introducing Black Jack Pleasanton | 2008 |
| 28. | 80.04(?).00-82.00.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Introducing Black Jack Pleasanton | 2008 |
| 29. | 80.04(?).00-82.00.00 | THE QUAD FORCE | Introducing Black Jack Pleasanton | 2008 |
| 30. | 80.04(?).00-82.00.00 | THE QUAD FORCE | Introducing Black Jack Pleasanton | 2008 |
| 31. | 80.04(?).00-82.00.00 | THE QUAD FORCE+VIOLIN | Introducing Black Jack Pleasanton | 2008 |
| 32. | 80.09(?).00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Live At The Cheshire Cat | 2006 |
| 33. | 82.00.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Introducing Black Jack Pleasanton | 2008 |
| 34. | 82.00.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Introducing Black Jack Pleasanton | 2008 |
| 35. | 82.01.19 | SONNY SIMMONS | Backwoods Suite | 1982 |
| 36. | 82.10.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Global Jungle | 1990 |
| 37. | 87.00.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | (Interview with Michael "Dr. Bop" Anderson) | 2005 |
| 38. | 88.00.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | V/A. Beets : A Collection Of Jazz Songs | 1990 |
| 39. | 91.08.08 | SONNY SIMMONS | SOLO Out Into The Andromeda ; Jewels | 2003;2004 |
| 40. | 92.12.07-08 | SONNY SIMMONS | Ancient Ritual | 1994 |
| 41. | 93.00.00 | THE RHYTHM SECTION | V/A. Home Cookin’ | 1994 |
| 42. | 93.05.00 | RENEGADE SOCIETY | Live In S.F. 1993 | 2001 |
| 43. | 94.11.23-29(?) | SONNY SIMMONS | Live - In Paris | 2002 |
| 44. | 95.06.03 | SONNY SIMMONS | 24th International New Jazz Festival, Moers (radio broadcast) | 1995 |
| 45. | 95.07.06 | SONNY SIMMONS | Live In Montreal 1994 | 2003 |
| 46. | 95.07.28 | HORACE TAPSCOTT/SONNY SIMMONS | Among Friends | 1999 |
| 47. | 95.08.08 | HORACE TAPSCOTT | Recorded Live in La Seyne sur Mer | 2005 |
| 48. | 95.09.02 | SONNY SIMMONS | Jazz Festival Willisau (radio broadcast) | 1995 |
| 49. | 95.12.22-23 | SONNY SIMMONS | American Jungle | 1997 |
| 50. | 96.04.09 | SONNY SIMMONS | Transcendence | 1996 |
| 51. | 96.05.04 | SONNY SIMMONS | Judgment Day | 1996 |
| 52. | 97.00.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Saxophone Legacy | 1997 |
| 53. | 99.05.07 | SONNY SIMMONS/BRANDON EVANS/KEVIN NORTON | Universal Prayer/Survival Skills | 1999 |
| 54. | 99.09.23 | SONNY SIMMONS/ROBERT STEWART | Happy Birthday 'Trane! | 2006 |
| 55. | 01.01.00 | SONNY SIMMONS SONNY SIMMONS/BRANDON EVANS |
Tales Of The Ancient East ; A Salute To Ustad Bismillah Khan | 2001 |
| 56. | 01.02.20 | THE COSMOSAMATICS | The Cosmosamatics | 2001 |
| 57. | 01.05.25 | SONNY SIMMONS | Live At Knitting Factory | 2006 |
| 58. | 01.07(?).00 | TCHANGODEI | Perfekte Leere -> LIEBE | 2002 |
| 59. | 01.07.27-28 | SONNY SIMMONS | Mixolydis | 2002 |
| 60. | 01.08.10, 01.08.27 | THE COSMOSAMATICS | The Cosmosamatics II | 2002 |
| 61. | 01.10.17 | SONNY SIMMONS | Live At Rive De Gier | 2005 |
| 62. | 02.01.29, 02.02.12 | THE COSMOSAMATICS | Cosmosamatics Three (studio) | 2004 |
| 63. | 02.04.00 | SONNY SIMMONS/BRANDON EVANS | Duo 2002 | 2002 |
| 64. | 02.08.06 | RENEGADE SOCIETY | Renegade Society New York 2002 ; La Société de Renégat | 2003 |
| 65. | 03.01.25 | SONNY SIMMONS | SOLO Out Into The Andromeda ; La Société de Renégat | 2003 |
| 66. | 03.02.08 | ANTHONY BRAXTON/SONNY SIMMONS/BRANDON EVANS SEXTET | 2003 | |
| 67. | 03.03.07 | THE COSMOSAMATICS | Cosmosamatics Three (live) | 2004 |
| 68. | 03.03.10 | THE COSMOSAMATICS | Live At Banlieues Bleues | 2003 |
| 69. | 03.03.24-25 | THE COSMOSAMATICS | Magnitudes | 2005 |
| 70. | 03.07.20 | RENEGADE SOCIETY | The Internal Renegade Society NYC 2003 vol.1 | 2004 |
| 71. | 03.09.05 | RENEGADE SOCIETY | The Internal Renegade Society NYC 2003 vol.2 | 2004 |
| 72. | 04.03.09 | SONNY SIMMONS/JEFFREY HAYDEN SHURDUT | The Future Is Ancient | 2004 |
| 73. | 04.04.29 | THE COSMOSAMATICS | Reeds & Birds (live) | 2004 |
| 74. | 04.09.09 | THE COSMOSAMATICS | Reeds & Birds (studio) | 2004 |
| 75. | 04.11.13 | THE COSMOSAMATICS | Zetrons | 2005 |
| 76. | 04.11.22 | THE COSMOSAMATICS | Zetrons | 2005 |
| 77. | 04.11.25 | THE COSMOSAMATICS | Zetrons | 2005 |
| 78. | 04.12.15 | SONNY SIMMONS | The Traveller; I'll See You When You Get There; Last Man Standing | 2005-2007 |
| 79. | 05.01.29-30 | SONNY SIMMONS | The Traveller; I'll See You When You Get There; Last Man Standing | 2005-2007 |
| 80. | 05.03.08 | SONNY SIMMONS | The Traveller; I'll See You When You Get There; Last Man Standing | 2005-2007 |
| 81. | 05.07.10 | SONNY SIMMONS/JEFFREY HAYDEN SHURDUT | Zebulon 1 | 2005 |
| 82. | 05.08.10 | SVEIN OLAV HERSTAD/SONNY SIMMONS | Live At Haugesund International Jazzfestival 2005 | 2006 |
| 83. | 05.11.11 | THE COSMOSAMATICS | Tribute to Charlie Parker and Eric Dolphy (TV broadcast) | 2005 |
| 84. | 05.11.18 | THE COSMOSAMATICS | London Jazz Festival (radio broadcast) | 2005-2006 |
| 85. | 05.12.03 | SONNY SIMMONS/BRUNO GREGOIRE | A True Life Drama | 2005 |
| 86. | 05.12.08 | SONNY SIMMONS | A True Life Drama | 2005 |
| 87. | 05.12.13 | SONNY SIMMONS/BRUNO GREGOIRE | A True Life Drama | 2005 |
| 88. | 06.06.21 | SONNY SIMMONS | (Interview with Jez Nelson) | 2006 |
| 89. | 06.07.29 | SONNY SIMMONS/BRUNO GREGOIRE | Fatherlands | 2006 |
| 90. | 06.08.03 | SONNY SIMMONS/BRUNO GREGOIRE | Fatherlands | 2006 |
| 91. | 06.08.04 | SONNY SIMMONS/BRUNO GREGOIRE | Fatherlands ; Ecstatic Nostalgia | 2006;2007 |
| 92. | 06.08.20 | NILS-OLAV JOHANSEN | My Deal | 2007 |
| 93. | 06.11.02 | THE COSMOSAMATICS | Free Within The Law (studio) | 2008 |
| 94. | 06.11.03 | THE COSMOSAMATICS | Free Within The Law (live) | 2008 |
| 95. | 06.12.12 | SONNY SIMMONS | Ecstatic Nostalgia | 2007 |
| 96. | 07.03.23 | SONNY SIMMONS | Fourth Dimension | 2007 |
| 97. | 07.11.10 | SONNY SIMMONS/BOBBY FEW | Live at L'Atelier Tampon | 2008 |
| 98. | 07.11.17 | SUNNY MURRAY | New Change of the Century Orchestra | 2008 |
| 99. | 07.11.19 | SONNY SIMMONS/TIGHT MEAT | The Wire 25 (podcast) | 2008 |
B. Soundtrack
| Rec. date | Leader | 1st issue | ||
| 100. | 97.12.20 | SONNY SIMMONS/GILBERT SIGRIST | Jours Tranquilles à Sarajevo | 2005 |
C. Documentary films on Sonny Simmons
| Shooting | Director | 1st issue | ||
| 101. | late 80’s, early 90’s | (?) | Everybody Needs A Little Heaven | 1990’s? |
| 102. | 97.00.00 | AL DOUGLAS | The Sonny Simmons Saxophone Workshop | 1997 |
| 103. | 99-00.00.00 | BOB BREWSTER | In Modern Time | 2004 |
| 104. | 01-02.00.00 | BRANDON EVANS | The Multiple Rated-X Truth | 2003 |
| 105. | 02-04.00.00 | FRANÇOIS LUNEL | Together With Sonny Simmons (Life In Paris, Winter 2002) | 2004 |
D. Unissued ; private tapes ; wonders
| Rec. date | Leader | 1st issue | ||
| 106. | 60.00.00 | PRINCE LASHA/SONNY SIMMONS | (TV broadcast) | |
| 107. | 63.05.00 | SONNY ROLLINS | (Unissued recording session) | |
| 108. | 68.00.00 | BILL DIXON | University Of The Streets Orchestra (private tape) | |
| 109. | 70.00.00 | BERT WILSON | Cosmic Communication (private tape) | |
| 110. | 70(?).00.00 | JAMES ZITRO | Zytron Jam (private tape) | |
| 111. | 70.06.19 | BERT WILSON | The Age Of The Mutants (private tape) | |
| 112. | 70.06.23 | BERT WILSON | Berkeley Mutation Center Summer Festival (private tape) | |
| 113. | 70-71(?).12.17 | BERT WILSON | Motational Symphonic Movement (private tape) | |
| 114. | 71.11.28 | BERT WILSON | The Work Is Erected For The Glory Of God - & To Groove Mankind (private tape) | |
| 115. | 72.00.00 | BERT WILSON | (Private tape) | |
| 116. | 74.00.00 | BERT WILSON | (Private tape) | |
| 117. | 74.04.30 | BERT WILSON | In Old Topanga (private tape) | |
| 118. | 80.07.08 | BIG BLACK/SONNY SIMMONS | Live at Kuumbwa Jazz Center (private tape) | |
| 119. | 80.00.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Live in Oakland (private tape) | |
| 120. | 80(?).00.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Quad Force (private tape) | |
| 121. | 80-81.00.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Kirk Hedyt Tapes #3 (private tape) | |
| 122. | 81.00.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | (Rehearsal tape) | |
| 123. | 81.00.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Live at the Scarab (1) (private tape) | |
| 124. | 81.00.00 | HI TIDE HARRIS | (Unissued recording session) | |
| 125. | 82.00.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Trio 82 (private tape) | |
| 126. | 82.00.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Live at the Scarab (2) (private tape) | |
| 127. | 86.10.04 | SONNY SIMMONS AND HIS AMERICAN JUNGLE BAND | Live at First On First Club (private tape) | |
| 128. | 88(?).00.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Shipwrecked (unissued recording session) | |
| 129. | 88.00.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Duo (private tape) | |
| 130. | 93(?).00.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | (Unissued recording session) | |
| 131. | 93.00.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Live at Espace (private VHS) | |
| 132. | 95.07.11-16 | SONNY SIMMONS | Live at the Iridium (private tape) | |
| 133. | 96.06.29 | SONNY SIMMONS | Live at the Knitting Factory (private tape) | |
| 134. | 97.04.18 | SONNY SIMMONS/SUNNY MURRAY | Live at the Studio des Islettes (private tape) | |
| 135. | 97.10.00 | OLIVER LAKE/SONNY SIMMONS | Live in the Netherlands (private tape) | |
| 136. | 97.12.20 | SONNY SIMMONS/GILBERT SIGRIST | Jours Tranquilles à Sarajevo (outtakes) | |
| 137. | 99.05.00 | NEW MILLENIUM SAXOPHONE ORCHESTRA | (Unissued recording session) | |
| 138. | 00.02.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | (Unissued recording session) | |
| 139. | 00.02.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Live at De Fremey Park (private tape) | |
| 140. | 01.10.00 | SONNY SIMMONS | Live in Avignon (private VHS) | |
| 141. | 01.10.23-24 | SONNY SIMMONS | Live at Sunside Club (private VHS) | |
| 142. | 02.06.01 | THE COSMOSAMATICS | Live at Vision Festival (private tape) | |
| 143. | 05.04.00 | SONNY SIMMONS/HI-FI | Intent Blue Room (unissued recording session) |
E. Shows : the sessionography (coming soon)
F. Covers, tributes
| Rec. date | Leader | 1st issue | ||
| 77.07.01-03 | PAUL BLEY | Axis ("Music Matador") | 1977 | |
| 83.00.00 | PRINCE LASHA | And Now Music ("Music Matador") | 1983 | |
| 83.06.29 | PAUL BLEY | Tears ("Music Matador") | 1983 | |
| 86.03.26 | PAUL BLEY/JESPER LUNDGAARD | Live ("Music Matador") | 1986 | |
| 93.08.00 | PAUL BLEY/JANE BUNNETT | Double Time ("Music Matador") | 1994 | |
| 98.00.00 | BRUCE ACKLEY | The Hearing ("Juggernault") | 1999 | |
| 99.08.00 | OLIVER LAKE | Kinda' Up ("Land Of The Freaks") | 2000 | |
| 00.00.00 | NOUVELLE | Free Bossa ("Music Matador") | 2000 | |
| 05.04.05 | PRINCE LASHA | The Mystery Of Prince Lasha ("Ornette, Captain Hornblower", a.k.a. "Music Matador") | 2006 | |
| 05.12.07-17 | JAZZMOB | Machine Infernale ("One For Simmons") | 2006 | |
A work in progress, © Julien Palomo, June 2008
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