American jazz trombonist
Musical artist
Glenn Ferris
Glenn Ferris, left
Birth name Glenn Arthur Ferris Born (1950-06-27 ) June 27, 1950 (age 75) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres Jazz , rock, popOccupation Musician Instrument Trombone Show more
Glenn Arthur Ferris (born June 27, 1950) is an American jazz trombonist who has also worked in other fields. Outside of jazz he has played for Frank Zappa , Stevie Wonder , James Taylor , and Duran Duran .
He studied classical music from 1958 to 1967, but from 1964 onward he also studied jazz with Don Ellis , performing all of the trombone solos on three albums ("Ferris Wheel" was written for him by Don Ellis).[ 1] Tony Scott , Brotherhood of Breath , and Henri Texier . He has led a trio and a quintet[ 2] Conservatoire de Paris .
A Live in Paris with Collectif Planete Carree (RCA Victor, 1980)Flesh and Stone (Enja, 1994)Palatino with Romano/Benito/Fresu (Label Bleu, 1995)Face Lift (Enja, 1996)Refugees (Enja, 1997)Chrominance (Enja, 2001)Here and Now with BFG (Naïve, 2001)Air with Mirabassi/Boltro (Sketch, 2003)Skin Me! (Naive, 2004)X Actimo! (Naive, 2006)Ferris Wheel (Enja, 2009)Live in L.A. with Bobby Bradford (Clean Feed, 2011)Now or Never with BFG (Naive, 2013)With Palatino
Tempo (Label Bleu, 1998)Palatino Chap. 3 (EmArcy, 2001)Back in Town (Naive, 2011)With Billy Cobham
With Don Ellis
With Steve Lacy
With Peter Schärli
Tomorrow (Enja, 1992)Blues for the Beast (Enja, 1997)Guilty (Enja, 2001)Avo Session (TCB, 2011)Purge (Enja, 2015)With Henri Texier
An Indian's Week (Label Bleu, 1993)Mosaic Man (Label Bleu, 1998)Strings' Spirit (Label Bleu, 2002)With Jack Walrath
With others
Karen Alexander , Voyager (Asylum, 1978)Sophie Alour , Time for Love (Music from Source 2017)Barry Altschul , That's Nice Atlantik , Songe Yo (Sonodisc, 1993)Average White Band , AWB Stéphane Belmondo & Yusef Lateef , Influence (B.Flat, 2005)Tim Berne , The Five-Year Plan (Empire, 1979)The Brothers Johnson , Look Out for #1 (A&M, 1976)Hughes de Courson , DecOdeX (Philips, 1996)Franco D'Andrea , Flavours (Penta Flowers 1992)Bill Deraime , Tout Recommencait (EastWest 1994)George Duke , Save the Country (Liberty, 1970)George Duke, From Me to You (Epic, 1977)
Duran Duran , Big Thing (EMI, 1988)Jean-Luc Fillon , Echoes of Ellington (Cristal, 2006)Dave Frishberg , Where You at? (Bloomdido, 1991)Vinny Golia , Live at the Century City Playhouse Los Angeles 1979 (Dark Tree, 2017)Henri Guedon , Afro Blue (Le Chant du Monde, 1982)Henri Guedon, Afro Temple (Le Chant du Monde, 1984)
Polo Hofer , Rutmus, Bluus + Schnalli Schue! (Schnoutz, 1988)Angelique Kidjo , Parakou (Island, 1989)Didier Levallet , Generations (Evidence, 1992)Franck Monnet , Les Embellies (Tot Ou Tard, 2000)Moni Bile , Bijou (Toure Jim's 1982)Alphonse Mouzon , Distant Lover (Highrise, 1982)Alphonse Mouzon, Back to Jazz (Optimism, 1988)
Youssou N'Dour , The Guide (Columbia, 1994)Buell Neidlinger , Marty Krystall, Archie Shepp, Glenn Ferris, Marty's Garage (K2B2, 1983)James Newton , Flute Music (1977)Jay Oliver , Dance of the Robot People (Akono, 1982)Orchestre National de Jazz /Antoine Herve , O.N.J. 87 (Label Bleu, 1988)Roberto Ottaviano , Astrolabio (Dodicilune, 2015)Luna Parker , Le Challenge Des Espoirs (Barclay, 1987)Luna Parker, Felin Pour L'Autre (Barclay, 1988)
Bonnie Raitt , Takin' My Time (Warner Bros., 1973)Dede Saint Prix , Kannel (New Deal, 1989)Dede Saint Prix, Leve Arrete Ton Delire (Sonodisc, 1991)
Veronique Sanson , Allah (WEA, 1988)Veronique Sanson, Moi, Le Venin (WEA, 1988)
Martial Solal , Big Band (CY, 1984)Tabou Combo , Tabou Combo Super Stars (Tabou Combo and Tapes 1979)Gianmaria Testa , Lampo (Le Chant du Monde, 2007)Francky Vincent , Manze Lola (Bleu Caraibes, 1988)Dennis Wilson , Pacific Ocean (Blue Caribou, 2008)Stevie Wonder , Songs in the Key of Life
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