Charles Tolliver Leader Entry



Generated on Sat, Mar 08, 2008



Date: March 28, 1965
Location: Village Gate, New York City
Label: Impulse!

Charles Tolliver (ldr), James Spaulding (as), Charles Tolliver (t), Bobby Hutcherson (vib), Cecil McBee (b), Billy Higgins (d)

a.90378Brilliant Corners - 9:50  (Thelonious Monk)
     Impulse! LP 12": A-90 — The New Wave In Jazz   
b.90448Plight - 13:12  (Charles Tolliver)
Both titles on:      GRP/Impulse! CD: GRD 137 — The New Wave In Jazz   (1994)

Date: July 2, 1968
Location: Town Sound Studios, Englewood, NJ
Label: Freedom

Charles Tolliver (ldr), Gary Bartz (as), Charles Tolliver (t), Herbie Hancock (p), Ron Carter (b), Joe Chambers (d)

a.a-01Earl's World - 4:23  (Charles Tolliver)
b.a-02Peace With Myself - 9:37  (Charles Tolliver)
c.a-03Right Now - 5:47  (Charles Tolliver)
d.b-01Household Of Saud - 6:06  (Charles Tolliver)
e.b-02Lil's Paradise - 7:05  (Charles Tolliver)
f.b-03Paper Man - 6:11  (Charles Tolliver)
All titles on:      Arista/Freedom LP 12": AL 1002 — Paper Man   (1975)

Gary Bartz (as) on d-f.


Date: March 21, 1969
Location: De Hertenkamp, Laren, Netherlands
Label: [radio broadcast]

Charles Tolliver (ldr), Charles Tolliver (t), Slide Hampton (tb), Frans Elsen (p), Rob Langereis (b), Peter Ypma (d)

a.A Day In Vienna  (Slide Hampton)

Date: June 2, 1969
Location: Polydor Studios, London, England
Label: Freedom

Charles Tolliver (ldr), Charles Tolliver (t), Stanley Cowell (p), Steve Novosel (b), Jimmy Hopps (d)

a.a-01Plight - 7:09  (Charles Tolliver)
b.a-02On The Nile - 12:31  (Charles Tolliver)
c.b-01The Ringer - 5:46  (Charles Tolliver)
d.b-02Mother Wit - 8:46  (Charles Tolliver)
e.b-03Spur - 5:02  (Charles Tolliver)
All titles on:      Black Lion CD: BLCD 760174 — The Ringer   (1992)

Date: May 1, 1970
Location: Slugs', New York City
Label: Strata-East

Charles Tolliver (ldr), Charles Tolliver (t), Stanley Cowell (p), Cecil McBee (b), Jimmy Hopps (d)

a.a-01Drought - 9:04  (Charles Tolliver)
     Strata-East LP 12": SES 1972 — Live At Slugs' Volume 1   (1972)
b.a-02Felicite - 8:05  (Cecil McBee)
     Strata-East LP 12": SES 1972 — Live At Slugs' Volume 1   (1972)
c.b-01Orientale - 17:32  (Stanley Cowell)
     Strata-East LP 12": SES 1972 — Live At Slugs' Volume 1   (1972)
d.c-01Spanning - 8:24  (Charles Tolliver)
     Strata-East LP 12": SES 19720 — Live At Slugs' Volume 2   
e.c-02Wilpan's [aka Wilpan's Walk] - 10:35  (Cecil McBee)
     Strata-East LP 12": SES 19720 — Live At Slugs' Volume 2   
f.d-01Our Second Father - 13:20  (Charles Tolliver)
     Strata-East LP 12": SES 19720 — Live At Slugs' Volume 2   
g.On The Nile - 13:33  (Charles Tolliver)
h.Ruthie's Heart - 18:46  (Charles Tolliver)
i.Repetition - 8:51  (Neal Hefti)
All titles on:      Mosaic CD: MS 020 — Mosaic Select 20 - Charles Tolliver   

Group known as Music Inc.


Date: November 11, 1970
Location: New York City
Label: Strata-East

Charles Tolliver (ldr), Bobby Brown (f), Wilbur Brown, Jimmy Heath, Clifford Jordan (f, ts), Howard Johnson (bar, tu), Lorenzo Greenwich, Virgil Jones, Danny Moore, Charles Tolliver, Richard Williams (t), Garnett Brown, Curtis Fuller, John Gordon, Dick Griffin (tb), Stanley Cowell (p), Cecil McBee (b), Jimmy Hopps (d)

a.a-01Ruthie's Heart - 6:12  (Charles Tolliver)
b.a-02Brilliant Circles - 4:48  (Stanley Cowell)
c.a-03Abscretions - 6:58  (Stanley Cowell)
d.b-01Household Of Saud - 6:38  (Charles Tolliver)
e.b-02On The Nile - 9:48  (Charles Tolliver)
f.b-03Departure - 5:00  (Stanley Cowell)
All titles on:      Strata-East LP 12": SES 1971 — Music Inc.   (1971)

Date: March 23, 1972
Location: Domicile, Munchen, Germany
Label: Enja

Charles Tolliver (ldr), Charles Tolliver (fh), Stanley Cowell (p), Ron Mathewson (b), Alvin Queen (d)

a.a-01Impact - 7:58  (Charles Tolliver)
b.a-02Brilliant Circles - 15:48  (Stanley Cowell)
c.b-01Truth - 9:06  (Charles Tolliver)
     Enja CD: SPE 0907-2 — Jazzthing   (2007)
d.b-02Prayer For Peace - 15:56  (Stanley Cowell)
All titles on:      Enja LP 12": 2016 ST — Impact   

Date: August 9, 1972
Location: Loosdrecht Jazz Festival, Loosdrecht, Netherlands
Label: Strata-East

Charles Tolliver (ldr), Charles Tolliver (t, fh), John Hicks (p), Reggie Workman (b), Alvin Queen (d)

a.a-01Grand Max - 11:22  (Charles Tolliver)
b.a-02Truth - 11:06  (Charles Tolliver)
c.b-01Prayer For Peace - 15:15  (Stanley Cowell)
d.c-01Our Second Father - 16:40  (Charles Tolliver)
e.d-01Repetition - 13:10  (Neal Hefti)
All titles on:      Strata-East LP 12": SES 19740/1 — Live At The Loosdrecht Jazz Festival   (1973)
     Black Lion CD: BLCD 760145 — Grand Max   (1990)

Recorded by N.O.S. Radio, Hilversum, Netherlands.


Date: December 7, 1973
Location: Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Label: Strata-East

Charles Tolliver (ldr), Charles Tolliver (t), Stanley Cowell (p), Clint Houston (b), Clifford Barbaro (d)

a.a-01Drought - 12:18  (Charles Tolliver)
     Strata-East LP 12": SES 19745 — Live In Tokyo   
b.a-02Stretch - 10:39  (Charles Tolliver)
     Strata-East LP 12": SES 19745 — Live In Tokyo   
c.b-01Truth - 7:04  (Charles Tolliver)
     Strata-East LP 12": SES 19745 — Live In Tokyo   
d.b-02Effi - 10:43  (Stanley Cowell)
     Strata-East LP 12": SES 19745 — Live In Tokyo   
e.b-03'Round Midnight - 8:36  (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen)
     Strata-East LP 12": SES 19745 — Live In Tokyo   
f.Impact - 7:28  (Charles Tolliver)
g.Our Second Father - 20:15  (Charles Tolliver)
h.Earl's World - 6:24  (Charles Tolliver)
All titles on:      Mosaic CD: MS 020 — Mosaic Select 20 - Charles Tolliver   

Group known as Music Inc.


Date: January 17, 1975
Label: Strata-East

Charles Tolliver (ldr), James Spaulding (f, as), Harold Vick (f, ss, ts), Charles McPherson (as), George Coleman (ts), Charles Davis (bar), Jon Faddis, Lorenzo Greenwich, Virgil Jones, Jimmy Owens, Richard Williams (t), Charles Tolliver (t, fh, con), Garnett Brown, John Gordon, Kiane Zawadi (tb), Jack Jeffers (btb), Stanley Cowell (p), Clint Houston, Cecil McBee, Reggie Workman (b), Clifford Barbaro (d), Warren Smith (chi, per), Big Black, Billy Parker (per), Winston Collymore, Noel Da Costa, Gayle Dixon, Noel Pointer (vn), Julius Miller, Ashley Richardson (vl), Akua (Pat) Dixon, Edith Wint Porter (vc)

a.a-01Impact - 7:57  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver
b.a-02Mother Wit - 8:22  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver
c.a-03Grand Max - 6:20  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver
d.b-01Plight - 9:47  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver
e.b-02Lynnsome - 7:23  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver
f.b-03Mournin' Variations - 8:06  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver
All titles on:      Strata-East LP 12": SES 19757 — Impact   (1975)

Clint Houston (b) on c-d; Cecil McBee (b) on a, e; Reggie Workman (b) on b, f; Warren Smith (chi) on a, f; (per) on a, f; Big Black (per) on a, e-f; Billy Parker (per) on a, f.


Date: November 10, 1976
Location: Mozartsaal, Wien, Austria
Label: [radio broadcast]

Charles Tolliver (ldr), Charles Tolliver (t), Nathen Page (g), Sonny Brown (d)

a.01'Round Midnight - 9:05  (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen)
b.02The Ringer - 16:31  (Charles Tolliver)

Date: November 1977
Location: Paris, France
Label: Baystate

Charles Tolliver (ldr), Charles Tolliver (t), Nathen Page (g), Steve Novosel (b), Alvin Queen (d)

a.a-01Earl's World - 13:10  (Charles Tolliver)
b.a-02Impact - 5:33  (Charles Tolliver)
c.b-01Compassion - 10:50  (Charles Tolliver)
d.b-02Truth - 9:42  (Charles Tolliver)
All titles on:      Strata-East LP 12": SES 8001 — Compassion   (1980)

Date: February 1979
Location: Funkhaus des NDR Studio, Hamburg, Germany
Label: [radio broadcast]

Charles Tolliver (ldr), Herb Geller (as), Benny Bailey (t, fh), Charles Tolliver (t), Wolfgang Schlüter (vib), Wolfgang Dauner (p), Lucas Lindholm (b), Alvin Queen (d)

a.01Impact - 8:08  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver
b.02Grand Max - 6:14  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver
c.03Lynnsome - 7:13  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver
d.04Rejoicin' - 7:45  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver
e.05Ruthie's Heart - 8:46  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver
f.06Mother Wit - 7:09  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver
g.07Plight - 5:33  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver

Date: July 21 & 22, 1988
Location: Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany
Label: Strata-East

Charles Tolliver (ldr), Charles Tolliver (t), Alain Jean-Marie (p), Ugonna Okegwa (b), Ralph Van Duncan (d)

a.Ruthie's Heart - 16:17  (Charles Tolliver)
     Strata-East CD: SECD 9003 — Live In Berlin At The Quasimodo, Volume 1   (1990)
b.Ah, I See - 9:41  (Charles Tolliver)
     Strata-East CD: SECD 9003 — Live In Berlin At The Quasimodo, Volume 1   (1990)
c.Stretch - 16:07  (Charles Tolliver)
     Strata-East CD: SECD 9003 — Live In Berlin At The Quasimodo, Volume 1   (1990)
d.On The Nile - 16:37  (Charles Tolliver)
     Strata-East CD: SECD 9003 — Live In Berlin At The Quasimodo, Volume 1   (1990)
e.Toughin' - 7:24  (Charles Tolliver)
     Strata-East CD: SECD 9013 — Live In Berlin At The Quasimodo, Volume 2   (1992)
f.Drought - 8:57  (Charles Tolliver)
     Strata-East CD: SECD 9013 — Live In Berlin At The Quasimodo, Volume 2   (1992)
g.For Love Of What - 9:08  (Charles Tolliver)
     Strata-East CD: SECD 9013 — Live In Berlin At The Quasimodo, Volume 2   (1992)
h.Impact - 11:14  (Charles Tolliver)
     Strata-East CD: SECD 9013 — Live In Berlin At The Quasimodo, Volume 2   (1992)
i.In The Trenches - 7:12  (Charles Tolliver)
     Strata-East CD: SECD 9013 — Live In Berlin At The Quasimodo, Volume 2   (1992)

Date: February 13, 1992
Location: Berlin, Germany
Label: [radio broadcast]

Charles Tolliver (ldr), Charles Tolliver (t), Alain Jean-Marie (p), Ugonna Okegwa (b), Ralf van Drunken (d)

a.[unknown titles]  (Composer Unknown)

Details need confirmation. Five unknown titles: 7:24/8:57/9:08/11:14/7:13.


Date: July 21, 2004
Location: Pori Jazz Festival - Porin Teatteri, Pori, Finland
Label: [private recording]

Charles Tolliver (ldr), James Spaulding (f, as), Bill Saxton (ss), Antonio Hart (as), Craig Handy (ts), Howard Johnson (bar), David Guy, Keyon Harrold, Brian Lynch, Charles Tolliver, David Weiss (t), Stafford Hunter, Jason Jackson, Aaron Johnson (tb), Sergei Sokolov (p), Cecil McBee (b), Ralph Peterson (d)

a.01Ruthie's Heart - 13:10  (Charles Tolliver)
b.02Mournin' Variations - 20:29  (Charles Tolliver)
c.03On The Nile - 14:45  (Charles Tolliver)

Additional selection: #4 (12:31) - title unknown.


Date: June 2 & 3, 2006
Location: New York City
Label: Mosaic

Charles Tolliver (ldr), Craig Handy (pic, f, cl, ss, as), Todd Bashore (f, cl, as), Bill Saxton (cl, ss, ts), Howard Johnson (bcl, cac, bar), Billy Harper (ts), Chris Albert, David Guy, Keyon Harrold, Charles Tolliver, David Weiss, James Zollar (t), Joe Fielder, Clark Gayton, Stafford Hunter, Jason Jackson (tb), Aaron Johnson (btb, tu), Ched Tolliver (g), Stanley Cowell, Robert Glasper (p), Cecil McBee (b), Victor Lewis (d)

a.01Rejoicin' - 6:19  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver
     Blue Note CD: 0946 3 69315 2 4 — With Love   (2007)
b.02With Love - 9:24  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver
     Blue Note CD: 0946 3 69315 2 4 — With Love   (2007)
c.03'Round Midnight - 9:08  (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) / arr: Charles Tolliver
     Blue Note CD: 0946 3 69315 2 4 — With Love   (2007)
d.04Mournin' Variations - 10:55  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver
     Blue Note CD: 0946 3 69315 2 4 — With Love   (2007)
e.05Right Now - 6:29  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver
     Blue Note CD: 0946 3 69315 2 4 — With Love   (2007)
f.06Suspicion - 8:36  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver
     Blue Note CD: 0946 3 69315 2 4 — With Love   (2007)
g.07Hit The Spot - 8:06  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver
     Blue Note CD: 0946 3 69315 2 4 — With Love   (2007)
h.On The Nile  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver

Keyon Harrold (t) on a, c, g-h; James Zollar (t) on b, d-f; Joe Fielder (tb) on c, h; Clark Gayton (tb) on a-b, d-g; Ched Tolliver (g) on f.

Cowell performed on June 2 and Glasper on June 3, but specfic date/track information is unclear.


Date: November 19, 2007
Location: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK
Label: [radio broadcast]

Charles Tolliver (ldr), Todd Bashore, Bruce Williams (as), Billy Harper, Bill Saxton (ts), Howard Johnson (bar), Chris Albert, Keyon Harrold, Frederick Hendrix, Charles Tolliver, David Weiss (t), Stafford Hunter, Jason Jackson (tb), Aaron Johnson (btb), Kirk Lightsey (p), Reggie Johnson (b), Gene Jackson (d)

a.01On The Nile - 19:23  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver
b.02'Round Midnight - 9:47  (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) / arr: Charles Tolliver
c.03Toughin' - 17:41  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver
d.04Suspicion - 13:36  (Charles Tolliver) / arr: Charles Tolliver

Broadcast on BBC radio on November 23, 2007.