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Cecil McBee
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<h2 id="biography">Biography</h2> <h3>Early life and career</h3> <p>McBee was born in <a href="/facts/Tulsa%2c_Oklahoma/2s2CcSHe">Tulsa, Oklahoma</a>, United States.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> He studied clarinet at school, but switched to bass at the age of 17, and began playing in local nightclubs.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> After gaining a music degree from <a href="/facts/Ohio_Central_State_University/ko0aWujy">Ohio Central State University</a>, McBee spent two years in the <a href="/facts/United_States_Army/WACWBEK9">U.S. Army</a>, during which time he conducted the band at <a href="/facts/Fort_Knox/KDeFoEJm">Fort Knox</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> In 1959, he played with <a href="/facts/Dinah_Washington/xDtpln10">Dinah Washington</a>, and in 1962 he moved to <a href="/facts/Detroit/S84s4PGo">Detroit</a>, <a href="/facts/Michigan/bCurmfT2">Michigan</a>, where he worked with <a href="/facts/Paul_Winter/H4Iw9S3m">Paul Winter</a>'s <a href="/facts/Folk-rock/Q9zErsfh">folk-rock</a> ensemble between 1963 and 1964.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h3>New York</h3> <p>His jazz career began to take off in the mid-1960s, after he moved to <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York</a>, when he began playing and recording with a number of significant musicians including <a href="/facts/Miles_Davis/sywS2Krc">Miles Davis</a>, <a href="/facts/Andrew_Hill_(jazz_musician)/k2ACYez9">Andrew Hill</a>, <a href="/facts/Sam_Rivers_(jazz_musician)/RlCwNdIf">Sam Rivers</a>, <a href="/facts/Jackie_McLean/VPf4P31P">Jackie McLean</a> (1964), <a href="/facts/Wayne_Shorter/HuBSFcLF">Wayne Shorter</a> (1965–66), <a href="/facts/Charles_Lloyd_(jazz_musician)/HnABUkpd">Charles Lloyd</a> (1966), <a href="/facts/Yusef_Lateef/1pIgXIRs">Yusef Lateef</a> (1967–69), <a href="/facts/Keith_Jarrett/GhJqcQeV">Keith Jarrett</a>, <a href="/facts/Freddie_Hubbard/cNmVWhr2">Freddie Hubbard</a> and <a href="/facts/Woody_Shaw/2S3592c8">Woody Shaw</a> (1986), and <a href="/facts/Alice_Coltrane/PX3fFwpt">Alice Coltrane</a> (1969–72).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h3>Later career</h3> <p>In the 2000s, McBee unsuccessfully sued a Japanese company that opened a chain of stores under his name.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>He was an artist in residence at <a href="/facts/Harvard/Lhy9L1cx">Harvard</a> from 2010 to 2011.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> He teaches at the <a href="/facts/New_England_Conservatory/vTBtSm5R">New England Conservatory</a> in Boston, Massachusetts. </p> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li>1991 he was inducted into the <a href="/facts/Oklahoma_Jazz_Hall_of_Fame/PPxqMed1">Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame</a>.</li></ul> <h3>Grammys</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Blues_for_Coltrane%3a_A_Tribute_to_John_Coltrane/QHIaf7WS">Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane</a></i> (MCA, 1987), <a href="/facts/Pharoah_Sanders/Im1qUstn">Pharoah Sanders</a>/<a href="/facts/David_Murray_(saxophonist)/V6WRKA9e">David Murray</a>/<a href="/facts/McCoy_Tyner/TqnzopBj">McCoy Tyner</a>/Cecil McBee/<a href="/facts/Roy_Haynes/N83PF2sL">Roy Haynes</a> – Winner, Best instrumental performance, individual or group, Grammy Awards, 1988.</li></ul> <h2 id="discography">Discography</h2> <h3>As leader/co-leader</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Mutima/tRMwvWpQ">Mutima</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Strata-East_Records/ENXw1MP2">Strata-East</a>, 1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Alternate_Spaces/k4H0U2Q7">Alternate Spaces</a></i> (Bomba, 1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Music_from_the_Source/PMd6w2JH">Music from the Source</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Enja_Records/FCLBK0Ww">Enja</a>, 1977 [1978])</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Compassion_(Cecil_McBee_album)/TAVz7KsM">Compassion</a></i> (Enja, 1977 [1979])</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Flying_Out/cPulxAv0">Flying Out</a></i> (India Navigation, 1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Roots_of_Blue/m5Aw9pGU">Roots of Blue</a></i> (RPR, 1986) – duets with <a href="/facts/Muhal_Richard_Abrams/vJIIp04c">Muhal Richard Abrams</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Unspoken_(Cecil_McBee_album)/yj41MJ5d">Unspoken</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Palmetto_Records/RCm9TaUU">Palmetto</a>, 1996 [1997])</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Tribal_Ghost/WQrCP2Km">Tribal Ghost</a></i> (<a href="/facts/NoBusiness_Records/vE9UGbl8">NoBusiness</a>, 2007 [2013]) with <a href="/facts/John_Tchicai/kGszVBCt">John Tchicai</a>, Charlie Kohlhase, Garrison Fewell, and <a href="/facts/Billy_Hart/jSR8HF1n">Billy Hart</a></li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Almanac_(band)/gFCUhbpt">Almanac</a> (<a href="/facts/Mike_Nock/xjG1vl6u">Mike Nock</a>, <a href="/facts/Bennie_Maupin/mVrCUgF3">Bennie Maupin</a>, McBee, <a href="/facts/Eddie_Marshall/RR4Ts8RW">Eddie Marshall</a>) </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Almanac_(Almanac_album)/eFcbBBPJ">Almanac</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Improvising_Artists/0aJdcPGG">Improvising Artists</a>, 1967 [1977])</li></ul> <h3>As sideman</h3> <p>With <a href="/facts/George_Adams_(musician)/A7mwGHsg">George Adams</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/America_(George_Adams_album)/lS1pSAqv">America</a></i> (Blue Note, 1990)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Ray_Anderson_(musician)/vTTB0hdT">Ray Anderson</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Old_Bottles_-_New_Wine/PVm7YFwc">Old Bottles - New Wine</a></i> (Enja, 1985)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Chet_Baker/f2NC6oUa">Chet Baker</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Blues_for_a_Reason/w5KAIGQf">Blues for a Reason</a></i> (Criss Cross Jazz, 1985)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Bill_Barron_(musician)/ljvtgqPq">Bill Barron</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Live_at_Cobi%2527s_2/w0GX1Lss">Live at Cobi's 2</a></i> (SteepleChase, 1985 [2006])</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Kenny_Barron/fFDyQARH">Kenny Barron</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Landscape_(Kenny_Barron_album)/JUxeuYwt">Landscape</a></i> (Baystate, 1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/What_If%253F_(Kenny_Barron_album)/V487HedT">What If?</a></i> (Enja, 1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Live_at_Fat_Tuesdays/zBTeYtAj">Live at Fat Tuesdays</a></i> (Enja, 1988)</li></ul> <p>With the <a href="/facts/Bob_Thiele_Collective/dM975s7j">Bob Thiele Collective</a> </p> <ul><li><i>Sunrise Sunset</i> (Red Baron, 1990)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Joanne_Brackeen/0TH9EX61">Joanne Brackeen</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Snooze_(album)/k6s914ml">Snooze</a></i> (Choice, 1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Tring-a-Ling/FKYS9wrY">Tring-a-Ling</a></i> (Choice, 1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Havin%2527_Fun/uU3dtyY1">Havin' Fun</a></i> (Concord Jazz, 1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Fi-Fi_Goes_to_Heaven/AuKWfkuL">Fi-Fi Goes to Heaven</a></i> (Concord Jazz, 1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Turnaround_(Joanne_Brackeen_album)/ndtwHISb">Turnaround</a></i> (Evidence, 1992)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Dollar_Brand/gt30j2Hr">Dollar Brand</a> </p> <ul><li><i>African Space Program</i> (Enja, 1973)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Anthony_Braxton/IwH9vPlM">Anthony Braxton</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Eight_(%252B3)_Tristano_Compositions%2c_1989%3a_For_Warne_Marsh/zfzAdowy">Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions, 1989: For Warne Marsh</a></i> (hatArt, 1989)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Roy_Brooks/DhSc3IXs">Roy Brooks</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/The_Free_Slave/hrSuf8Xb">The Free Slave</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Muse_Records/PkxFTP7b">Muse</a>, 1970 [1972])</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Joe_Chambers/xMhSw72U">Joe Chambers</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/The_Almoravid/PD7Dwns1">The Almoravid</a></i> (Muse, 1974)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Alice_Coltrane/PX3fFwpt">Alice Coltrane</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Journey_in_Satchidananda/4zKuJRh2">Journey in Satchidananda</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Impulse!_Records/xtE4CkVr">Impulse!</a>, 1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Carnegie_Hall_%252771/CoKjtX2f">Carnegie Hall '71</a></i> (Hi Hat, 2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Carnegie_Hall_Concert_(Alice_Coltrane_album)/RR9phKsX">The Carnegie Hall Concert</a></i> (Impulse!, 2024)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Junior_Cook/poFNTvYB">Junior Cook</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Pressure_Cooker_(album)/NRfyyGry">Pressure Cooker</a></i> (Catalyst, 1977)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Stanley_Cowell/Ruq07nqp">Stanley Cowell</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Equipoise_(Stanley_Cowell_album)/IfGQ7Nnp">Equipoise</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Galaxy_Records/0hsrzGar">Galaxy</a>, 1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Close_to_You_Alone/HhqBoM8p">Close to You Alone</a></i> (<a href="/facts/DIW_Records/DKULQys3">DIW</a>, 1990)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Ted_Curson/5tWToMFs">Ted Curson</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Blue_Piccolo/E4nQCCrF">Blue Piccolo</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Whynot_Records/B3e5dKy4">Whynot</a>, 1976)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Ricky_Ford/B6aHy6aj">Ricky Ford</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Looking_Ahead_(Ricky_Ford_album)/slWc8aeL">Looking Ahead</a></i> (Muse. 1986)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Chico_Freeman/S6TVdutp">Chico Freeman</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Morning_Prayer_(album)/JbYGgldP">Morning Prayer</a></i> (India Navigation, 1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Chico_(album)/lljBxnNC">Chico</a></i> (India Navigation, 1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Outside_Within/moFr50Sd">The Outside Within</a></i> (India Navigation, 1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Kings_of_Mali/XQwl1yyw">Kings of Mali</a></i> (India Navigation, 1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Spirit_Sensitive/LFbYvK6M">Spirit Sensitive</a></i> (India Navigation, 1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Destiny%2527s_Dance/kK0Bo7Bu">Destiny's Dance</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Contemporary_Records/o75VJTwV">Contemporary</a>, 1981)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Hal_Galper/hXw5kYTT">Hal Galper</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Now_Hear_This_(Hal_Galper_album)/1R8U4pSS">Now Hear This</a></i> (Enja, 1977)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Johnny_Griffin/blvAtLXW">Johnny Griffin</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Birds_and_Ballads/RzoImmPr">Birds and Ballads</a></i> (1978)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Louis_Hayes/bUWvgk14">Louis Hayes</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Variety_Is_the_Spice/dvzQm1X7">Variety Is the Spice</a></i> (Gryphon, 1978)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Roy_Haynes/N83PF2sL">Roy Haynes</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Thank_You_Thank_You/lzb9KFEp">Thank You Thank You</a></i> (Galaxy, 1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Vistalite_(album)/bz9VMIxx">Vistalite</a></i> (Galaxy, 1977 [1979])</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Andrew_Hill_(jazz_musician)/k2ACYez9">Andrew Hill</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Compulsion_(album)/kqojtDbK">Compulsion!</a></i> (Blue Note, 1965)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Freddie_Hubbard/cNmVWhr2">Freddie Hubbard</a> and <a href="/facts/Woody_Shaw/2S3592c8">Woody Shaw</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Double_Take_(Freddie_Hubbard_and_Woody_Shaw_album)/H9XdUtRK">Double Take</a></i> (Blue Note, 1986)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Elvin_Jones/eA4kdByJ">Elvin Jones</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Power_Trio_(album)/XmGzy2KC">Power Trio</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Arista_Records/2dREcUfC">Novus</a>, 1990) – with <a href="/facts/John_Hicks_(pianist)/YxxB0VJf">John Hicks</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/When_I_Was_at_Aso-Mountain/sHL9Ew7S">When I Was at Aso-Mountain</a></i> (Enja, 1990)</li> <li><i>Elvin Jones Jazz Machine</i> (Trio, 1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/It_Don%2527t_Mean_a_Thing_(album)/WrbfVoEy">It Don't Mean a Thing</a></i> (Enja, 1993)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Clifford_Jordan/rUsFW3E1">Clifford Jordan</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Two_Tenor_Winner/yTFFw9ob">Two Tenor Winner</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Criss_Cross_Jazz/UhGFvm0n">Criss Cross</a>, 1984)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/John_Klemmer/NLfmH3bE">John Klemmer</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Magic_and_Movement/FtSf6FD9">Magic and Movement</a></i> (Impulse!, 1974)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Prince_Lasha/43yFTXqe">Prince Lasha</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Inside_Story_(Prince_Lasha_album)/tRtlBlxa">Inside Story</a></i> (Enja, 1965 [1981])</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Yusef_Lateef/1pIgXIRs">Yusef Lateef</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/The_Complete_Yusef_Lateef/DT7CpgAm">The Complete Yusef Lateef</a></i> (Atlantic, 1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Blue_Yusef_Lateef/dmGCAMKw">The Blue Yusef Lateef</a></i> (Atlantic, 1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Yusef_Lateef%2527s_Detroit/hsWwkwWU">Yusef Lateef's Detroit</a></i> (Atlantic, 1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Diverse_Yusef_Lateef/ERIk0Bch">The Diverse Yusef Lateef</a></i> (Atlantic, 1970)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/The_Leaders/fJ3sbHCL">The Leaders</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Mudfoot/RSs6kGku">Mudfoot</a></i> (Black Hawk, 1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Out_Here_Like_This/W063lQyu">Out Here Like This</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Black_Saint_Records/IcsP3els">Black Saint</a>, 1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Heaven_Dance/KmJudpDU">Heaven Dance</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Sunnyside_Records/0zuFxlaA">Sunnyside</a>, 1988) – The Leaders Trio with pianist Kirk Lightsey and drummer Don Moye</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Unforeseen_Blessings/cX7rg6Is">Unforeseen Blessings</a></i> (Black Saint, 1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Slipping_and_Sliding/UUpWw8z1">Slipping and Sliding</a></i> (Sound Hills, 1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Spirits_Alike/EUr0MBof">Spirits Alike</a></i> (Double Moon, 2006)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Dave_Liebman/8TrmYTq2">Dave Liebman</a> </p> <ul><li><i>The Seasons</i> (<a href="/facts/Black_Saint%2fSoul_Note/IcsP3els">Soul Note</a>, 1992)</li> <li><i>John Coltrane's Meditations</i> (<a href="/facts/Arkadia_Jazz/GYuX0F6E">Arkadia Jazz</a>, 1998)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Charles_Lloyd_(jazz_musician)/HnABUkpd">Charles Lloyd</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Dream_Weaver_(album)/jHmn2cqX">Dream Weaver</a></i> (1966, <a href="/facts/Atlantic_Records/mDWQefs5">Atlantic</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Forest_Flower/pJhewl2c">Forest Flower</a></i> (1966, Atlantic)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Flowering/tJ6BFI7u">The Flowering</a></i> (1966, Atlantic)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Charles_Lloyd_in_Europe/MKSzE7A7">Charles Lloyd in Europe</a></i> (1966, Atlantic)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Raphe_Malik/D88vrC4r">Raphe Malik</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Storyline_(Raphe_Malik_album)/SB1jmltV">Storyline</a></i> (Boxholder, 1999) – with Cody Moffett</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Joe_Maneri/SFlkyTjc">Joe Maneri</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Dahabenzapple/KbGLuswn">Dahabenzapple</a></i> (hat ART, 1993 [1996])</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Jackie_McLean/VPf4P31P">Jackie McLean</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/It%2527s_Time!_(Jackie_McLean_album)/5Tc9wA2a">It's Time!</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Blue_Note_Records/Ch1Rasbt">Blue Note</a>, 1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Action_Action_Action/15r1hTT9">Action Action Action</a></i> (Blue Note, 1964)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Lloyd_McNeill/dsQS198b">Lloyd McNeill</a> </p> <ul><li><i>Treasures</i> (1976)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Charles_McPherson_(musician)/Cw9IBVBp">Charles McPherson</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/New_Horizons_(Charles_McPherson_album)/XtSmz5n0">New Horizons</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Xanadu_Records/gCtgmzL6">Xanadu</a>, 1977)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Grachan_Moncur_III/q85g2YAn">Grachan Moncur III</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Some_Other_Stuff/3U3hYzwS">Some Other Stuff</a></i> (Blue Note, 1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Echoes_of_Prayer/jbWc35cx">Echoes of Prayer</a></i> (JCOA, 1975) with the <a href="/facts/Jazz_Composer%2527s_Orchestra/DpuaXUq3">Jazz Composer's Orchestra</a></li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Tisziji_Munoz/aUhxtJyr">Tisziji Munoz</a> </p> <ul><li><i>Rendezvous With Now</i> (India Navigation, 1978)</li> <li><i>Visiting This Planet</i> (Anami Music, 1988)</li> <li><i>Presence of Joy</i> (Anami Music, 1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Divine_Radiance_(album)/nAvj0ydF">Divine Radiance</a></i> (Anami Music, 2003)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Amina_Claudine_Myers/1tnMmHM8">Amina Claudine Myers</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Salutes_Bessie_Smith/gDasmX3r">Salutes Bessie Smith</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Leo_Records/waYJCn5f">Leo</a>, 1980)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Art_Pepper/KoSY2LEN">Art Pepper</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Winter_Moon_(album)/tk72dREI">Winter Moon</a></i> (Galaxy, 1980)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Dannie_Richmond/N9zuEyJF">Dannie Richmond</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/%2522In%2522_Jazz_for_the_Culture_Set/81lDNzB7">"In" Jazz for the Culture Set</a></i> (Impulse!, 1965)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Sam_Rivers_(jazz_musician)/RlCwNdIf">Sam Rivers</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Dimensions_%2526_Extensions/KXuj2dhm">Dimensions & Extensions</a></i> (Blue Note, 1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Streams_(Sam_Rivers_album)/Le2qBzbj">Streams</a></i> (Impulse!, 1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Hues_(album)/joHrktUq">Hues</a></i> (Impulse!, 1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Emanation_(album)/HyChTF6L">Emanation</a></i> (<a href="/facts/NoBusiness_Records/vE9UGbl8">NoBusiness</a>, 2019) - Volume 1 of the Sam Rivers Archive Series; recorded in 1971</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Charlie_Rouse/wRldfNf1">Charlie Rouse</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Social_Call_(Charlie_Rouse_and_Red_Rodney_album)/Td30TpsP">Social Call</a></i> (Uptown, 1984) with <a href="/facts/Red_Rodney/45Hofuzd">Red Rodney</a></li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Pharoah_Sanders/Im1qUstn">Pharoah Sanders</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Izipho_Zam_(My_Gifts)/jma8eCBs">Izipho Zam (My Gifts)</a></i> (Strata-East, 1969 [1973])</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Jewels_of_Thought/BHbhSaSX">Jewels of Thought</a></i> (Impulse!, 1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Thembi/ykYKjj1W">Thembi</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Impulse!_Records/xtE4CkVr">Impulse!</a>, 1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Black_Unity/dVmHhdQt">Black Unity</a></i> (Impulse!, 1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Live_at_the_East/U8hoYe2S">Live at the East</a></i> (Impulse!, 1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Village_of_the_Pharoahs/z05T5EBf">Village of the Pharoahs</a></i> (Impulse!, 1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Love_in_Us_All/raj2e7Ed">Love in Us All</a></i> (Impulse!, 1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Wisdom_Through_Music/5NgEKKzR">Wisdom Through Music</a></i> (Impulse!, 1973)</li></ul> <p>With various artists </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/The_New_Wave_in_Jazz/aqqx4M4h">The New Wave in Jazz</a></i> (Impulse!, 1965)</li></ul> <p>With Saxophone Summit </p> <ul><li><i>Gathering of Spirits</i> (<a href="/facts/Telarc_International/aFWlVRWr">Telarch</a>, 2004)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Zbigniew_Seifert/PS9jrEDY">Zbigniew Seifert</a> </p> <ul><li><i>Man of the Light</i> (MPS Records, 1977)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Woody_Shaw/2S3592c8">Woody Shaw</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/The_Moontrane/smfbG9nv">The Moontrane</a></i> (Muse, 1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Love_Dance/pqeIGxlN">Love Dance</a></i> (Muse, 1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Iron_Men_(album)/vw1V8s9k">The Iron Men</a></i> with <a href="/facts/Anthony_Braxton/IwH9vPlM">Anthony Braxton</a> (Muse, 1977 [1980])</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Archie_Shepp/mN6E5854">Archie Shepp</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Lady_Bird_(album)/fze3gayv">Lady Bird</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Denon_Records/0sAQk0Rr">Denon</a>, 1978)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Wayne_Shorter/HuBSFcLF">Wayne Shorter</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Et_Cetera_(album)/k0MwAjfx">Et Cetera</a></i> (Blue Note, 1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Odyssey_of_Iska/6fQzkbww">Odyssey of Iska</a></i> (Blue Note, 1970)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Sonny_Simmons/xvay0Lfa">Sonny Simmons</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Burning_Spirits/tmrpKF5u">Burning Spirits</a></i> (Contemporary, 1971)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Lonnie_Liston_Smith/607pKha7">Lonnie Liston Smith</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Astral_Traveling/xkdX9Izo">Astral Traveling</a></i> (Flying Dutchman, 1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Expansions_(Lonnie_Liston_Smith_album)/g3l6ug1R">Expansions</a></i> (Flying Dutchman, 1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Rejuvenation_(Lonnie_Liston_Smith_album)/Tnx9UPX8">Rejuvenation</a></i> (Doctor Jazz, 1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Make_Someone_Happy_(Lonnie_Liston_Smith_album)/ISDh53Gz">Make Someone Happy</a></i> (Doctor Jazz, 1986)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Buddy_Tate/3Yxvf25c">Buddy Tate</a> and <a href="/facts/Abdullah_Ibrahim/gt30j2Hr">Dollar Brand</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Buddy_Tate_Meets_Dollar_Brand/AthleSmn">Buddy Tate Meets Dollar Brand</a></i> (Chiaroscuro, 1977)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Leon_Thomas/bpMNtxNk">Leon Thomas</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Spirits_Known_and_Unknown/ENv766F6">Spirits Known and Unknown</a></i> (1969)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Horace_Tapscott/NhyX5dsB">Horace Tapscott</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/The_Dark_Tree/fY9IQ5uE">The Dark Tree</a></i>, Vol. 1 & 2 (hatOLOGY, 1989)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Charles_Tolliver/8UChrELy">Charles Tolliver</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Live_at_Slugs%2527/Rz1pCWL2">Live at Slugs'</a></i>, Volume I & II (Strata-East, 1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Music_Inc./5zCpK5LH">Music Inc.</a></i> (Strata-East, 1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Impact_(1975_Charles_Tolliver_album)/fSURCDHy">Impact</a></i> (Strata-East, 1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/With_Love_(Charles_Tolliver_album)/rMrFEXSj">With Love</a></i> (Blue Note, 2006)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Mickey_Tucker/63fwIktu">Mickey Tucker</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Sojourn_(album)/gfcpYg3m">Sojourn</a></i> (Xanadu, 1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Mister_Mysterious/RDXV25fV">Mister Mysterious</a></i> (Muse, 1978)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/McCoy_Tyner/TqnzopBj">McCoy Tyner</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Quartets_4_X_4/GR9HEWIj">Quartets 4 X 4</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Milestone_Records/pWPtWYPJ">Milestone</a>, 1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Blues_for_Coltrane/QHIaf7WS">Blues for Coltrane</a></i> (1987)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/James_%2522Blood%2522_Ulmer/tsnCbe9l">James "Blood" Ulmer</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Revealing_(album)/TWySH9nw">Revealing</a></i> (1977)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Mal_Waldron/XvUVHPPA">Mal Waldron</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/What_It_Is_(Mal_Waldron_album)/FB8o5zKJ">What It Is</a></i> (Enja, 1981)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Michael_White_(violinist)/WdSebSNj">Michael White</a> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/The_Land_of_Spirit_and_Light/rldoYQRm">The Land of Spirit and Light</a></i> (Impulse!, 1973)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Paul_Winter/H4Iw9S3m">Paul Winter</a> </p> <ul><li><i>Jazz Meets the Folk-Song</i> (1963)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Y%25C5%258Dsuke_Yamashita/FxJ3I1xm">Yōsuke Yamashita</a> </p> <ul><li><i>Sakura</i> (Verve, 1990)</li> <li><i>Kurdish Dance</i> (Verve, 1993)</li> <li><i>Dazzling Days</i> (Verve, 1993)</li> <li><i>Fragments 1999</i> (Verve, 1999)</li> <li><i>Spider</i> (Verve, 1996)</li> <li><i>Delightful Contrast</i> (Universal, 2011)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Denny_Zeitlin/CQBgjNJl">Denny Zeitlin</a> </p> <ul><li><i>Cathexis</i> (Columbia, 1963)</li></ul> <p>With <a href="/facts/Norman_Connors/BvAzEooP">Norman Connors</a> </p> <ul><li><i>Dance of Magic</i> (Sony Music Entertainment, 1972)</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p7079">Allmusic biography</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/cecil-mcbee">Cecil McBee Interview</a> NAMM Oral History Library (2020)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 264. ISBN 0-85112-580-8. <a href="0-85112-580-8" target="_blank">0-85112-580-8</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 264. ISBN 0-85112-580-8. <a href="0-85112-580-8" target="_blank">0-85112-580-8</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 264. ISBN 0-85112-580-8. <a href="0-85112-580-8" target="_blank">0-85112-580-8</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 264. ISBN 0-85112-580-8. <a href="0-85112-580-8" target="_blank">0-85112-580-8</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 264. ISBN 0-85112-580-8. <a href="0-85112-580-8" target="_blank">0-85112-580-8</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 264. ISBN 0-85112-580-8. <a href="0-85112-580-8" target="_blank">0-85112-580-8</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Cecil Mcbee, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Delica Co., Ltd., Defendant, Appellee, 417 F.3d 107 (1st Cir. 2005)". Law.justia.com. Retrieved July 29, 2021. <a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/417/107/580573/" target="_blank">https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/417/107/580573/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Harvard Jazz Bands". Harvardjazz.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved July 29, 2021. <a href="https://harvardjazz.fas.harvard.edu/home" target="_blank">https://harvardjazz.fas.harvard.edu/home</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>