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Olu Dara

Profile:
Jazz musician, originally from Mississippi, now resident in New York. Born Charles Jones, father of Nasir Jones aka rapper Nas. Plays cornet and trumpet.
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Discography

Releases:
Herbman (DJ Logic Remixes) (12")   Ropeadope Records 2001
Neighborhoods (Album) (2 versions)   Atlantic 2001
Appears On:
Revelation (Album) (2 versions)   Black Jazz Records 1973
Heavy Spirits (LP)   Freedom 1975
Let This Melody Ring On (LP, Album)   Muse Records 1975
Endangered Species (LP, Album)   India Navigation 1976
Flowers For Albert (LP)   India Navigation 1976
Wildflowers 2: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions (LP) The Need To Smile Douglas 1977
Wildflowers 4: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions (LP, Album) Tranquil Beauty, Shout... Douglas 1977
Wildflowers: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions Sampler (LP) Tranquil Beauty Douglas 1977
Are You Glad To Be In America? (7")   Rough Trade (UK) 1980
Are You Glad To Be In America? (Album) (8 versions)   Rough Trade (UK) ... 1980
Ming (Album) (3 versions)   Black Saint 1980
Free Lancing (Album) (3 versions)   CBS ... 1981
Memory Serves (Album) (8 versions) Disappearing Elektra Musician ... 1981
Flying Out (LP, Album)   India Navigation 1982
Home (Album) (2 versions)   Black Saint 1982
Ism (LP)   Zoar Records 1982
Nots (LP, Album)   Glass Records (2) 1982
When Was That? (LP, Album)   About Time Records 1982
Factor X (LP, Album)   Moers Music 1983
Just The Facts And Pass The Bucket (LP, Album)   About Time Records 1983
Nona (Album) (5 versions) Steady Action RCA 1983
Shango Funk Theology (5 versions) Zulu Groove Celluloid ... 1983
Show Stopper (Album) (3 versions)   Gramavision ... 1983
Zulu Groove (2 versions)   Celluloid ... 1983
Music For The Texts Of Ishmael Reed (2 versions)   PANGÆA ... 1984
Down By Law (Album) (4 versions) Boat Peoples, Makossa ... Celluloid ... 1985
Live At "Sweet Basil" - Vol. 1 (LP)   Black Saint 1985
Makosaa Rock (12")   Celluloid 1985
The African Flower - The Music Of Duke Ellington And Billy Strayhorn (LP, Album)   Blue Note 1985
Da - Da (LP, Album)   CBS 1986
Live At "Sweet Basil" - Vol. 2 (LP)   Black Saint 1986
Days Aweigh (Album) (4 versions) Electromagnolia, Elect... JMT Productions ... 1987
'Sputin / Nobody Was There (12") Nobody Was There American Clavé 1988
Cab Calloway Stands In For The Moon (CD, Album) Nobody Was There American Clavé 1988
Worshippers Come Nigh (CD, Album)   Silkheart 1989
Reality (12")   Axiom 1991
The Third Power (Album) (4 versions)   Axiom 1991
Blue Light 'Til Dawn (Album) (3 versions) Hellhound On My Trail Blue Note ... 1993
Illmatic (Album) (10 versions) Life's A Bitch Columbia ... 1994
Life's A Bitch (12", Promo)   Columbia 1994
The Tip (CD, Album)   DIW Records 1994
Jug-A-Lug (CD)   DIW Records 1995
The Best Of Material (2 versions) Disappearing Charly Schallplatten GmbH ... 1998
Traveling Miles (Album) (3 versions) Run The VooDoo Down, V... Blue Note 1999
Renaissance Man (CD, Album)   Gramavision, Rhino Records (2) 2000
Trance Atlantic (Boom Bop II) (CD, Album, Dig)   Double Moon Records 2001
An Angel Moves Too Fast To See (Selected Works 1971-1989) (Box + 3xCD) Massacre On MacDougal ... Table Of The Elements 2002
Belly Of The Sun (CD, Album) Road So Clear Blue Note 2002
Medicated Magic (CD, Album) Junko Parnter Ropeadope Records 2002
Chinatown (Album) (3 versions) Junkie Song, Horses Nettwerk America ... 2003
No Escape From The Blues: The Electric Lady Sessions (CD, Album) Bright Lights, Big City Hyena Records 2003
Bridging The Gap (Maxi) (6 versions) Bridging The Gap (Albu... Columbia ... 2004
Love Phases Dimensions (CD, Comp) Electromagnolia, Elect... Edel Records 2004
Street's Disciple (Album) (6 versions) Street's Disciple, Bri... Sony Urban Music ... 2004
Triple J Hip Hop Show (2xCD) Street's Disciple Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC Music) 2005
Wildflowers Loft Jazz New York 1976 (3xCD, Album, RE) The Need To Smile, Tra... Douglas: 2005
Die Donnergötter (CD, Album)   Radium (3) 2006
The Celluloid Years - 12"es And MORE... (2xCD) Makossa Rock (The 11:0... Collision: Cause Of Chapter 3 2006
Greatest Hits (CD, Comp) Life's A B****, Life's... Columbia 2007
Attainment (CD, Album) Attainment Silkheart  
Flat-Out Jump Suite (CD, Album, RE)   Black Saint  
Tracks Appear On:
In Bed With Nova, Première Nuit (CD, Comp, Dig) Bubber (If Only) Nova Records 2005
Cadillac Records (Music From The Motion Picture) (2xCD, Comp, Del) Bridging The Gap Music World Music (2), Columbia 2008
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