title: Arthur Blythe
text: # Arthur Blythe
  
  Arthur Murray Blythe (Los Angeles, 5 luglio 1940 – Lancaster, 27 marzo 2017) è stato un compositore e sassofonista statunitense.
  
  ## Biografia
  
  Inizia a suonare il sassofono all'età di nove anni. A New York collabora con Gil Evans, Jack DeJohnette, Chico Hamilton, Lester Bowie e McCoy Tyner. Ha fatto parte dei progetti The Leaders e World Saxophone Quartet. Blythe viene considerato musicista più ortodosso tra quelli nell’epoca del post-free.
  
  ## Discografia
  
  ### Come leader
  
  | Year | Title | Label |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1977 | The Grip | India Navigation |
  | 1977 | Metamorphosis | India Navigation |
  | 1977 | Bush Baby | Adelphi |
  | 1978 | In the Tradition | Columbia |
  | 1978 | Lenox Avenue Breakdown | Columbia |
  | 1980 | Illusions | Columbia |
  | 1981 | Blythe Spirit | Columbia |
  | 1982 | Elaborations | Columbia |
  | 1983 | Light Blue: Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk | Columbia |
  | 1984 | Put Sunshine in It | Columbia |
  | 1986 | Da-Da | Columbia |
  | 1987 | Basic Blythe | Columbia |
  | 1996 | Calling Card | Enja |
  | 1996 | Synergy | In + Out |
  | 1991 | Hipmotism | Enja |
  | 1997 | Night Song | Clarity |
  | 1997 | Today's Blues | CIMP |
  | 2000 | Spirits in the Field | Savant |
  | 2001 | Blythe Byte | Savant |
  | 2002 | Focus | Savant |
  | 2003 | Exhale | Savant |
  
  ### Collaborazioni
  
  con Synthesis
  
  * Six by Six (Chiaroscuro, 1977), with Olu Dara, a.o.
  * Sentiments (Ra, 1979), with Olu Dara, David Murray, a.o.
  
  con The Leaders
  
  * Mudfoot (Black Hawk, 1986)
  * Out Here Like This (Black Saint, 1987)
  * Unforeseen Blessings (Black Saint, 1988)
  * Slipping and Sliding (Sound Hills, 1994)
  * Spirits Alike (Double Moon, 2006)
  
  con Roots
  
  * Salutes the Saxophone – Tributes to John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins and Lester Young (In & Out, 1992)
  * Stablemates (In & Out, 1993)
  * Say Something (In & Out, 1995)
  
  con Santi Debriano and Billy Hart
  
  * 3-Ology (Konnex, 1993)
  
  con Jeff Palmer, John Abercrombie, Victor Lewis
  
  * Ease On (AudioQuest Music, 1993)
  
  con David Eyges and Bruce Ditmas
  
  * Synergy (In & Out, 1997)
  
  con John Abercrombie, Terri Lyne Carrington, Anthony Cox, Mark Feldman, Gust Tsilis
  
  * Echoes (Alessa, 2005)
  
  ### Come sideman
  
  con Joey Baron
  
  * Down Home (Intuition, 1997) with Ron Carter and Bill Frisell
  * We'll Soon Find Out (Intuition, 1999)
  
  con Lester Bowie
  
  * The 5th Power (Black Saint, 1978)
  * African Children (Horo, 1978)
  
  con Jack DeJohnette
  
  * Special Edition (ECM, 1979)
  
  con Gil Evans
  
  * Gil Evans Live at the Royal Festival Hall London 1978 (RCA, 1979)
  * The Rest of Gil Evans Live at the Royal Festival Hall London 1978 (Mole Jazz, 1981)
  * Parabola (Horo, 1979)
  * Live at the Public Theater, Vol. 1 & 2 (Trio (Japan)/Storyville (Sweden), 1980)
  * Priestess (Antilles, 1983)
  * Sting and Gil Evans – Strange Fruit (ITM, 1993)
  
  con John Fischer
  
  * 6 × 1 = 10 Duos for a New Decade (Circle, 1980)
  
  con Chico Freeman
  
  * Luminous (Jazz House, 1989)
  * Focus (Contemporary, 1995)
  
  con Chico Hamilton
  
  * Peregrinations (Blue Note, 1975)
  * Chico Hamilton and the Players (Blue Note, 1976)
  
  con Craig Harris
  
  * Cold Sweat Plays J. B. (JMT, 1999)
  
  con Julius Hemphill
  
  * Coon Bid'ness (Freedom, 1972)
  
  con Azar Lawrence
  
  * Bridge into the New Age (Prestige, 1974)
  
  con the Music Revelation Ensemble
  
  * In the Name of... (DIW, 1994)
  * Knights of Power (DIW, 1996)
  
  con Woody Shaw
  
  * The Iron Men con Anthony Braxton (Muse, 1977 [1980])
  
  con Horace Tapscott
  
  * The Giant is Awakened (Flying Dutchman, 1969)
  
  con Gust William Tsilis & Alithea
  
  * Pale Fire (Enja, 1988)
  
  con McCoy Tyner
  
  * Quartets 4 X 4 (Milestone, 1980)
  * 44th Street Suite (Red Baron,1991)
  
  con the World Saxophone Quartet
  
  * Metamorphosis (Elektra Nonesuch, 1990)
  * Breath of Life (Elektra Nonesuch, 1992)
  