Black Note
{{Short description|American jazz ensemble}}
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Black Note were an American jazz ensemble formed in 1991. The band released four albums, on Columbia Records, Impulse! Records, Red Records and World Stage.{{cite web|last=Yanow |first=Scott |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/black-note-mn0000096909 |title=Black/Note - Music Biography, Credits and Discography |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2013-03-15}}
They won first prize at the John Coltrane Young Artist Competition in 1991.[http://www.yamaha.com/Artists/ArtistDetail.html?CNTID=31527&CTID=551076&CNTYP=ARTIST#] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429022632/http://www.yamaha.com/Artists/ArtistDetail.html?CNTID=31527&CTID=551076&CNTYP=ARTIST%23 |date=April 29, 2009 }}[http://www.music.northwestern.edu/programs/jazz.html] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212191830/http://www.music.northwestern.edu/programs/jazz.html |date=February 12, 2009 }}
Discography
Group members
- Marcus Shelby - bass
- Willie Jones III - drums
- Eric Reed - piano
- Kenneth Crouch - piano
- Ark Sano - piano
- Richard Grant - trumpet
- Gilbert Castellanos - trumpet
- James Mahone - alto sax
- Phil Vieux - tenor sax
- Robert Stewart - tenor sax
Guest musicians
- Greg Kurstin - piano
- Nicholas Payton - trumpet
- Teodross Avery - tenor sax, soprano sax
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Category:American jazz ensembles
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