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| Year of Release | Recording Date | Title | Bandleader | Personnel | Notes |
| 1954 | July 30, 1954, Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ | Billy Taylor Plays for D.J.s | Billy Taylor Trio | Bass – Earl May Drums – Percy Brice Piano, Sleeve Notes – Billy Taylor | (whole album) 🎧 ?? |
| 1954 | 22/12/1953 | Tony Scott Quartet | Tony Scott Quartet | Bass – Earl May (tracks: A2, B1 to B3), Percy Heath (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B4) Clarinet – Tony Scott (2) Drums – Osie Johnson Piano – Dick Katz | (three tracks – “Blues for Ava” divided into pt1 and pt1) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1954 | Side A: NYC; December 9, 1953 Side B: Hackensack, NJ; August 25, 1954 | Mambo Jazz | Joe Holiday | Bass – Earl May Bongos – Jose Mangual (tracks: A1 to A4) Drums, Congas – Charlie Smith (2) Maracas – Machito (tracks: A1 to A4) Piano, Organ – Billy Taylor Tenor Saxophone – Joe Holiday Timbales – Ubaldo Nieto (tracks: A1 to A4) | (whole album – last seven tracks on 1991 CD re-release) 🎧 Spotify (Tracks 17-23) |
| 1954 | That “Paris” Mood | Jackie Paris | Vocal – Jackie Paris Acoustic Bass – Earl May Drums – Kaldi Madi Piano – Billy Taylor Trumpet – Charlie Shavers | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify | |
| 1955 | Rudy Van Gelder Studio, in Hackensack, New Jersey, March 15 (#2, 3, 6) & 16, 1955 | A Woman in Love | Barbara Lea With Billy Taylor And His Trio And Johnny Windhurst | Bass – Earl May Drums – Percy Brice Guitar – Jimmy Shirley Piano – Billy Taylor Trumpet – Johnny WIndhurst Vocals – Barbara Lea | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1955 | November 18, 1952, December 10, 1952, November 2, 1953 and December 29, 1953 New York City | Billy Taylor Trio | Billy Taylor | Billy Taylor – piano Earl May – bass Charlie Smith – drums | (whole album – originally released as singles, then compiled as two albums, then one CD in 1995) 🎧 ?? |
| 1955 | September 7, 1954 | The Billy Taylor Trio with Candido | Billy Taylor | Billy Taylor – piano Earl May – bass Charlie Smith – drums Candido Camero – congas | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1955 | December 17, 1954 The Town Hall, New York City | Billy Taylor Trio at Town Hall | Billy Taylor | Billy Taylor – piano Earl May – bass Percy Brice – drums | (whole album) Solo on “How High the Moon” (at 5m45s) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1955 | April 10, 1955 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack | A Touch of Taylor | Billy Taylor | Billy Taylor – piano Earl May – bass Percy Brice – drums | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1956 | May 7, 1953 (tracks 9-12) and July 30, 1954 (tracks 1-8) New York City and Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ | Cross Section | Billy Taylor | Billy Taylor – piano Earl May – bass Charlie Smith – drums, congas Machito – maracas José Mangual – bongos Ubaldo Nieto – timbales | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify |
| New York City, on January 1 & 2, 1956 | Evergreens | Billy Taylor | Billy Taylor (p) Earl May (b) Percy Brice(d) | (whole album) Solos on “I Only Have Eyes for You”, “All the Things You Are” and “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” 🎧 Spotify | |
| 1956 | live at the Chicago club on January 22 or 28, 1956 | At the London House | Billy Taylor | Billy Taylor (p) Earl May (b) Percy Brice(d) | (whole album) Solos on “The London House” and “Midnight Piano” 🎧 Spotify |
| 1958 | October 25 and December 16 & 17, 1957 New York City | The New Billy Taylor Trio | Billy Taylor | Billy Taylor – piano Earl May – bass Ed Thigpen – drums | (whole album) Solo on “Sounds in the Night” 🎧 Spotify |
| 1958 | February 20, 1951 (tracks 5-11) and October 28, 1957 (tracks 1-4) New York City | The Billy Taylor Touch | Billy Taylor | Billy Taylor – piano John Collins – guitar (tracks 5-11) Earl May (tracks 1-4), Al McKibbon (tracks 5-11) – bass Ed Thigpen (tracks 1-4), Shadow Wilson (tracks 5-11) – drums | (four tracks) Solo on “Early May” 🎧 Spotify |
| 1958 | Til Morning | Johnnie Ray With The Billy Taylor Quartet | Bass – Earl C. B. May Drums – Edmund Thigpen Guitar – Mundell Lowe Piano – Billy Taylor Vocals – Johnnie Ray | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify | |
| 1958 | November 13, 1957, Chicago | Lorez Sings Pres: A Late Session at an Intimate Club | Lorez Alexandria | Lorez Alexandria (voc) Paul Serrano (tp) Cy Touff (btp) Charles Stepney (vib) King Fleming (p, arr) Earl May (b) Vernel Fournier (d) | (six tracks) Solos on “No Eyes Blues” and “Jumpin’ with Symphony Sid” 🎧 Spotify |
| 1959 | June 24, 1959 Atlantic Studios, New York City | One for Fun | Billy Taylor | Billy Taylor – piano Earl May – bass Kenny Dennis – drums | (whole album) No solos, but very prominent playing. Although some years [?] after their lessons, this feels like some of his most Mingus-influenced playing. Beautiful and bold! 🎧 Spotify |
| 1959 | November 17, 1957 | Taylor Made Jazz | Billy Taylor | Billy Taylor – piano Willie Cook – trumpet Clark Terry – trumpet Britt Woodman – trombone Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone Harry Carney – baritone saxophone Earl May – double bass Ed Thigpen – drums | (whole album) Solos on “Biddy’s Beat” and “Cu-Blu” 🎧 Spotify |
| 1959 | November 1956 | Jazz For Young Moderns (And Old Buzzards, Too) | Tony Ortega | Anthony Ortega (as, ts, cl, fl) Ray Sterling (tp) Jimmy Cleveland (tb) Dick Hafer (ts) Jay Cameron (bs) Bobby Timmons (p) Earl May (b) Ed Thigpen (d) String Orchestra Arranged and Conducted by Nat Pierce | (first five tracks) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1959 | Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on July 21 (tracks 2 & 6-8) and July 22 (tracks 1 & 3-5), 1959 | Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe | Chet Baker | Chet Baker – trumpet Herbie Mann – flute, tenor saxophone Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone Bob Corwin (tracks 1 & 3-5), Bill Evans (tracks 2 & 6-8) – piano Earl May – bass Clifford Jarvis – drums | (whole album) Solo on “Almost Like Being in Love” 🎧 Spotify |
| 1960 | New York City on April 7 & 8, 1960 | The Driver | Buddy Rich | Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone Buddy Rich – vocals, drums Willie Dennis – trombone Irwin “Marky” Markowitz – trumpet Dave McKenna – piano Earl May – double bass Mike Mainieri – vibraphone Ernie Wilkins – arranger | (whole album) 🎧 Deezer |
| 1960 | Recorded in New York City, 1960 | I’m Glad There is You | Gloria Lynne with the Earl May Trio | Gloria Lynne (vocals), with the Earl May Trio Herman Foster (piano) Earl May (bass) Grassella Oliphant (drums) | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1960 | September 19,1960 | Have You Heard Herman Foster | The Herman Foster Trio | Bass – Earl May Drums – Frank Dunlop Piano – Herman Foster | (whole album) Solo on “Herman’s Blues” (rhythmic walking), “Volare”, “When I Fall in Love” (uptempo!) and “Angel Eyes” (finally, a ballad!) 🎧 YouTube Music |
| 1961 | April 13,1960 | Dual Piano Jazz | Dave McKenna / Hal Overton | Bass – Earl May Drums – Jerry Segal Piano – Dave McKenna, Hal Overton | (whole album) Solos on “Monk’s Blues” and “Dizzy Atmosphere” (walking) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1961 | May 31, 1957 Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, New Jersey | Lush Life | John Coltrane | John Coltrane – tenor saxophone Earl May – bass Art Taylor – drums | (three trio tracks – Side One) Solo on “Trane’s Slo Blues” 🎧 Spotify |
| 1961 | May 11, 1960 Plaza Sound Studios, New York City | Takin’ Care of Business | Charlie Rouse | Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone Blue Mitchell – trumpet (tracks 1-4 & 6) Walter Bishop, Jr. – piano Earl May – bass Art Taylor – drums | (whole album) Solo on “Blue Farouq” 🎧 Spotify |
| 1961 | This Little Boy of Mine | Gloria Lynne | Arranged By [Orchestra] – LeRoy Holmes (tracks: B3, B5) Bass – Earl May Featuring – Fred Norman’s Orchestra (tracks: A1, A4, A6, B1) Organ – Wild Bill Davis (tracks: A1, A5, B2, B4, B6) Vocals – Gloria Lynne | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify | |
| 1962 | At Basin Street East | Gloria Lynne | Backing Band – Earl May Trio Bass – Earl May Congas – Ray Barretto Drums – Grassella Oliphant Guitar – Kenny Burrell Piano – Herman Foster Vocals – Gloria Lynne | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify | |
| 1963 | August 22, 1963 NYC | For Members Only | Shirley Scott Trio | Shirley Scott — organ Earl May (tracks 5-8) — bass Jimmy Cobb (tracks 5-8) | (four tracks) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1964 | NYC on June 19, 1964 | Cole Slaw | Lou Donaldson | Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone Herman Foster – piano Earl May – bass Bruno Carr – drums Ray Barretto – congas | (whole album) Solo on “Lil’ Miss Fine” 🎧 YouTube Music |
| 1964 | Make Way for Jean DuShon | Jean DuShon | Bass – Earl May Drums – Bruno Carr Piano – Herman Foster Vocals – Jean DuShon | (whole album) 🎧 YouTube playlist | |
| 1964 | January 8 & 22, and February 5, 1957 | My Fair Lady Loves Jazz | Billy Taylor | Billy Taylor – piano Ernie Royal – trumpet Don Elliott – trumpet, mellophone, vibes, bongos Jimmy Cleveland – trombone Jim Buffington – French horn Don Butterfield (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7), Jay McAllister (tracks 3, 6 7 8) – tuba Anthony Ortega – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet (tracks 2, 3, 6 & 8) Al Casamenti – guitar Earl May – bass Ed Thigpen – drums Quincy Jones – arranger, conductor | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1964 | October 14 & 21, 1963 | A Chip Off the Old Block | Stanley Turrentine | Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone Blue Mitchell – trumpet Shirley Scott – organ Earl May – bass Ben Dixon – drums October 14, 1963 add Charles Davis – baritone saxophone Tom McIntosh – trombone | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1964 | October 15, 1963 | Soul Shoutin’ | Shirley Scott | Shirley Scott – organ Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone Earl May – bass Grassella Oliphant – drums | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1965 | January 26 & 28, 1965 Atlantic Studios in NYC | Wild Man on the Loose | Mose Allison | Mose Allison – piano, vocals Earl May – bass Paul Motian – drums | (whole album) Solos on “Night Watch”, “Power House” and “War Horse” 🎧 Spotify |
| 1965 | March 3, 4 & 5, 1965 New York City | Herbie Mann Plays The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd | Herbie Mann | Herbie Mann – flute John Hitchcock, Mark Weinstein – trombone Dave Pike – vibraphone Chick Corea (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7), Roger Kellaway (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 8-11) – piano Gene Bertoncini (tracks 3, 4, 6 & 8-11), Mundell Lowe (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7), Turk Van Lake (tracks 4, 9 & 11) – guitar Earl May – bass Bruno Carr – drums Carlos “Patato” Valdes – congas Unidentified string section arranged and conducted by Ray Ellis (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7) | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1965 | May 24 (Track 4 – The Village Gate, New York City) and July 3, 1965 (Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island) | Standing Ovation at Newport | Herbie Mann | Herbie Mann – flute John Hitchcock, Mark Weinstein – trombone Dave Pike – vibraphone Chick Corea – piano Earl May (tracks 1-3), Ben Tucker (track 4) – bass Bruno Carr – drums Carlos “Patato” Valdes – congas | (first three tracks – Newport) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1965 | November 18 & 19, 1965 | Today! | Herbie Mann | Herbie Mann – flute Dave Pike – vibes Earl May – bass Bruno Carr – drums Carlos “Patato” Valdes – conga Jimmy Owens – trumpet John Hitchcock – trombone Joe Orange – trombone Oliver Nelson – arranger & conductor | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1966 | August 16, 1957 Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, New Jersey | The Last Trane | John Coltrane | John Coltrane – tenor saxophone Earl May – bass Art Taylor – drums | (one track – “Slowtrane”) 🎧 Spotify Wikipedia implies this track was taken from an Art Taylor session? |
| 1966 | May 24, 1965 | Monday Night at the Village Gate | Herbie Mann | Herbie Mann – flute Jack Hitchcock, Mark Weinstein – trombone Dave Pike – vibraphone Chick Corea – piano Earl May – bass Bruno Carr – drums Carlos “Patato” Valdes – congas | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1967 | 1967 | Glory of Love | Herbie Mann | Bass – Earl May (tracks: A2, A6, B2) Drums – Grady Tate (tracks: A1 to A6, B2 to B4) Flute – Herbie Mann Organ – Roland Hanna (tracks: A2, A6, B2) | (three tracks) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1970 | Oh Happy Day / Carmelita | The Earl May Conception | ?? | (both sides) “Carmelita” may be Earl’s only recorded original composition! 🎧 ?? | |
| 1972 | August 1972 | Today | Johnny Hartman | Johnny Hartman – vocals George Coleman – saxophone Roland Prince – guitar Herman Foster – piano Earl May – bass (electric) Billy Higgins – drums | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify (tracks 1-9 of the compilation erroneously titled on Spotify as The Perection Years instead of The Perception Years) |
| 1973 (2017) | Singer Concert Hall, Laren Jazz Festival, 25.VIII.1973 | Live At Singer Concert Hall 1973 | Dizzy Gillespie | Bass – Earl May Drums – Mickey Roker Guitar – Alexander Gafa Piano – Mike Longo Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie, Jon Faddis (tracks: 9,10) Vocals – Dizzy Gillespie | (whole album) 🎧 Deezer |
| 1973 | April 1973 | I’ve Been There | Johnny Hartman | Johnny Hartman – vocals Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone, flute Ken Ascher – keyboards Bob Rose – guitar Al Gafa – guitar Earl May – bass Don Reid – drums Tony Monte – arranger, conductor | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify (tracks 10-19 of the compilation erroneously titled on Spotify as The Perection Years instead of The Perception Years) |
| 1974 (2010) | August 1974 in São Paulo | Dizzy Gillespie No Brasil Com Trio Mocotó | Dizzy Gillespie | Cuica – Fritz Escovão Double Bass – Earl May Drums – Mickey Roker Guitar – Al Gafa Pandeiro – Nereu Gargalo Percussion – João Parahyba Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie Vocals – Mary Stallings (track 4) | (whole album) 🎧 YouTube |
| 1976 | November 19 & 20, 1975 T.T.G. Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, | Bahiana | Dizzy Gillespie | Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet Roger Glenn – flute, bass flute, vibraphone Al Gafa, Michael Howell – guitar Earl May – electric bass Mickey Roker – drums Paulinho Da Costa – percussion | (whole album) Solo on “Samba” (at 7m18s) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1976 | 1976 | Now’s the Time | Billy Mitchell | Billy Mitchell – tenor, soprano, alto saxophone Roland Prince – electric guitar Wes Belcamp – piano Earl May – bass Al Beldini (track 3), Ron Turso – drums | (whole album) 🎧 ?? |
| 1978 | September 13-15, 1977 | Good Vibes for Kurt Weill | Warren Chiasson | Warren Chiasson (vb) Chuck Wayne, Gene Bertoncini (g) Earl May (sb) [and electric bass on “September Song”] Ronnie Bedford,Terry Clark (dr) Ray Mantilla (perc) | (whole album – 7 tracks from original 1977 session and 3 new tracks from 1991 session) Solos on “Green-up Time”, “Mack the Knife” and an electric bass solo (!) on “September Song” 🎧 Spotify |
| 1979 | n’hita jazz club, Heist op den Berg Belgium February 24th, 1979. | Chiquito loco: Live at the N’Hita Jazz Club | Frank Foster | Bass – Earl May Drums – Billy Hart Guitar – Ted Dunbar Piano – Mickey Tucker Tenor Saxophone – Frank Foster | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify this seems to be vol.1 of this live session: vol. 2 is Frank Foster – A Blues Ain’t Nothing But A Trip (Bingow Records – BGW 3107) |
| 1979 | n’hita jazz club, Heist op den Berg Belgium February 24th, 1979. | A Blues Ain’t Nothing But A Trip | Frank Foster | Bass – Earl May Drums – Billy Hart Guitar – Ted Dunbar Piano – Mickey Tucker Tenor Saxophone – Frank Foster | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify this seems to be vol. 2 of this live session. vol. 1 is Frank Foster Quintet* – Chiquito Loco (Bingow Records – BGW 3102) |
| 1979 | June 21-22, 1979 at Sound Ideas Studios, New York City. | November Cotton Flower | Marion Brown | Alto Saxophone, Composed By – Marion Brown Bass – Earl May Drums, Percussion – Warren Smith Guitar – Karl Rausch (tracks: A1, B3) Piano – Hilton Ruiz | (whole album) Solos on “November Cotton Flower” (at 7m43s – with phantom string swells?), “Fortunato” and “Pleasant Street” 🎧 YouTube |
| 1982 | April 22, 1977 at the Downtown Sound Studio, NY | The Progressive Records All Star Trombone Spectacular | Various | Bass – Earl May Drums – Ronnie Bedford Guitar – Bucky Pizzarelli Piano – Roland Hanna Trombone – Art Baron, Gerry Chamberlain*, Jimmy Knepper, Mickey Gravine, Rod Levitt, Sam Burtis, Sonny Russo | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1985 | 1984 | 20/20 | George Benson | George Benson – lead vocals, guitar (2, 9), guitar solo (4-8), harmony vocals (8) James Newton Howard – synthesizers (2, 5) Clifford Carter – synthesizers (5) Joe Sample – acoustic piano (5) Freddie Green – rhythm guitar (5) Earl May – bass (5) John Robinson – drums (5, 9) Frank Wess – alto saxophone (5) Charles Williams – alto saxophone (5) Robert Eldridge – baritone saxophone (5) George Coleman – tenor saxophone (5) Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone (5) Robin Eubanks – trombone (5) Slide Hampton – trombone (5) Benny Powell – trombone (5) Dave Taylor – trombone (5) Jon Faddis – trumpet (5) Earl Gardner – trumpet (5) Joe Newman – trumpet (5) Lew Soloff – trumpet (5) Felix Vega – trumpet (5) Frank Foster – horn arrangements and conductor (5) Ralph Burns – string arrangements and conductor (5, 7) | (one track – “Beyond the Sea (La Mer)” 🎧 Spotify |
| 1986 | One More for the Road | Charles Brown | Charles Brown – piano Billy Butler – guitar Earl May – bass Harold Ousley – saxophone Kenny Washington – drums | (whole album) 🎧 Alligator Records (preview/buy) | |
| 1990 | All My Life | Charles Brown | Acoustic Bass – Earl May Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Tambourine – Clifford Solomon Baritone Saxophone – David Sholl (tracks: 6, 9), Heywood Henry* (tracks: 8, 11) Drums – Keith Copeland, Kenny Blevins* (tracks: 6) Guitar – Danny Caron Organ – Dr. John (tracks: 2), Ron Levy (tracks: 6, 9, 11) Piano – Dr. John (tracks: 6, 7) Piano, Organ, Vocals – Charles Brown Producer – Ron Levy Tenor Saxophone – ‘Sax’ Gordon* (tracks: 9) Vocals – Dr. John (tracks: 7), Ruth Brown (tracks: 11) | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify | |
| 1990 | Home Base Studios, New York | Hummin’ to Myself | Dave Van Ronk | Dave Van Ronk – vocals, guitar Christine Lavin – additional vocals Keith Ingham – piano & studio arrangements Harry Allen – tenor saxophone John Pizzarelli – guitar Earl May – bass Link Milliman – bass on 6 & 11 | (11 tracks) 🎧 3 tracks on YouTube |
| 1992 | Finally Yours | Carmen Bradford | Bass – Darryl Jones, Earl May Drums, Percussion – Marvin Smith* Flute – Steve Greenfield Guitar – Charlton Johnson Piano – George Caldwell (2), James Polk Saxophone [Baritone & Alto] – Steve Greenfield Saxophone [Tenor] – Bill Easley, Frank Foster Trumpet – Byron Stripling Vocals – Carmen Bradford | ||
| 1995 | New York, September 5, 1994 | Swingtime in New York | Claude Williams | Bass [String] – Earl May Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Bill Easley Drums – Joe Ascione Piano – Sir Roland Hanna Vocals, Violin – Claude Williams | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1996 (unreleased) | 1996 | From Left to Right | Jon Regen Trio | Piano – Jon Regen Bass – Earl May Drums – Sunny Jain | (??) Solo on “One for KB“ 🎧 ?? |
| 1996 | December 18th and 19th, 1995, NYC | New York Notes | Bob Barnard | Bass – Earl May Cornet, Vocals – Bob Barnard Drums – Jackie Williams Guitar – Cal Collins Piano – Keith Ingham | (whole album) Solo on “Bank Street Bounce” 🎧 Spotify |
| 1997 | Elemental Soul | Marlena Shaw | Bass – Earl May (tracks: 4 to 8, 10 to 12) Keyboards – Barnaby Finch (tracks: 2, 3, 9, 11) Piano – Dave Hazeltine* Vocals – Marlena Shaw | (eight of twelve tracks – tracks 7 and 10 have no bass) 🎧 Spotify | |
| 1997 | January 23,24,25 1997 at Birdland, NYC | Live at 95: A Birdland Birthday | Benny Waters | Alto Saxophone – Benny Waters, vocal (track 3) Bass – Earl May Drums – Ed Locke* Guitar – Howard Alden Guitar – Steve Blailock (track 9) Organ [Hammond] – Mike LeDonne | (whole album) 🎧 Spotify |
| 1998 | November 13, 1998 | Harold Ashby Plays Duke Ellington | Harold Ashby | Harold Ashby – tenor sax Lloyd Mayers – piano Earl May – bass Leroy Williams – drums | (whole album) Solo on “Black and Tan Fantasy” 🎧 YouTube |
| 1998 | December 4 & 5, 1997 at Nola Studios, New York | Just Friends | Irving Stokes | Bass – Earl May Drums – Eddie Locke Piano – Lloyd Mayers Trumpet – Irvin Stokes | (whole album) Solo on “Blues for Dew” 🎧 Spotify |
| 1999 | May 14, 1998 | Nadja | Junior Mance | Bass – Earl May Drums – Jackie Williams Piano – Junior Mance | (whole album) Solos on “Nadja” (walking), “This Can’t Be Love”, “Some Other Blues” 🎧 Spotify |
| 1999 | “Atlantic” recorded December 7, 1998, New York City. “Pacific” recorded July 16-17, 1997, Newport Beach, Calif. | Atlantic – Pacific | Jane Jarvis | Jane Jarvis: Piano Benny Powell: Trombone Frank Wess: Tenor Sax Earl May: Bass Jackie Williams: Drums | (six tracks – Atlantic) Solo on “Life Long Dream” 🎧 Spotify |
| 2000 | May 5 & 6, 2000 | Live at Shanghai Jazz | Earl May Quintet Introducing Catherine Russell | Bass – Earl May Drums – Eddie Locke Piano – Larry Ham Saxophone – David Glasser Vocals – Catherine Russell Percussion – Joel Hirsch (guest, track 4) | (whole album) 🎧 ?? |
| 2001 | 23 Aug. 2001 | If You Could See Me Now | Kanji Ohta | Bass – Earl May Drums – Jimmy Lovelace Piano – Kanji Ohta Vocals – Nabuko Kiryu (tracks: 3) | (whole album) Solo on “Choose Now“ 🎧 One track on YouTube |
| 2003 | Singing Love | Nobuko Kiryu | Nabuko Kiryu – vocal Kanji Ohta – piano Earl May – bass Jimmy Lovelace – drums 8 – Toshiko Kiryu – piano | (whole album) Solo on “The Man I Love” 🎧 YouTube | |
| 2005 | Swinging the Blues | The Earl May Quartet | Earl May-bass David Glasser-alto saxophone Larry Ham-piano Eddie Locke-drums Barry Harris-piano | (whole album) Solos on “Swinging the Blues”, Tea for Two”, “Make Someone Happy” and “Under African Skies” 🎧 Spotify | |
| 2012 | 2002 | Our Jazz Family | Kanji Ohta & The Jazz Family With Jimmy Heath | Kanji Ohta: piano (1, 3-6, 8) Earl May: bass Jimmy Lovelace: drums Toshiko Kiryu: piano (2, 7) Nabuko Kiryu: vocal (1, 6) David Gilmore: conga (1, 3, 4), tap dancing (6) Jimmy Heath: tenor saxophone: 1, 3-5, 8). | (whole album) 🎧 ?? |
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