Herman Riley

Herman Riley
Born	(1933-08-31)August 31, 1933 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	(2007-04-14)April 14, 2007 Los Angeles, California
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Saxophone
Years active	1960–2007

Musical artist

Herman Riley (August 31, 1933 – April 14, 2007) was a jazz saxophonist who was a studio musician in Los Angeles. He worked with Gene Ammons, Lorez Alexandria, Count Basie, Bobby Bryant, Donald Byrd, Benny Carter, Quincy Jones, Shelly Manne, Blue Mitchell, and Joe Williams.^[1]^[2] He died of heart failure in Los Angeles at the age of 73.^[3]

Discography

Herman (1986)

As sideman

With Bobby Bryant

1967 Ain't Doing Too B-A-D
1971 Swahili Strut

With Blue Mitchell

The Last Tango = Blues (Mainstream, 1973)
Blues' Blues (Mainstream, 1972)
Graffiti Blues (Mainstream, 1973)
African Violet (Impulse!, 1977)
Summer Soft (Impulse!, 1978)

With Lorez Alexandria

1980 Sings the Songs of Johnny Mercer, Vol. 1
1984 Sings the Songs of Johnny Mercer, Vol. 2: Harlem Butterfly
1984 Sings the Songs of Johnny Mercer, Vol. 3: Tangerine
1992 I'll Never Stop Loving You

With Roger Neumann

1983 Introducing Roger Neumann's Rather Large Band
1993 Instant Heat

With Kenny Burrell

1994 Collaboration
2007 75th Birthday Bash Live!
2003 Blue Muse

With Charles Wright

2004 High Maintenance Woman
2006 Finally Got It... Wright

With Jimmy Smith

1989 Prime Time
1993 Sum Serious Blues
2001 Dot Com Blues

With others

1967 One More Time, Della Reese
1968 Hard Times, Roy Brown
1971 Head On, Bobby Hutcherson
1971 Free Again, Gene Ammons
1974 Live & in Concert, Four Tops
1976 Albert, Albert King
1978 The Live at the Century Plaza, Frank Capp
1978 Where Go the Boats, John Handy
1979 Tango Palace, Dr. John
1981 Swing Street Cafe, Joe Sample/David T. Walker
1981 The Way I Am, Billy Preston
1981 Touch, Gladys Knight & the Pips
1986 At Vine St. Live, Maxine Sullivan
1987 Digital Duke, Mercer Ellington
1988 The Singer, Richard B. Boone
1989 The Fabulous Baker Boys, Dave Grusin
1989 Boogie Down, Ernestine Anderson
1991 Fine and Mellow, Ruth Brown
1992 Calamba, Andy Simpkins Quintet
1995 Time After Time, Etta James
2000 Everybody's Talkin' Bout Miss Thing, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
2005 The Jazz Composer's Songbook, John Heard^[4]

References

^ Yanow, Scott. "Herman Riley". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
^ Stewart, Jocelyn Y. (25 April 2007). "Herman Riley, 73; jazz saxophone player was a favorite of vocalists". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
^ "Jazz sax player Herman Riley dies at 73".
^ "Herman Riley". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 May 2017.