Adam Nussbaum Discography 
 Adam Nussbaum
Associations...
Adam Nussbaum's LEAD BELLY PROJECT
            Lead Belly Project
Steve Cardenas/guitar, Nate Radley/guitar,
Ohad Talmor/sax, Adam Nussbaum/drums  2015 - present

New Light Quartet
w/ Dave Liebman, Adam Niewood, Gene Perla & Adam Nussbaum 2014 - present

We3 w/ Dave Liebman, Steve Swallow & Adam Nussbaum  2004 - present

BANN w/ Seamus Blake, Jay Anderson, Oz Noy & Adam Nussbaum 2007 - present

Vic Juris/Jay Anderson/Adam Nussbaum Trio  2008 - 2019

Steve Swallow/Ohad Talmor/Adam Nussbaum Trio  2008 - present

THE IMPOSSIBLE GENTLEMEN
w/ Gwilym Simcock, Mike Walker, Steve Rodby & Adam Nussbaum  2010 - 2018

Pat LaBarbera/Kirk MacDonald Quartet  2016 - present

ZZ Quartet
Ratko Zjaca, Simone Zanchini, Adam Nussbaum & Martin Gjakonovski  2010 - present

(Another) NUTTREE Quartet
w/ John Abercrombie,  Jay Anderson & Dave Liebman  2008 - 2015

Eliane Elias Trio  2007 - 2010

Jiannis Pavlidis w/ Adam Nussbaum & George Kontrafouris  2007 - 2014

John Abercrombie Trio  w/ Gary Versace & Adam Nussbaum 1991 - 2017

NUTTREE Quartet w/ John Abercrombie, Jerry Bergonzi & Gary Versace  2007 - 2014

US4 w/ Tomas Franck, Thomas Clausen, Sinne Eeg, Jimmi Roger Pedersen  2014

James Moody Quartet 1996 - 2010
Mike Quick Band 2006 - 2007
Joe Sample Trio 2003 - 2006
Jerry Bergonzi Quartet 1989 - 2011
Markus Fleischer / Ulli Jünemann Quartet 2003 - 2009
Sigurd Ulveseth Quartet 1994 - 2009
Steve Swallow Quintet & Trio 1996 - 2001
Kenny Wheeler Quartet 1996 - 2003
Rita Marcotulli Trio 2002 - 2004
Miroslav Vitous Quartet 2004 - 2005
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Trio 1992 -1996
Beirach/McClure Trio 1985 - 1994
'Toots' Thielemans Quartet 1986 -1995
Eliane Elias Trio 1988 - 1994
The Doky Brothers 1989 - 1993
Bob Berg Quartet 1993
Very Big Carla Bley Band 1992
Michael Brecker Band 1987 - 1990
George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band & Trio 1984 - 1997
Mike Stern Trio 1985 - 1988
Gil Evans Orchestra 1983 - 1986
Randy Brecker /Eliane Elias Quartet 1984 - 1985
Gary Burton Quartet 1985
Stan Getz Quartet 1982 - 1984
Bob Brookmeyer Sextet 1982 - 1983
John Scofield Trio & Quartet 1978 - 1983
David Liebman Quintet 1978 - 1981
 
Freelance Work...
Jeff Berlin, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Hank Crawford, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis,
Art Farmer, Eddie Gomez, Don Grolnick, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson,
Sheila Jordan, Steve Kuhn, Charles Lloyd, Chuck Mangione, David (Fathead) Newman,
Caecilie Norby, John Patitucci, Art Pepper, Kenny Rankin, Sonny Rollins,
David Sanborn, Marlena Shaw, Phil Woods, Bohuslan Big Band, WDR Big Band,  Danish Radio Big Band,
Big Band de Lausanne, the American Jazz Orchestra & Metropole Orchestra
 
Recent Projects...

Adam Nussbaum - LEAD BELLY Reimagined - Sunnyside Records  rec. 2020
w/ Steve Cardenas, Nate Radley, Ohad Talmor

Parker Trio
w/ Jon Ballantyne, Gene Perla - PM Records rec. 2020

3 Trios
w/ Leo Genovese, Davis Whitfield, Oscar Williams II, Gene Perla, Dan Twaddell, Dan Wilkins
 - PM Records rec. 2020

Linley Hamilton
For The Record - Teddy Records rec. 2019

Gaoyang Li
Gaoyang Li and the Americans Vol I & Vol. II - PM Records rec. 2019
w/ Tim Hagans, Richie Beirach, Gene Perla

New Light The Vonce - PM Records rec. 2019
w/ Dave Liebman, Adam Niewood & Gene Perla

Libor Šmoldas NYC Trio w/ Jay Anderson & Adam Nussbaum
Dusk - New Port Line rec. 2019

Billy Peterson w/ Jerry Bergonzi, Bill Carrothers
Live Jazz at Crooners Vol. I  - Crooners Supper Club Records rec. 2019

Simone Zanchini & Ratko Zjaca
Midnight in Europe - In + Out Records rec. 2019

Adam Nussbaum - The LEAD BELLY Project - Sunnyside Records  rec. 2017
w/ Steve Cardenas, Nate Radley, Ohad Talmor

 
Selected Discography...

John Abercrombie
Open Land - ECM rec. 1998
Tactics - ECM rec. 1996
Speak of the Devil - ECM rec. 1993
While We¹re Young - ECM rec. 1992

Allman Brothers Band
Live Beacon Theater New York 3/14/09 - Peach Records rec. 2009

(Another) NUTTREE Quartet w/ John Abercrombie,  Jay Anderson & Dave Liebman
Something Sentimental - Kind of Blue Records rec. 2009

Gene Segal
Double Rainbow - SteepleChase rec. 2019

APOLIDE
Caligola Records rec. 2013

Jay Azzolina
Live at the One Station Plaza - Azziz Records rec. 2001
Past Tense - DoubleTime rec. 2000

Patricia Barber
Nightclub - Premonition rec. 2000
A Distortion of Love - Antilles rec. 1991

Stefan Bauer
Best of Two Worlds - Jazzline rec. 1994

Burak Bedikyan
New Beginning - SteepleChase rec. 2017

Richie Beirach
Inborn - Jazzline rec. 1989
Some Other Time - Triloka rec. 1989

Chuck Bergeron
Loyalties - Gayle Force rec. 1995

Anders Bergcrantz
C - Dragon rec. 1996
In This Together - Dragon rec. 1994
Live at Sweet Basil - Dragon rec. 1992

Jerry Bergonzi
Tenorist - Savant rec. 2006
A Different Look - DoubleTime rec. 1999
Wiggy - DoubleTime rec. 1999
Lost In the Shuffle - DoubleTime rec. 1998
Just Within - Double Time rec. 1996
On Again - RAM rec. 1996
Lineage - RED rec. 1989
The Standard Gonz - Blue Note rec. 1989

Big Band de Lausanne
Duke Ellington's Sacred Music - TCB rec. 1998

Paul Bley
If We May - SteepleChase rec. 1993

Bohuslän Big Band w/ Lew Soloff
Porgy & Bess - Vara Concert Hall rec. 2003    www.bohuslanbigband.com

Salvatore Bonafede
Actor-Actress - Ken/Bellaphon rec. 1990

Michael Brecker
The Cost Of Living - Jazzdoor rec. 1989 (bootleg rec.)
Live - Jazzdoor rec. 1989 (bootleg rec.)
Now You See It...(Now You Don't) - GRP rec. 1989
Don't Try This At Home - GRP/Impulse rec. 1988

George Cables
I Mean You - SteepleChase rec. 1993

Joey Calderazzo
In The Door - Blue Note rec. 1989

Gary Campbell
Thick & Thin - Double-Time rec. 1996

Richard Cole
The Forgotten - Origin rec. 1999

Ronnie Cuber
Four - SteepleChase rec. 2018
Ronnie’s Trio - SteepleChase rec. 2017

Ted Curson
I Heard Mingus - Interplay rec. 1980

Albert Dailey
Renaissance - Vee Jay/Catalyst rec. 1977

Eddie Daniels
Real Time - Chesky rec. 1995
Nepenthe - GRP rec. 1989

Lars Danielsson
Origo - Curling Legs rec. 1995
Continuation - L + R/Bellaphon rec. 1994

Michael Davis
Trumpets Eleven - Hip Bone Music rec. 2003

Peter Delano
Bite Of The Apple - Verve rec. 1994

Christian Minh Doky
Minh - EMI/Medley Blue Note rec. 1997
Letters - Storyville rec. 1991
The Sequel - Storyville rec. 1989

Niels Lan Doky
Friendship - Milestone rec. 1990
Dreams - Milestone rec. 1989

Doky Brothers
The Toronto Concert - DAM rec. 1991

Miles Donahue
The Good Listener - RAM rec. 1993

Pierre Dørge
Soundscapes  SteepleChase rec. 2017

Marc Ducret
Le Kodo - Label Bleu rec. 1988

Christian Elsässer & NDR Big Band 
featuring Adam Nussbaum
Flying In Circles rec. 2015 NDR

Bill Evans
Living in The Crest of a Wave - Elektra/Musician rec. 1983

Gil Evans
Live at Sweet Basil vols. 1 & 2 - Gramavision & King/Evidence rec. 1984

Dalia Faitelson
Spring Alliance - Calibration Records  rec. 2006
Point of No Return - StuntRecords rec. 2001
Global Sound Diamond of the Day - StuntRecords rec. 1999

Art Farmer & Slide Hampton
In Concert - Enja rec. 1984

Riccardo Fassi
New York Quintet - YVP Music rec. 1998

Matthew Finck/Jonathan Ball Project
It's Not That Far rec. 2012

Axel Fischbacher
Normal - Jazzsick rec. 2014
Mysterious Princess - Acoustic Music rec. 1991

Peter Fish
The Silver Apple - Kindred Spirit rec. 1975

Fleischer / Jünemann Quartet
4 - Village (ZYX) Records rec. 2003

Warren Galea
The Odyssey - WGI rec. 2018

Hal Galper
Ivory Forest - Enja rec. 1979

Vik G & Gene Perla
In The Moment - PM Records rec. 2019

Herb Geller
A Jazz Song Book - Enja rec. 1988

Gerardo DiLella Jazz Orchesrta
Napoli & Jazz - EmarcyRecords rec. 2012

Bruce Gertz
Red Handed - Double-Time rec. 1998
Dicovery Zone - RAM rec. 1994
Third Eye - RAM rec. 1992
Blueprint - Freelance/Evidence rec. 1991

Terje Gewelt
Steppingstone - Resonant Music rec. 2013

Maurizio Giammarco
Run Deep - Parco Della Muscia Records rec. 2012

Michael Gibbs & NDR Big Band
In My View - Cuneiform Records rec. 2013

Brad Goode w/Ernie Watts
That’s Right - Origin Records  rec. 2018

George Gruntz
Mock-Lo-Motion - TCB rec. 1996
Blues¹n Dues Et Cetera - Enja rec. 1991
Serious Fun! - Enja rec. 1989
First Prize - Enja rec. 1989

Simone Gubbiotti 
Resilience - Dot Time Records rec. 2013

Linley Hamilton
For The Record - Teddy Records rec. 2019

Tom Harrell
Visiones - Contemporary rec. 1989
Sail Away - Contemporary rec. 1989

Conrad Herwig
New York Breed - Double-Time rec. 1996
The Amulet - Ken/Bellaphon rec. 1991
New York Hardball - Ken/Bellaphon rec. 1989
With Every Breath - Ken/Bellaphon rec. 1987

Michael Higgins
The Moon and the Lady Dancing - Michael Higgins Music rec. 2007

Matt Hilgenberg
Rasa - DoubleTime rec. 1999

Chris Hunter
I Want You - Sweet Basil rec. 1990
Scarborough Fair - PaddleWheel rec. 1989

Andy Hunter & Johan Horlen
Confluence - River Records  rec. 2015

Lara Iacovini
Right Together - A Beat Records rec. 2013

The Impossible Gentlemen w/ Gwilym Simcock, Mike Walker & Steve Swallow
Let’s Get Deluxe - Basho Music rec. 2016
Internationally Recognised Aliens - Basho Music rec. 2013
The Impossible Gentlemen - Basho Music rec. 2010

Ove Ingmarsson
Heart of the Matter - Imogena rec. 1995

Nucio Intrieri
Jazz My Dear - Splasc(h) rec. 1994

Yvan Ischer
Scorpio 7 - Sleepless - TCB rec. 2004

Mak Issacs
Keeping the Standards - Vorticity rec. 2002

Christian Jacob
Time Lines - Concord rec. 1998

Quinn Johnson
Quinn Johnson Trio - Birds Records rec. 2009

Ulli Junemann
BooHoo - Nabel Records rec. 2012

Vic Juris
Two Guitars - SteepleChase  rec 2018
Blue - Steeplechase rec. 2014
Omega is the Alpha - SteepleChase rec. 2009
Blue Horizon - Zoho Music rec. 2003

Chris Kase
Starting Now - Mons rec. 1994

Morgana King
Simply Eloquent - Muse rec. 1986

Niclas Knudsen
Second Stroke - Stunt rec. 1999
Human Beat Boxer - Stunt rec. 1997

Kirk Knuffke
Cherryco - SteepleChase Records rec. 2016

Lee Konitz
New York Album - Soul Note rec. 1987
Round and Round - MusicMasters rec. 1987

Olga Konkova
Some Things From Home - Candid rec. 1998
Her Point Of View - Candid rec. 1998

Shuhei Kokuryo
First Episode - SSK Records  rec. 2018

Pat LaBarbera/Kirk MacDonald Quartet
Silent Voices - Jazz Compass  rec. 2016

Wolfgang Lackerschmid
Summer Changes - Dot Time Records rec. 2018

Tony Lakatos
Standard Time - Skip Records rec. 2012
The Music of Hoagy Carmichael - Skip Records rec. 2003

Andy LaVerne
Farewell - Musidisc rec. 1991

Soren Lee
Trio - L + R/Bellaphon rec. 1992

Jed Levy
Rain - Steeplechase Records rec. 2012

Pete Levin
Iridium Live - E1 Entertainment Records rec. 2012

Gaoyang Li
Gaoyang Li and the Americans Vol I & Vol. II - PM Records rec. 2019
w/ Tim Hagans, Richie Beirach, Gene Perla
China Tour - Bailey Records rec. 2016
Live Tour - Bailey Records rec. 2015

David Liebman
Monk's Mood - Double-Time rec. 1999
Time Line - Owl rec. 1989
Homage to John Coltrane - Owl rec. 1987
If They Only Knew - MCA/Impulse rec. 1980
Doin' It Again - Timeless rec. 1979

Rudy Linka
Live It Up - Timeless rec. 1991

Joe Locke
Very Early - SteepleChase rec. 1994
Scenario - Cadence rec. 1987

Rick Margitza
Color - Blue Note rec. 1989

Phil Markowitz Trio
Catalysis - Sunnyside - rec. 2007

Ole Matthiessen
Red Python - Stunt Records rec. 2013

Giovanni Mazzarino
Piani Paralelli - Live at Fazioli Concert Hall - Jazzy records rec. 2015
Jazz in Trio - Splasc(h) rec. 2001
Light - Philogy rec. 2008

Ron McClure
Inspiration - Ken/Bellaphon rec. 1991
Tonite Only - SteepleChase rec. 1991
McJolt - SteepleChase rec. 1989

John McLean
Easy Go - Premonition rec. 2000

Jim McNeely
In This Moment - Stunt rec. 2001
East Coast Blow Out w/ John Scofield & WDR Big Band - Lipstick rec. 1989
From the Heart - Owl rec. 1984

Kazu Michishita
You Can Dream - Kaz Music rec. 1995

Karlheinz Miklin
Last Waltz - Acoustic Music rec. 1995

James Moody/Hank Jones Quartet
Our Delight - IPO Records - rec. 2007

Tony Monaco
East to West - Chicken Coop Records rec. 2005

Bobo Moreno
Dreamsville - Stunt Records rec. 2013

Tisziji Munoz
Hearing Voices - Anami rec. 1984
Leaving This Planet - Anami rec. 1984

Mark Murphy
Kerouac, Then and Now - Muse rec. 1986

Judy Niemack
Straight Up - Freelance rec. 1992

New Light w/ Dave Liebman, Adam Niewood & Gene Perla
The Vonce - PM Records rec. 2019
Live - PM Records rec. 2014

The NUTTREE Quartet w/ John Abercrombie, Jerry Bergonzi & Gary Versace
 - Kind of Blue Records rec. 2007

David O'Higgins
Beats Working For A Living - EFZ rec. 1994

Peter O'Mara
Mirage - Pirouet rec. 2002
Avenue "U" - Enja rec. 1989

Chuck Owen
Jazz Surge - Seabreeze rec. 1995

Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge
The Comet's Tail - Mama rec. 2008

Jeff Palmer
Abracadabra - Soul Note rec. 1987
Lazer Wizard - Statiras rec. 1984

Arnon Palty
Treasure Map - JazZone  rec. 2012

Jackie Paris
Lucky to be Me - Emarcy rec. 1988

Parker Trio
w/ Jon Ballantyne, Gene Perla - PM Records rec. 2020

Jaco Pastorius
Live In New York City vol. 5 - Big World rec. 1985

Jiannis Pavilidis - George Kontrafouris - Adam Nussbaum
Migration - FMR Records rec. 2012

Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen
To A Brother - Pladecompagniet/Sony rec. 1992

Kim Pensyl
At the Moment - Fable/Lightyear rec. 1999

Joey Pero
Resonance - Resonance rec. 2008    www.joeypero.com

Billy Peterson w/ Jerry Bergonzi, Bill Carrothers
Live Jazz at Crooners Vol. I  - Crooners Supper Club Records rec. 2019

Charles Pillow
Currents - A Records rec. 1996

Romano Pratesi Rubber Band
Live - Z Productions rec. 2012

Jeanfrançois Prins
All Around Town - TCB rec. 1997

Project TH3M w/ Mark Sherman, Bob Franceschini, Martin Gjakonovski
 - Miles High Records rec. 2012

Doug Raney
Blues On A Par - SteepleChase rec. 1993

Mikael Råberg
Big Band - TonArt rec. 1991

Nate Radley
Puzzle People - SteepleChase rec. 2020

Fritz Renold & Bostonian Friends
Starlight - CBS/Sony rec. 1994
Peace For Africa - EPM rec. 1992

Mike Richmond
New Blues - Nuba rec. 1991
On The Edge - SteepleChase rec. 1988

Stephen Riley
Oleo - Steeplechase  rec. 2018
Hold ‘Em Joe - SteepleChase rec. 2017

Cinzia Roncelli
Sings Swallow - Willow: A Jazz Suite - Musica Jazz rec. 2013

Dino Rubino
Where Is The Happiness? - TUK Music rec. 2017
Kairos - TUK Music rec. 2013

Rue De Paris
Trios - Intuition rec. 2008
New York Slow - Sony BMG rec. 2007
Quiet Motion - Sony BMG rec. 2005

Dave Santoro
Introducing - All Art rec. 1993

Doug Sertl
Joy Spring - Stash rec. 1990

Loren Schoenberg
Sposin - Music Masters rec. 1990

Joachim Schoenecker
In the Moment - Nagel-Heyer rec. 2000

John Scofield
Out Like a Light - Enja rec. 1981
Shinola - Enja rec. 1981
Bar Talk - BMG/Novus rec. 1980
Who's Who - BMG/Novus rec. 1979
Rough House - Enja rec. 1978

Steve Slagle
Plays Monk - SteepleChase rec. 1997

Larry Schneider
It Might As Well be Spring - SteepleChase rec. 2003

Libor Šmoldas NYC Trio w/ Jay Anderson & Adam Nussbaum
Dusk - New Port Line rec. 2019
On the Move - New Port Line  rec. 2015
Dreamtime - New Port Line rec. 2011

Lew Soloff
Hanalei Bay - King/Electric Bird rec. 1985

Mark Soskin
Upper West Side Stories - SteepleChase rec. 2017
Around the Corner - Paddlewheel rec. 1993
Views From Here - Paddlewheel rec. 1992

Uffe Steen
Dust In My Coffee - Stunt rec. 2003
Play - Stunt rec. 2000

Curtis Stigers
Baby Plays Around - Concord rec. 2000

Dave Stryker
Blue to the Bone 2 - SteepleChase rec. 1998
Stardust - SteepleChase rec. 1994
Passage - SteepleChase rec. 1991

Ed Summerlin
Eye to the Future - Ictus rec. 1998

Steve Swallow
Damaged In Transit - X-tra WATT rec. 2001
Always Pack Your Uniform On Top - X-tra WATT rec. 1999
Deconstructed - X-tra WATT rec. 1996

Swallow/Talmor/Nussbaum
Singular Curves - Auand rec. 2014
Playing In Traffic - Auand rec. 2008

Tessarolo - Fassi - Dalla Porta - Nussbaum
Bemsha - Splasc(h) rec. 2000

'Toots' Thielemans
The Live Takes - Quetzal/Narada Jazz rec. 1995

Frank Tiberi
Tiberian Mode - NY JAM rec. 1999

Elon Turgeman
Climb Up - Turgeman Prods. rec. 2016

Hans Ulrik
Day After Day - Storyville rec. 1991

Sigurd Ulveseth
I Wish I Knew - Taurus rec. 2000
Infant Eyes - Taurus rec. 1996
To Wisdom, The Prize - Taurus rec. 1994

Tom Varner
Motion/Stillness - Soul Note rec. 1982

Gary Versaces
Reminiscence- SteepleChase rec. 2007

Miroslav Vitous - Universal Syncopations 2 - ECM rec. 2005

Dan Wall
Off The Wall - Enja rec. 1996

Bobby Watson
Advance - Enja rec. 1984

WE3 w/ Dave Liebman, Adam Nussbaum & Steve Swallow
Amazing - Kind of Blue rec. 2010
Three For All - Challenge Records rec. 2006

Peter Weniger
Key of the Moment - Mons rec. 1993

Torben Westergaard
What I Miss - Olufsen rec. 1989

Jack Wilkins
Artwork - Koch rec. 1995

Dave Wilson
Spiral - Summit Records rec. 2010

Glenn Wilson
Elusive - Sunnyside rec. 1987
Impasse - Cadence rec. 1984

Jens Winther
The Escape w/ the WDR Big Band - Dacapo rec. 1994

Simone Zanchini & Ratko Zjaca
Midnight in Europe - In + Out Records rec. 2019
Beyond The Lines - In + Out Records rec. 2012
Best of Two Worlds - In + Out Records rec. 2010

Simone Zanchini
Don't Try This Anywhere - In + Out Records rec. 2015
 
w / Various Artists...
A Jazz Christmas w/ Loren Schoenberg - MusicMasters Jazz rec. 1990

As Long As You're Living Yours - The Music of Keith Jarrett
w/Tom Harrell & Joe Lovano - RCA Victor/BMG  rec. 1999

Come Together w/ 'Toots' Thielemans - NYC rec. 1992

Helvetic Suite / Jazz Meets Classic
w/ Bostonian Friends: Randy Brecker, Christian Jacob, Fritz Renold, Miroslav Vitous
& Aargauer Symphony Orchestra - SRI Musica Helvetica rec. 1998

Live At Jazzclub Fasching
w/ Anders Bergcrantz - Dragon Records rec. 1996

Select Live Sax Workshop
w/ Michael Brecker, Bill Evans, Stanley Turrentine & Ernie Watts - Polydor rec. 1989

3 Trios
w/ Leo Genovese, Davis Whitfield, Oscar Williams II, Gene Perla, Dan Twaddell, Dan Wilkins
 - PM Records rec. 2020

US4 / My Scandinavian Blues - A Tribute to Horace Parlan
w/ Tomas Franck, Thomas Clausen, Sinne Eeg, Jimmi Roger Pedersen
Stunt Records rec. 2014

We Remember Pastorius w/ Joey Calderazzo & George Mraz - Eau rec. 1990

Yule Struttin' w/ Joey Calderazzo, Eliane Elias & John Scofield - Blue Note rec. 1990
 
Television & Video...
John Abercrombie, Franco Ambrosetti, BANN, Patricia Barber, Bob Berg,
Jerry Bergonzi, Carla Bley, Michael Brecker, Gary Burton, Ted Curson,
Eliane Elias, Kurt Elling, Gil Evans, Søs Fenger, Mordy Ferber, Stan Getz,
George Gruntz, Niclas Knudsen, David Liebman, James Moody,
David Sanborn, John Scofield, 'Toots' Thielemans & We3

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