Jane Ira Bloom Discography
1978 (age 23)
Outline
Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax; Kent McLagan, bass.
The Educational Center For The Arts, New Haven, CT, March 25 and 26, 1978
| Electric | Outline OTL-137 | |
| Chelsea Bridge | - | |
| Solar | - | |
| Cahoon | - | |
| Miles Tiles | - | |
| White Tower | - | |
| Braxton Bop | - | |
| Bird Song | - | |
| Varo | - |
* Outline OTL-137 Outline - We Are 1978
1980
Jane Ira Bloom Quartet/Trio
Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax; Larry Karush, piano; Kent McLagan, bass; Frank Bennett, drums.
The Educational Center For The Arts, New Haven, CT, June, 1980
| E.J. | Outline OTL-138 |
same session.
| Ten Years After The Rainbow | - |
Jane Ira Bloom, alto sax; Kent McLagan, bass; Frank Bennett, drums.
| Mrs. S | - |
Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax; David Friedman, vibes; Kent McLagan, bass.
| Shan Dara | - |
same session.
| Jackson Pollock | - |
Jane Ira Bloom, alto sax; Larry Karush, piano; Kent McLagan, bass.
| Hannifin | - |
* Outline OTL-138 Jane Ira Bloom - Second Wind 1980
1982
Jane Ira Bloom Quartet
Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax; Fred Hersch, piano; Charlie Haden, bass; Ed Blackwell, drums.
Vanguard Studios, NYC, November 17 and 18, 1982
| 2-5-1 | Enja (G) 4044 | |
| Lost In The Stars | - | |
| I Got Rhythm But No Melody | - | |
| The Man With The Glasses | - | |
| Change Up | - | |
| Mighty Lights | - |
* Enja (G) 4044 Jane Ira Bloom - Mighty Lights 1982
= Enja (G) CD 4044-2 - 1983
1984
Jane Ira Bloom - Fred Hersch Duo
Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax; Fred Hersch, piano.
Classic Sound, NYC, September, 1984
| Waiting For Daylight | JMT Productions (G) JMT 850003 | |
| Desert | - | |
| A Child's Song (For Charlie Haden) | - | |
| Miyako | - | |
| Inside | - | |
| Winter Of My Discontent | - | |
| Janeology | - |
* JMT Productions (G) JMT 850003 Jane Ira Bloom, Fred Hersch - As One 1985
= Winter & Winter (G) 919 003-2 Jane Ira Bloom, Fred Hersch - As 1 2001
1987 (age 32)
Jane Ira Bloom Quartet +
Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax, live electronics, alto sax; Fred Hersch, piano, Hammond B-3 organ; Ratzo Harris, bass, electric bass; Tom Rainey, drums; with Andy Seligson, tuba #4; David Friedman, vibes, marimba, percussion #1,2,4; Isidro Bobadilla, percussion #1,7.
RCA Studio A, NYC, February 9-13, 1987
| 1. | Overstars | Columbia FC 40755 |
| 2. | Cagney | - |
| 3. | More Than Sinatra | - |
| 4. | NFL | - |
| 5. | Modern Drama | - |
| 6. | Strange And Completely | - |
| 7. | Varo | - |
| 8. | The Race (For Shirley Muldowney) | - |
| 9. | Rapture Of The Flat | - |
* Columbia FC 40755, CK 40755 Jane Ira Bloom - Modern Drama 1987
1988
Jane Ira Bloom Quartet
Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax, live electronics; Fred Hersch, piano #1-5,7-11, prepared piano #6; Kent McLagan, bass; Tom Rainey, drums, percussion.
RCA Studio A, NYC, June 6-9, 1988
| 1. | Mighty Lights | Columbia FC 44415 |
| 2. | Gershwin's Skyline / I Loves You, Porgy | - |
| 3. | Blues On Mars | - |
| 4. | Slalom | - |
| 5. | Ice Dancing (For Torvill And Dean) | - |
| 6. | Drums Like Dancing | - |
| 7. | If I Should Lose You | - |
| 8. | Light Years Away | - |
| 9. | Painting Over Paris | - |
| 10. | Miro | - |
| 11. | Mighty Lights II | - |
* Columbia FC 44415, CK 44415 Jane Ira Bloom - Slalom 1988
1992
Jane Ira Bloom Quartet/Sextet/Quintet/Trio/Solo
Kenny Wheeler, flugelhorn, trumpet; Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax, live electronics; Michael Formanek, bass; Jerry Granelli, drums, elektro-acoustic percussion.
Clinton Recording Studios, NYC, July 22 and 23, 1992
| Gateway To Progress | Arabesque Jazz AJ0107 |
Ron Horton, trumpet; Kenny Wheeler, flugelhorn, trumpet; Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax, live electronics; Kenny Werner, piano; Rufus Reid, bass; Jerry Granelli, drums, elektro-acoustic percussion.
| Further Into The Night | - |
Ron Horton, trumpet; Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax, live electronics; Michael Formanek, bass; Jerry Granelli, drums, elektro-acoustic percussion.
| Hawkins' Parallel Universe | - |
Ron Horton, trumpet; Kenny Wheeler, flugelhorn, trumpet; Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax, live electronics; Rufus Reid, bass; Jerry Granelli, drums, elektro-acoustic percussion.
| Straight, No Chaser / Miro | - |
Kenny Wheeler, flugelhorn, trumpet; Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax, live electronics; Kenny Werner, piano; Rufus Reid, bass; Jerry Granelli, drums, elektro-acoustic percussion.
| Oshumare | - |
Kenny Wheeler, flugelhorn, trumpet; Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax, live electronics; Michael Formanek, bass; Jerry Granelli, drums, elektro-acoustic percussion.
| Art & Aviation | - |
Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax, live electronics; Rufus Reid, bass; Jerry Granelli, drums, elektro-acoustic percussion.
| Most Distant Galaxy | - |
Kenny Wheeler, flugelhorn, trumpet; Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax, live electronics; Michael Formanek, bass; Jerry Granelli, drums, elektro-acoustic percussion.
| I Believe Anita | - |
Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax, live electronics.
| Lost In The Stars | - |
* Arabesque Jazz AJ0107 Jane Ira Bloom - Art And Aviation 1992
1995 (age 40)
Jane Ira Bloom Sextet
Kenny Wheeler, flugelhorn, trumpet; Julian Priester, trombone, bass trombone; Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax; Fred Hersch, piano; Rufus Reid, bass; Bobby Previte, drums.
The Power Station, Studio B, NYC, July 12, 13 and 14, 1995
| Nearly Summertime | Arabesque Jazz AJ0120 | |
| Midnight Round / 'Round Midnight | - | |
| Flat 6 Bop | - | |
| Midnight's Measure / In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning | - | |
| Painting Over Paris | - | |
| Wing Dining | - | |
| Panosonic | - | |
| White Tower | - | |
| It's A Corrugated World | - | |
| Monk's Tale / The Nearness Of You | - | |
| Lonely House | - | |
| The All-Diesel Kitchen Of Tomorrow | - | |
| Yonder | - |
* Arabesque Jazz AJ0120 Jane Ira Bloom - The Nearness 1996
1997
Jane Ira Bloom Quartet
Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax; Fred Hersch, piano; Mark Dresser, bass; Bobby Previte, drums.
Acoustic Recording, Brooklyn, NY, May 29, 1997, and January 2, 3, 1999
| Always Hope | Arabesque Jazz AJ0144 | |
| Time After Time | - | |
| Monk's Rec Room | - | |
| Tell Me Your Diamonds | - | |
| Jax Calypso | - | |
| Chagall / How Deep Is The Ocean | - | |
| Five Full Fathorns | - | |
| It's A Corrugated World | - | |
| Climb Inside Her Eyes | - | |
| Emergency | - | |
| Einstein's Red/Blue Universe | - |
* Arabesque Jazz AJ0144 Jane Ira Bloom - The Red Quartets 1999
2000
Jane Ira Bloom Quartet
Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax, live electronics; Vincent Bourgey, piano; Mark Dresser, bass; Bobby Previte, drums.
Current Sounds, NYC, June 28, 29, and July 21, 2000
| Denver Stop | Arabesque Jazz AJ0155 | |
| Now You See It | - | |
| Bewitched | - | |
| Blue Poles | - | |
| Pacific | - | |
| Truth In Timbre | - | |
| Without Words | - | |
| In Everything | - | |
| Varo | - | |
| Many Landscapes | - | |
| How Are Things In Glocca Morra | - |
* Arabesque Jazz AJ0155 Jane Ira Bloom - Sometimes The Magic 2001
2002
Jane Ira Bloom Quartet
Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax, live electronics; Fred Hersch, piano; Mark Dresser, bass; Bobby Previte, drums.
The Studio, NYC, April 14, and May 3, 2002
| Unexpected Light | Arabesque Jazz AJ0158 | |
| Chasing Paint | - | |
| The Sweetest Sounds | - | |
| On Seeing JP | - | |
| Many Wonders | - | |
| Jackson Pollock | - | |
| Alchemy | - | |
| Reflections Of The Big Dipper | - | |
| White Light | - |
* Arabesque Jazz AJ0158 Jane Ira Bloom Meets Jackson Pollock - Chasing Paint 2003
2004
Jane Ira Bloom Quartet
Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax, live electronics; Jamie Saft, keyboards, electronics; Mark Dresser, bass; Bobby Previte, drums, electronic drums.
Avatar Studios, Studio B, NYC, July 8 and 9, 2004
| Dreaming In The Present Tense | ArtistShare 0007 | |
| Unconscious Forces | - | |
| Singing In Stripes | - | |
| Altair 4 | - | |
| Vanishing Hat | - | |
| White Light | - | |
| No Orchestra | - | |
| Magnetic | - | |
| In An Instant | - | |
| Mercury | - | |
| Night Skywriting | - | |
| Dark Knowledge | - | |
| I Have Dreamed | - | |
| Singing In Stripes | - |
* ArtistShare 0007 Jane Ira Bloom - Like Silver, Like Song 2005
2007 (age 52)
Jane Ira Bloom Quartet
Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax, live electronics; Dawn Clement, piano, Fender Rhodes; Mark Helias, bass; Matt Wilson, drums, percussion.
Avatar Studios, Studio B, NYC, June 1 and 2, 2007
| A More Beautiful Question | Outline OTL139 | |
| Ready For Anything | - | |
| Multiple Choice | - | |
| Mental Weather | - | |
| Luminous Bridges | - | |
| Electrochemistry | - | |
| Cello On The Inside | - | |
| What To Wear: I. Activewear / II. Easy Knit / III. The Reasons For Returns / IV. Clothes That Question | - | |
| First Thoughts / This Nearly Was Mine | - | |
| Mental Weather (MP3) | - |
* Outline OTL139 Jane Ira Bloom - Mental Weather 2008
2010
Jane Ira Bloom Quartet
Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax, live electronics; Dawn Clement, piano, Fender Rhodes; Mark Helias, bass; Bobby Previte, drums.
Avatar Studios, Studio B, NYC, June 5 and 6, 2010
| Her Exacting Light | Outline OTL140 | |
| Life On Cloud 8 | - | |
| Ending Red Songs | - | |
| Freud's Convertible | - | |
| Airspace | - | |
| Frontiers In Science | - | |
| Rooftops Speak Dreams | - | |
| Rookie | - | |
| Adjusting To Midnight | - | |
| Live Sports | - | |
| Wingwalker | - | |
| I Could Have Danced All Night | - | |
| Wingwalker Singularity (MP3) | - |
* Outline OTL140 Jane Ira Bloom - Wingwalker 2010
2013
Jane Ira Bloom Quartet
Jane Ira Bloom, soprano sax; Dominic Fallacaro, piano; Cameron Brown, bass; Matt Wilson, drums.
Avatar Studios, Studio B, NYC, May 20, and June 12, 17, 2013
| For All We Know | Outline OTL141 | |
| What She Wanted | - | |
| Gershwin's Skyline / I Loves You, Porgy | - | |
| Darn That Dream | - | |
| Good Morning Heartache | - | |
| Out Of This World | - | |
| Ice Dancing (For Torvill & Dean) | - | |
| Left Alone | - | |
| The Way You Look Tonight | - | |
| But Not For Me | - | |
| Primary Colors | - | |
| My Ship | - | |
| Too Many Reasons | - | |
| Bird Experiencing Light | - |
* Outline OTL141 Jane Ira Bloom - Sixteen Sunsets 2013