Music Inc. Discography
1969
Music Inc.
Charles Tolliver, trumpet; Stanley Cowell, piano; Steve Novosel, bass; Jimmy Hopps, drums.
Polydor Studios, London, England, June 2, 1969
| Plight | Polydor (E) 583 750 | |
| On The Nile | - | |
| The Ringer | - | |
| Mother Wit | - | |
| Spur | - |
* Polydor (E) 583 750 Music Inc. - The Ringer 1969
= Freedom (E) FLP 40150, FLP 41017 Charles Tolliver And Music Inc. - The Ringer
= Arista Freedom AL 1017 - 1975
= Black Lion (G) BLCD 760174 Charles Tolliver - The Ringer 1992
1970
Music Inc.
Charles Tolliver, trumpet; Stanley Cowell, piano; Cecil McBee, bass; Jimmy Hopps, drums.
Slugs' Saloon, NYC, May 1, 1970
| Drought | Strata-East SES-1972 | |
| Felicite | Strata-East SES-1972, (G) SECD 9016 | |
| Orientale | - |
same session.
| Spanning | Strata-East SES-19720, (G) SECD 9016 | |
| Wilpan's | - | |
| Our Second Father (Dedicated To The Memory Of John Coltrane) | - |
same session.
| On The Nile | Mosaic MS-020 | |
| Ruthie's Heart (Dedicated To My Mother) | - | |
| Repetition | - |
* Strata-East SES-1972 Music Inc. - Live At Slugs' Volume 1 1972
= Mosaic MS-020 Charles Tolliver - Mosaic Select 2005
* Strata-East SES-19720 Music Inc. - Live At Slugs' Volume 2 1973
= Mosaic MS-020 Charles Tolliver - Mosaic Select 2005
* Strata-East (G) SECD 9016; Bellaphon (G) 660-51-014 Music Inc - Live At Historic Slugs' 1992
Music Inc.
Charles Tolliver, trumpet; Stanley Cowell, piano; Cecil McBee, bass; Jimmy Hopps, drums; with Larry Greenwich, Virgil Jones, Danny Moore, Richard Williams, trumpet; Garnett Brown, Curtis Fuller, John Gordon, Dick Griffin, trombone; Howard Johnson, tuba, baritone sax; Bobby Brown, Wilbur Brown, Jimmy Heath, Clifford Jordan, reeds, flute.
Mediasound, NYC, November 11, 1970
| Ruthie's Heart | Strata-East SES-1971 | |
| Brilliant Circles | - | |
| Abscretions | - | |
| Household Of Saud | - | |
| On The Nile | - | |
| Departure | - |
* Strata-East SES-1971 Music Inc. 1971
= Strata-East (G) SECD 9010; Bellaphon (G) 660-51-009 Music Inc. & Big Band 1991
= Mosaic MS-037 The Charles Tolliver Big Band - Mosaic Select 2011
1972
Music Inc
Charles Tolliver, flugelhorn; Stanley Cowell, piano; Ron Mathewson, bass; Alvin Queen, drums.
Domicile, Munich, West Germany, March 23, 1972
| Impact | Enja (G) 2016 | |
| Brilliant Circles | - | |
| Truth | - | |
| Prayer For Peace | - | |
| Absecretions | Enja (G) ENJ-2109 2 | |
| Our Second Father | - |
* Enja (G) 2016 Music Inc / Charles Tolliver, Stanley Cowell, Ron Mathewson, Alvin Queen - Impact 1972
= Enja (G) ENJ-2109 2 Charles Tolliver, Stanley Cowell, Ron Mathewson, Alvin Queen - Impact 2006
1973
Charles Tolliver / Music Inc
Charles Tolliver, trumpet; Stanley Cowell, piano; Clint Houston, bass; Clifford Barbaro, drums.
Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo, Japan, December 7, 1973
| Drought | Strata-East SES-19745 | |
| Stretch | - | |
| Truth | - | |
| Effi | - | |
| 'Round Midnight | - |
same session.
| Impact | Mosaic MS-020 | |
| Our Second Father (Dedicated To The Memory Of John Coltrane) | - | |
| Earl's World (Dedicated To My Brother) | - |
* Strata-East SES-19745; Trio (J) PA-7088 Charles Tolliver, Music Inc - Live In Tokyo 1974
= Strata-East (G) SECD 9015; Bellaphon (G) 660-51-016 - 1992
= Mosaic MS-020 Charles Tolliver - Mosaic Select 2005
1975
Music Inc & Orchestra
Charles Tolliver, trumpet, flugelhorn; Stanley Cowell, piano; Clint Houston, bass #1,3,4; Cecil McBee, bass #1,5,6; Reggie Workman, bass #2,6; Clifford Barbaro, drums; Big Black, congas #1; Billy Parker, percussion #1; Warren Smith, percussion, chimes #1,6; with Jon Faddis, Larry Greenwich, Virgil Jones, Jimmy Owens, Richard Williams, trumpet; Garnet Brown, John Gordon, Jack Jeffers, Kiane Zawadi, trombone; Charles McPhearson, alto sax; James Spaulding, alto, soprano sax, piccolo, flute; George Coleman, tenor sax; Harold Vick, tenor, soprano sax, flute; Charles Davis, baritone sax; Noel DeCosta, Gayle Dixon, first violin; Winston Collymore, Noel Pointer, second violin; Julius Miller, Ashley Richardson, viola; Patricia Dixon, Edith Wint Porter, cello.
Sound Ideas Studios, NYC, January 17, 1975
| 1. | Impact | Strata-East SES-19757 |
| 2. | Mother Wit | - |
| 3. | Grand Max | - |
| 4. | Plight | - |
| 5. | Lynnsome | - |
| 6. | Mournin' Variations | - |
* Strata-East SES-19757 Charles Tolliver, Music Inc & Orchestra - Impact 1976
= Strata-East (G) SECD 9001; Bellaphon (G) 660-51-004 - 1990
= Mosaic MS-037 The Charles Tolliver Big Band - Mosaic Select 2011