Steve Gadd discography

This is the discography for the American Drummer/Musician Steve Gadd. This discography contains over 700 original studio and live album releases. It does not include singles, EPs, unofficial releases, greatest hits/best of compilations or video only releases.

As Blicher Hemmer Gadd

• Blicher Hemmer Gadd (C-Nut, 2014)
• Omara (C-Nut, 2018)
• Get That Motor Runnin' (C-Nut, 2019)

As The Boys From Rochester

• The Boys From Rochester (Feels So Good Records, 1989)

As The Chick Corea + Steve Gadd Band

• Chinese Butterfly (Stretch, 2017)

As Steve Gadd + Eddie Gomez + Ronnie Cuber + WDR Big Band

• Center Stage (Leopard|Leopard, 2022)

As The Gaddabouts

• The Gaddabouts (RacecarLOTTA Records, 2011)
• Look Out Now! (RacecarLOTTA Records, 2012)

As Mika & Steve Gadd

• Mikarimba! (Video Arts Japan/Zoom, 2010)

As Steve Gadd Band

• Gaddabout (Electric Bird, 1984)
• Gadditude (BFM Jazz, 2013)
• 70 Strong (BFM Jazz, 2015)
• Way Back Home (Live from Rochester, NY) (BFM Jazz, 2016)
• Steve Gadd Band (BFM Jazz, 2018)
• At Blue Note Tokyo (BFM Jazz, 2021)

As Steve Gadd & Friends

• Live at Voce – Deluxe Edition (BFM Jazz, 2010)

As The Gadd Gang

• Gaddabout (Electric Bird, 1984)
• The Gadd Gang (Columbia, 1986)
• Here & Now (Columbia, 1988)
• Live at Bottom Line (A Touch, 1994)

As Hyper Ventures

• Hyper Ventures (InsideOut, 1992)

As Simon Oslender / Steve Gadd / Will Lee (bassist)

• All That Matters (Leopard, 2024)

As Anders Wihk Steve Gadd Svante Henryson

• Same Tree Different Fruit (Lionheart/Videoarts, 2012)

With 10cc

• Windows in the Jungle (Mercury, 1983)

With Aquarium

• Top (M2, 2021)

With Alessi

• All for a Reason (A&M, 1977)

With Peter Allen

• Continental American (A&M, 1974)

With Herb Alpert

• Beyond (A&M Records, 1980)
• Blow Your Own Horn (track 1 only) (A&M, 1983)

With Laurie Anderson

• Strange Angels (Warner Bros, 1989)

With Arthur, Hurley & Gottlieb

• Arther, Hurley & Gottlieb (Columbia, 1973)

With Ashford & Simpson

• Come As You Are (Warner Bros, 1976)
• So So Satisfied (Warner Bros, 1977)
• Stay Free (Warner Bros, 1979)
• High Rise (Capitol Records, 1983)

With Patti Austin

• End of a Rainbow (CTI, 1976)

With Aztec Camera

• Love (On track "Paradise") (Sire, 1987)

With Philip Bailey

• Love Will Find a Way (Verve Records, 2019)

With Chet Baker

• She Was Too Good to Me (CTI, 1974)

With Chet Baker Jim Hall Hubert Laws

• Studio Trieste, (CTI 9007, 1982)

With Tony Banks

• The Fugitive (tracks "Man of Spells", "And the Wheels Keep Turning", "By You", and "Sometime Never") (Charisma UK, Atlantic, US, 1983)

With Gato Barbieri

• Ruby, Ruby, (A&M, 1977) (Track: "Sunrise")

With Ray Barretto

• La Cuna (CTI Records, 1981)

With Keith Barrow

• Just As I Am (Capitol Records, 1980)

With Bazuka

• Bazuka (A&M, 1975)

With Joe Beck

• Friends (DMP, 1984)

With Bee Gees

• Living Eyes (RSO, 1981)

With Maggie Bell

• Queen of the Night, (Atlantic, 1974)

With George Benson

• Bad Benson (CTI, 1974)
• In Concert-Carnegie Hall (CTI, 1976)
• Good King Bad (CTI, 1976)
• Livin' Inside Your Love (Warner Bros, 1979)
• Pacific Fire (CTI, 1983)
• In Your Eyes (Warner Bros, 1983)
• Absolute Benson (GRP/Verve, 2000)

With Bob Berg

• Riddles (Stretch, 1994)

With Warren Bernhardt

• Manhattan Update (Arista Novus, 1980)

With Randy Bernsen

• Mo' Wasabi (Zebra Records, 1986)
• Paradise Citizens (Zebra Records, 1988)

With Stephen Bishop

• Red Cab to Manhattan (Track 4 only) (Warner Bros, 1980)

With Marc Black

• Stroke of Genius (Suma, 2006)
• Pictures of The Highway (Suma, 2010)

With John Blair

• We Belong Together (CTI, 1977)

With Carla Bley

• Dinner Music (Watt/ECM, 1977)

With Rory Block

• Turning Point (Zensor/Amalthea/Munich Records BV, 1989)

With Angela Bofill

• Angie (GRP, 1978)

With Luiz Bonfá

• Manhattan Strut (Paddle Wheel, 1997) (The Steve Gadd official discography has this as a 1988 release, however the original recording date is believed to be 1974)

With Brecker Brothers

• Back to Back (Arista, 1976)
• Don't Stop the Music (Arista, 1977)
• Detente (Arista, 1980)

With Edie Brickell

• Picture Perfect Morning (Geffen Records, 1994)
• Volcano (Cherry Records/Universal, 2003)

With Willy Bridges

• Bridges to Cross (Buddah Records, 1977)

With Brigati

• Lost in the Wilderness (Elektra, 1976)

With Jonatha Brooke

• The Works (Bad Dog Records, 2008)
• My Mother has 4 Noses (Bad Dog Records, 2014)

With Alison Brown

• The Song of the Banjo (Compass Records, 2015)

With Joe Brucato

• Free (Number 44, 2007)

With Rusty Bryant

• For the Good Times (Prestige, 1973)

With Kate Bush

• Director's Cut (Fish People/EMI, 2011)
• 50 Words for Snow (Fish People, 2011)

With Ed Calle

• Double Talk (Columbia, 1996)

With Larry Carlton

• Sleepwalk (Warner Bros, 1982)

With Karen Carpenter

• Karen Carpenter (A&M, 1996)

With Paul Carrack

• These Days (Carrack-UK, 2018)

With Barbara Carroll

• From the Beginning (United Artists Records, 1977)

With Milton Chesley Carroll

• Milton Chesley Carroll (RCA, 1972)

With Ron Carter

• Anything Goes (Kudo, 1975)
• Yellow & Green (Steve Gadd only appears on bonus tracks 7 & 8 of the 1987 re-issue and was not on the original 1976 release) (Epic, 1987)

With Mike Catalano

• A Rio Affair (MARACUJAZZ, 1990)
• A Manhattan Affair (Catman Records, 2007)

With Harry Chapin

• Dance Band on the Titanic (Elektra, 1977)

With Tracy Chapman

• Our Bright Future (Elektra, 2008)

With Ray Charles

• My World (Warner Bros, 1993)

With Chevy Chase

• Chevy Chase (Arista, 1980)

With Cyrus Chestnut

• A Charlie Brown Christmas (Atlantic, 2000)

With The Choice 4

• The Choice 4 (RCA Victor, 1975)

With Tony Cicco

• Pá (RCA/RCA Italiana, 1989)

With Cinque

• Catch A Corner (Alma Records, 2012)

With Chiara Civello

• Last Quarter Moon (Verve, 2005)

With Eric Clapton

• Pilgrim (Reprise, 1998)
• Reptile (Reprise, 2001)
• One More Car, One More Rider (Duck/Reprise, 2002)
• Me and Mr. Johnson (Reprise, 2004)
• Sessions for Robert J. (Reprise, 2004)
• Back Home (Duck/Reprise, 2005)
• Old Sock (Surfdog/Duck Records/ADA U.S. Polydor EU, 2013)
• Slowhand at 70 - Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Eagle Vision, 2015)
• Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 (Rhino/Reprise Records, 2020)
• The Lady in the Balcony: Lockdown Sessions (Universal Music Group, 2021)

With Alain Clark

• Live It Out (8Ball Music, 2007)
• Colorblind (8Ball Music, 2010)

With Stanley Clarke

• Journey to Love (Nemperor, 1975)
• School Days (Nemperor/Epic, 1976)
• Modern Man (Cymbal first and last track) (Nemperor, 1978)
• I Wanna Play For You (Nemperor, 1979)

With Merry Clayton

• Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow (Ode, 1975)

With Joe Cocker

• Stingray (A&M, 1976)
• Luxury You Can Afford (Asylum, 1978)

With Marc Cohn

• Marc Cohn (Atlantic, 1991)

With Mark Colby

• Serpentine Fire (Zappan Tee Records/Columbia, 1978)
• One Good Turn (Zappan Tee Records, 1979)

With Natalie Cole

• Snowfall on the Sahara (Elektra, 1999)

With Judy Collins

• Judith (Elektra, 1975)
• Bread and Roses (Elektra, 1976)

With Michael Colombier

• Michael Colombier (Chrysalis, 1979)

With Chick Corea / Return to Forever

• The Leprechaun (Polydor, 1976)
• My Spanish Heart (Polydor, 1976)
• The Mad Hatter (Polydor, 1978)
• Friends (Polydor, 1978)
• Three Quartets (Stretch Records, 1981)
• Rendezvous in New York (Stretch Records, 2003)
• The Ultimate Adventure (Stretch Records/Universal, 2006)
• Super Trio - with Chick Corea and Christian McBride (Mad Hatter Productions ,2006)
• Return to the Seventh Galaxy: The Anthology (Although this is mainly a compilation of previously released Return to Forever tracks it contains 3 previously unreleased tracks with Steve Gadd on drums) (Polydor/Verve, 1996)
• Jazz Workshop Boston, MA, May 15, 1973 (Jazz-A-Nova/BSMF Records, 2019)

With Cory

• Fire Sign (Phantom Records, 1976)

With Larry Coryell

• Difference (on track Memphis Underground) (Egg, 1978)

With Lou Courtney

• Buffalo Smoke (RCA Victor, 1976)

With Hank Crawford

• I Hear a Symphony (Kudu, 1975)
• Hank Crawford's Back (Kudu, 1976)
• Tico Rico (Kudu, 1977)
• Cajun Sunrise (Kudu, 1978)

With Randy Crawford & Joe Sample

• Feeling good (PRA, 2007)
• No Regrets (PRA, 2008)
• Randy Crawford & Joe Sample Live with Steve Gadd & Niklas Sample (PRA, 2012)

With Creme D'Cocoa

• Funked Up (Venture Records, 1978)

With Jim Croce

• I Got a Name (ABC US, Vertigo UK, 1973)

With Christopher Cross

• Another Page (Warner Bros, 1983)

With Beppe Crovella

• Soulful Traffic (Electromantic Music, 2010)

With Ronnie Cuber

• Pin Point (Electric Bird, 1986)

With Paquito D'Rivera

• Explosion (Columbia, 1986)

With Jorge Dalto & Super Friends

• Rendezvous (Eastworld, 1983)
• New York Nightline (Eastworld, 1984)

With Pino Daniele

• Ferryboat (EMI, 1985)
• Schizzechea With Love (EMI/Bagaria, 1988)
• La Grande Madre (Blue Drag, 2012)

With Eddie Daniels

• Morning Thunder (Columbia, 1978)

With Rainy Davis

• Ouch (Track "Choosey Beggar") (Columbia, 1988)

With Stu Daye

• Free Parking (Columbia, 1976)

With Eumir Deodato

• First Cuckoo (MCA, 1975)
• Very Together (MCA, 1976)
• Stereo Sounds (WEA, 2007) (This is believed to be a 1980s release, probably 1986, though no source can be found to verify this)

With Jackie DeShannon

• Your Baby Is a Lady (Atlantic, 1974)

With Hermine Deurloo

• Riverbeast (ZenneZ Records, 2019)

With Al Di Meola

• Land of the Midnight Sun (Columbia, 1976) (track "The Wizard")
• Elegant Gypsy, 1977 (tracks "Flight Over Rio" & "Elegant Gypsy Suite")
• Casino (Columbia, 1978)
• Splendido Hotel (CBS/Columbia, 1980) (tracks "Roller Jubilee" & "Spanish Eyes")
• Electric Rendezvous (Columbia, 1982)
• Tour De Force – Live (Columbia, 1982)
• Orange and Blue (tracks "Theme of the Mothership" & "Casmir") (Tomato, 1994)
• Consequence of Chaos (Telarc, 2006)

With Disco Kids

• Disco Kids (Dellwood Records,1979)

With Smith Dobson

• Smithzonian (Night Music Productions, 1986)

With Dane Donohue

• Dane Donohue (Columbia, 1978)

With Urszula Dudziak

• Midnight Rain (Arista, 1977)

With The Dynamic Superiors

• The Sky's the Limit (Venture Records, 1980 but unable to provide citation/P-Vine Records, 2003 re-issue)

With East Bounce

• East Bounce (One Voice, 1995)

With William Eaton

• Struggle Buggy (Marlin, 1977)

With Eliane Elias

• Illusions (Denon, 1987)

With Noel Elmowy

• Feelin' Good (Expansion Records, 2000) (Track "Shuffle the Deck")

With Melissa Errico

• Legrand Affair (Sh-K-Boom Records, 2011)

With The Explorers

• The Explorers (Virgin Records, 1985)

With Jon Faddis

• Good and Plenty (Buddah Records/Arista, 1979)

With Faith Hope and Charity

• Life Goes On (RCA Victor, 1976)

With Georgie Fame

• Cool Cat Blues (Go Jazz, 1989)

With Dominick Farinacci

• Short Stories (Mack Avenue Records, 2016)

With Art Farmer

• Crawl Space (CTI, 1977)
• Big Blues with Jim Hall (CTI, 1978)
• Yama with Joe Henderson (CTI, 1979)

With Joe Farrell

• Penny Arcade (CTI Records, 1973)
• Upon This Rock (CTI Records, 1974)
• La Catedral Y El Toro (Warner Bros, 1977)

With Don Felder

• American Rock 'n' Roll (BMG, 2019)

With Steve Feldman

• Steve Feldman (Evolution, 1973)

With Maynard Ferguson

• Primal Scream (Columbia, 1976)

With Roberta Flack

• Blue Lights in the Basement (Atlantic, 1977)
• Roberta Flack (album) (Atlantic, 1978)
• I'm the one (Atlantic, 1982)
• Oasis (Atlantic, 1988)

With David Foster

• River of Love (Rhino/Atlantic, 1990)

With Aretha Franklin

• With Everything I Feel in Me (Atlantic, 1974)

With Michael Franks

• Burchfield Nines (Warner Bros, 1978)
• Passionfruit (Warner Bros, 1983)
• Skin Dive (Warner Bros, 1985)
• Barefoot on the Beach (Windham Hill, 1999)

With French Toast

• French Toast (Electric Bird, 1984)

With The Friends of Distinction

• Reviviscence "Live To Light Again" (RCA Victor, 1975)

With David Friesen

• Star Dance (Inner City, 1976)

With Tomo Fujita

• Pure (Tomo Fujita, 2010)

With Jun Fukamachi

• The Sea of Dirac (Kitty Records, 1977)
• Evening Star (Kitty Records, 1978)
• On The Move (Alfa, 1978)
• Live (credited as: & the New York All Stars) (Alfa, 1978)

With Funk Factory

• Funk Factory (ATCO/Atlantic, 1975) (Tracks "Watusi Dance", "Rien Ne Va Plus", "Funk It" and "Lilliput")

With Fuse One

• Ice (GNP Crescendo Record Co, 1984)

With Peter Gabriel

• OVO (Real World, 2000)
• Up (Geffen, 2002)

With Eric Gale

• Ginseng Woman (Columbia, 1977)
• Multiplication (Columbia, 1978)
• Part of You (Columbia, 1979)

With David Garfield and Friends

• Tribute to Jeff Porcaro (Zebra Records, 1997)

With Art Garfunkel

• Watermark (Columbia, 1977)
• Fate for Breakfast (Columbia, 1979)
• Lefty (Columbia, 1988)
• Songs from a Parent to a Child (Columbia, 1997)
• Some Enchanted Evening (Atco, 2007)

With Art Garfunkel & Amy Grant

• The Animals' Christmas (Columbia, 1986)

With Joey George & Lewis McGehee

• Joey George & Lewis McGehee (Lifesong, 1976)

With Donny Gerrard

• The Romantic (Frequency Records, 1999)

With David Gilmour

• Luck and Strange (Sony Music Entertainment, 2024)

With Giorgio

• Giorgio's Party of the Century (Lettera, 2010)

With Nikki Giovanni

• The Way I Feel (Niktom, 1975)

With Eddie Gómez

• Gomez (Interface, 1984)
• Mezgo (aka Discovery) (Epic, 1986)
• Power Play (Columbia, 1988)
• Street Smart (Columbia, 1989)

With Stéphane Grappelli

• Uptown Dance (Columbia, 1978)

With Mark Gray

• Boogie Hotel (TDK Records, 1982)
• The Silencer (Credited as Mark Gray and Superfriends) (Eastworld, 1984)

With Ellie Greenwich

• Let it be written let it be sung (Verve, 1973)

With Henry Gross

• Henry Gross (A&M Records, 1973)
• Release (Lifesong, 1976)

With Dave Grusin

• One of a Kind (Polydor, 1977)
• Out of the Shadows (GRP, 1982)
• Dave Grusin and the NY-LA Dream Band (GRP, 1984)
• The Orchestral Album (GRP, 1994)

With Don Grusin

• Laguna Cove (Award Records, 1998)

With Wlodek Gulgowski

• Soundcheck (Polydor, 1976)

With Jim Hall

• Concierto (CTI, 1975)

With John Hall

• John Hall (Asylum Records, 1978)

With Johnny Hammond

• Higher Ground (Kudu, 1973)

With Richard Harris

• The Prophet (Atlantic, 1974)

With Richie Havens

• Connections (Elecktra, 1980)

With Michael Lee Hill

• Music From Here to Andromeda (Izon Sky/Moment Point, 2007)

With Terumasa Hino

• Daydream (Flying Disk/Inner City Records, 1980)
• ベスト・コレクション" (JVC, 1990)

With Jennifer Holliday

• Say You Love Me (Geffen, 1985)
• Get Close to My Love (Geffen, 1987)

With Loleatta Holloway

• Queen of the Night (Gold Mind, 1978)
• Love Sensation (Gold Mind, 1980)

With Freddie Hubbard

• Windjammer (Columbia, 1976)

With Bobbi Humphrey

• Freestyle (Epic, 1978)

With Janis Ian

• Janis Ian (Columbia, 1978)
• Night Rains (Columbia, 1979)
• Revenge (Beacon Records, 1995)
• God & The FBI (Windham Hill Records, 2000)

With Masaru Imada

• A Day in the Paradise (Full House, 1983)

With Kimiko Itoh

• For Lovers Only (A Touch/Columbia, 1987)
• Follow Me (A Touch/Columbia, 1989)
• A Natural Woman (A Touch, 1990)
• Sophisticated Lady (Videoarts Music, 1995)
• An Evening With Kimiko Itoh - Live Concert in New York (Platinum Records, 2007)

With Weldon Irvine

• Sinbad (RCA, 1976)

With Eileen Ivers

• Crossing the Bridge (Sony Classical, 1999)

With Jackie and Roy

• A Wilder Alias (CTI, 1974)

With Milt Jackson

• Goodbye (CTI, 1973)

With Bob James

• One (CTI, 1974)
• Two (CTI, 1975)
• BJ4 (CTI, 1977)
• Heads (Tappan Zee Records, 1977)
• Touchdown (Zappan Tee, 1978)
• Lucky Seven (Tracks "Rush Hour" and "Blue Lick") (Zappan Tee, 1979)
• All Around the Town (Zappan Tee Records, 1981)
• Foxie (Zappan Tee Records, 1983)
• The Genie: Themes & Variations from the TV series TAXI (Tappan Zee Records/Columbia, 1983)
• Playin' Hooky (Warner Bros, 1997)
• These are the CTI Years: Live in Japan (Wildlife Records, 2012)

With Bob James & David Sanborn

• Double Vision (Warner Bros, 1986)
• Quartette Humaine (Okeh, 2013)

With Al Jarreau

• This Time (Warner Bros, 1980)
• Breakin' Away (Warner Bros, 1981)
• Jarreau (Warner Bros, 1983)
• Tenderness (Reprise Records, 1994)
• Tomorrow Today (GRP, 2000)
• Live at Montreux 1993 (Eagle Records, 2016)

With Garland Jeffreys

• Ghost Writer (A&M, 1977)
• One-Eyed Jack (A&M, 1978)

With Joe and Bing

• Joe and Bing (RCA, 1976)

With Dr. John

• "City Lights" (A&M, 1978)
• Tango Palace (Horizon, 1979)

With Gordon Johnson

• "Trios 3.0" (tracks 5 & 10) (Tonalities, 2004)

With Michel Jonasz

• Oú Est La Source (WEA, 1992)
• Michel Jonasz au Zénith (WEA, 1993)
• Où vont les rêves (Capitol Records, 2002)

With Jill Jones

• Jill Jones (Paisley Park, Warner Bros, 1987)

With Rickie Lee Jones

• Rickie Lee Jones (Warner Bros, 1979)
• Pirates (Warner Bros, 1981)
• The Magazine (Warner Bros. 1984)

With Quincy Jones

• Sounds...and Stuff Like That!! (A&M, 1978)
• Q's Jook Joint (Quest, Warner Bros, 1995)

With Salena Jones

• My Love (JVC, 1981)

With The Joneses

• Keepin' Up With The Joneses (Mercury, 1974)
• Our Love Long (P-Vine Records, 1992)
• Come Back To Me (P-Vine Records, 1993)

With Margie Joseph

• Margie (Atlantic, 1975)

With Toshiki Kadomatsu

• Reasons for Thousand Lovers (OM, 1989)

With Jean-Michel Kajdan

• Blue Noise (Track "Stevabe") (Blue Citron, 1992)

With Karen Kamon

• Heart of You (CBS/Columbia, 1984)

With Steve Khan

• Tightrope (Tappan Zee Records/Columbia, 1977)
• The Blue Man (CBS, 1978)
• Arrows (Columbia, 1979)

With B.B. King and Eric Clapton

• Riding with the King (Duck/Reprise, 2000)

With Rahsaan Roland Kirk

• The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color (Atlantic, 1975)

With Earl Klugh

• Living inside Your Love (Blue Note, 1976)
• Finger Paintings (Blue Note, 1977)

With Gladys Knight & the Pips

• 2nd Anniversary (Buddah Records, 1975)
• Still Together (Buddah Records, 1977)
• The One and Only (Buddah Records, 1978)

With Davy Knowles & Back Door Slam

• Coming Up for Air (only on bonus track "Taste of Danger") (Blix Street Records, 2009)

With John Krondes and The Hit Making Team

• The End A New Beginning (Funky Sound of America, 2009)

With Ai Kuwabara

• Somehow, Someday, Somewhere (T.O.M. RECORDS, 2017)
• Live at the Blue Note (Verve, 2019)

With L'Image

• L'Image 2.0 (L'Image Records, 2009)

With Bill LaBounty

• Bill LaBounty (Warner Bros/Curb Records, 1982)

With Abraham Laboriel

• Dear Friends (Bluemoon Recordings, 1993)

With Nils Landgren

• The Moon the Stars and You (ACT, 2011)

With Neil Larsen

• High Gear (Horizon, A&M, 1979)

With Yusef Lateef

• In a Temple Garden (CTI, 1979)

With Yusef Lateef with Art Farmer

• Autophysiopsychic (CTI, 1977)

With Mike Lawrence

• Nightwind (Credited as Mike Lawrence with Herbie Hancock & Bob James) (Optimism Incorporated, 1987)

With Hubert Laws

• In the Beginning (The tracks on this album were additionally released separately as Then there was light Vol 1 and Vol 2) (CTI, 1974)
• The Chicago Theme (CTI, 1974)
• Romeo & Juliet (Columbia, 1976)

With Will Lee

• Oh! (Go Jazz, 1995)
• Love Gratitude and other Distractions (CD Baby/Sinning Saint, 2013)

With Levin Brothers

• Levin Brothers (Lazy Bones Recordings, 2014)

With O'Donel Levy

• Simba (Groove Merchant, 1974)

With Dave Liebman

• What It Is (Columbia, 1980)

With Didier Lockwood

• Storyboard (Dreyfus, 1996)

With Chuck Loeb

• Silhouette (track Lockdown) (Shanachie, 2013)

With Kenny Loggins

• Celebrate Me Home (Columbia, 1977)

With Gloria Loring

• Gloria Loring (Atlantic, 1986)

With Love Childs Afro Cuban Blues Band

• Spandisco (Midsong International, 1977)

With Jon Lucien

• Premonition (Precision, 1980)

With Elliot Lurie

• Elliot Lurie (Epic, 1975)

With Paul McCartney

• Tug of War (Parlaphone/EMI, 1982)
• Pipes of Peace (Parlophone UK, Columbia US, 1983)

With Van McCoy

• Disco Baby (credited to Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony) (Avco, 1975)
• The Disco Kid (Buddah, 1975)
• The Real McCoy (H&L Records, 1976)
• Rhythms of the World (H&L, 1976)
• My Favorite Fantasy (MCA Records, 1978)

With Michael McDonald

• If Thats's What It Takes (Warner Bros, 1982)

With Ralph MacDonald

• The Path (Marlin, 1978)
• Counterpoint (Marlin, 1979)
• Universal Rhythm (Polydor, 1984)
• Surprize (Polydor, 1985)
• Port Pleasure (Videoarts Music, 1998)

With Teo Macero

• Impressions of Virus (Columbia, 1980)
• Virus (Original Soundtrack) (Columbia, 1980)
• Impressions of Miles Davis (Orchard, 2001)

With Kate & Anna McGarrigle

• Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Warner Bros, 1976)
• Dancer with Bruised Knees (Warner Bros, 1977)
• Pronto Monto (Warner Bros, 1978)
• French Record (Kébec-Disc/Hannibal, 1980)

With Colleen McNabb

• Don't Go To Strangers (Track 4 only) (Zucca Records, 2009)

With Bob Malach

• Mood Swing (GoJazz, 1990)

With Mike Mainieri

• Love Play (Arista, 1977)

With Melissa Manchester

• Singin' (Arista, 1977)

With Chuck Mangione

• Friends and Love (Mercury, 1970)
• Together: A New Chuck Mangione Concert (Mercury, 1971)
• Alive! (Mercury, 1972)
• Land of Make Believe (Mercury, 1973)
• Main Squeeze (A&M Records, 1976)
• Tarantella (A&M Records, 1980)
• 70 Miles Young (A&M Records, 1982)
• Disguise (Columbia, 1984)
• The Boys from Rochester (Feels So Good Records, 1989)
• Together Forever (Gates Music, 1994)
• The Hat's Back (Chuck Mangione, 1994)

With Gap Mangione

• Diana in the Autumn Wind (GRC, 1968)
• Sing Along Junk (Mercury, 1972)
• She and I (A&M, 1974)
• Gap Mangione! (A&M Records, 1976)
• Planet Gap (Josh Music Inc, 1998)
• Stolen Moments (Josh Music Inc, 2003)
• Family Holidays (Josh Music Inc, 2004)

With José Mangual

• Buyú (Turnstyle Records, 1977)

With Manhattan Jazz Quintet

• Manhattan Jazz Quintet (King, 1984)
• Autumn Leaves (King, 1985)
• My Funny Valentine (King, 1985)
• The Sidewinder (King, 1986)
• Live at Pit Inn (Paddle Wheel, 1986)
• Live at the Pit Inn Vol 2 (King, 1986)
• My Favourite Things Live in Tokyo (King, 1987)
• Manhattan Jazz Quintet Reunion - Manhattan Blues (Sweet Basil, 1990)
• Concierto De Aranjuez (Sweet Basil, 1994)
• V.S.O.P. (Very Special Onetime Performance) (Birds Records, 2008)

With The Manhattan Transfer

• Pastiche (Atlantic, 1978)
• Mecca for Moderns (Atlantic, 1981)

With Barry Manilow

• Barry Manilow (Bell, 1973)

With Herbie Mann

• First Light as The Family of Mann (Atlantic, 1974)
• Discothèque (Atlantic, 1975)
• Waterbed (Atlantic, 1975)
• Surprises (Atlantic, 1976)
• Gagaku & Beyond (Finnadar/Atlantic, 1974 [1976])
• Sunbelt (Atlantic, 1979)

With Manzanera & Mackay

• Crack the Whip (Relativity, 1988)
• Up In Smoke (Relativity, 1989)

With Steve Marcus

• Some Time Other Than Now (Flying Dutchman, 1976)

With Arif Mardin

• Journey (Atlantic, 1974)

With Tania Maria

• The Lady from Brazil (Manhattan Records, 1986)
• Forbidden Colors (Capitol Records, 1988)
• Bluesilian (TKM Records, 1996)
• Europe (New Note, 1997)
• Bela Vista (World Pacific Records, 1990)

With Mark-Almond

• Other Peoples Rooms (Horizon, 1978)

With Hirth Martinez

• Big Bright Street (Warner Bros, 1977)

With The Pedrito Martinez Group

• The Pedro Martinez Group (Motéma, 2013)

With Yoshiaki Masuo

• Sailing Wonder (Electric Bird, 1978)

With Sleepy Matsumoto with N.Y. First Calls

• Papillon (Compose, 1992)

With David Matthews

• Dune (CTI, 1977)
• Grand Cross (Electric Bird, 1981)
• American Pie (Credited to David Matthews Trio) (Sweet Basil, 1990)
• Without You (Credited to David Matthews & The Masters) (Absorb Music Japan, 2003)
• Sir, (Paddle Wheel, 2018)

With Lyle Mays

• Street Dreams (Geffen, 1988)

With Meco

• Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk (Millenium Records, 1977)

With Lesley Meguid

• The Truth About Love Songs (Muve Recordings, 2010)

With Sérgio Mendes

• Sérgio Mendes and the New Brazil '77 (Elektra, 1977)

With Bette Midler

• Bette Midler (Atlantic, 1973)
• Songs for the New Depression (Atlantic, 1976)

With Barry Miles

• Magic Theater (London, 1975)

With Adam Miller

• Westwind Circus (Chelsea Records, 1974)

With Charles Mingus

• Me, Myself An Eye

With Bob Mintzer

• Bop Boy (2002)

With Eddy Mitchell

• Le Cimetiére Des Eléphants (Barclay/RCA, 1982)

With Melba Moore

• Peach Melba (Buddah, 1975)
• This Is It (Buddah, 1976)
• Melba (1976 album) (Buddah, 1976)

With Russell Morris

• Turn It On (RCA Records, Wizard Records, 1976)

With Chris Mostert

• Midnight Breeze (Rhombus Records, 2004)

With Shigeharu Mukai

• Pleasure (Better Days, 1980)

With Teruo Nakamura

• Big Apple (credited to Teruo Nakamura Rising Sun Band) (Agharta, 1979)
• Super Friends (Eastworld, 1985)

With The New York Community Choir

• The New York Community Choir (RCA Victor, 1977)
• Make Every Day Count (RCA Victor, 1978)

With Nighthawks

• Metro Bar (Call It Anything, 2001)

With Claus Ogerman & Michael Brecker

• Cityscape (Warner Bros, 1982)

With Yoshiyuki Ohsawa

• Serious Barbarian II (Track 8 only) (Epic, 1989)

With Mica Okudoi

• What a Difference (Leads Entertainment, 2009)

With Susan Osborn

• Signature (Orchard, 2000)

With Eddie Palmieri

• Unfinished Masterpiece (Coco, 1975)
• Exploration - Salsa-Descarga-Jazz (track "Resemblance") (Coco Records, 1978)

With Jackie Paris & Anne Marie Moss

• Live at the Maisonette (Differant Drummer Records, 1975)

With Luciano Pavarotti & Friends

• Pavarotti & Friends for the Children of Liberia (Decca, 1998)
• Pavarotti & Friends for Cambodia and Tibet (Decca, 2000)

With Peter, Paul and Mary

• Reunion (Warner Bros, 1978)

With Michel Petrucciani

• Both Worlds (Dreyfus, 1997)
• Trio in Tokyo (Dreyfus, 1999)
• Both Worlds Live - North Sea Jazz Festival (Dreyfus, 2016)
• The Montreux Years (BMG, 2023)

With Esther Phillips

• Performance (Kudu/CTI, 1974)
• Capricorn Princess (Kudu/CTI, 1976)

With Noel Pointer

• Phantazia (Blue Note, 1977)
• Hold On (United Artists Records, 1978)

With Mike Porcaro

• Brotherly Love (Creatchy Records, 2011) (Tracks "Rosanna", "Manic Depression", "Georgy Porgy", "Lowdown", "E Minor Shuffle", "Human Nature", "Africa", "Let's Stay Together", "Stuffy", "Jeff's Strut" and "Corbitt Van Brauer")

With Andy Pratt

• Resolution (Nemporer, 1976)

With Rainbow Featuring Will Boulware

• Crystal Green (Inner City Records, 1978)
• Over Crystal Green (credited to Will & Rainbow) (Eighty-Eight's, 2002)
• Harmony (credited to Will & Rainbow) (Eighty-Eight's, 2003)

With Bonnie Raitt

• Streetlights (Warner Bros, 1974)

With Elliott Randall

• Elliott Randall's New York (Kirshner, 1977)

With Pat Rebillot

• Free Fall (Atlantic, 1974)

With Leon Redbone

• On the Track (Warner Bros, 1975)

With Buddy Rich Big Band

• Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich (Atlantic, 1994)
• Burning for Buddy A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich Volume II (Atlantic, 1997)

With Jeff Richman

• Big Wheel (Nefer Records, 2013)

With Lee Ritenour

• Friendship (Jasrac, 1978)
• The Captain's Journey (Elektra, 1978)
• Feel the Night (Elektra, 1979)
• Wes Bound (appears on bonus track N.Y.Time - #11) (GRP, 1993)

With Diana Ross

• Eaten Alive (RCA, 1985)
• Red Hot Rhythm & Blues (EMI UK, RCA US, 1987)

With Professor RJ Ross

• Face to Face (Latana Records/Media Force Music Group, 2008)

With Michael Ruff

• Once In A Lifetime (Warner Bros, 1984)
• You Are My Song (Ruff Mix Music, 2012)

With David Ruffin

• Who I Am (Motown, 1975)
• Everything's Coming Up Love (Motown, 1976)
• In My Stride (Motown, 1977)

With Bridget St John

• Take the 5ifth (The Road Goes on Forever, 1996)

With William Salter

• It Is So Beautiful To Be (Marlin, RCA, 1977)

With Sergio Salvatore

• Point of Presence (N2K Encoded Music, 1997)

With Joe Sample

• The Hunter (MCA, 1983)
• Did You Feel That? (Warner Bros, 1994)
• Sample This (Warner Bros, 1997)
• "No regrets" (PRA, 2009)
• "Children of the Sun" (and the NDR Big Band) (PRA, 2014)

With David Sanborn

• Taking Off (Warner Bros, 1975)
• Heart to Heart (Warner Bros, 1978)
• Hideaway (Warner Bros, 1980)
• Voyeur (Warner Bros, 1981)
• Backstreet (Warner Bros, 1983)
• Taking Off (Warner Bros, 1985)
• A Change of Heart (Warner Bros, 1987)
• Pearls (Elektra, 1995)
• Time Again (Verve, 2003)
• Closer (Verve Records, 2004)
• Here and Gone (Decca, 2008)
• Only Everything (Decca, 2010)

With Ida Sand

• The Gospel Truth (ACT, 2011)

With Mongo Santamaría

• Red Hot (Zappan Tee Records/Columbia, 1979)

With Philippe Sarde

• Hors-La-Loi (Soundtrack from the film by Robin Davis) (Carrere, 1985)

With Masahiko Satoh

• As If... (Nippon/Columbia, 1985)
• Amorphism (Portrait, 1986)
• Double Exposure (Epic/Sony Atuh, 1988)

With Leo Sayer

• Endless Flight (Chrysalis UK, Warner Bros US, 1976)

With Lalo Schifrin

• Towering Toccata (CTI, 1976)

With Diane Schuur

• Talkin' 'bout You (GRP, 1988)

With Tom Scott

• New York Connection (Ode, 1975)
• Blow It Out (Ode, 1977)
• Intimate Strangers (Columbia, 1978)
• Apple Juice (CBS, 1981)
• Bluestreak (Credited to Tom Scott and the L.A. Express) (GRP, 1996)
• Canon Re-loaded (Concord Jazz, 2008)

With John Sebastian

• Tar Beach (Shanachie, 1993)

With Don Sebesky

• The Rape of El Morro (CTI, 1975)

With Daniel Seff

• Vol De Nuit (Track "Bill" only) (CBS, 1984)

With Paul Shaffer

• Coast to Coast (Track "One Cup of Coffee") (Capitol Records, 1989)

With Howard Shore

• The Last Mimzy (Original motion picture soundtrack) (New Line Records, 2007)

With Ben Sidran

• The Cat and the Hat (Horizon, 1979)

With Janis Siegel

• Experiment in White (Atlantic, 1982)

With Carly Simon

• Boys in the Trees (Elektra, 1978)
• Spy (Elektra, 1979)
• Come Upstairs (Warner Bros, 1980)
• My Romance (Arista, 1990)
• Have You Seen Me Lately (Arista, 1990)
• The Bedroom Tapes (Arista, 2000)
• This Kind of Love (Track "Sangre Dolce") (Hear Music, 2008)

With Harper Simon

• Harper Simon (Tulsi Records/Vagrant, 2009)

With Lucy Simon

• Lucy Simon (RCA Victor, 1975)
• Stolen Time (RCA, 1977)

With Simon and Garfunkel

• The Concert in Central Park (Warner Bros, 1982)

With Paul Simon

• Still Crazy After All These Years (track "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover") (Columbia, 1975)
• One-Trick Pony (Warner Bros, 1980)
• Hearts and Bones (Warner Bros, 1983)
• Graceland (Warner Bros, 1986)
• The Rhythm Of The Saints (Warner Bros, 1990)
• You're the One (Warner Bros, 2000)
• Paul Simon's Concert in the Park, August 15, 1991 (Warner Bros, 1991)
• Surprise (Warner Bros, 2006)
• In the Blue Light (Legacy, 2018)

With Frank Sinatra

• L.A. Is My Lady (Qwest, Warner Bros, 1984)

With SMAP

• 008 Tacomax (Victor, 1996)

With Smappies

• Smappies II (Victor, 1999)

With Lonnie Smith

• Funk Reaction (Lester Radio Corporation, 1977)

With Andy Snitzer

• Ties That Bind (Reprise, 1994)

With Phoebe Snow

• Second Childhood (Columbia, 1976)
• Never Letting Go (Columbia, 1977)

With Christoph Spendel

• Spendel (L+R Records, 1989)

With Spyro Gyra

• Incognito (MCA, 1982)
• City Kids (MCA, 1983)

With Stardrive

• Intergalactic Trot (Elektra, 1973)

With Ringo Starr

• Ringo the 4th (Atlantic US, Polydor UK, 1977)

With Steely Dan

• Aja (on "Aja") (ABC, 1977)
• Gaucho (on "Glamour Profession", "My Rival", "Third World Man", and percussion on "Hey Nineteen") (MCA, 1980)

With Jeremy Steig

• Firefly (CTI, 1977)
• Rain Forest with Eddie Gómez (CMP, 1980)

With Steps Ahead

• Step by Step (Better Days, 1981)
• Smokin' in the Pit (Better Days, 1981)

With Joss Stone

• Colour Me Free! (EMI, 2009)

With Street Corner Symphony

• Harmony Grits (Bang Records, 1975)

With Barbra Streisand

• Guilty (Columbia, 1980)

With Stuff

• Stuff (Warner Bros, 1976)
• More Stuff (Warner Bros, 1977)
• Stuff It (Warner Bros, 1978)
• Live Stuff (Warner Bros, 1978)
• Live in New York (Warner Bros, 1980)
• Made in America (A remembrance of Richard Tee) (Bridge Gate, 1994))
• Live At Montreux 1976 (Eagle Records, 2008)

With Sunlightsquare

• Urban Sessions (Sunlightsquare Records, 2006)

With Yoshio Suzuki

• The Moment (Videoarts Music, 1992)

With The Sylvers

• New Horizons (Capitol, 1977)
• Forever Yours (Casablanca, 1978)

With Grady Tate

• Master Grady Tate (ABC Impulse!, 1977)

With James Taylor

• New Moon Shine (Columbia, 1991), on "Everybody Loves To Cha-Cha"
• October Road (Columbia, 2002)
• James Taylor at Christmas (Columbia, 2006)
• Covers (Hear Music, 2008)
• Other Covers (Hear Music, 2009)
• Before This World (Concord, 2015)
• American Standard (Fantasy, 2020)

With Kate Taylor

• Kate Taylor (CBS, 1978)

With Livingston Taylor

• There You Are Again (Chesky Record/Whistling Dog Music, 2006)
• Last Alaska Moon (Chesky, 2010)

With Richard Tee

• Strokin (Tappan Zee/Columbia, 1979)
• Natural Ingredients (Tappan Zee/CBS, 1980)
• The Bottom Line (Electric Bird)
• Inside You (Epic/Sony, 1989)
• Real Time (One Voice, 1995)
• Real Time Live in Concert 1992 (Videoarts Music, 2012)

With Joe Thomas

• Masada (Groove Merchant, 1975)
• Feelin's from Within (Groove Merchant, 1976)

With Tonto

• It's About Time (Polydor, 1974)

With Carol Townes and Fifth Avenue

• Carol Townes and Fifth Avenue (Sixth Avenue, 1976)

With Mary Travers

• It's in Everyone Of Us (Chrysalis, 1978)

With John Tropea

• Tropea (Marlin, 1975)
• Short Trip to Space (Marlin, 1977)
• To Touch You Again (Marlin, 1979)
• NY Cats Direct (DMP, 1986)
• Live at Mikell's New York (Videoarts Music, 1994)
• Something Old New Borrowed And Blue (Videoarts Music, 1999)
• A Simple Way To Say I Love You (Digital Dimension, 1999)
• Standard Influence (Videoarts Music, 2003)
• Rock Candy - Standard Influence II (Videoarts Music, 2006)
• Take Me Back To The Ol' School (CD Baby, 2007)
• Tropea 10 The Time is Right (Video Arts, 2007)
• Gotcha Rhythm Right Here (on Track "Hip to the Hips") (Savoy Records, 2014)

With Jeff Tyzik

• Radiance (Capitol Records, 1982)
• The Farthest Corner of My Mind (Amherst Records, 1986)

With Phil Upchurch

• Phil Upchurch (Marlin/TK Records, 1978)

With Phil Upchurch & Tennyson Stephens

• Upchurch/Tennyson (Kudu, 1975)

With Michal Urbaniak

• Fusion III (CBS/Columbia, 1975)

With Dave Valentin

• Legends (GRP, 1979)

With Gus Vali

• Chimera (Peters International, 1974)

With Frankie Valli

• Lady Put the Light Out (Private Stock, 1977)

With Kenny Vance

• Vance 32 (Atlantic, 1975)

With Ornella Vanoni

• Ornella &... (CGD, 1986)

With Various Artists

• The Wiz (soundtrack) (MCA, 1978)
• Music from the motion picture Lethal Weapon 3 (Track 1 only) (Reprise, 1992)
• The Bridge School Concerts Vol 1 (Warner Bros/Reprise, 1997)
• Celebrating the Music of Weather Report (Track 6 only) (Telarc, 2000)
• The Wild Thornberrys Movie Soundtrack (Jive/BMG Sony Music, 2002)
• Cannon Re*Loaded (All-Star Celebration of Cannonball Adderley) (Concord Jazz, 2008)

With Harold Vick

• After the Dance (Wolf Records, 1977)

With John Wackerman

• Drum Duets Vol. 1 (On track 1 only "Manic Depression") (Eyeperian, 2007)

With Randy Waldman

• SuperHeros (BFM Jazz, 2018)

With Cedar Walton

• Mobius (RCA, 1975)

With Dionne Warwick

• Friends in Love (Arista, 1982)
• Heartbreaker (Arista, 1982)

With Grover Washington, Jr.

• Feels So Good (Kudu, 1975)
• Winelight (Elektra/Asylum, 1980)
• Come Morning (Elektra/Asylum, 1980)
• Inside Moves (Elektra, 1984)
• A House Full of Love (Columbia, 1986)
• Soulful Strut (Columbia, 1996)

With Sadao Watanabe

• Morning Island (Flying Disk, ProJazz, 1979)
• How's Everything (Columbia, 1980)
• Fill up the Night (Elektra, 1983)
• Rendezvous (Elektra, 1984)
• Earth Step (Verve Forecast, 1994)
• Sadao 2019 Live At Blue Note Tokyo (JVC, 2019)

With Bill Watrous

• Bone Straight Ahead (Credited as Bill Watrous Combo with Danny Stiles) (Famous Door, 1973)

With Weather Report

• Mr. Gone (Columbia, 1978) (Tracks "Young and Fine" and "And Then")

With The Webb Sisters

• Daylight Crossing (Mercury, 2006)

With Frank Weber

• As The Time Flies (RCA Victor, 1978)

With Dave Weckl

• Master Plan (On track 8 only - Master Plan) (GRP, 1990)

With Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s

• The Lost Album (Hip-O Select, 2011)

With White Elephant

• White Elephant (Just Sunshine Records, 1972)

With Whitren & Cartwright

• Rhythm Hymn (Elektra, 1983)

With David Wilcox

• Big Horizon (A&M Records, 1994)

With Patrick Williams New York Band

• 10th Avenue (Soundwings, 1987)

With Nancy Wilson

• This Mother's Daughter (Capitol, 1976)
• Nancy Now! (Columbia, 1988)

With Paul Winter

• Common Ground (A&M, 1978)
• Concert for the Earth (credited as Paul Winter Consort) (Living Music, 1985)
• Whales Alive (credited as Paul Winter & Paul Halley ) (Track 8 - Ocean Dream) (Living Music, 1987)

With Philippé Wynne

• Starting All Over (Cotillion, 1977)

With Akiko Yano

• Home on the Range (uncertain translation of Japanese title!) (Midi Inc, 1986)

With Yutaka Yokokura

• Love Light (Alfa, 1978)

With Zawose & Brook

• Assembly (Narada, 2001)

With Ratko Zjaca

• Continental Talk (In+Out Records, 2009)