Arthur Blythe
{{Artista musicale
|nome = Arthur Blythe
|tipo artista = Strumentista
|nazione = USA
|genere = Jazz
|nota genere = 
|anno inizio attività = 1969
|anno fine attività = 2017
|immagine = Arthur Blythe 1989.jpg
|didascalia =  
|totale album = 21
}}
{{Bio
|Nome = Arthur Murray
|Cognome = Blythe
|Sesso = M
|LuogoNascita = Los Angeles
|GiornoMeseNascita = 5 luglio
|AnnoNascita = 1940
|LuogoMorte = Lancaster
|LuogoMorteLink = Lancaster (California)
|GiornoMeseMorte = 27 marzo
|AnnoMorte = 2017
|Epoca = 1900
|Epoca2 = 2000
|Attività = compositore
|Attività2 = sassofonista
|Nazionalità = statunitense
}}

== Biografia ==
Inizia a suonare il sassofono all'età di nove anni. A New York collabora con Gil Evans, Jack DeJohnette, Chico Hamilton, Lester Bowie e McCoy Tyner. Ha fatto parte dei progetti The Leaders e World Saxophone Quartet. Blythe viene considerato musicista più ortodosso tra quelli nell’epoca del post-free.<ref>{{cita web |url=https://www.rsi.ch/rete-due/programmi/cultura/birdland/Arthur-Blythe-sassofonista-7953218.html |titolo=Arthur Blythe, sassofonista |autore=Claudio Sessa |editore=RSI}}</ref>

==Discografia ==

===Come leader===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Label
|-
|1977
|''[[The Grip]]'' 
|[[India Navigation]]
|-
|1977
|''[[Metamorphosis (Arthur Blythe album)|Metamorphosis]]''
|India Navigation
|-
|1977
|''[[Bush Baby (album)|Bush Baby]]''
|[[Adelphi Records|Adelphi]]
|-
|1978
|''[[In the Tradition (Arthur Blythe album)|In the Tradition]]''
|Columbia
|-
|1978
|''[[Lenox Avenue Breakdown]]''
|Columbia
|-
|1980
|''[[Illusions (Arthur Blythe album)|Illusions]]''
|Columbia
|-
|1981
|''[[Blythe Spirit]]''
|Columbia
|-
|1982
|''[[Elaborations]]''
|Columbia
|-
|1983
|''[[Light Blue: Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk]]''
|Columbia
|-
|1984
|''[[Put Sunshine in It]]''
|Columbia
|-
|1986
|''[[Da-Da]]''
|Columbia
|-
|1987
|''[[Basic Blythe]]''
|Columbia
|-
|1996
|''[[Calling Card (Arthur Blythe album)|Calling Card]]''
|[[Enja Records|Enja]]
|-
|1996
|''[[Synergy (Arthur Blythe album)|Synergy]]''
|In + Out
|-
|1991
|''[[Hipmotism]]''
|Enja
|-
|1997
|''[[Night Song (Arthur Blythe album)|Night Song]]''
|Clarity
|-
|1997
|''[[Today's Blues]]''
|[[CIMP]]
|-
|2000
|''[[Spirits in the Field]]''
|[[Savant Records|Savant]]
|-
|2001
|''[[Blythe Byte]]''
|Savant
|-
|2002
|''[[Focus (Arthur Blythe album)|Focus]]''
|Savant
|-
|2003
|''[[Exhale (Arthur Blythe album)|Exhale]]''
|Savant
|}

===Collaborazioni===
'''con Synthesis'''
*''Six by Six'' ([[Chiaroscuro Records|Chiaroscuro]], 1977), with [[Olu Dara]], a.o.
*''Sentiments'' (Ra, 1979), with Olu Dara, [[David Murray (sassofonista)|David Murray]], a.o.
'''con [[The Leaders]]'''
*''[[Mudfoot]]'' (Black Hawk, 1986)
*''[[Out Here Like This]]'' ([[Black Saint (etichetta discografica)|Black Saint]], 1987)
*''[[Unforeseen Blessings]]'' (Black Saint, 1988)
*''Slipping and Sliding'' (Sound Hills, 1994)
*''Spirits Alike'' (Double Moon, 2006)
'''con Roots<!-- jazz band -->'''
*''Salutes the Saxophone – Tributes to John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins and Lester Young'' (In & Out, 1992)
*''Stablemates'' (In & Out, 1993)
*''Say Something'' (In & Out, 1995)
'''con [[Santi Debriano]] and [[Billy Hart]]'''
*''3-Ology'' (Konnex, 1993)
'''con Jeff Palmer, [[John Abercrombie (musicista)|John Abercrombie]], [[Victor Lewis]]'''
*''Ease On'' ([[AudioQuest Music]], 1993)
'''con [[David Eyges]] and [[Bruce Ditmas]]'''
*''Synergy'' (In & Out, 1997)
'''con John Abercrombie, [[Terri Lyne Carrington]], Anthony Cox, [[Mark Feldman]], Gust Tsilis'''
*''Echoes'' (Alessa, 2005)

===Come sideman===
'''con [[Joey Baron]]'''
*''[[Down Home (Joey Baron album)|Down Home]]'' (Intuition, 1997) with [[Ron Carter]] and [[Bill Frisell]]
*''[[We'll Soon Find Out]]'' (Intuition, 1999) 
'''con [[Lester Bowie]]'''
*''[[The 5th Power]]'' (Black Saint, 1978)
*''[[African Children]]'' ([[Horo Records|Horo]], 1978)
'''con [[Jack DeJohnette]]'''
*''[[Special Edition (Jack DeJohnette album)|Special Edition]]'' ([[ECM Records|ECM]], 1979)
'''con [[Gil Evans]]'''
*''[[Gil Evans Live at the Royal Festival Hall London 1978]]'' (RCA, 1979)
*''The Rest of Gil Evans Live at the Royal Festival Hall London 1978'' ([[Mole Jazz]], 1981)
*''[[Parabola (Gil Evans)|Parabola]]'' (Horo, 1979)
*''Live at the Public Theater'', Vol. 1 & 2 (Trio (Japan)/Storyville (Sweden), 1980)
*''[[Priestess (album)|Priestess]]'' ([[Antilles Records|Antilles]], 1983)
*''Sting and Gil Evans – Strange Fruit'' (ITM, 1993)
'''con John Fischer'''
*''6&nbsp;×&nbsp;1 = 10 Duos for a New Decade'' ([[Circle Records|Circle]], 1980)

'''con [[Chico Freeman]]'''
*''Luminous'' ([[Jazz House]], 1989)
*''[[Focus (Chico Freeman album)|Focus]]'' ([[Contemporary Records|Contemporary]], 1995)
'''con [[Chico Hamilton]]'''
*''[[Peregrinations]]'' (Blue Note, 1975)
*''[[Chico Hamilton and the Players]]'' (Blue Note, 1976)
'''con [[Craig S. Harris|Craig Harris]]'''
*''[[Cold Sweat Plays J. B.]]'' ([[JMT Records|JMT]], 1999)
'''con [[Julius Hemphill]]'''
*''[[Coon Bid'ness]]'' ([[Freedom Records|Freedom]], 1972)
'''con [[Azar Lawrence]]'''
*''[[Bridge into the New Age]]'' (Prestige, 1974)
'''con the [[James Blood Ulmer|Music Revelation Ensemble]]'''
*''[[In the Name of...]]'' ([[DIW Records|DIW]], 1994)
*''[[Knights of Power]]'' (DIW, 1996)
'''con [[Woody Shaw]]'''
*''[[The Iron Men (album)|The Iron Men]]'' con [[Anthony Braxton]] ([[Muse Records|Muse]], 1977 [1980]) 
'''con [[Horace Tapscott]]'''
*''[[The Giant is Awakened]]'' ([[Flying Dutchman Records|Flying Dutchman]], 1969)
'''con Gust William Tsilis & Alithea'''
*''Pale Fire'' (Enja, 1988)
'''con [[McCoy Tyner]]''' 
*''[[Quartets 4 X 4]]'' ([[Milestone Records|Milestone]], 1980)
*''[[44th Street Suite]]'' ([[Red Baron Records|Red Baron]],1991)
'''con the [[World Saxophone Quartet]]'''
*''[[Metamorphosis (World Saxophone Quartet album)|Metamorphosis]]'' (Elektra Nonesuch, 1990)
*''[[Breath of Life (WSQ album)|Breath of Life]]'' (Elektra Nonesuch, 1992)

== Note ==
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== Collegamenti esterni ==

*[http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=139 All About Jazz: A Fireside Chat With Arthur Blythe]

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