Trombonist known for his groundbreaking solo performances and collaborations with advanced music creators including Fred Frith, Tom Cora, Morgan Powell, David Weinstein, Takehisa Kosugi, Ikue Mori, Robin Holcomb, and many others. Also very active as a producer, mainly involving recordings in New York City club The Roulette.
ALBUMS
Jim Staley
Scattered Thoughts
2009, 2xCD, Album, Einstein Records
Jim Staley With Borah Bergman & Phoebe Legere
Blind Pursuits
1999, CD, Album, Einstein Records
Jim Staley
Northern Dancer
1996, CD, Album, Einstein Records, 
,
, Free Improvisation
Jim Staley
Don Giovanni
1991, CD, Album, Einstein Records
Jim Staley
Mumbo Jumbo
1987
Jim Staley With John Zorn
OTB
1984, LP, Album, Lumina Records Ltd., ,
, Free Improvisation
Morgan Powell Performed By The Tone Road Ramblers With Text And Vocals By Phoebe Legere
The Common Root
2012, CD, Album, Einstein Records, ,
, Contemporary
Tone Road Ramblers
The Ragdale Years
2000, CD, Album, Einstein Records, ,
, Contemporary
Alan Licht
Rondo Music
2022, Cass, Num, Haha (3)
Denman Maroney
Double Zero
2011, CD, Album, Porter Records
Jeremiah Cymerman
Fire Sign
2011, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
, Avant-garde Jazz
M. Allen* - M. Shipp* - J. Morris*
Night Logic
2010, CD, Album, RogueArt
Okkyung Lee / Peter Evans (2) / Steve Beresford
Check For Monsters
2009, CD, Album, Emanem, 
,
, Free Improvisation
The Ramblers* With Phoebe Legere And Howie Smith
Dancing With The Ramblers
2008, CD, Album, Einstein Records
Lise Vachon
Vocalise
2006, CD, Album, Say No More Music
Daniel Levin Quartet
Don't Go It Alone
2003, CD, Album, Riti Records
Tone Road Ramblers
Intersections & Detours
1994, CD, Album, Einstein Records, ,
, Contemporary
Tone Road Ramblers
Tone Road Ramblers
1985, LP, Tone Road Ramblers, ,
, Avant-garde Jazz/Contemporary/Free Improvisation/Post-Modern
APPEARANCES +
Elliott Sharp, Orchestra Carbon
Larynx Live
2024, 6xFile, FLAC, Album, zOaR Records, ,
, Contemporary/Noise/Experimental
Transatlantic Trance Map
Marconi's Drift
2024, CD, Album, False Walls, ,
, Free Improvisation/Experimental
Jon Rose
Hyperstring @ Roulette, New York City 2000
2024, 2xFile, FLAC, The Jon Rose Archive
William Parker
Universal Tonality
2022, 2xCD, Centering Records, ,
, Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Tom Chiu
The Live One
2021, 2xCD, XI Records
Chris Brown
Retrospectacles
2018, 2xCD, Album, Fo'c'sle Records (2), 
,
, Experimental
Zeena Parkins
Double Dupe Down
2012, CD, Album, Tzadik
Elliott Sharp, Carbon
The Age Of Carbon
2011, 3xCD, Comp, RM, Intakt Records, Intakt Records
Ricardo Arias
New York / Bogotá 2000-2010
2011
Darius Jones Trio
Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing)
2009, CD, Album, AUM Fidelity
Mario Diaz de León
Enter Houses Of
2009, CD, Album, Tzadik
Doctor Nerve
The Monkey Farm
2009, CDr, Album, Punos Music
Various
From The Kitchen Archives No.3 / Amplified: New Music Meets Rock, 1981-1986
2006, CD, Album, Comp, Orange Mountain Music, Orange Mountain Music, ,
, Alternative Rock/Abstract/Art Rock/Experimental/Avantgarde
Trio-X
Roulette At Location One
2006, CD, Album, Cadence Jazz Records
Daniel Levin Quartet
Some Trees
2006, CD, Album, hatOLOGY, 
,
, Free Improvisation
Penny Lang
Stone+Sand+Sea+Sky
2006, CD, Album, Borealis Records, 
,
, Country Blues/Country/Folk
Jackson Mac Low
Doings
2006, CD, Comp, Granary Books
Rhys Chatham
Die Donnergötter
2006
The Bad Plus
Blunt Object Live In Tokyo
2005,
Raz Mesinai
Resurrections For Goatskin
2003, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
, Abstract/Modern Classical/Experimental
John Zorn
Voices In The Wilderness
2003, 2xCD, Album, Tzadik, ,
, Free Jazz/Fusion/Swing/Avantgarde/Contemporary Jazz
Douce
High Life Soundtrack
2003, CD, Album, Dig, GP Music (2), ,
, Trip Hop/Soundtrack
Rhys Chatham
An Angel Moves Too Fast To See: Selected Works 1971-1989
2002, 3xCD + Box, Comp, Table Of The Elements, Table Of The Elements, ,
, Math Rock/Modern Classical/Avantgarde/Symphonic Rock/Art Rock/Experimental
Whit Dickey / Trio Ahxoloxha
Prophet Moon
2002, CD, Album, Ltd, Riti Records, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Chris Cutler
Solo
2002, CD, Album, ReR Megacorp, ,
, Experimental/Free Improvisation
The Ras Moshe Ensemble
Schematic
2002, CD, Jump Arts Records
Jerome Cooper
In Concert: From There To Hear
2001, CD, Album, Mutable Music
Ikue Mori
One Hundred Aspects Of The Moon
2000, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
, Abstract/Experimental/Synth-pop
Queen Mab
Close
2000, CD, Album, Spool, ,
, Free Improvisation
Tom Bruno
White Boy Blues
2000, CD, Album, Eremite Records, N.Y.C.A.C. Records
Eve Packer & Noah Howard
That Look
2000, CD, Boxholder Records
Pascal Boudreault & Ricardo Arias
Bruit Collage
2000, CDr, Not On Label
Pran
Raga For The Rainy Season
1999, CD, Album, Sparkling Beatnik Records
Assif Tsahar's Brass Reeds Ensemble
The Hollow World
1999, CD, Album, Hopscotch Records (3), ,
, Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
David Garland
Togetherness (Control Songs, Vol. 2)
1999, CD, Album, Ergodic Records, ,
, Experimental/Future Pop
Susie Ibarra Trio
Radiance
1999, CD, Album, Hopscotch Records (3), ,
, Free Improvisation
Morgan Powell With The University Of Illinois Jazz Band* Conducted By Thomas Shabda Noor
The Morgan Powell Jazz Album
1999, CD, Album, Chicago Lakeside Jazz
John Zorn
Godard / Spillane
1999
Herbert Brün
Mutatis Mutandis
1998, CD, Album, Electronic Music Foundation, ,
, Contemporary
John Zorn
The Bribe (Variations And Extensions On Spillane)
1998
Rob Brown (4) Duo With Matthew Shipp
Blink Of An Eye
1997, CD, Album, No More Records, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Eugene Chadbourne - Paul Lovens
Patrizio
1997, CD, Album, Les Disques Victo, ,
, Country Rock/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation
Various
Festschrift For Jackson Mac Low's 75th Birthday
1997, CD, Comp, Crayon (2), ,
, Free Improvisation/Poetry/Experimental
Various
Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach
1997, ,
, Leftfield/Alternative Rock/Avantgarde
Marc Ribot
Shoe String Symphonettes
1997, ,
, Abstract/Future Jazz/Modern Classical/Experimental
Gerry Hemingway
Acoustic Solo Works 1983 – 94
1996, CD, Album, Random Acoustics (2), 
,
, Contemporary/Contemporary Jazz
Gerry Hemingway
Electro-Acoustic Solo Works 1984 – 95
1996, CD, Album, Random Acoustics (2), ,
, Contemporary/Experimental
Ellen Christi (2) - Yuko Fujiyama - Masahiko Kono - Mauro Orselli
Reconstruction Of Sound
1996, CD, Album, Network (2)
Philippe Micol
New York Interviews
1996, CD, Album, Unit Records (2), ,
, Free Improvisation
Lenore Von Stein, Les Trois Michels
Blind Love = Porno?
1996, CD, Album, Not On Label (Lenore Von Stein Self-released), ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Roger Kleier
Klangenbang
1996, CD, Album, Rift Records
Morgan Powell, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, The Ineluctable Modality, Edwin London, Tone Road Ramblers
Morgan Powell
1996, CD, Album, New World Records, ,
, Contemporary/Avantgarde
Matthew Shipp Trio
Prism
1996
Ikue Mori
Hex Kitchen
1995, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
, Avantgarde/Experimental
foRay froMorgan
The Beastly Beatitudes.
1995, CD, Album, Einstein Records, Einstein Records
Various
Century XXI: USA 2 - Electric / Acoustic
1994, CD, Comp, New Tone Records, New Tone Records, 
,
, Post-Modern/Avant-garde Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Experimental/Contemporary
William Hooker
Tibet
1994, CD, Album, Ummo (2)
Michael Kowalski
Gringo Blaster
1994, CD, Album, Einstein Records
Various
A Confederacy Of Dances Vol. 2: Concert Recordings From The Roulette Series, New York
1994, CD, Album, Comp, Einstein Records, Einstein Records, ,
, Art Rock/Free Improvisation/Experimental
David Shea
Shock Corridor
1992, CD, Album, Avant, 
,
, Contemporary/Experimental/Electroacoustic
Various
A Confederacy Of Dances Vol 1 (Concert Recordings From The Roulette Series, New York)
1992, CD, Comp, Einstein Records, ,
, Art Rock/Acid Jazz/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Anne LeBaron
Rana, Ritual And Revelations
1992, CD, Album, Mode
Various
Musicworks 49
1991, Cass, Comp, C60, Musicworks, ,
, Free Improvisation
Bill Horvitz
Solo Electric Guitar And Compositions For 11-Piece Ensemble
1991, CD, Album, Ear-Rational Records, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation/Contemporary
Marilyn Crispell Trio, NYC*
The Kitchen Concert
1991, CD, Album, Leo Records, ,
, Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Elliott Sharp / Carbon
Sili / Contemp / Tation
1990, CD, Album, Ear-Rational Records, ,
, Avantgarde
Slash Orchestra
Hypothetical World
1990, CD, EP, Promo, Bean Creek Recordings, ,
, Avantgarde/Experimental
John Zorn
Filmworks 1986-1990
1990, ,
, Modern Classical/Punk/Contemporary Jazz/Rockabilly
No Safety
This Lost Leg
1989, LP, Album, RecRec Music
The William Hooker Orchestra With Roy Campbell & Booker T*
The Colour Circle
1989, LP, Album, Cadence Jazz Records
Various
Tellus, The Audio Cassette Magazine #22 - False Phonemes
1988, Cass, Comp, Tellus
Various
Extended Play
1988, Flexi, 7", S/Sided, EP, Emily Harvey Editions, ,
, Spoken Word/Poetry/Noise
Elliott Sharp, Orchestra Carbon
Larynx
1988, ,
, Contemporary/Avantgarde
Fred Frith
The Technology Of Tears (And Other Music For Dance And Theatre)
1988
Gerry Hemingway
Tubworks
1988
Elliott Sharp / Carbon
Monster Curve
1988
John Zorn
Cobra
1987, ,
, Free Improvisation/Experimental
Various
Island Of Sanity: New Music From New York City
1987, 2x Vinyl, ,
, Avantgarde/Experimental/Contemporary/No Wave
John Zorn
Spillane
1987
Various
Tellus #15 - The Improvisors
1986, Cass, Album, Tellus, ,
, Free Jazz/Experimental
John Fonville
Autonomic Music
1986, LP, Album, Lumina Records Ltd.
Elliott Sharp
Fractal
1986, ,
, Avantgarde
Bill Horvitz / Lawrence 'Butch' Morris* / J.A. Deane
Trios
1986
John Zorn Plays The Music Of Ennio Morricone
The Big Gundown
1986, ,
, Contemporary/Avantgarde
Malcolm Goldstein
Vision Soundings
1985, LP, Not On Label (Malcolm Goldstein Self-released)
Various
Bad Alchemy Nr 3
1985, Cass, Bad Alchemy, ,
, Alternative Rock/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation
Carbon (23), Elliott Sharp
Six Songs / Marco Polo's Argali
1985, LP, Album, Dossier, ,
, Free Improvisation/Experimental/Noise
Kurt Weill
Lost In The Stars (The Music Of Kurt Weill)
1985, Vinyl Indianapolis Pressing, ,
, Art Rock/Pop Rock/Avant-garde Jazz
Morgan Powell
Music For Brass
1985, ,
, Contemporary
Derwyn Holder's Trio Sonata
Some Music
1984, LP, Neen Records (2)
Glen Velez With Layne Redmond
Frame Drum Music
1984
Herbert Brün
Compositions
1983, 3xLP + Box, Non Sequitur Records, Non Sequitur Records, Non Sequitur Records, ,
, Contemporary/Modern/Experimental
Rhys Chatham
Factor X
1983, ,
, Art Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Franz Kamin
Behavioral Drift II / Rugugmool
1980, ,
, Post-Modern
Fredrickson* / Johnston* / London* / Zonn*
Music From The University Of Illinois
1979, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
Jackson Mac Low
Concert At The Kitchen 1980
LP, Edizioni Lotta Poetica, Studio Morra
Sacred Heart Academy Glee Club
It's Time For Christmas
LP, Album, Mono, Gat, Delta Records (3)
Umezu Kazutoki* And Tom Cora
Abandon (All Improvisation)
CD, Album, Umiushi Record
Erik Lund, Morgan Powell
Compositions
CD, Album, Opus One, Opus One, ,
, Modern
John Zorn
Spillane
2000, 
,
, Contemporary
John Zorn
The Big Gundown
1999, ,
, Experimental
John Zorn
Filmworks One 1986-1990
, Modern Classical/Punk/Contemporary Jazz/Rockabilly
Marc Ribot
Shoe String Symphonettes
, Abstract/Future Jazz/Modern Classical/Experimental
