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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Joe Lovano Nonet John Scofield Quartet Joe Lovano Ensemble The Keith Ingham Quintet The Ken Peplowski Quintet The Joshua Breakstone Quartet The Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra The James Williams Quartet Steve Wilson Quintet Michael Cochrane Quintet Gary Smulyan Nonet Tad Shull Quartet Loren Schoenberg And His Jazz Orchestra Ari Ambrose Trio Ed Neumeister Quintet Tad Shull Quintet Magali Souriau Orchestra

ex The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Al Haig Trio, Bob Mintzer Big Band, Joe Lovano Quartet, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Mike LeDonne Quintet, Ralph Lalama Quartet, Mike LeDonne Trio, Rich Perry Quartet, The Pete Malinverni Trio, Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts, Harry Allen Quartet, Joshua Breakstone Trio

Jazz double bass player, born November 28, 1951 Birmingham, Alabama, died March 10, 2008.
Irwin started playing professionally in 1974 with Charles Brackeen and Ted Curson. He also played with Red Garland, Art Blakey, Chet Baker, Mel Lewis, John Scofield and many others.

ALBUMS


Jim Snidero Feat. Benny Green, Steve Nelson, Kevin Haynes, Peter Washington, Dennis Irwin, Billy Hart, Tony Reedus
Jim Snidero
2019, CD, Comp, Red Records (15), GEDI Gruppo Editoriale
Scott Robinson Doctette With, Randy Sandke, Ted Rosenthal, Dennis Irwin, Pat O'Leary, Dennis Mackrel
Bronze Nemesis
2012, CD, Album, Doc-Tone,
Dave Glasser* with Carl Allen, Larry Ham, Dennis Irwin
Above The Clouds
2006, CD, Arbors Records,
Nicole Pasternak With Don Friedman, Dennis Irwin And Special Guest Ralph Lalama
In A Word
2005, CD, Album, Garagista Music
Michael Hashim, Kurt Weill With Kenny Washington / Dennis Irwin And The Axis String Quartet
Green Up Time
2001, CD, Hep Jazz,
Michael Hashim With Claudio Roditi And Dennis Irwin, Richard Wyands, Kenny Washington
Keep A Song In Your Soul
1996, CD, Album, Hep Records (3), ,
Swing
Mike LeDonne Trio With Dennis Irwin And Kenny Washington
Common Ground
1992, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, ,
Post Bop
Dave Liebman*, Phil Markowitz, Dennis Irwin, Billy Dowling, Davia Sacks, Artt Frank
Looking For The Light (A Tribute To Chet Baker)
1992
Jeff Hittman / Yoshitaka Uematsu Feat. Valerie Ponomarev*, Larry Willis, Dennis Irwin
Mosaic
1988
The Pete Malinverni Trio With Mel Lewis, Dennis Irwin
Don't Be Shy
1988
Dennis Irwin & James Williams
Focus
1978, Vinyl, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Mark Hynes Trio, Dennis Irwin
Tribute
CD, Album, Cellar Music (2)
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
The Sesjun Radio Shows
2010
Al Haig Trio
A Portrait Of Bud Powell Live
2009, CD, Album, Absord Music Japan, Art Union
The Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
The Definitive Thad Jones Live From The Village Vanguard
2008, 2xCD, Comp, Nimbus Records, Nimbus Records, Nimbus Records
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Up From The Skies (Music Of Jim McNeely)
2006, CD, Album, Planet Arts, ,
Big Band/Post Bop
Joe Lovano Ensemble
Streams Of Expression
2006, ,
Contemporary Jazz
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
The Way (Music Of Slide Hampton)
2004, CD, Planet Arts Recordings, ,
Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
Joe Lovano Nonet
On This Day...At The Vanguard
2003
Rich Perry Quartet
Hearsay
2002, CD, Album, SteepleChase, ,
Post Bop
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
In My Prime II
2002, CD, Absord Music Japan, ,
Hard Bop
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Can I Persuade You?
2001, CD, Planet Arts Recordings, ,
Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
Ari Ambrose Trio
Introducing Ari Ambrose
2000, CD, Album, SteepleChase
Magali Souriau Orchestra
Birdland Sessions
2000, CD, Album, Koch Jazz
Joe Lovano Nonet
52nd Street Themes
2000
Bob Mintzer Big Band
Homage To Count Basie
2000, SACD,
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Thad Jones Legacy
1999, HDCD, New World Records, ,
Big Band/Bop/Post Bop
Loren Schoenberg And His Jazz Orchestra
Out Of This World
1998, CD, Album, TCB Records (2), ,
Big Band
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Lickety Split (Music Of Jim McNeely)
1997, CD, Album, New World Records
Ed Neumeister Quintet
Metro Music
1997, CD, Album, Timescraper Jazz
Steve Wilson Quintet
Step Lively
1995, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz
Ralph Lalama Quartet
You Know What I Mean
1995, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz, ,
Bop/Post Bop
Gary Smulyan Nonet
Saxophone Mosaic
1994, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, ,
Hard Bop
Harry Allen Quartet
The King
1994, CD, ,
Swing
Tad Shull Quartet
In The Land Of The Tenor
1993, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz
John Scofield Quartet
What We Do
1993
Ralph Lalama Quartet
Momentum
1992, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz
The Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
To You - A Tribute To Mel Lewis
1991
Joshua Breakstone Trio
9 By 3
1991, CD, ,
Post Bop/Bop/Hard Bop
Tad Shull Quintet
Deep Passion
1991,
The Ken Peplowski Quintet
Illuminations
1991, ,
Swing
The Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
The Definitive Thad Jones (Volume 2 Live From The Village Vanguard)
1990
The Joshua Breakstone Quartet
Self-Portrait In Swing
1989
The Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
The Definitive Thad Jones
1989
Mike LeDonne Quintet
'Bout Time
1988
Michael Cochrane Quintet
Elements
1986
Joe Lovano Quartet
Tones, Shapes And Colors
1986, ,
Post Bop/Swing
The James Williams Quartet
Everything I Love
1979, LP, Album, Concord Jazz
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Night In Tunisia - Digital Session
1979
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers = アート・ブレイキー&ザ・ジャズ・メッセンジャーズ*
A Night In Tunisia - Direct Session = チュニジアの夜 / アート・ブレイキー・ダイレクト・セッション
1979, ,
Hard Bop
John Scofield Quartet
What We Do
1993, CD, Album, Unofficial, Blue Note (2)
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Monterey Jazz Festival
CDr, Unofficial, Jazztime (3), Jazztime (3)

APPEARANCES +


Andy Fusco
Whirlwind
2016, CD, Album, SteepleChase,
Various
Joy Road Sampler (Selections From Volumes 1-5)
2012, CD, Comp, Smplr, Motéma
Craig Wuepper
Leaps And Bounds
2012, CD, Cellar Live
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers*
Sängerhalle Untertürkheim July 15, 1978
2011
Various
The NYFA Collection (25 Years Of New York New Music)
2010, 5xCD, Comp, Innova Recordings, ,
Modern Classical/Experimental/Avant-garde Jazz
Hans Mantel
Highlights Blue Note (A Groove Selection By Hans Mantel)
2009, 8xCD, Comp + Box, Blue Note, ,
Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Cool Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Vocal/Modal
Francis Wolff, Jimmy Katz, Various
Blue Note Photography
2009, 2xCD, Jazzpresso (2),
Bob Mover
It Amazes Me...
2008, CD, Album, ZOHO
Gary Smulyan
More Treasures
2007, CD, Album, Reservoir (2)
Joe Cohn
Restless
2007, CD, Album, Arbors Records
Champian Fulton With David Berger & The Sultans Of Swing*
Champian
2007, CD, Album, Such Sweet Thunder
Richard Boulger
Blues Twilight
2007, CD, Album, Richard Boulger / b-1 Music
Ted Brown
Shades Of Brown
2007, CD, Album, SteepleChase
Judy Niemack
Blue Nights
2007, CD, Album, Blujazz, ,
Vocal/Bop/Swing/Post Bop/Modal/Cool Jazz
Dick Sisto
Soul Searching
2007, CD, Album, Ear X-Tacy Records
Mel Lewis
And His Big Band
2007, DVD-V, RM, NTSC, View Video
Joe Lovano Nonet
New Morning - The Paris Concert
2006, DVD-V, Multichannel, NTSC, in-akustik, ,
Bop/Post Bop/Interview
George Garzone
One Two Three Four
2006, CD, Album, Stunt Records
Antonio Ciacca Trio
Ugly Beauty
2006, CD, Album, Soul Note
James Williams (2) & Bobby Watson
Soulful Serendipity
2006, CD, Album, We Always Swing Jazz Series, ,
Post Bop/Bop/Soul-Jazz/Hard Bop
Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts
The Scenic Route
2006, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Tardo Hammer
Tardo's Tempo
2004, CD, Album, Sharp Nine Records
Warren Vaché
Dream Dancing
2004, CD, Album, Arbors Records
Pete Mills
Art And Architecture
2004, CD, Summit Records (3)
Scott Hamilton & Harry Allen
Heavy Juice
2004
John Scofield
Live In Montreal
2004
Various
Bossa Nova. Босса Нова
2004, CD, ,
Latin Jazz/Bossa Nova
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers*
Blakey's Beat
2004, 2x CD, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Gary Smulyan
The Real Deal
2003, CD, Album, Reservoir (2), ,
Post Bop
Various
Hans Koller Preis 2003 - European Jazz Prize 2003
2003, CD, Comp, jazzzeit, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Big Band/Avant-garde Jazz
Various
A Jazz Christmas, Hot Jazz For A Cool Night
2003, CD, ,
Cool Jazz/Holiday
Ted Brown
Preservation
2003
Pete Malinverni
Autumn In New York
2002, CD, Album, Reservoir (2)
Duduka Da Fonseca
Samba Jazz Fantasia
2002
Various
Jazz 4 Lovers - Mellow Tunes For Private Hours
2002,
Matt Wilson
Arts And Crafts
2001, CD, Album, Palmetto Records, Palmetto Records, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Scott Whitfield
Hiding In Plain Sight
2001, CD, Amosaya Records
Riccardo Fassi
New York Quintet - Featuring Dennis Irwin, Adam Nussbaum, Bryan Carrott And Gary Smulyan
2001, CD, Album, YVP Music,
Tardo Hammer
Somethin' Special
2001, CD, Album, Sharp Nine Records
Mitsuaki Kishi
All For The Best
2001, CD, Album, Novus J, BMG
Ted Rosenthal
Threeplay
2001, CD, Playscape Recordings,
Curtis Stigers
Baby Plays Around
2001, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Vocal
Harry Allen
Love Songs Live!
2000, CD, Comp, Nagel Heyer Records
Charlie Byrd
Byrd-Lore
2000, 2xCD, Comp, Recall 2cd, Snapper Music, ,
Latin Jazz
Ben Sher, Tudo Bem
Please Take Me To Brasil (Me Leva Pro Brasil)
2000, CD, Album, BGI Records
Scott Wendholt
What Goes Around
2000, CD, Album, Double-Time Records, ,
Post Bop
Christian Havel
It's Never Too Late
2000, CD, Album, Jive Music,
Marty Elkins
Fuse Blues
2000, CD, Album, Nagel Heyer Records
Pete Malinverni Trio*
Of One Mind
2000, CD, Album, Reservoir (2), ,
Bop
Susannah McCorkle
Hearts And Minds
2000, CD, ,
Vocal
Various
Music From The Motion Picture Space Cowboys
2000
Various
As Long As You're Living Yours: The Music Of Keith Jarrett
2000
John Scofield
Steady Groovin' - The Blue Note Groove Sides
2000, ,
Post Bop/Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz
Charlie Byrd
For Louis
2000
Tardo Hammer
Hammer Time
1999, CD, Album, Sharp Nine Records, ,
Bop
Joshua Breakstone
This Just In...
1999, CD, Album, Double-Time Records
Jim Snidero
The Music Of Joe Henderson
1999, CD, Album, Double-Time Records,
Jon Gordon
The Things We Need
1999, CD, Album, Double-Time Records
Scott Hamilton & Friends
Blues, Bop & Ballads
1999, CD, Album, Concord Jazz, ,
Hard Bop
Peter Bernstein, Gene Bertoncini, Mark Elf, Randy Johnston, Mundell Lowe, Jack Wilkins
We Remember Tal: A Tribute To Tal Farlow
1999, CD, Album, J-Curve Records
Joshua Breakstone
Jazz Meets The Beatles
1999, CD, Comp, Paddle Wheel
Harry Allen
Once Upon A Summertime
1999, CD,
Don Sebesky
Joyful Noise - A Tribute To Duke Ellington
1999, ,
Big Band
Chet Baker
'Round Midnight
1999
Various
Blue Box2 (The Finest In Jazz Vocalists)
1998, 4xCD, Comp, Sli, Blue Note, EMI Music Canada,
Barry Ries
Solitude In The Crowd
1998, CD, Album, Double-Time Records
Doug Lawrence
High Heel Sneakers
1998, CD, Album, Fable Records, Lightyear Entertainment
Joe Magnarelli
Always There
1998, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz,
Harry Allen
Eu Não Quero Dançar ~ I Won't Dance
1998
Scott Hamilton
The Concord Jazz Heritage Series
1998, ,
Swing/Dixieland
Various
The White Box Of Jazz
1998, 4x CD, Box Set, ,
Bop/Swing/Cool Jazz/Vocal
Various
A Harold Arlen Songbook
1997, CD, Comp, Standards Of Jazz, ,
Vocal
Joe Cohn
Two Funky People
1997, CD, Album, Double-Time Records
Joshua Breakstone
Let's Call This Monk
1997, CD, Album, Double-Time Records
Jim Snidero
San Juan
1997, CD, Album, Red Record, Red Record
Jim Snidero
Standards + Plus
1997, CD, Album, Double-Time Records, ,
Post Bop
Mark Elf
A Minor Scramble
1997, CD, Album, Jen Bay Records
Pete Malinverni
This Time
1997, CD, Album, Reservoir (2)
Bob Merrill
Catch As Catch Can
1997, CD, Album, Boomerang Records (8), ,
Big Band
Various
Monterey Jazz Festival: 40 Legendary Years
1997, 3x CD, ,
Big Band/Bop/Hard Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Various
Yule Be Boppin'
1997, CD, ,
Vocal/Bop/Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Holiday
Scott Hamilton
My Romance
1996, CD, Album, Concord Jazz
John Scofield
The Best Of John Scofield - The Blue Note Years
1996, ,
Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Peter Weniger
Tip Tap
1996
Various
Bob Belden's Shades Of Blue
1996,
Joe Henderson
Inner Urge
1995
Various
Shades Of Blue
1995, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Vocal
John Scofield
Groove Elation
1995
Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers*
Heat Wave
1995
Ali Ryerson
Portraits In Silver
1995
Various
Keistad Jazz 1979-1994: Rotary Goes Jazzy
1994, CD, Comp, Not On Label, ,
Bop/Smooth Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening/Jazz-Funk/Cool Jazz
The Harry Allen Quartet*
Blue Skies - Jazz Ballads From The 1930s To Today
1994, CD, Album, John Marks Records
The Keith Ingham-Harry Allen Quintet*
My Little Brown Book - A Celebration of Billy Strayhorn's Music Volume One
1994, CD, Album, Progressive Records (2), ,
Swing
The Harry Allen-Keith Ingham Quintet
The Intimacy Of The Blues - A Celebration Of Billy Strayhorn's Music Volume Two
1994, CD, Album, Progressive Records (2)
Tisziji Muñoz
Hearing Voices
1994, CD, Anami Music, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Various
Blue Note Now!
1994, CD,
LaVerne Butler
Day Dreamin'
1994
Scott Hamilton
Organic Duke
1994, CD, ,
Hard Bop
Mose Allison
Allison Wonderland The Mose Allison Anthology
1994,
John Scofield
Hand Jive
1994, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Fusion
Joshua Breakstone Quartet*
Walk Don't Run
1993, CD, Album, Evidence (5)
Various
A Jazz Valentine: In The Mood For Love
1993
Joshua Breakstone
The Compositions Of Beatles (Vol. 1) (I Want To Hold Your Hand)
1992, CD, Album, Paddle Wheel
Joshua Breakstone
The Compositions of Beatles (Vol. 2) (Oh! Darling)
1992, CD, Album, Paddle Wheel,
Susannah McCorkle
I'll Take Romance
1992
The Charlie Byrd Trio* With Special Guest Ken Peplowski
The Bossa Nova Years
1991
Johnny Griffin
The Cat
1991
Brian Lynch
In Process
1991, CD, ,
Post Bop
The Harry Allen-Keith Ingham Quintet
"Are You Having Any Fun?" A Celebration Of Sammy Fain
1991
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers*
The History Of Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
1991, ,
Hard Bop
The Billy Strayhorn Project Featuring The Michael Hashim Quartet*
Lotus Blossom
1990, CD, Album, Stash Records, ,
Bop
Susannah McCorkle
Sabia
1990, CD, ,
Bossa Nova/Vocal
Georgie Fame
Cool Cat Blues
1990,
Scott Hamilton
Radio City
1990
Mike LeDonne Quintet, Mike LeDonne Trio
The Feeling Of Jazz
1990
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers*
In My Prime I
1989, ,
Hard Bop
Hermeto Pascoal
Brazilian Adventure
1989
Mel Lewis Sextet
The Lost Art
1989, ,
Bop
Valery Ponomarev
Trip To Moscow
1988, CD, Album, Reservoir (2)
Johnny Griffin
Take My Hand
1988
Glenn Wilson*
Elusive
1988
Loren Schoenberg & His Jazz Orchestra*
Solid Ground
1988
Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra*
Soft Lights And Hot Music
1988, CD, ,
Big Band/Bop
Ned Otter
Focus
1988, CD,
Tisziji Muñoz
Visiting This Planet
1988
Valery Ponomarev
Means Of Identification
1987
Mose Allison
Ever Since The World Ended
1987, ,
Cool Jazz/Vocal
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Interlude
1987
The Joshua Breakstone Quintet*
Echoes
1987
The Mel Lewis Orchestra
20 Years At The Village Vanguard
1986
Maria Muldaur
Transblucency
1986, Vinyl,
Glenn Wilson*
Impasse
1984, LP, Album, Cadence Jazz Records,
Guanabara
On The Move
1984, LP, Baystate
Bennie Wallace
Sweeping Through The City
1984
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers*
In My Prime
1984, 2x Vinyl, ,
Hard Bop
Various
Hard Bop Today
1982, LP, Comp, Red Record, Musica Jazz, ,
Hard Bop
Art Farmer
Jazz At The Smithsonian
1982, VHS, NTSC, Sony
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers*
One By One
1981, LP, Album, Palcoscenico Records, ,
Hard Bop
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers*
Gypsy Folk Tales
1979, 2x Vinyl, ,
Hard Bop
Art Blakey And The Jazzmessengers III*
Reflections In Blue
1979
Art Blakey And The Jazzmessengers*
In My Prime Vol. 2
1978, ,
Hard Bop
Curtis Fuller
Four On The Outside
1978
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers*
In My Prime Vol. 1
1978
Ronnie Cuber
The Eleventh Day Of Aquarius
1978
Albert Dailey
Renaissance
1978
Art Blakey
In This Korner
1978, ,
Hard Bop
Robert Watson*
Estimated Time Of Arrival
1978
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers*
Gypsy Folk Tales
1977, Vinyl BW Pressing, ,
Hard Bop
Dom Salvador
My Family (Minha Familia)
1976, ,
Fusion/Latin Jazz
Art Blakey And His Jazz Messengers*
Live
CD, Album, Blu Jazz, ,
Hard Bop
Ludovic De Preissac
News From New-York
CD, Quoi de Neuf Docteur
Scott Hamilton
Ballad Essentials
CD, ,
Swing
Albert Dailey
Renaissance
2019
Mel Lewis And The Jazz Orchestra*
At The Smithsonian, Washington D.C. - 1983, At The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam - 1987
2005, DVDr, Comp, Unofficial, GeWa Records
Art Farmer
Live At The Smithsonian
2003, DVD-V, Unofficial, NTSC, Dol, Immortal
John Scofield
Steady Groovin' - The Blue Note Groove Sides
2000, ,
Post Bop/Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz
菅野よう子*
∀ガンダム オリジナル・サウンドトラック 2 ディアナ&キエル = ∀ Gundam Original Soundtrack 2 Dianna & Kihel
1999
Charlie Byrd
For Louis
John Scofield
Groove Elation