Up to 1980

Freddy McCoy - Prestige PR 7470 - Funk drops

Recorded June 22nd 1966, N.Y.C.

Freddy McCoy, vb; JoAnne Brackeen, p; Augustus Turner, b; George Scott, d.

Freddy McCoy - Prestige PR 7487 - Peas 'n' rice

Recorded April 10th & May 4th 1967. N.Y.C.

April:- Edward David Williams, Dud Bascomb, tp; Freddy McCoy, vb; JoAnne Brackeen, p, org; Wally Richardson, g; Eustis Guillemet, el-b; Ray Lucas, d.
May:- Freddy McCoy, vb; JoAnne Brackeen, p; Eustis Guillemet, el-b; Kalil Madhi, d; Dave Blum, arr.

Freddy McCoy - Prestige PR 7542 - Beans and greens

Recorded October 4th 1967, N.Y.C.

Freddy McCoy, vb; JoAnne Brackeen, p; Dave Blum, org; Don Payne, el-b; Ray Lucas, d.

Freddy McCoy - Prestige PR 7561 - Soul yogi

Recorded January 24th & February 5th 1968, N.Y.C.

January:- Freddy McCoy, vb; JoAnne Brackeen, p, org; Steve Wolfe, sitar; Wally Richardson, g; Lawrence Evans, el-b; Ray Appleton, d; Dave Blum, arr.
February:- Freddy McCoy, vb; JoAnne Brackeen, p; Lawrence Evans, el-b; Ray Appleton, d; 3 singers

Freddy McCoy - Prestige PR 7582 - Listen here

Recorded June 10th 1968, N.Y.C.

Edward David Williams, Dud Bascomb, tp; Melba Liston, Quentin Jackson, tb; Gene Walker, as; Freddy McCoy, vb; JoAnne Brackeen, el-p, org; Wally Richardson, g; Jimmy Lewis, el-b (or Raymond McKinney, b;); Bernard Purdie, (or Al Dreares, ) d; Montego Joe, perc.

Art Blakey - RCA(J) SMJX 10086 - Jazz from Japan

Recorded February 19th 1970, Tokyo, Japan

Bill Hardman, tp; Carlos Garnett, ts; JoAnne Brackeen, p; Jan Arnet, b; Art Blakey, d.

Buddy Terry - Mainstream MRL 356 - Pure dynamite

Recorded 1971/72

Woody Shaw, tp; Eddie Henderson, tp, flh; Buddy Terry, ss, ts, fl; JoAnne Brackeen, Kenny Barron, p; Stanley Clarke, Mchezaji, b; Billy Hart, Lennie White, d; Airto Moreira, Mtume, perc.

This album appears to derive from two sessons: more details are needed. A further selection with similar personnel appears on another album, Mainstream MRL 406 - Misgeneration

Toots Thielemanns - Choice CRS 1007 - Captured live

Recorded September 1974, N.Y.C.

Toots Thielemans, hca; JoAnne Brackeen, p; Cecil McBee, b; Freddie Waits, d.

JoAnne Brackeen - Choice CRS 1009 - Snooze

Recorded March 1975, N.Y.C.

JoAnne Brackeen, p; Cecil McBee, b; Billy Hart, d.

Re-issued on CD Candid CCD 71009 "6 Ate"

Stan Getz - Jugoton (Yu)LSY 61417

Recorded June 2th 1976, Ljubliana, Yugoslavia

Stan Getz, ts; JoAnne Brackeen, p; Clin Houston, b; Billy Hart, d.

One selection only

JoAnne Brackeen - Freedom(D) 147.303 / Freedom(UK) FLP 41044 - Invitation

Recorded July 14th 1976, Wesp, The Netherlands

JoAnne Brackeen, p; Clint Houston, b; Billy Hart, d.

JoAnne Brackeen - Timeless (NL)SJP 103 - New true illusion

Recorded July 15th 1976, Wesp, The Netherlands

JoAnne Brackeen, p; Clint Houston, b.

JoAnne Brackeen - Choice CRS 1016 - Tring-a-ling

Recorded March 20th & May 9th 1977, N.Y.C.

March:- Michael Brecker, ts; JoAnne Brackeen, p; Cecil McBee, b; Billy Hart, d.
May:- JoAnne Brackeen, p; Clint Houston, b; Billy Hart, d.

JoAnne Brackeen - Timeless(NL)SJP 115 - Aft

Recorded December 30th 1977, N.Y.C.

JoAnne Brackeen, p; Ryo Kawasaki, g; Clint Houston, b.

Stan Getz - Steeplechase(DK) SCS 1073/74 - Live at Montmartre

Recorded January 27th-30th 1977, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Stan Getz, ts; JoAnne Brackeen, p; Niels-Henning Oersted-Pedersen, b; Billy Hart, d.

Reissued as Gold - Inner City IC 1040; and with additional material SteepleChase(DK) SCCD 37021/22

JoAnne Brackeen - Timeless SJP 123 - Trinkets and things

Recorded August 13th 1978, N.Y.C.

JoAnne Brackeen, p; Ryo Kawasaki, g.

JoAnne Brackeen - Choice CRS 1024 - Prism

Recorded August 1978, N.Y.C.

JoAnne Brackeen p; Eddie Gomez, b.

JoAnne Brackeen - MPS(D) 68211 - Mythical magic

Recorded September 25th-26th 1978, Villingen, Germany.

JoAnne Brackeen, p.

Clint Houston - Trio(J) PAP 9110 - Watership Down

Recorded February 13th & 14th 1978, N.Y.C.

JoAnne Brackeen, p; Onaje Allan Gumbs, p, synth; John Abercrombie, g; Clint Houston, b; Al Foster, d.

Reissued as Storyville STCD 4150

John McNeil - Steeplechase(DK)SCS 1099 - Embarkation

Recorded March 22nd 1978

John McNeil, tp; Bob Berg, ts; JoAnne Brackeen, p; Rufus Reid, b; Billy Hart, d.

Reissued on CD as Steeplechase(DK) SCCD 30199

Clint Houston - Timeless(NL) SJP 132 - Inside the plane of the elliptic

Recorded April 18th-19th 1979, N.Y.C.

JoAnne Brackeen, p; Clint Houston, g, b; Ryo Kawasaki, g; Rubens Bassini, perc.

Glen Hall - Sonora SA 101 - Book of the heart

Recorded May 1979

Glen Hall, rds; JoAnne Brackeen, p; Cecil McBee, b; Billy Hart, d; and, (on one selection,) Joshua Breakstone, g.

JoAnne Brackeen - Jazz na koncertnom podiju vol.4 - Jugoton LSY 61536

Recorded June 14th 1979, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

JoAnne Brackeen, p.

One selection only: rest of album by other artists

JoAnne Brackeen - Tappan Zee 36075 - Keyed in

Recorded May 11th-12th 1979, N.Y.C.

JoAnne Brackeen, p; Eddie Gomez, b; Jack DeJohnette, d.

Bob James - Columbia C2X 36786 - All around the town

Recorded December 21st 1979, N.Y.C.

Bob James, Joanne Brackeen, Richard Tee, p; Eddie Gomez, b; Steve Gadd, Billy Hart, d.

This group performs two selection out of eight on this album

1980-84

JoAnne Brackeen - Tappen Zee JC 36593 - Ancient dynasty

Recorded May 1980, N.Y.C.

Joe Henderson, ts; JoAnne Brackeen, p; Eddie Gomez, b; Jack DeJohnette, d.

Jazz Monterey 1958-1980 - Palo Alto PA 8080

Recorded September 20th, 1980, Monterey, CA.

JoAnne Brackeen, p; Clint Houston, b; Motohiko Hino, d.

One selection on this compilation double album.

John McNeil - Steeplechase(DK)SCS 1154 - Clean sweep

Recorded Recorded May 31st 1981, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

John McNeil, tp; Dave Liebman, ss; JoAnne Brackeen, p; Rufus Reid, b; Billy Hart, d.

JoAnne Brackeen - Antilles AN 1001 - Special identity

Recorded December 8th-9th, 1981, White Plains, NY.

JoAnne Brackeen, p; Eddie Gomez, b; Jack DeJohnette, d.

A tribute [to Bill Evans] - Palo Alto PA8028

Recorded April 15th 1982, N.Y.C.

JoAnne Brackeen, p.

One selection from a three-LP set

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Freddie Hubbard - Atlantic 780108 - Sweet return

Recorded June 13th-14th 1983, N.Y.C.

Freddie Hubbard, tp, flh; Lew Tabackin, ts, fl; JoAnne Brackeen, p; Eddiq Gomez, b; Roy Haynes, d;
and on some selections Hector Manuel Andrade and/or Craig Haynes, perc.

JoAnne Brackeen - Concord CJ 280 - Having fun

Recorded June 1985, N.Y.C.

JoAnne Brackeen, p; Cecil McBee, b; Al Foster, d.

JoAnne Brackeen - Concord CJ 316 - Fifi goes to heaven

Recorded October 1986, N.Y.C.

Terence Blanchard, tp; Branford Marsalis, ts; JoAnne Brackeen, p; Cecil McBee, b; Al Foster, d.

Rob Carroll - RSM 2 -Grace sleeps

Recorded March-April 1987, Toronto

Ron Allen, ts,ss,fl; Joanne Brackeen, p; Doug Wilde, synth; Rob Carroll, g; Michel Donato, b; Mike McClelland, d; Ahmed Hassan, perc, vo; David Blamires, vo.

Ed Sarath - Owl Time Line 3819012 - Voice of the wind

Recorded December 21st-22nd, 1988, N.Y.C.

Ed Sarath, flh; Dave Liebman, ss; JoAnne Brackeen, p; Cecil McBee, b; Billy Hart, d.

JoAnne Brackeen - Concord CCD 4409 - Live at Maybeck..v.1

Recorded June 1989, Berkeley, CA.

JoAnne Brackeen, p.

JoAnne Brackeen - Concord Picante CCD 4479 - Breath of Brazil

Recorded April 18th-19th 1991

JoAnne Brackeen, p; Eddie Gomez, b; Duduka da Fonseca, d; Waltinho Anastacio, perc, vo.

JoAnne Brackeen - Konnex 5029 - Is it really true ?

Recorded July 8th 1981, Berlin, Germany

JoAnne Brackeen, p; Walter Schmocker, b; Billy Hart, d.

JoAnne Brackeen - Ken 021 - Where legends dwell

Recorded September 3rd-4th, 1991, N.Y.C.

JoAnne Brackeen, p; Eddie Gomez, b; Jack DeJohnette, d.

JoAnne Brackeen - Evidence ECD 22123 - Turnaround

Recorded February 27th-28th, 1992, N.Y.C.

Donald Harrison, as; JoAnne Brackeen, p; Cecil McBee, b; Marvin "Smitty" Smith, d.

JoAnne Brackeen - Concord Picante CCD 4602 - Take a chance

Recorded June 15th-16th, 1993, N.Y.C.

JoAnne Brackeen, p; Eddie Gomez, b; Duduka da Fonseca, d; Waltinho Anastacio, perc, vo.

JoAnne Brackeen - Turnipseed TMCD 08 - Power talk

Recorded, ?1994, New Orleans, LA.

JoAnne Brackeen, p; Ira Coleman, b; Tony Reedus, d.

Ivo Perelman - GM GM3029 - Man of the forest

Recorded January 3rd-4th 1994, N.Y.C.

Ivo Perelman, ts; Joanne Brackeen, p; Mark Helias, b; Billy Hart, d; Guilherme Franco, Cyro Baptista, Nana Vasconcelos, perc.

Brackeen plays of three out five selections on this album

1995-

Tony Lakatos - Laika LK3510076 - Live in Budapest

Recorded March 7th , 1995, Budapest

Tony Lakatos, rds; JoAnne Brackeen, p; Cecil McBee, b; Al Foster, d.

JoAnne Brackeen - Arkadia Jazz 70371 - Pink elephant magic

Recorded June 2nd-3rd 1998, 5th nd 25th August 1998, N.Y.C.

Collective personnel Nicholas Payton, tp; Dave Liebman, ss; Chris Potter, ss, ts; JoAnne Brackeen, p; John Patitucci, b; Horacio Hernandez, d; Jamey Haddad, perc.and on one selection Kurt Elling, vo.

Arkadia Jazz All-Stars - Arkadia 70003 - Thank you, Duke !

Recorded [solo] August 25th 1998, N.Y.C. [trio] February 11, 1999, N.Y.C.

JoAnne Brackeen, p; Ira Coleman, b; Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez , d.

One selection solo and one by the trio on this compilation

JoAnne Brackeen - Arkadia Jazz 70372 - Popsicle illusion

Recorded July 14th-15th 1999, N.Y.C.

JoAnne Brackeen, p;

A Great Night in Harlem - Playboy Jazz 7305

Recorded September 24th 2001, N.Y.C.

Randy Brecker, t; Paquito D'Rivera, cl; JoAnne Brackeen, p; Ron Carter, b; Jimmy Cobb, d; Ray Barretto, cga.

This band plays one song in this concert compilation.

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