Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Leroy Cooper (sax)

BANDS:
  • Ray Charles Band
  • Rhythm Release
BIOGRAPHY:

Sax player, he started working with Ray Charles, later becoming Ray´s band leader for 20 years. After that, he played from 1978 to 2000 in Disney World (Orlando, Florida). Also, from 1984 to 2004 he played with the band called Rhythm Release. Other bands where he has played in later years were Smokin´ Torpedoes and Josh Miller Blues Revue. By the time of his death, he was working in his first solo album as well as writing his biography.

He appears in the movie Ballad in blue (1964), alongside Ray Charles.
DISCOGRAPHY: (24 albums known to me - Status: In progress)

ALBUMS AS A BAND MEMBER (3 credits)
  • The Genius hits the road - Ray Charles (1960)

    • Members: Phil Guilbeau (RIP: Ray Charles, Leroy Cooper, Hank Crawford, David ´Fathead´ Newman)
    • Guests: Harry Betts, Dick Nash, Ken Shroyer (RIP: Ralph Burns, Mel Lewis, Frank Rosolino)
    • Producer: (RIP: Ahmet Ertegun, Sid Feller, Jerry Wexler)
    • Technical: Dan Hersch, Bill Inglot
    • Comments: CD reissue contains 7 bonus tracks.
  • Sweet & sour tears - Ray Charles (1963)

    • Members: Phil Guilbeau (RIP: Ray Charles, Leroy Cooper, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Don Wilkerson)
    • Guests: Henderson Chambers, Harold Minerve, Julian Priester (RIP: Panama Francis, Keg Johnson, Floyd Jones, Marty Paich, Cecil Payne, Danny Turner)
    • Producer: (RIP: Ahmet Ertegun, Sid Feller, Jerry Wexler)
    • Technical: Dan Hersch, Bill Inglot (RIP: Bill Putnam)
    • Comments: CD reissue contains 7 bonus tracks.
  • Berlin, 1962 - Ray Charles (04/1996)

    • Members: Phil Guilbeau (RIP: Ray Charles, Leroy Cooper, Hank Crawford, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Don Wilkerson)
    • Guests: Henderson Chambers, Wallace Davenport, Darlene Love (RIP: Keg Johnson, Rudy Powell, Dickie Wells)
    • Producer: (RIP: Norman Granz)
COMPILATIONS AS A BAND MEMBER (2 credits)
  • Standards - Ray Charles (03/1998)

    • Members: Phil Guilbeau (RIP: Ray Charles, Leroy Cooper, Hank Crawford, David ´Fathead´ Newman)
    • Guests: Bob Brookmeyer, Henderson Chambers, Wallace Davenport, Jesse Ehrlich, James Getzoff, Harry Lookofsky, Paul Shure, Harold Vick (RIP: Ralph Burns, Irv Cottler, Jack Halloran, Al Hendrickson, Armand Kaproff, Wendell Marshall, Marty Paich, Rudy Powell, Marshall Sosson)
    • Producer: (RIP: Nesuhi Ertegun, Sid Feller, Jerry Wexler)
    • Technical: Doug Sax
  • Ultimate hits collection - Ray Charles (03/1999)

    • Members: Phil Guilbeau (RIP: Ray Charles, Leroy Cooper, Hank Crawford, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Don Wilkerson)
    • Guests: Mickey Baker, Michael Boddicker, Bob Brookmeyer, Henderson Chambers, Bob Cranshaw, Wallace Davenport, Frank Foster, Charlie Fowlkes, John Frosk, Siedah Garrett, Jim Gilstrap, Freddie Green, Urbie Green, Jim Hall, Roy Haynes, James Ingram, Louis Johnson, Quincy Jones, Chaka Khan, Hubert Laws, Harry Lookofsky, Harvey Mason, Willie Nelson, Louis Nunley, David Paich, Phil Perry, Greg Phillinganes, Steve Porcaro, Seldon Powell, Julian Priester, Chuck Rainey, Hargus Pig Robbins, Billy Sanford, Dale Sellers, Lisa Silver, Grady Tate, Clark Terry, Toots Thielemans, Ian Underwood, Harold Vick, Earl Warren, Frank Wess, Hurshel Wiginton (RIP: Martin Banks, Jimmy Bell, Ray Brown, Ralph Burns, Benny Carter, Jimmy Cleveland, Irv Cottler, Pete Drake, Panama Francis, Eric Gale, Al Grey, Haywood Henry, Freddie Hubbard, Budd Johnson, Thad Jones, Connie Kay, Wendell Marshall, Bill McElhiney, Terry McMillan, Billy Mitchell, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham, Marty Paich, Cecil Payne, Sonny Payne, Benny Powell, Rudy Powell, Billy Preston, Jerome Richardson, Ernie Royal, Marshall Royal, Jesse Stone, Larry Williams)
    • Producer: Creed Taylor (RIP: Herb Abramson, Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Sid Feller, Jerry Wexler)
    • Technical: Doug Sax
ALBUMS WITH BANDMATES AND FRIENDS (3 credits) COMPILATIONS WITH BANDMATES AND FRIENDS (3 credits)
  • House of David - the David ´Fathead´ Newman anthology - David ´Fathead´ Newman (1993)

    • Members: (RIP: Ted Dunbar, David ´Fathead´ Newman)
    • Guests: Sandford Allen, David Barard, Kenny Burrell, Ron Carter, Richard Davis, Dr John, Cornell Dupree, Herman Ernest, Charlie Fowlkes, Aretha Franklin, Bernie Glow, Emanuel Green, Freddie Green, Urbie Green, Phil Guilbeau, Quincy Jones, Kirk Lightsey, Ralph MacDonald, Junior Mance, Hugh McCracken, Kermit Moore, Art Neville, Gene Orloff, Seldon Powell, Bernard Purdie, Chuck Rainey, David Spinozza, Clark Terry, Julius Watkins, Frank Wess, Snooky Young (RIP: Pepper Adams, Zuzu Bollin, Paul Chambers, Ray Charles, Jimmy Cleveland, Leroy Cooper, Hank Crawford, King Curtis, Eric Gale, Paul Gonsalves, Haywood Henry, Quentin Jackson, Wynton Kelly, Melvin Lastie, Melba Liston, Arif Mardin, Blue Mitchell, Joe Newman, Marty Paich, Benny Powell, Jerome Richardson, Ernie Royal, Marshall Royal, Zoot Sims, Don Wilkerson, Joe Zawinul)
    • Producer: Tommy LiPuma (RIP: Joel Dorn, Tom Dowd, Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler)
    • Comments: Compilation with tracks recorded under his name, plus some collaborations for Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Dr. John and others.
  • Heart and soul - the Hank Crawford anthology - Hank Crawford (1994)

    • Members: (RIP: Hank Crawford, Jimmy McGriff, David ´Fathead´ Newman)
    • Guests: Wilbur Bascomb, George Benson, Randy Brecker, Al Brown, George Caldwell, Ron Carter, Steve Cropper, Ronnie Cuber, Dr John, Cornell Dupree, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Bernie Glow, Emanuel Green, Phil Guilbeau, Roger Hawkins, Michael Haynes, Jim Horn, Bob James, Howard Johnson, B B King, Gary King, Harold Kohon, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, Ralph MacDonald, Joe Malin, Tom Malone, David Matthews, Hugh McCracken, Will McFarlane, Idris Muhammad, David Nadien, Seldon Powell, Bernard Purdie, Waymon Reed, Margaret Ross, Alan Rubin, Don Sebesky, Lew Soloff, Grady Tate, Harvey Thompson, Cedar Walton, Willie Weeks, Frank Wess, Snooky Young (RIP: Pepper Adams, Martin Banks, Ray Charles, Jimmy Cleveland, Leroy Cooper, Eric Gale, Paul Griffin, Joe Newman, Marty Paich, Benny Powell, Ernie Royal, Alan Shulman, Richard Tee)
    • Producer: Stewart Levine, Creed Taylor (RIP: Joel Dorn, Nesuhi Ertegun, Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler)
    • Technical: Gene Paul
    • Comments: Compilation of some of his own recordings, plus appearances in albums by Ray Charles, B B King, Etta James and others.
  • Low flame high heat - Hank Crawford (10/2000)

SESSIONS (7 credits)
  • Texas blues - Lightnin´ Hopkins ( - )

    • Members: (RIP: Lightnin´ Hopkins)
    • Guests: Gary Coleman, Cornell Dupree, Jerry Jemmott, Trevor Lawrence, Frank Mitchell, Tommy Shannon, Frank Wess (RIP: Martin Banks, Zuzu Bollin, Charles Brown, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Francis Clay, Albert Collins, Leroy Cooper, Johnny Copeland, Pee Wee Crayton, King Curtis, Maxwell Davis, Keith Ferguson, Fred Ford, Lloyd Glenn, Lionel Hampton, Joel Hopkins, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Freddie King, Mance Lipscomb, Sam Myers, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Ernie Royal, Marshall Royal, Frankie Lee Sims, Stevie Ray Vaughan, T-Bone Walker)
  • Headlight blues (SINGLE) - Zuzu Bollin (02/1952)

  • Hollywood be thy name - Dr John (1975)

    • Members: Dr John, Tammy Lann, Robbie Montgomery (RIP: Ronnie Barron)
    • Guests: Ken Ascher, John Badanjek, Venetta Fields, Steve Hunter, Warren Luening, James Smith, Bobby Torres, Tommy Vig, Ernie Watts, Chauncey Welsch (RIP: Leroy Cooper, Julius Farmer, Clifford Solomon)
    • Producer: Bob Ezrin
  • Luxury you can afford - Joe Cocker (09/1978)

    • Members: Mitch Chakour, Joe Cocker, Cornell Dupree, Steve Gadd, Cliff Goodwin, Howie Hersh, Wayne Jackson, Bobby Keys, Ann Lang, John Riley (RIP: Felix Flaco Falcon, Richard Tee)
    • Guests: Gary Brown, Larry Byrom, Harrison Calloway, Pete Carr, Dr John, Phil Guilbeau, Roger Hawkins, David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, Clydie King, Randy McCormick, Joey Murcia, Bernard Purdie, Chuck Rainey, Charles Rose, George Terry, Harvey Thompson, Mona Lisa Young (RIP: Barry Beckett, Leroy Cooper, Hank Crawford, Rick Danko, Donny Hathaway, Clyde Kerr, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Billy Preston)
    • Producer: Michael Lang, Allen Toussaint
  • Bio on the bayou - Kenny Neal (1987)

    • Guests: Bryan Bassett, Steve Hunter, Eddie Tuduri (RIP: Leroy Cooper)
    • Producer: (RIP: Bob Greenlee)
    • Technical: Pete Carr
    • Comments: The album was reissued in 1988 with the new title Big news from Baton Rouge!!.
  • Noble & Nat - Noble ´Thin Man´ Watts & Nat Adderly (1990)

  • Walking on fire - Kenny Neal (1991)

    • Guests: Tony Coleman, Russell Jackson, Fred Wesley (RIP: Leroy Cooper)
    • Producer: (RIP: Bob Greenlee)
    • Technical: Bryan Bassett
COMPILATIONS (SESSIONS) (6 credits)
  • Mos´ scocious - the Dr John anthology - Dr John (10/1993)

    • Members: James Calhoun, Dr John, Sydney George, Ken Klimak, Robbie Montgomery, Steve York (RIP: Ronnie Barron)
    • Guests: P P Arnold, Jesse Boyce, Gary Brown, Eric Clapton, Mark Colby, Ken Faulk, Peter Graves, Steve Hunter, Mick Jagger, Plas Johnson, Jerome Jumonville, Abraham Laboriel, Warren Luening, Ralph MacDonald, Steve Mann, Harvey Mason, Marcus Miller, Ziggy Modeliste, Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli, Joel Peskin, Whit Sidener, David Spinozza, Bobby Torres, Allen Toussaint, Ernie Watts, Chauncey Welsch (RIP: Lee Allen, Ralph Burns, Leroy Cooper, Ray Draper, Julius Farmer, Melvin Lastie, Marty Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Alvin Robinson, Clifford Solomon, Roland Stone, Doris Troy, Alvin ´Red´ Tyler, Larry Williams)
    • Producer: Bob Ezrin, Tommy LiPuma (RIP: Tom Dowd, Jerry Wexler)
    • Technical: Bill Inglot
    • Comments: Boxset.
  • Deluxe edition - Kenny Neal (10/1997)

    • Guests: Bryan Bassett, Russell Jackson, Fred Wesley (RIP: Leroy Cooper)
    • Producer: (RIP: Bob Greenlee)
    • Technical: Pete Carr (RIP: Warren King)
  • The Complete Chess masters - Lowell Fulson (11/1997)

    • Members: (RIP: Lowell Fulson)
    • Guests: Phil Guilbeau (RIP: Fred Below, Leroy Cooper, Willie Dixon, Lloyd Glenn, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Jimmy Smith, Otis Spann)
    • Producer: (RIP: Leonard Chess)
    • Comments: 2CD compilation with a few unreleased tracks.
  • 1955-1969 - Betty Carter (10/1998)

    • Members: (RIP: Betty Carter)
    • Guests: Danny Bank, Harry Betts, Bernie Glow, Urbie Green, Phil Guilbeau, Al Harewood, Sam Marowitz, Dick Nash, Al Porcino, Seldon Powell, Ray Triscari (RIP: Conte Candoli, Ray Charles, Jimmy Cleveland, Al Cohn, Leroy Cooper, Don Fagerquist, Gigi Gryce, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson, Hank Jones, Jo Jones, Mel Lewis, Wendell Marshall, Marty Paich, Jerome Richardson, Frank Rosolino, Nick Travis)
  • The Anthology - Joe Cocker (08/1999)

    • Members: Virginia Ayers, Nicole Barclay, Chuck Blackwell, Mitch Chakour, Rita Coolidge, Cornell Dupree, Gordon Edwards, Steve Gadd, Beverley Gardner, Cliff Goodwin, Jim Gordon, Howie Hersh, Jim Horn, Neil Hubbard, Jim Keltner, Bobby Keys, Sandy Konikoff, Ann Lang, Albert Lee, Claudia Lennear, Henry McCullough, Daniel Moore, Matthew Moore, Pamela Polland, Don Preston, Jim Price, John Riley, Bruce Rowland, Leon Russell, Kenny Slade, Chris Stainton, Bobby Torres, Donna Washburn, Donna Weiss (RIP: Tommy Eyre, Felix Flaco Falcon, Eric Gale, Nicky Hopkins, Carl Radle, Alan Spenner, Richard Tee, Viola Wills, B J Wilson)
    • Guests: Wally Badarou, Adrian Belew, Madeline Bell, Stu Blumberg, Bonnie Bramlett, Gary Brown, Ollie E Brown, Artie Butler, Clem Cattini, Mikey Chung, Merry Clayton, David Cohen, Joe Correro, Sly Dunbar, Wilton Felder, Venetta Fields, Matthew Fisher, Jay Graydon, Phil Guilbeau, Rosetta Hightower, Stix Hooper, Carol Kaye, Mike Kellie, Clydie King, Trevor Lawrence, Sunny Leslie, Steve Madaio, Shirley Matthews, Dave McDaniel, Jimmy Page, David Paich, Bernard Purdie, Chuck Rainey, Barry Reynolds, Sam Rivers, Joe Sample, Robbie Shakespeare, Sid Sharp, Big Jim Sullivan, Jennifer Warnes, Steve Winwood, Mona Lisa Young (RIP: Barry Beckett, Ben Benay, Leroy Cooper, Hank Crawford, Milt Holland, Patrice Holloway, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Jeff Porcaro, Clarence White)
    • Producer: Chris Blackwell, Stewart Levine, Allen Toussaint (RIP: Denny Cordell, Mike Leander, Alex Sadkin)
    • Technical: Glyn Johns, Eddie Kramer, Tony Visconti (RIP: Henry Lewy)
  • Gold - Joe Cocker (03/2006)

    • Members: Kenny Aronoff, Virginia Ayers, Nicole Barclay, David Beal, Chuck Blackwell, Jack Bruno, Mitch Chakour, Joe Cocker, Mel Collins, Rita Coolidge, Cornell Dupree, Deric Dyer, Gordon Edwards, Bob Feit, Steve Gadd, Cliff Goodwin, Jim Gordon, Phil Grande, Maxine Green, Howie Hersh, Steve Holley, Jim Horn, Neil Hubbard, Hutch Hutchinson, Bobby Jones, Gloria Jones, Jim Keltner, Bobby Keys, Ann Lang, Claudia Lennear, Jeff Levine, Henry McCullough, John Miles, Daniel Moore, Matthew Moore, Eric Parker, Dean Parks, Pamela Polland, Don Preston, Jim Price, John Riley, Bruce Rowland, Leon Russell, Vito San Filippo, Maxine Sharp, Chris Stainton, T M Stevens, Bobby Torres, Jeffery C J Vanston, Donna Washburn, Donna Weiss (RIP: Tommy Eyre, Eric Gale, Nicky Hopkins, Larry Marshall, Carl Radle, Alan Spenner, Richard Tee, Viola Wills, B J Wilson)
    • Guests: Bryan Adams, Tawatha Agee, Wally Badarou, Mike Baird, Rick Baptist, Arthur Barrow, Adrian Belew, Madeline Bell, Wayne Bergeron, Stu Blumberg, Bonnie Bramlett, Alexandra Brown, Gary Brown, Ollie E Brown, Artie Butler, David Campbell, Mike Campbell, Lenny Castro, Leon Ndugu Chancler, Mikey Chung, Bill Churchville, Crispin Cioe, Merry Clayton, Clarence Clemons, David Cohen, Joe Correro, Paulinho Da Costa, Joey Diggs, Sly Dunbar, Andy Duncan, Nathan East, Spike Edney, Wilton Felder, Venetta Fields, Bob Funk, Jerry Goodman, Jay Graydon, Phil Guilbeau, Helen Hampton, Arno Hecht, Rosetta Hightower, Stix Hooper, Cissy Houston, Dick ´Slyde´ Hyde, Mortonette Jenkins, Marlena Jeter, Carol Kaye, Peter Kent, Clydie King, Curtis King, Katie Kissoon, Abraham Laboriel, Michael Landau, Nick Lane, Trevor Lawrence, Sunny Leslie, Paul Litteral, Steve Lukather, Jeff Lynne, Steve Madaio, Shirley Matthews, Dave McDaniel, Jamie Muhoberac, Rafael Padilla, Jimmy Page, Sid Page, David Paich, Ray Parker, Joel Peskin, Greg Phillinganes, Tim Pierce, Barry Reynolds, Sam Rivers, John Robinson, Joe Sample, Johnny Lee Schell, Robbie Shakespeare, John Shanks, Sid Sharp, Don Snow, Jeremy Stacey, Neil Stubenhaus, Michael Thompson, Julia Tillman Waters, Carmen Twillie, Lamont Van Hook, Jennifer Warnes, Fred White, Maxine Willard Waters, Richie Zito (RIP: Ben Benay, Leroy Cooper, Hank Crawford, Milt Holland, Patrice Holloway, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Jeff Porcaro, Billy Preston, Clarence White)
    • Producer: Chris Blackwell, Suzie Katayama, Gary Katz, Stewart Levine, Chris Lord-Alge, Ray Neapolitan, Allen Toussaint, Don Was (RIP: Denny Cordell, Alex Sadkin)
    • Technical: Bob Clearmountain, Glyn Johns, Eddie Kramer, Rik Pekkonen, Tony Visconti (RIP: Greg Ladanyi, Henry Lewy)
RELATED MUSICIANS:

Leroy Cooper mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
David ´Fathead´ Newman (17)
Phil Guilbeau (15)
Hank Crawford (13)
John Hunt (12)
Edgar Willis (12)
Marcus Belgrave (10)
Ray Charles (9)
Bruno Carr (8)
Nesuhi Ertegun (8)
Milt Turner (8)
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