# Craig Taborn discography

Craig Taborn is a pianist, keyboard and electronics player, chiefly in jazz. By the end of 2020, he had appeared on 14 albums as a leader or co-leader and more than 100 as a sideman.

## As leader/co-leader

An asterisk (*) after the year indicates that it is the year of release.
| Year recorded | Year released | Title | Label | Notes |
| 1994 | 1994 | Craig Taborn Trio | DIW | Trio, with Jaribu Shahid (bass), Tani Tabbal (drums) |
| 2001 | 2001 | Light Made Lighter | Thirsty Ear | Trio, with Chris Lightcap (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums) |
| 2004 | 2004 | Junk Magic | Thirsty Ear | Quartet, with Aaron Stewart (tenor sax), Mat Maneri (viola), Dave King (drums) |
| 2010 | 2011 | Avenging Angel | ECM | Solo piano |
| 2012 | 2013 | Chants | ECM | Trio, with Thomas Morgan (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums) |
| 2015 | 2016 | Flaga: Book of Angels Volume 27 | Tzadik | Trio, with Christian McBride (bass), Tyshawn Sorey (drums) composed by John Zorn |
| 2015 | 2017 | Ljubljana | Clean Feed | Duo, co-led with Mats Gustafsson (slide sax, baritone sax) |
| 2016 | 2017 | Daylight Ghosts | ECM | Quartet, with Chris Speed (tenor saxophone, clarinet), Chris Lightcap (bass), Dave King (drums) |
| 2016 | 2018 | Octopus | Pyroclastic | Duo, co-led with Kris Davis (piano) |
| 2017 | 2017 | Highsmith | Tzadik | Duo, co-led with Ikue Mori (electronics) |
| 2017 | 2019 | Da'at | Tzadik | Six tracks solo piano; two tracks duo, with Vadim Neselovskyi (piano); other tracks do not feature Taborn |
| 2018 | 2019 | The Transitory Poems | ECM | Duo, co-led with Vijay Iyer (piano) |
| 2018 | 2019 | Golden Valley Is Now | Intakt | Trio, co-led with Reid Anderson (electric bass, electronics), Dave King (drums) |
| 2020* | 2020 | Compass Confusion | Pyroclastic | As "Junk Magic"; quintet, with Chris Speed (tenor sax, clarinet), Mat Maneri (viola), Erik Fratzke (bass), Dave King (drums) |
| 2020 | 2021 | Shadow Plays | ECM | Solo piano; in concert |
| 2022 | 2023 | hEARoes | Rogueart | Trio, co-led with Joëlle Léandre (bass), Mat Maneri (viola); in concert |
| 2022 | 2024 | Weird of Mouth | Otherly Love | Trio, co-led with Mette Rasmussen (alto sax, percussion), Ches Smith (drums, percussion) |

## As sideman

An asterisk (*) after the year indicates that it is the year of release.
| Year recorded | Leader | Title | Label | Notes |
| 2005 | Lotte Anker | Triptych | Leo | Trio, with Gerald Cleaver (drums) |
| 2005 | Lotte Anker | Live at the Loft | ILK Music | Trio, with Gerald Cleaver (drums); in concert |
| 2008 | Lotte Anker | Floating Islands | ILK Music | Trio, with Gerald Cleaver (drums); in concert |
| 2002* | Art Ensemble of Chicago | Selected Recordings | ECM | |
| 2014* | Diego Barber | Tales | Sunnyside | Duo |
| 2000 | Tim Berne | Sensitive | Screwgun | Trio, with Tom Rainey (drums); in concert |
| 2001 | Tim Berne | The Shell Game | Thirsty Ear | Trio, with Tom Rainey (drums) |
| 2001 | Tim Berne | Science Friction | Screwgun | Quartet, with Marc Ducret (guitar), Tom Rainey (drums) |
| 2003 | Tim Berne | The Sublime And | Thirsty Ear | Quartet, with Marc Ducret (guitar), Tom Rainey (drums); in concert |
| 2003 | Tim Berne | +size | Screwgun | As Science Friction; quintet, with Herb Robertson (trumpet), Marc Ducret (guitar), Tom Rainey (drums); in concert; released 2020 |
| 2003–2004 | Tim Berne | Electric and Acoustic Hard Cell Live | Screwgun | Trio, with Tom Rainey (drums); in concert |
| 2005 | Tim Berne | Feign | Screwgun | Trio, with Tom Rainey (drums) |
| 2007 | Tim Berne | The Cosmos | Screwgun | Trio, with Tom Rainey (drums); in concert |
| 2003 | David Binney | Welcome to Life | Mythology | Sextet, with Chris Potter (tenor sax), Scott Colley (bass), Adam Rogers (guitar), Brian Blade (drums) |
| 2006 | David Binney | Cities and Desire | Criss Cross | Quintet, with Mark Turner (tenor sax), Thomas Morgan (bass), Dan Weiss (drums, tabla, vocals) |
| 2006 | David Binney | Out of Airplanes | BK | With Bill Frisell (guitar) Eiyvind Opsvik (bass), Kenny Wollesen (drums); Adam Rogers (guitar) added on some tracks |
| 2009* | David Binney | Third Occasion | Mythology | With Scott Colley (bass), Brian Blade (drums), Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet), Brad Mason (trumpet, flugelhorn), Corey King and Andy Hunter (trombone) |
| 2011 | David Binney | Graylen Epicenter | Mythology | With Chris Potter (tenor sax), Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet), Wayne Krantz (guitar), Eivind Opsvik (bass), Brian Blade and Dan Weiss (drums), Kenny Wollesen (percussion, vibes), Roberto Boccato (percussion), Gretchen Parlato (vocals); Nina Geiger (vocals) added on one track |
| 2012 | David Binney | Lifted Land | Criss Cross | Quartet, with Eivind Opsvik (bass), Tyshawn Sorey (drums) |
| 2012 | Jakob Bro | December Song | Loveland | Quintet, with Bill Frisell (guitars), Lee Konitz (alto sax), Thomas Morgan (bass) |
| 2007 | Rob Brown | Crown Trunk Root Funk | Aum Fidelity | Quartet, with William Parker (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums) |
| 2010 | Rob Brown | Unknown Skies | RogueArt | Trio, with Nasheet Waits (drums); in concert |
| 1993 | James Carter | JC on the Set | DIW | Quartet, with Jaribu Shahid (bass), Tani Tabbal (drums) |
| 1994 | James Carter | Jurassic Classics | DIW | Quartet, with Jaribu Shahid (bass), Tani Tabbal (drums) |
| 1994 | James Carter | The Real Quiet Storm | Atlantic | Quartets, with Dave Holland and Jaribu Shahid (bass; separately), Leon Parker and Tani Tabbal (drums; separately) |
| 1996 | James Carter | Conversin' with the Elders | Atlantic | Quartet, with Jaribu Shahid (bass), Tani Tabbal (drums) |
| 1998 | James Carter | In Carterian Fashion | Atlantic | Taborn plays with Jaribu Shahid (bass), Tani Tabbal (drums), plus Cassius Richmond (alto sax), Dwight Adams (trumpet), Kevin Carter (guitar) on some tracks |
| 2000 | Gerald Cleaver | Adjust | Fresh Sound | Sextet, with Andrew Bishop (clarinet, soprano sax, tenor sax), Mat Maneri (violin), Ben Monder (guitar), Reid Anderson (electric bass, acoustic bass) |
| 2008 | Gerald Cleaver | Farmers by Nature | AUM Fidelity | As the band "Farmers by Nature". Trio, with William Parker (bass) |
| 2009 | Gerald Cleaver | Be It as I See It | Fresh Sound | Also credited to "Uncle June" |
| 2010 | Gerald Cleaver | Out of This World's Distortions | AUM Fidelity | As the band "Farmers by Nature" |
| 2011 | Gerald Cleaver | Love and Ghosts | AUM Fidelity | As the band "Farmers by Nature"; in concert |
| 2003* | Steve Coleman | Lucidarium | Label Bleu | Includes 19 musicians |
| 2005 | Scott Colley | Architect of the Silent Moment | Cam Jazz | |
| 2009 | Scott Colley | Empire | Cam Jazz | Quintet, with Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Bill Frisell (electric guitar), Brian Blade (drums) |
| 2016* | Kris Davis | Duopoly | Pyroclastic | Duo |
| 2002 | Dave Douglas | Freak In | RCA Bluebird | |
| 2002-2003 | Marty Ehrlich | Line on Love | Palmetto | With Michael Formanek (bass), Billy Drummond (drums) |
| 2017* | Amir ElSaffar | Not Two | New Amsterdam | With the Rivers of Sound ensemble: Ole Mathisen (tenor sax), Zafer Tawil (oud), Tareq Abboushi (buzuq), Carlo DeRosa (bass), Nasheet Waits (drums), Dena ElSaffar (violin), Naseem Alatrash (cello), George Ziadeh (oud, vocals), Mohamed Saleh (oboe), Fabrizio Cassol (alto sax), J. D. Parran (bass sax, clarinet), Jason Adasiewicz (vibraphone), Miles Okazaki (guitar), Rajna Swaminathan (mridangam), Tim Moore (dumbek, riqq) |
| 2010 | Shane Endsley | Then the Other | Low Electrical | Quartet, with Matt Brewer (bass), Ted Poor (drums) |
| 2009 | Michael Formanek | The Rub and Spare Change | ECM | With Tim Berne and Gerald Cleaver |
| 2009 | Michael Formanek | Other Zones | Circular File | With Tim Berne and Gerald Cleaver |
| 2011 | Michael Formanek | Small Places | ECM | With Tim Berne and Gerald Cleaver |
| 2014 | Michael Formanek | Pre-Apocalyptic | Out Of Your Head Records | With Tim Berne and Gerald Cleaver |
| 2007* | Gang Font | The Gang Font Feat. Interloper | Thirsty Ear | |
| 2003* | Ya Ya Fornier | Bearcat | Random Chance | Taborn plays with David Murray (tenor sax), Jaribu Shahid (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums), Asson (percussion) |
| 2004 | Drew Gress | 7 Black Butterflies | Premonition | Quintet, with Tim Berne (alto sax), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Tom Rainey (drums) |
| 2004 | Drew Gress | The Irrational Numbers | Premonition | Quintet, with Tim Berne (alto sax), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Tom Rainey (drums) |
| 2013* | Drew Gress | The Sky Inside | Pirouet | Quintet, with Tim Berne (alto sax), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Tom Rainey (drums) |
| 2010* | Jonathon Haffner | Life on Wednesday | Cachuma | With Wayne Krantz (guitar), Eivind Opsvik (bass), Jochen Rueckert and Kenny Wollesen (drums) |
| 2012 | Dave Holland | Prism | Dare2 | Quartet, with Kevin Eubanks (guitar), Eric Harland (drums) |
| 2017 | Dave Holland | Uncharted Territories | Dare2 | Quartet, with Evan Parker (tenor saxophone), Ches Smith (drums) |
| 2001 | Susie Ibarra | Songbird Suite | Tzadik | Trio, with Jennifer Choi (violin) |
| 2004 | Susie Ibarra | Folkloriko | Tzadik | With Jennifer Choi (violin), Roberto Rodriguez (percussion), Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet) |
| 1999* | Innerzone Orchestra | Programmed | Astralwerks | |
| 2000* | Bill Laswell | Dub Chamber 3 | ROIR | |
| 2007* | Bill Laswell | Inamorata | Ohm Resistance | Credited to "Method of Defiance"; Taborn plays on one track |
| 2016* | Ingrid Laubrock | Serpentines | Intakt | With Peter Evans (trumpet, piccolo trumpet), Miya Masaoka (koto), Sam Pluta (electronics), Dan Peck (tuba), Tyshawn Sorey (drums) |
| 2011* | Okkyung Lee | Noisy Love Songs | Tzadik | With Ikue Mori (electronics), Satoshi Takeishi (percussion, electronics), Cornelius Dufallo (violin), Peter Evans (trumpet), John Hollenbeck (percussion), Christopher Tordini (bass) |
| 2020* | Steve Lehman | The People I Love | PI | Quartet |
| 2008 | Chris Lightcap | Deluxe | Clean Feed | With Chris Cheek and Tony Malaby (tenor sax), Gerald Cleaver (drums); Andrew D'Angelo (alto sax) added on some tracks |
| 2013 | Chris Lightcap | Epicenter | Clean Feed | With Chris Cheek and Tony Malaby (tenor sax), Gerald Cleaver (drums); |
| 2020* | Chris Lightcap | SuperBigmouth | Pyroclastic | Octet, including Tony Malaby, Chris Cheek, Gerald Cleaver |
| 2000 | Mat Maneri | Blue Decco | Thirsty Ear | Quartet, with William Parker (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums) |
| 2001 | Mat Maneri | Sustain | Thirsty Ear | Quartet, with Joe McPhee (soprano sax), William Parker (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums) |
| 2004 | Mat Maneri | Pentagon | Thirsty Ear | With Ben Gerstein (trombone), Joe Maneri (piano, alto sax, vocals), Jamie Saft (mellotron), John Herbert (bass), John McLellan and Tom Rainey (drums), T.K. Ramakrishnan (mridangam), Sonia Maneri (vocals) |
| 2005 | Meat Beat Manifesto | At the Center | Thirsty Ear | With Peter Gordon (flute), Jack Dangers (bass, bass flute, bass clarinet), David King (drums, percussion) |
| 2010 | Nicole Mitchell | Emerald Hills | RogueArt | Quartet, with David Boykin (tenor sax), Chad Taylor (drums) |
| 2014* | Nicole Mitchell | The Secret Escapades of Velvet Anderson | RogueArt | Quartet, with David Boykin (tenor sax), Chad Taylor (drums, guitar) |
| 1997 | Roscoe Mitchell | Nine to Get Ready | ECM | With "The Note Factory" (including Matthew Shipp as second pianist) |
| 2001 | Roscoe Mitchell | Song for My Sister | PI | With Vijay Iyer (piano), Leon Dorsey and Jaribu Shahid (bass), Vincent Davis and Gerald Cleaver (drums), Spencer Barefield (guitar), Corey Wilkes (trumpet) |
| 2004 | Roscoe Mitchell | Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2 & 3 | ECM | With Evan Parker (tenor sax, soprano sax), Anders Svanoe (alto sax, baritone sax), Corey Wilkes (trumpet, flugelhorn), John Rangecroft (clarinet), Neil Metcalfe (flute), Nils Bultmann (viola), Philipp Wachsmann (violin), Marcio Mattos (cello), Barry Guy and Jaribu Shahid (bass), Paul Lytton and Tanni Tabbal (drums, percussion); in concert |
| 2005 | Roscoe Mitchell | Turn | RogueArt | Quintet, with Corey Wilkes (trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion), Jaribu Shahid (double bass, electric bass, percussion), Tani Tabbal (drums, percussion) |
| 2007 | Roscoe Mitchell | Far Side | ECM | With "The Note Factory" (including Vijay Iyer as second pianist); in concert |
| 2014* | Roscoe Mitchell | Conversations I | Wide Hive | Trio, with Kikanju Baku (percussion) |
| 2014* | Roscoe Mitchell | Conversations II | Wide Hive | Trio, with Kikanju Baku (percussion) |
| 2015 | Roscoe Mitchell | Bells for the South Side | ECM | |
| 2018–19 | Hafez Modirzadeh | Facets | Pi | Duo; other tracks feature other pianists |
| 1999* | Francisco Mora Catlett | World Trade Music | Community Projects | |
| 2005* | Francisco Mora Catlett | River Drum | Premier Cru | |
| 2007 | Francisco Mora Catlett | Outerzone | Premier Cru | |
| 2010* | Francisco Mora Catlett | Outerzone 2010 Andromeda M-31 | AACE | |
| 2011 | Francisco Mora Catlett | Live at the Bronx Museum | AACE | |
| 2017* | Miles Okazaki | Trickster | PI | Quartet, with Anthony Tidd (bass), Sean Rickman (drums) |
| 2002 | Eivind Opsvik | Overseas | Fresh Sound | With Jason Rigby (soprano sax, bass clarinet), Loren Stillman (alto sax), Tony Malaby (tenor sax), Wells Hanley and Jacob Sacks (piano), Gerald Cleaver and Jeff Davis (drums), Dan Weiss (percussion) |
| 2004 | Eivind Opsvik | Overseas II | Fresh Sound | With Loren Stillman (alto sax), Tony Malaby (tenor sax), Jacob Sacks (piano), Jeff Davis and Kenny Wolleson (drums) |
| 2020? | Kassa Overall | I Think I'm Good | Brownswood | With various |
| 2023? | Kassa Overall | Animals | WARP | With various |
| 2004 | Evan Parker | Boustrophedon | ECM | Band includes Roscoe Mitchell; in concert |
| 2012 | Evan Parker | Rocket Science | More Is More | Quartet, with Sam Pluta (laptop), Peter Evans (trumpet) |
| 2013* | Mario Pavone | Arc Trio | Playscape | Trio, with Gerald Cleaver (drums); in concert |
| 2021 | Ivo Perelman | Brass and Ivory Tales | Fundacja Słuchaj | Duo; Taborn plays on one CD |
| 2005 | Chris Potter | Underground | Sunnyside | Most tracks quartet, with Wayne Krantz (guitar), Nate Smith (drums); two tracks quintet, with Adam Rogers (guitar) added |
| 2007 | Chris Potter | Follow the Red Line | Sunnyside | Quartet, with Adam Rogers (guitar), Nate Smith (drums); in concert |
| 2009 | Chris Potter | Ultrahang | ArtistShare | Quartet, with Adam Rogers (guitar), Nate Smith (drums) |
| 2011 | Chris Potter | The Sirens | ECM | Quintet, with David Virelles (prepared piano, celeste, harmonium), Larry Grenadier (bass), Eric Harland (drums) |
| 2013 | Chris Potter | Imaginary Cities | ECM | Septet plus string quartet; with Adam Rogers (guitar), Steve Nelson (vibraphone, marimba), Fima Ephron (bass guitar), Scott Colley (bass), Nate Smith (drums), Mark Feldman and Joyce Hammann (violin), Lois Martin (viola), Dave Eggar (cello) |
| 2022 | Chris Potter | Got the Keys to the Kingdom: Live at the Village Vanguard | Edition | Quartet, with Scott Colley (bass), Marcus Gilmore (drums) |
| 1999 | Hugh Ragin | An Afternoon in Harlem | Justin Time | With David Murray (bass clarinet), Jaribu Shahid (bass), Bruce Cox and Andrew Cyrille (drums), Amiri Baraka (vocals) |
| 2000 | Hugh Ragin | Fanfare & Fiesta | Justin Time | With Clark Terry (flugelhorn), Dontae Winslow (trumpet), James Zollar (trumpet), Omar Kabir (trumpet), Jaribu Shahid (bass), Bruce Cox (drums) |
| 2001 | Hugh Ragin | Feel the Sunshine | Justin Time | With Assif Tsahar (saxophone), Jaribu Shahid (bass), Tani Tabbal (drums) |
| 2012* | Mike Reed | Clean on the Corner | 482 Music | With Greg Ward (alto sax), Tim Haldeman (tenor sax), Jason Roebke (bass); Josh Berman (cornet) added on some tracks. Also credited to "People, Places & Things" |
| 2007 | Pete Robbins | Do the Hate Laugh Shimmy | Fresh Sound New Talent | |
| 2002* | Roberto Rodriguez | El Danzon de Moises | Tzadik | With Peter Apfelbaum (soprano sax), Matt Darriau (trompeta china, clarinet, Mark Feldman (violin), Susie Ibarra (percussion), Brad Jones (bajo), David Krakauer (clarinet), Ted Reichman (accordion), Roberto Juan Rodriguez (percussion), Roberto Luis Rodriguez (trumpet), Marcus Rojas (baritone horn, tuba), Jane Scarpantoni (cello) |
| 1997 | David Rogers | The World Is Not Your Home | Jumble | Mostly sextet, with Marion Hayden (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums, percussion), Mark Stone (xylophone, vibraphone, percussion), Derek Bermel (clarinet, xylophone, percussion) |
| 2010 | Louis Sclavis | Eldorado Trio | Clean Feed | Trio, with Tom Rainey (drums) |
| 2011 | Alex Sipiagin | Destinations Unknown | Criss Cross | Sextet, with Chris Potter (tenor sax), David Binney (alto sax), Boris Kozlov (bass), Eric Harland (drums) |
| 2015 | Ches Smith | The Bell | ECM | Trio, with Mat Maneri (viola) |
| 2020 | Ches Smith | Interpret It Well | Pyroclastic | Quartet, with Bill Frisell (guitar), Mat Maneri (viola) |
| 2002–2004 | Wadada Leo Smith | Lake Biwa | Tzadik | With Wes Brown (bass), Jennifer Choi (violin), Anthony Coleman, Yuko Fujiyama and Jamie Saft (piano), Erik Friedlander (cello), Susie Ibarra, Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng and Gerald Cleaver (drums), John Lindberg (bass), Marc Ribot (guitar), Marcus Rojas (tuba), John Zorn (alto sax), orchestra |
| 2001 | Assif Tsahar | Embracing the Void | Hopscotch | With Ori Kaplan (alto saxophone), Alex Harding (baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone), Oscar Noriega (bass clarinet, alto saxophone), Curtis Hasselbring, Reut Regev and Steve Swell (trombone), Antoine Brye, Matt Lavell and Taylor Ho Bynum (trumpet), Tom Abbs (bass), Andrew Barker (drums) |
| 2005 | David Torn | Prezens | ECM | Quartet, with Tim Berne (alto sax), Tom Rainey (drums) |
| 2006 | David Torn | Slipped On A Bar | Screwgun | Quartet, with Tim Berne (alto sax), Tom Rainey (drums) |
| 2007 | David Torn | xForm | Screwgun | Quartet, with Tim Berne (alto sax), Tom Rainey (drums) |
| 2019* | David Torn | Sun of Goldfinger | ECM | With Tim Berne, (alto sax), Ches Smith (drums, electronics, tanbou), Mike Baggetta and Ryan Ferreira (guitar), Scorchio Quartet |
| 2017* | (Various) | The Passion of Charlie Parker | Impulse! | |
| 2018* | Dan Weiss | Starebaby | Pi | Quintet, with Matt Mitchell (piano, Prophet-6, modular synthesizers), Ben Monder (guitars), Trevor Dunn (electric bass) |
| 2018 | Winged Serpents | Six Encomiums for Cecil Taylor | Tzadik | Solo piano; each of five other pianists plays one solo piece |

## Remixes

| Year recorded | Title | Label | Notes |
| 2004* | The Val-Inc. Remixes | Thirsty Ear | Val-Inc remixes of tracks from Junk Magic; quartet, with Aaron Stewart (tenor sax), Mat Maneri (viola), Dave King (drums) |
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