# Arthur Blythe

Arthur Murray Blythe (Los Angeles, 5 luglio 1940 – Lancaster, 27 marzo 2017) è stato un compositore e sassofonista statunitense.

## Biografia

Inizia a suonare il sassofono all'età di nove anni. A New York collabora con Gil Evans, Jack DeJohnette, Chico Hamilton, Lester Bowie e McCoy Tyner. Ha fatto parte dei progetti The Leaders e World Saxophone Quartet. Blythe viene considerato musicista più ortodosso tra quelli nell’epoca del post-free.

## Discografia
### Come leader

| Year | Title | Label |
| 1977 | The Grip | India Navigation |
| 1977 | Metamorphosis | India Navigation |
| 1977 | Bush Baby | Adelphi |
| 1978 | In the Tradition | Columbia |
| 1978 | Lenox Avenue Breakdown | Columbia |
| 1980 | Illusions | Columbia |
| 1981 | Blythe Spirit | Columbia |
| 1982 | Elaborations | Columbia |
| 1983 | Light Blue: Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk | Columbia |
| 1984 | Put Sunshine in It | Columbia |
| 1986 | Da-Da | Columbia |
| 1987 | Basic Blythe | Columbia |
| 1996 | Calling Card | Enja |
| 1996 | Synergy | In + Out |
| 1991 | Hipmotism | Enja |
| 1997 | Night Song | Clarity |
| 1997 | Today's Blues | CIMP |
| 2000 | Spirits in the Field | Savant |
| 2001 | Blythe Byte | Savant |
| 2002 | Focus | Savant |
| 2003 | Exhale | Savant |

### Collaborazioni

con Synthesis
* Six by Six (Chiaroscuro, 1977), with Olu Dara, a.o.
* Sentiments (Ra, 1979), with Olu Dara, David Murray, a.o.
con The Leaders
* Mudfoot (Black Hawk, 1986)
* Out Here Like This (Black Saint, 1987)
* Unforeseen Blessings (Black Saint, 1988)
* Slipping and Sliding (Sound Hills, 1994)
* Spirits Alike (Double Moon, 2006)
con Roots
* Salutes the Saxophone – Tributes to John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins and Lester Young (In & Out, 1992)
* Stablemates (In & Out, 1993)
* Say Something (In & Out, 1995)
con Santi Debriano and Billy Hart
* 3-Ology (Konnex, 1993)
con Jeff Palmer, John Abercrombie, Victor Lewis
* Ease On (AudioQuest Music, 1993)
con David Eyges and Bruce Ditmas
* Synergy (In & Out, 1997)
con John Abercrombie, Terri Lyne Carrington, Anthony Cox, Mark Feldman, Gust Tsilis
* Echoes (Alessa, 2005)

### Come sideman

con Joey Baron
* Down Home (Intuition, 1997) with Ron Carter and Bill Frisell
* We'll Soon Find Out (Intuition, 1999)
con Lester Bowie
* The 5th Power (Black Saint, 1978)
* African Children (Horo, 1978)
con Jack DeJohnette
* Special Edition (ECM, 1979)
con Gil Evans
* Gil Evans Live at the Royal Festival Hall London 1978 (RCA, 1979)
* The Rest of Gil Evans Live at the Royal Festival Hall London 1978 (Mole Jazz, 1981)
* Parabola (Horo, 1979)
* Live at the Public Theater, Vol. 1 & 2 (Trio (Japan)/Storyville (Sweden), 1980)
* Priestess (Antilles, 1983)
* Sting and Gil Evans – Strange Fruit (ITM, 1993)
con John Fischer
* 6 × 1 = 10 Duos for a New Decade (Circle, 1980)
con Chico Freeman
* Luminous (Jazz House, 1989)
* Focus (Contemporary, 1995)
con Chico Hamilton
* Peregrinations (Blue Note, 1975)
* Chico Hamilton and the Players (Blue Note, 1976)
con Craig Harris
* Cold Sweat Plays J. B. (JMT, 1999)
con Julius Hemphill
* Coon Bid'ness (Freedom, 1972)
con Azar Lawrence
* Bridge into the New Age (Prestige, 1974)
con the Music Revelation Ensemble
* In the Name of... (DIW, 1994)
* Knights of Power (DIW, 1996)
con Woody Shaw
* The Iron Men con Anthony Braxton (Muse, 1977 [1980])
con Horace Tapscott
* The Giant is Awakened (Flying Dutchman, 1969)
con Gust William Tsilis & Alithea
* Pale Fire (Enja, 1988)
con McCoy Tyner
* Quartets 4 X 4 (Milestone, 1980)
* 44th Street Suite (Red Baron,1991)
con the World Saxophone Quartet
* Metamorphosis (Elektra Nonesuch, 1990)
* Breath of Life (Elektra Nonesuch, 1992)