Lou Marini - Partial Discography

Partial Discography

Since the early 1970s, Marini has been, and continues to be, one of the most sought-after session musicians on the New York scene. He is admired and respected by his peers as a master of many styles, including jazz, R&B, soul and classical. The following is an abbreviated listing of some of the many recording projects in which he has participated.

• 1967 One O'clock Lab Band (University of North Texas)
• 1972 Blood, Sweat & Tears - New Blood; Sunshine - Sunshine
• 1973 Blood, Sweat & Tears - No sweat; B.J. Thomas - Songs
• 1974 B. J. Thomas - Longhorn & London Bridges (Flute, sax); Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance
• 1976 Elliott Murphy - Night Lights; Walter Murphy - Fifth of Beethoven; Ringo Starr - Ringo's Rotogravure; Lalo Schifrin - Towering Toccata
• 1977 D. C. Larue - Ten Dance; Laso - Laso; Andy Pratt - Shiver in the Night; Jess Band Roden - Player Not the Game; Neil Sedaka - Song (clarinet, sax); John Tropea - Short Trip to Space; Patti Austin - Havana Candy
• 1978 The Blues Brothers - Briefcase Full of Blues (sax, voice); Cindy Bullens - Desire Wire; Boyzz - Too Wild to Tame; Mike Mandel - Sky Music; Kate Taylor - Kate Taylor; Thijs Vanleer - Nice To Have Met You; T. life - That's Life; Frank Zappa - Zappa in New York; Levon Helm - Levon Helm & The RCO All-stars; Wiz - Wiz
• 1979 Magnet - Worldwide Attraction; Robben Ford - Inside Story; John Tropea - To Touch You Again; Larry Applewhite - Larry Applewhite (flute, sax); Bobbi Humphrey - Good Life; Aerosmith - Night In The Ruts; Michael Franks - Tiger In The Rain; Peter Tosh - Mystic Man
• 1980 Cameo - Feel Me; Deodato - Night Cruiser; The Blues Brothers - Made in America; Manu Dibango - Gone Clear; Brecker Brothers - Don't Stop the Music; The Blues Brothers - Blues Brothers (film soundtrack) (sax, voice)
• 1981 The Blues Brothers - Best of the Blues Brothers; The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame, Meat Loaf - Dead Ringer; Lena Horne - Live On Broadway; Peter Tosh - Wanted Dread & Alive; Manu Dibango - Ambassador
• 1982 Luther Vandross - Forever, For Always, For Love
• 1983 Garland Jeffreys - Guts For Love; Marvin Stamm - Stampede; Carly Simon - Hello, Big Man; Spyro Gyra - City Kids
• 1985 John Tropea - NYC Cats Direct (flute, arrangements, sax)
• 1987 Claude Nougaro - Nougayork
• 1988 Various Artists - Great Outdoors; Love & Money - Strange Kind of Love; B. B. King - King of Blues; Cornell Dupree - Coast to Coast; Michael Gibbs - Big Music (flute, sax)
• 1989 Jimmy Buffett - Off To See The Lizard; Phoebe Snow - Something Real; Dionne Warwick - Sings Cole Porter; Maureen McGovern - Naughty Baby; GRP - Grp: On The Cutting Edge
• 1990 Closer Than Ever - Closer Than Ever; Eddie Palmieri - Unfinished Masterpiece; Hank Crawford - Groove Master
• 1992 The J. Geils Band - Houseparty: Anthology; Ray Simpson - Ray Simpson; Maureen McGovern - Baby I'm Yours (flute, sax); Various artists - Love Songs; One O'clock Lab Band - Best of One O'clock; Hank Crawford - South Central; Frank Zappa - You Can't do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 6; The Blues Brothers - The Definitive Collection
• 1993 Dina Carroll - So Close; Donald Fagen - Kamakiriad (clarinet, flute, sax); Laura Nyro - Walk The Dog & Lite The Lite (fluteo, arrangements); Joe Roccisano - Shape I'm In (flute, sax); Jill O'Hara- Jill O'Hara
• 1994 Tribute to Curtis Mayfield (flute, sax); Milton Nascimento - Angelus (flute); Aretha Franklin - Greatest Hits (1980–1994); Ann Hampton Callaway - Bring Back Romance (flute, sax)
• 1995 Repercussions - Earth and Heaven (flute, sax); Joe Roccisano - Leave Your Mind Behind (flute, sax); Raw stylus - Pushing Against the Flow (flute, sax); Denise Jannah - I Was Born In Love With You; Jesse "wild bill" Austin - Baby's Back (sax, arrangements); Harvey Thomas - Highways of Gold (sax)
• 1996 Harolyn Blackwell Sings Bernstein (flute, sax); Tom Pierson - Planet of Tears; Frank Zappa - Läther; Freddy Cole - It's Crazy, But I'm In Love; Family Thing - Family Thing; Michael Gibbs - Big Music (flute, sax); Maureen McGovern - Out of This World (flute, sax)
• 1997 Laura Nyro - Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro (flute, percussion); Maureen McGovern - Music Never Ends (flute, sax); Eddie King - Another Cow's Dead (arrangements, saxophone); Frank Zappa - Have I Offended Someone?
• 2000 Steely Dan - Two Against Nature (sax)
• 2001 Lou Marini and the Magic City Jazz Orchestra - Lou's Blues (saxophone, arrangements, compositions)
• 2005 Amy Drinkwater. With All My Heart - A Journey to the Soul (saxophone)
• 2006 Eric Essix and the Night Flight Big Band. "SuperBlue." (saxophone)
• 2010 The Blue Lou and Misha Project - Highly Classified