Trident Records released 6 albums from influential jazz musicians. Keno Duke is best known for his album Sense of Values on Strata-East Records, which happens to also feature Strozier and Mabern. Dick Griffin also released an album on Strata-East.
Julian Priester is an American jazz trombonist and occasional euphoniumist. He is sometimes credited "Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto". He has played with Sun Ra, Max Roach, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, and Herbie Hancock.
Seven Steps to Heaven is a studio album by the jazz musician Miles Davis. It was released through Columbia Records on July 15, 1963. The recording took place at Columbia Studios in Los Angeles in April 1963, and at Columbia's 30th Street Studios in Manhattan in May 1963. It presents the Miles Davis Quintet in transition, with the New York session introducing the rhythm section of Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams, who would become Davis' regular sidemen for the next five years. Upon release, the album was Davis' most successful on the Billboard pop LPs chart up to that point, peaking at number 62.
George Edward Coleman is an American jazz saxophonist known for his work with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock in the 1960s. In 2015, he was named an NEA Jazz Master.
Frank R. Strozier Jr. is a jazz alto saxophonist and occasional flutist.
Harold Mabern Jr. was an American jazz pianist and composer, principally in the hard bop, post-bop, and soul jazz fields. He is described in The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings as "one of the great post-bop pianists".
William James Edwards Lee III was an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin, his compositions for jazz percussionist Max Roach, and his session work as a "first-call" musician and band leader to many of the twentieth-century's most significant musical artists, including Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Harry Belafonte, Peter, Paul and Mary, Simon and Garfunkel, Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie, Billy Strayhorn, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger, among many others.
Julius Watkins was an American jazz musician who played French horn. Described by AllMusic as "virtually the father of the jazz French horn", Watkins won the Down Beat critics poll in 1960 and 1961 for Miscellaneous Instrument.
James Richard Griffin is an American jazz trombonist known for his work on Strata-East Records, and with Rahsaan Roland Kirk.
Branching Out is an album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley released on the Riverside label featuring performances by Adderley with Johnny Griffin, and The Three Sounds.
The Big Soul-Band is an album by the Johnny Griffin Orchestra, led by jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin, featuring arrangements by Norman Simmons. It was released on the Riverside label in 1960.
Remember Me is an album by jazz musician Frank Strozier, recorded in 1976 for SteepleChase Records.
MJT + 3 is an album by MJT + 3, recorded in 1960 for Vee-Jay Records.
March of the Siamese Children is an album by jazz musician Frank Strozier, recorded in 1962 for Jazzland.
What's Goin' On is an album by jazz musician Frank Strozier, recorded in 1977 for SteepleChase Records. It would be his last effort as a leader.
Workin' & Wailin' is the third album led by pianist Harold Mabern which was recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige label.
Handscapes 2 is an album by The Piano Choir featuring Ron Burton, Stanley Cowell, Nat Jones, Hugh Lawson, Webster Lewis, Harold Mabern, and Sonelius Smith recorded in 1974 and first released on the Strata-East label.
Variety Is the Spice is an album by the Louis Hayes Group recorded in 1978 and released on the Gryphon label.
Lisle Arthur Atkinson was an American jazz double-bassist.
Afro Blue is an album by pianist Harold Mabern. It was released by Smoke Sessions Records.
Pisces Calling is an album by pianist Harold Mabern. It was recorded in 1978 and was released by Trident Records.