As Sideman
With Ornette Coleman
- Something Else!!!! (Contemporary, 1958)
- Tomorrow Is the Question! (Contemporary, 1959)
- The Shape of Jazz to Come (Atlantic, 1959)
- Change of the Century (Atlantic, 1960)
- Twins (Atlantic, 1959-60 )
- The Art of the Improvisers (Atlantic, 1959-61 )
- To Whom Who Keeps a Record (Atlantic, 1959-60 )
- This is our Music (Atlantic, 1960)
- Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation (Atlantic, 1960)
- Ornette! (Atlantic, 1961)
- Ornette on Tenor (Atlantic, 1961)
- Crisis (Impulse!, 1969)
- Science Fiction (Columbia, 1971)
- Broken Shadows (Columbia, 1971 )
- In All Languages (Caravan of Dreams, 1987)
With the New York Contemporary Five
- Consequences (Fontana, 1963)
- New York Contemporary Five Vol. 1 (Sonet, 1963)
- New York Contemporary Five Vol. 2 (Sonet, 1963)
- Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary Five (Savoy, 1964)
With Albert Ayler
- The Hilversum Session (1964)
- Vibrations (1964) Freedom Records
- New York Eye and Ear Control (1965)
With Charlie Haden
- Liberation Music Orchestra (1969)
- The Ballad of the Fallen (1986)
- The Montreal Tapes: with Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell (Verve, 1989 )
With Sun Ra
- Hiroshima (1983)
- Stars That Shine Darkly (1983)
- Purple Night (1990)
- Somewhere Else (1993)
With others
- Steve Lacy - Evidence (1962)
- Sonny Rollins - Our Man in Jazz (1962)
- George Russell - George Russell Sextet at Beethoven Hall (1965)
- The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968)
- Carla Bley - Escalator over the Hill (JCOA, 1971)
- Clifford Jordan - In the World (Strata-East, 1972)
- Alejandro Jodorowsky and Ronald Frangipane - "The Holy Mountain Original Soundtrack" (1973)
- Steve Hillage - "L" (1976)
- Collin Walcott - Grazing Dreams (ECM, 1977)
- Latif Khan - Music/Sangam (1978)
- Johnny Dyani - Song For Biko (1978)
- Lou Reed - The Bells (1979)
- Bengt Berger - Bitter Funeral Beer (ECM, 1981)
- Rip Rig + Panic - I am Cold (1982)
- Bengt Berger Bitter Funeral Beer Band - Live In Frankfurt (1982)
- Dag Vag - Almanacka (1983)
- Frank Lowe - Decision in Paradise (Soul Note, 1984)
- Jai Uttal - Footprints (1990)
- Ed Blackwell Project - Vol. 2: "What It Be Like?" (one track)
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