Kirk Whalum

American musician

Born: 11 July 1958
Memphis
Country: United States
Active: 1985–
Record labels: Tappan Zee Records
Discography: 24 albums

Biography

Kirk Whalum is a jazz musician who plays saxophone and flute. Kirk Whalum was born on 11 July 1958 in Memphis. The music is usually filed under jazz and post-bop. Record labels: Tappan Zee Records. The discography here lists 24 albums, from “And You Know That!” (1988) to “Epic Cool” (2024).

Kirk Whalum (born July 11, 1958) is an American R&B and smooth jazz saxophonist and songwriter. He has recorded a series of commercially successful and critically acclaimed solo studio albums, as well as several film soundtracks, with his music spanning a range of genres from pop to R&B to smooth jazz. Whalum has received one Grammy Award from a total of 12 nominations. Whalum is a member, together with trumpeter Rick Braun and guitarist Norman Brown, of jazz group BWB, and has also worked with artists such as Whitney Houston, Bob James, Jonathan Butler and Quincy Jones. Among others with whom Whalum has collaborated are Michael McDonald, Chante Moore, Luther Vandross, Patrice Rushen, Will Downing and Brian Culbertson.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

And You Know That! 1988

The Promise 1989

Caché 1993

In This Life 1995

Colors 1997

For You 1998

The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter I 1998 · Live

Hymns in the Garden 2000

Unconditional 2000

Floppy Disk 2001

The Christmas Message 2001

The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter II 2002 · Live

Into My Soul 2003

Kirk Whalum Performs the Babyface Songbook 2005

Roundtrip 2007

Promises Made: The Millennium Promise Jazz Project 2008

Everything Is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway 2010

The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter III 2010 · Live

Romance Language 2012

The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter IV 2015 · Live

#Lovecovers 2017

Humanité 2019

How Does Christmas Sound? 2021

Epic Cool 2024

Also plays on

Albums where Kirk Whalum is credited as a sideman

1984	12 — Bob James	saxophone
1988	Ivory Coast — Bob James	saxophone
1989	On Solid Ground — Larry Carlton	saxophone
1989	Christmas at My House — Larry Carlton	saxophone
1989	On the Corner — John Patitucci	tenor saxophone
1990	Where WERE You? — Joey DeFrancesco	tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
1991	With My Lover Beside Me — Nancy Wilson	saxophone
1993	The Sun Don't Lie — Marcus Miller	tenor saxophone
1995	Illusions — George Duke	tenor saxophone
1999	The Song Lives On — Joe Sample featuring Lalah Hathaway	saxophone
2001	Deep Into It — Larry Carlton	saxophone
2001	Nice & Slow — Brian Culbertson	tenor saxophone
2005	Silver Rain — Marcus Miller	tenor saxophone
2005	It’s On Tonight — Brian Culbertson	tenor saxophone
2017	Reverence — Nathan East	saxophone
2018	Laid Black — Marcus Miller	flute, tenor saxophone