- Died
- 24 October 1989
Knoxville - Active
- 1940–
- Discography
- 10 albums
Biography
Sahib Shihab was a jazz musician who played saxophone, flute, alto saxophone and soprano saxophone. Sahib Shihab was born on 23 June 1925 in Savannah and died on 24 October 1989 in Knoxville. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Atlantic Records. The discography here lists 10 albums, from “Jazz Sahib” (1957) to “La Marche Dans Le Désert” (2013).
Sahib Shihab (born Edmund Gregory; June 23, 1925 – October 24, 1989) was an American jazz and hard bop saxophonist (baritone, alto, and soprano) and flautist. He variously worked with Luther Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Fletcher Henderson, Tadd Dameron, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke, John Coltrane and Quincy Jones among others.
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Discography
Studio and live albums
Also plays on
Albums where Sahib Shihab is credited as a sideman
| 1951 |
Genius of Modern Music, Volume 1 — Thelonious Monk |
alto saxophone |
| 1952 |
Genius of Modern Music, Volume 2 — Thelonious Monk |
alto saxophone |
| 1952 |
New Sounds — Max Roach/James Moody/Art Blakey |
alto saxophone |
| 1952 |
Wizard of the Vibes — Milt Jackson |
alto saxophone |
| 1957 |
Coltrane — John Coltrane |
baritone saxophone |
| 1957 |
Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band Jazz — Dizzy Gillespie |
alto saxophone |
| 1957 |
Mal/2 — Mal Waldron with Jackie McLean, John Coltrane, Idrees Sulieman, Sahib Shihab, and Bill Hardman |
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone |
| 1957 |
Modern Jazz Perspective — Donald Byrd & Gigi Gryce |
baritone saxophone |
| 1957 |
Jazz Lab — Don Byrd – Gigi Gryce |
baritone saxophone |
| 1957 |
Benny Golson's New York Scene — Benny Golson |
baritone saxophone |
| 1957 |
Plenty, Plenty Soul — Milt Jackson |
baritone saxophone |
| 1957 |
Four Altos — Phil Woods, Gene Quill, Sahib Shihab, Hal Stein |
alto saxophone |
| 1957 |
My Kind of Jazz — Tony Scott |
baritone saxophone |
| 1958 |
It’s Magic — Abbey Lincoln |
flute, baritone saxophone |
| 1958 |
Out There With Betty Carter — Betty Carter |
baritone saxophone |
| 1958 |
Modern Jazz Survey 2 / Baritones & French Horns — Pepper Adams, Cecil Payne, Julius Watkins, Dave Amram |
alto saxophone |
| 1958 |
Cat on a Hot Tin Horn — William “Cat” Anderson |
baritone saxophone |
| 1959 |
The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones — Quincy Jones |
baritone saxophone |
| 1959 |
The Birth of a Band — Quincy Jones |
baritone saxophone |
| 1959 |
Newport ’58 — Dinah Washington, Terry Gibbs, Max Roach & Don Elliott |
baritone saxophone |
| 1959 |
Free Blown Jazz — Tony Scott, Jimmy Knepper |
baritone saxophone |
| 1960 |
I Dig Dancers — Quincy Jones |
baritone saxophone |
| 1961 |
Rights of Swing — Phil Woods |
baritone saxophone |
| 1962 |
Jazz Conference Abroad — Curtis Fuller And The Jazz Ambassadors |
woodwind |
| 1964 |
From Vienna With Jazz — Friedrich Gulda |
flute, alto saxophone |
| 1965 |
Curtis Fuller & Hampton Hawes With French Horns — Curtis Fuller & Hampton Hawes |
alto saxophone |
| 1968 |
Lady Heavy Bottom’s Waltz — Johnny Griffin |
baritone saxophone |
| 1968 |
Midnight Mood — Mark Murphy |
flute, baritone saxophone |
| 1975 |
Mellow Madness — Quincy Jones |
saxophone |
| 1975 |
November Girl — Carmen McRae, The Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band |
reeds |
Frequently asked questions
What instrument did Sahib Shihab play?
Sahib Shihab is known for playing saxophone, flute, alto saxophone and soprano saxophone.
When and where was Sahib Shihab born?
Sahib Shihab was born 23 June 1925 in Savannah.
What are Sahib Shihab's best-known albums?
Albums in our database include Jazz Sahib (1957), Summer Dawn (1964), Sahib Shihab and The Danish Radio Jazz Group (1965), Companionship: Jazz Joint, Volume 2 (1971) and Sahib Shihab (1972).
External links
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