Rodney Whitaker

With Friends | As Frontman or Co-Lead

2021

• Keeper of the Flame – Tim Mayer/ Label- D-Clef Records
• Outrospection: The Music of Gregg Hill – Rodney Whitaker/ Label- Origin Records
• I’ll Never Be the Same – Jack Brandfield/ Label- Gut String Records

2020

• Cranbrook Christmas Jazz – Rodney Whitaker/ Label- Origin Records
• Realization – Sencalar Glassman Quintet/ Label- D-Clef Records
• Remove All Fear – Michael Reed/ Label- Reedify Productions
• You Know The Feeling – Anthony Stanco/ Label- Detroit Music Factory

2019

• All Too Soon: The Music of Duke Ellington – Rodney Whitaker/ Label- Origin Records
• Common Tones – Randy Napoleon/ Label- Detroit Music Factory
• Common Ground: The Music of Gregg Hill – Rodney Whitaker/ Label- Origin Records
• Get Right – Markus Howell/ Label- Posi-Tone Records

2018

• Rise Up Detroit – Xavier Davis/ Label- Detroit Music Factory
• Unbroken – Tiffany Austin/ Label- Con Alma Music

2017

• All These Hands – Michael Dease/ Label- Posi-Tone Records
• Decisions – Michael Dease/ Label- Posi-Tone Records

2016

• Soon – Randy Napoleon/ Label- Detroit Music Factory
• Beguiled – Gwendolyn Dease/ Label- Origin Records
• 2015 Midwest Clinic: Michigan State University Jazz Orchestra (The Be-Bop Spartans-LIVE)/ Label- Mark Records
• Jubilee – Max Colley /Label- N/A

2014

• When We Find Ourselves Alone – Rodney Whitaker/ Label- Mack Avenue Music Group
• Live from the Detroit Jazz Festival-Mack Avenue Super Band – Rodney Whitaker/ Label- Mack Avenue Music Group
• 2013 Midwest Clinic: Dillard Center for the Arts Jazz Ensemble – Rodney Whitaker/Label- Mark Records

2013

• Woman Child – Cecile McLorin Salvant/ Label- Mack Avenue Music Group
• Eye of the Beholder – Tim Warfield/ Label- Criss Cross Jazz
• Contender – Diego Rivera/ Label- D-Clef Records
• Tell Your Story – Adam Rongo/ Label- D-Clef Records
• Live from the Detroit Jazz Festival-Mack Avenue Super Band – Rodney Whitaker/ Label-Mack Avenue Music Group

2012

• Live from the Detroit Jazz Festival-Mack Avenue Super Band – Rodney Whitaker/ Label- Mack Avenue Music Group
• Better Than Alright – Michigan State University Professors of Jazz/ Label- MSU Jazz
• Jazzy Christmas – Tim Warfield/ Label- Undaunted
• The Word – Wycliffe Gordon/ Label- CD Baby
• The Music of America – Wynton Marsalis/ Label- Sony/Masterworks Jazz
• Proportioned Orchestra – Dr. Prof. Leonard King, Rodney Whitaker, & Hubie Crawford/ Label- Amazon Music Unlimited

2011

• Malaria in Malawi – Rodney Whitaker/ Film Score/ MSU
• World Trade Music – Francisco Catlett-Mora/ Label- N/A
• Mighty Medicine – DeShaun Sparkle Snead/Larry Neuhardt/ Label- N/A
• Swinging into the 21st – Wynton Marsalis/ Label- Sony/Legacy
• Selections From Swinging into the 21st – Wynton Marsalis/ Label- Sony Legacy

2010

• Baroque – Junko Onishi/ Label- Verve Music Group
• Maureen Choi Quartet – Maureen Choi/ Label- Choi Music
• Black Wolf – Warren Wolf/ Label- Phantom
• My Father’s World – Max Colley/ Label- N/A

2009

• Kamau – Charles Sullivan/ Label-Arabesque Recordings
• Dar Cho – Mark Moultrup/ Label- Mark Mioultrup Music
• Into The Light – Dana Hall/ Label- Origin Records
• Walking in the Clouds – Yutaka Shiina/ Label- Space Shower Music
• Stand – Eric Reed/ Label- WJ3 Records

2008

• Work To Do – Carl Allen/Rodney Whitaker/ Label- Mack Avenue Music Group
• Brand New – Alex Graham/ Label- Origin Records
• A Ride to the Other Side … of Infinity – Derrick Gardner/ Label- Owl Records

2007

• Get Ready – Carl Allen/Rodney Whitaker/ Label- Mack Avenue Music Group
• The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad – Jazz @ Lincoln Center Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis/ Label- Jazz At Lincoln Center
• Essence of Green: A Tribute to Kind of Blue – Ron Di Salvio/ Label- Origin Records

2006

• Here – Eric Reed/ Label- Max Jazz Records
• World Trade Music – Francisco Catlett-Mora /Label- N/A
• Standards Only – Wycliffe Gordon /Label- Nagel Heyer Records

2005

• Sphere – Rick Roe/ Label- Unknown Records
• The Good Life – Alex Graham/ Label- Origin Arts Records
• Here I am – Max Colley /Label- N/A

2004

• Winter Moon – Rodney Whitaker/ Label- Sirocco Jazz Ltd.
• Let Me Tell You About My Day – Alan Jones /Label- Alma Records
• Unforgivable Blackness (DVD) – Wynton Marsalis, Ken Burns /Label- Blue Note Records

2003

• All Rise – Wynton Marsalis/ Label- Sony
• Penns Landing – Clarence Penn /Label- Criss Cross Jazz
• Dameronia – Donald Walden & The Detroit Jazz Orchestra /Label- Jazz Works
• Louis Armstrong’s Jazz Curriculum CD Series – Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra /Label- Warner Bros.
• Introducing:  Peter Baits – Peter Baits /Label- Criss Cross Jazz
• We Got It – Matt Ray /Label- Consolidate Artists Productions
• E-Bop – Eric Reed /Label- Savant
• Joyride – Wycliffe Gordon /Label- Nagel/Heyer
• Flow – Craig Handy /Label- Sirrocco Jazz
• Third Floor – Professors of Jazz @ MSU /Label- MSU Jazz
• Freewheelin’ – Jazz Compilation /Label- Arkadia
• Hip Bop Essence – All Star /Label- Hip Bop
• Soul Trinity: Volume 1 – Frederick Sanders /Label- FreSan
• China – Jeffrey C. Ray /Label- Michigan State University

2001

• Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow – Rodney Whitaker /Label- Sirrocco Jazz
• Play Penn – Clarence Penn Quintet /Label- Criss Cross Jazz
• New York Trio – Peter Beets /Label- Criss Cross Jazz
• For Lovers Only – Milt Grayson /Label- After 9 Records
• All Rise – Wynton Marsalis /Label- Sony
• Mindfield – Scott Warner/Label- Scott Warner Music
• Popular Songs: The Best of Wynton Marsalis – Wynton Marsalis/Label- Columbia
• The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis: Plays the Music of Duke Ellington/Brooks Brothers – Wynton Marsalis/ Label- Columbia

2000

• Live @ Blue Note – Jaz Sawyer & Irvin Mayfield /Label- Half Note Records
• Uptown Lowdown “A Salute to D” – Nagel-Heyer All Stars /Label- Nagel Heyer Records
• Thank you, Joe & Arkadia Jazz All-Stars /Label- Arkadia Jazz
• Watch What You’re Doin’ – Herlin Riley /Label- Criss Cross Jazz
• Sweet Release – Wynton Marsalis /Label- Sony
• Reflections & Change – Craig Handy /Label- Sirocco Jazz
• Flow – Craig Handy /Label- Sirocco Jazz
• A Portrait of Kevin Mahogany – Kevin Mahogany /Label- Warner Bros.
• Hymn for Roscoe – Stephen Rush Quartet /Label- Mmc Records
• Olive Tree – Walter Blanding /Label- Criss Cross Jazz
• The Search – Wycliffe Gordon /Label- Nagel Heyer Records

1999

• Bluestone – Joh Yamada /Label- Alfa
• Slidin’ Home – Wycliffe Gordon /Label- Nagel Heyer Records
• Live From Swing City – Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra /Label- Sony
• Big Train – Wynton Marsalis /Label- Sony
• Marciac Suite – Wynton Marsalis /Label- Sony
• Grown Folk Bizness – Orin Evans /Label- Criss Cross Jazz
• Tribute to Duke – NJR All-Stars /Label- New Jazz Renaissance Recordings
• To Those We Love So Dearly – Victor Goines /Label- Rosemary Joseph
• Double Duke – Joe Temperely /Label- Naxos
• The Search – Wycliffe Gordon /Label- Nagel Heyer Records
• A Tribute to Joe Henderson – Jazz All Stars /Label- Arcadia

1998

• Hidden Kingdom – Rodney Whitaker /Label- DIW
• Collected – Roy Hargrove /Label- Roy Hargrove/Verve
• Collected Antonio Hart – Antonio Hart /Label- Novus BMG
• 4-Sight – Rodney Whitaker, Ron Blake, Greg Hutchinson, Peter Martin /Label- N2K
• Justin Time – Orin Evans /Label- Criss Cross Jazz
• Take A Chance With Me – Dennis Jeter /Label- Jeter Productions
• Francisco Mora – Francisco Mora /Label- Community
• Captain Black – Orin Evans /Label- Criss Cross Jazz
• Focusing The Vision – Vincent York /Label- Vincent York
• Andrew Speight Quartet – Andrew Speight /Label- ABC, Toshiba EMI
• A Mingus And A Monk Among Us – Donald Walden /Label- Jazz Works

1997

• Tenor Time – Joe Lovano /Label- Blue Note
• Jackie’s Blues Bag – Jackie McLean-Essence All-Stars/ Milan Simich /Label- Hip Bop

1996

• Children of the Light – Rodney Whitaker/ Label- DIW
• Collage – Keith Saxton /Label- Kevin Hole/Schoolkids Records
• Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane – Kenny Garrett /Label- Warner Bros
• Kevin, Mahogany – Kevin Mahogany /Label- Warner Bros.
• A Grand Encounter – Dianne Reeves /Label- Blue Note
• The Change Over – Rick Roe /Label- Unknown Records, Inc.
• Wholly Cat’s – Russell Malone /Label- Venus
• Jasi: Live @ The Kerry Town Concert Hall – Phil Lasley /Label- Plushbottom Productions
• Kamal – Kamal Sullivan /Label- Arabques
• Penn’s Landing – Clarence Penn /Label- Criss Cross Jazz

1995

• Roy Hargrove & Friends – Roy Hargrove /Label- Verve Polygram
• The Swing & I – Eric Reed /Label- Mo Jazz
• Chicago, New York, Paris – Johnny Griffin /Label- Verve Polygram
• Family – Roy Hargrove /Label- Verve
• Piano Quintet Suite – Junko Onishi /Label- Blue Note
• My Generation – Teodross Avery /Label- Impulse

1994

• True Blue – Mark Whitfield /Label- Verve Polygram
• Monk’s Modern Music – Rick Roe /Label- Unknown Records Inc.
• With The Tenors of Our Time – Roy Hargrove /Label- Verve Polygram
• Approaching Standards – Roy Hargrove /Label- BMG Novus
• Shigeharu Mukai J Quintet Featuring Junko Onishi – Shigeharu Mukai /Label- Toshiba EMI
• The Roy Hargrove Quintet – Roy Hargrove/ Label- Novus

1993

• It’s All Right To Swing – Eric Reed/Wynton Marsalis /Label- Mo Jazz
• Crusin’ – Junko Onishi /Label- Toshiba EMI
• Blues’n Ballads: The Jazz Networks – Roy Hargrove/ Label- Novus
• Working Together – Marcus Belgrave And Lawrence Williams/ Label- Detroit Jazz Musicians Co-op

1992

• Of Kindred Souls – Roy Hargrove /Label- RCA Novus
• A Portrait of You – Donald Walden /Label- Jazz Works
• The Vibe – Roy Hargrove /Label- RCA Novus
• Things We Did Last Summer – Roy Hargrove/ Label- Novus
• Roy Hargrove Quintet: Live “Monterey Jazz Festival”/ Label- Warner Bros

1991

• Simply Stated – Terence Blanchard /Label- Sony CBS
• Don’t You Know I Care – Antonio Hart /Label- RCA Novus
• The Old & The New – Shawn “Thunder” Wallace /Label- MiJaWa
• A Whole Lot of Thunder – Shawn “Thunder Wallace”/ Label- Mijawa Records

1990

• A Jazzy Wonderland – Monte Croft & Terence Blanchard/ Label- Columbia Records
• Terence Blanchard – Terence Blanchard/Branford Marsalis /Label- Sony CBS)

1986

• Mora – Francisco Mora /Label-AACE
• Wait Broke The Wagon Down – Wendell Harrison /Label- Wenha