Marshall Royal

alto saxophone, reeds, saxophone, clarinet, woodwind, tenor saxophone

Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Count Basie
Sarah Vaughan
Potenza (Probably fake alias)
Ivan Enot

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Count Basie & His Orchestra alto saxophone, reeds, woodwind A Fine Romance (From "Swing Time"), A Foggy Day (From "A Damsel in Distress"), A Little Tempo, Please, A Lot of Livin' to Do, After Supper, Ain't That Right, April in Paris, Bag a' Bones, Baubles, Bangles and Beads (From "Kismet"), Carioca (From "Flying Down to Rio"), Confessin’ the Blues, Count Down, Cute, Days of Wine and Roses, Double-O, Ducky Bumps, Duet, Eee Dee, Everything's Coming Up Roses, Fancy Meetin' You, Fantail, Flight of the Foo Birds, From This Moment On, Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You, Has Anyone Here Seen Basie?, Hello Young Lovers (From "The King and I"), Here's That Rainy Day (From "Carnival in Flanders"), Hurry Sundown Blues (From "Hurry Sundown"), I'm Shouting Again, In the Still of the Night (From "Rosalie"), It Might As Well Be Spring (From "State Fair"), It's All Right With Me (From "Can Can"), It's Awf'Ly Nice to Be With You, J and B, Jump for Johnny, Just in Time (From "Bells Are Ringing"), Late Date, Laura (From "Laura"), Love Me Baby, L’il Darlin’, Mame, Midnight Blue, On a Clear Day (From "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever"), On the Street Where You Live (From "My Fair Lady"), Pensive Miss, People (From "Funny Girl"), Polka Dots and Moonbeams, Pony Tail, Rose Bud, Scoot, Secret Love (From "Calamity Jane"), Shanghaied, Silks and Satins, Skippin' With Skitch, Sleepwalker’s Serenade, Sleepwalker’s Serenade (alternate take), Sloo Foot, Splanky, Strangers in the Night (From "A Man Who Could Get Killed"), Sure Thing, Teddy the Toad, The Kid From Red Bank, The Late Late Show, The Late Late Show (vocal version), The Long Night, The Shadow Of Your Smile, The Trolley Song (From "Meet Me in St. Louis"), Together Again, Whirly-Birds, Why Not?
Count Basie alto saxophone, reeds, saxophone A Little Tempo, Please, A Square at the Roundtable, Bag-A' Bones, Basie Boogie, Blee Bop Blues, Blues in Hoss' Flat, Bubbles, Cherry Point, Corner Pocket, Count Down, Cute, Dinner with Friends, Fair and Warmer, Fancy Meetin' You, For Lena and Lennie, H.R.H. (Her Royal Highness), Half Moon Street, Has Anyone Here Seen Basie?, I Needs to Be Bee'd With, In A Mellotone, It's Awf'ly Nice to be with You, Jessica's Day, Kansas City Shout, Late Date, Little Pony, Lollypop, Meet B B, Moten Swing, Mutt & Jeff, Muttnik, Old Man River, Pensive Miss, Plymouth Rock, Pony Tail, Quince, Rat Race, Scoot, Segue in C, Ska-Di-Dle-Dee-Bee-Doo, Sloo Foot, Softly with Feeling, Speaking of Sounds, Spring Is Here, Sure Thing, TV Time, The Big Walk, The Deacon, The Kid From Red Bank, The Midgets, The Midnite Sun Never Sets, Two Franks, Two for the Blues, Whirly Bird, Who, Me?, Why Not, Why Not?, You for Me
Sarah Vaughan reeds, saxophone Alone, Cheek to Cheek, Darn That Dream, Doodlin', I Cried for You, If I Were a Bell, Just One of Those Things, Little Man You've Had a Busy Day, Lover Man, Mean to Me, Missing You, Moonlight in Vermont, No 'count Blues, Perdido, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Stardust, Teach Me Tonight, The Gentleman Is a Dope, There Are Such Things, Until I Met You, Until I Met You (first version), You Go to My Head, You Turned the Tables on Me
Potenza alto saxophone 'Deed I Do, Ain't Misbehavin', Dream a Little Dream of Me, Honeysuckle Rose, I'm Beginning to See the Light, Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall, My Last Affair, My Last Affair (alternate take 1), My Last Affair (alternate take 2), On the Sunny Side of the Street, Robbins' Nest (alternate take 1), Robbins' Nest (alternate take 2), Robbins' Nest (alternate take 3), Robbins' Nest (breakdown), Satin Doll, Shiny Stockings, Tea for Two, Them There Eyes
Ivan Enot saxophone Alone, I Cried for You, If I Were a Bell, Little Man (You've Had a Busy Day), Lover Man, Mean to Me, Perdido, Teach Me Tonight, The Gentleman Is a Dope, There Are Such Things, Until I Met You, Until I Met You (alternate version), You Go to My Head, You Turned the Tables on Me
Lionel Hampton clarinet, reeds Altitude, Bogo-Jo, Bouncing at the Beacon, Chasin With Chase, Chasin' With Chase (alternate take), Fiddle Dee Dee, Give Me Some Skin, I Nearly Lost My Mind, Now That You're Mine, Open House, Smart Alec, Three Quarter Boogie, Three Quarter Boogie (alternate take)
Kyam alto saxophone A Fine Romance, A Foggy Day, Carioca, Days of Wine and Roses, Hurry Sundown Blues, In the Still of the Night, It Might as Well Be Spring, Laura, Secret Love, Strangers in the Night, The Shadow of Your Smile, The Trolley Song
Tay Walker alto saxophone, clarinet April in Paris, Bill Basie Won't You Please Come Home, Blues for Mr. Charlie, Keepin' Out the Mischief Now, My Shining Hour, New York City Blues, She's a Woman (W-O-M-A-N), Teach Me Tonight, The Girl From Ipanema, Why Try to Change Me Now, Work Song, You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
Ray Charles alto saxophone Alexander’s Ragtime Band, From the Heart, It Had to Be You, I’ve Got News for You, Let the Good Times Roll, Mister C, Moanin’, Stompin’ Room Only, Strike Up the Band, Two Years of Torture, When Your Lover Has Gone, ’Deed I Do
Frank Wess & Harry Edison Orchestra alto saxophone All Riled Up, Battle Royal, Blue on Blue, Dejection Blues, I Wish I Knew, Jumpin' At The Woodside, Li'l Darlin', One O'Clock Jump, The Very Thought Of You, This Is All I Ask, Whirly Bird
Sammy Davis Jr. reeds Do Nothin' 'til You Hear From Me, Face to Face, Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You, Get on the Right Track Baby, I Got a Woman, I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues, Mess Around, The Lady Is a Tramp, There Is No Greater Love, This Little Girl of Mine, Till Then
Peter Reeve alto saxophone Blue and Sentimental, Cherry, Cielito Lindo, Every Day, Gentle on My Mind, Glow Worm, I'll Be Around, Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today, Sunny, You Never Miss the Water 'Till the Well Runs Dry
Ella Fitzgerald alto saxophone Any Old Time, Autumn in New York, Deep Purple, Don't Be That Way, God Bless the Child, Good Bye, I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone, Somewhere in the Night (Naked City Theme), The Best Is Yet to Come, You're Driving Me Crazy
Félix Bronchalo saxophone (Love Is) The Tender Trap, I Only Have Eyes for You, I Won’t Dance, I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, Learnin’ the Blues, Looking at the World Through Rose Colored Glasses, My Kind of Girl, Pennies From Heaven
Cannonball Adderley alto saxophone, clarinet Cyclops, Domination, Gon Gong, I Worship You, Interlude, Introduction to a Samba, Mystified (Angel Face), Shake a Lady
Zoot Sims alto saxophone Black Butterfly, I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good), I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, In a Mellow Tone, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Ray Anthony Orchestra alto saxophone Early Autumn, Mr. Anthony's Boogie, Rose Room
Maria Muldaur alto saxophone, saxophone Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be), Rockin' Chair, We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye
Clifford Coulter tenor saxophone Do It Now, Worry About It Later
Frank Sinatra saxophone Nice Work If You Can Get It, Please Be Kind
The Manhattan Transfer saxophone Blee Blop Blues, Rambo
Art Tatum & His Swingsters clarinet Body and Soul
Gerald Wilson Orchestra alto saxophone Dissonance in Blues
The Count Basie Orchestra alto saxophone Little Pony (Hefti)
Ernestine Anderson alto saxophone Skylark
Voltron alto saxophone, clarinet Flying Home
Willie B. Harris alto saxophone Meet B. B.
Lucky Thompson alto saxophone, clarinet Baggin' the Boogie