James Emery

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James Emery (b. December 21, 1951, Youngstown, Ohio) is an American jazz guitarist.

Emery played in the 1970s with Leroy Jenkins, Bobby Naughton and Anthony Braxton. He was a member of the String Trio of New York, along with Billy Bang and John Lindberg, from 1977, and also played in the Human Art Ensemble at the end of the 1970s. In the 1980s he played with Thurman Barker and Wadada Leo Smith, and in the 1990s with Henry Threadgill, Marty Ehrlich, Chris Speed, Mark Feldman, Michael Formanek and Gerry Hemingway.

[edit] Discography as leader

  • Artlife (Lumina Records, 1983)
  • Exo Eso (FMP, 1987)
  • Turbulence (Knitting Factory, 1991)
  • Standing on a Whale Fishing for Minnows (Enja Records, 1997)
  • Spectral Domains (Enja, 1999)
  • Luminous Cycles (Between the Lines, 2001)
  • Fourth World (Between the Lines, 2001)
  • Transformations (Between the Lines, 2003)

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