As leader • 1969:
Kawaida (O'Be, 1969) with
Ed Blackwell,
Herbie Hancock,
Buster Williams,
James Mtume • 1974:
Kwanza (The First) (
Muse) • 2009:
Live at Smalls (Smalls Live) • 2012:
Krakkle (Geco) • 2013: ''Tootie's Tempo'' (Sunnyside) • 2014:
Philadelphia Beat (Sunnyside)
As sideman With Kenny Barron •
Peruvian Blue (Muse, 1974)
With Walter Benton •
Out of This World (
Jazzland, 1960)
With Anthony Braxton •
In the Tradition (
SteepleChase, 1974) •
In the Tradition Volume 2 (SteepleChase, 1974 [1977])
With George Cables •
Skylark (SteepleChase, 1995)
With the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band •
Latin Kaleidoscope (
MPS, 1968)
With John Coltrane •
Coltrane (
Prestige, 1957) •
Lush Life (Prestige, 1957–58 [1961])
With Ted Curson •
Quicksand (
Atlantic, 1974)
With Kenny Dorham •
Trompeta Toccata (
Blue Note, 1964)
With Kenny Drew •
Dark Beauty (Steeplechase, 1974) •
If You Could See Me Now (Steeplechase, 1974)
With Art Farmer •
Big City Sounds (
Argo, 1960) – with Benny Golson •
Art (Argo, 1960) •
The Jazztet and John Lewis (Argo, 1961) – with Benny Golson •
The Jazztet at Birdhouse (Argo, 1961) – with Benny Golson •
New York Jazz Sextet: Group Therapy (Scepter, 1966) •
Voices All (Eastworld, 1982) – with Benny Golson •
Moment to Moment (
Soul Note, 1983) – with Benny Golson •
Central Avenue Reunion (
Contemporary, 1989)
With Benny Golson •
Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Argo, 1961) •
The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra (Mercury, 1964)
With Dexter Gordon •
Both Sides of Midnight (
Black Lion, 1967 [1981]) •
Body and Soul (Black Lion, 1967 [1981]) •
Take the "A" Train (Black Lion, 1967 [1988]) •
The Tower of Power! (Prestige, 1969) •
More Power! (Prestige, 1969) •
The Apartment (SteepleChase, 1975)
With Bennie Green and Gene Ammons • ''
The Swingin'est'' (
Vee-Jay, 1958)
With Johnny Griffin •
Bush Dance (
Galaxy, 1978)
With Herbie Hancock •
The Prisoner (
Blue Note, 1969) •
Fat Albert Rotunda (
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, 1969)
With Jimmy Heath •
The Thumper (
Riverside, 1959) •
Really Big! (Riverside, 1960) •
The Quota (Riverside, 1961) •
Triple Threat (Riverside, 1962) •
Swamp Seed (Riverside, 1963) •
On the Trail (Riverside, 1964) •
The Gap Sealer (Cobblestone, 1973) • ''
You've Changed'' (SteepleChase, 1991) •
You or Me (SteepleChase, 1995)
With Milt Jackson •
Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (Riverside, 1963) •
Much in Common with
Ray Brown (
Verve, 1964)
With J. J. Johnson •
J. J. in Person! (
Columbia, 1958) • ''
Really Livin''' (Columbia, 1959) •
J.J. Inc. (Columbia, 1961)
With Clifford Jordan •
Spellbound (Riverside, 1960) •
Starting Time (Jazzland, 1961) •
These are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly (Atlantic, 1965) •
In the World (
Strata-East, 1969 [1972]) •
Half Note (SteepleChase, 1974 [1985])
With Yusef Lateef • ''
Yusef Lateef's Detroit'' (Atlantic, 1969) •
Suite 16 (Atlantic, 1970) •
The Gentle Giant (Atlantic, 1971) • ''
Hush 'N' Thunder'' (Atlantic, 1972) •
Part of the Search (Atlantic, 1973) •
10 Years Hence (Atlantic, 1974)
With Johnny Lytle •
Blue Vibes (Jazzland, 1960)
With Roberto Magris •
Morgan Rewind: A Tribute to Lee Morgan Vol. 1 (JMood, 2012) •
One Night in with Hope and More Vol. 1 (JMood, 2012) •
One Night in with Hope and More Vol. 2 (JMood, 2013)
With Guido Manusardi •
Trio de Jazz (Electrecord – EDE 0476, 1968)
With Warne Marsh •
Back Home (
Criss Cross, 1986)
With Ronnie Mathews • ''
Doin' the Thang!'' (Prestige, 1963)
With Charles McPherson •
Bebop Revisited! (Prestige, 1964)
With Blue Mitchell •
A Sure Thing (Riverside, 1962) •
Mapenzi with
Harold Land (
Concord, 1977)
With Roscoe Mitchell •
Hey Donald (
Delmark, 1995) •
In Walked Buckner (Delmark, 1999)
With Wes Montgomery •
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (Riverside, 1960)
With Tete Montoliu •
Piano for Nuria (
SABA, 1968) •
Catalonian Fire (SteepleChase, 1974) •
Tete! (SteepleChase, 1975) •
Tête à Tete (SteepleChase, 1976) • ''
Tootie's Tempo'' (SteepleChase, 1976 [1979]) •
Catalonian Nights Vol. 1 (Steeplechase, 1980 [1981]) •
Catalonian Nights Vol. 2 (Steeplechase, 1980 [1985]) •
Catalonian Nights Vol. 3 (Steeplechase, 1980 [1989])
With Don Patterson •
These Are Soulful Days (
Muse, 1973)
With Cecil Payne •
Zodiac (Strata-East, 1968 [1973])
With Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen •
Double Bass (SteepleChase, 1976) with
Sam Jones With Sonny Red •
Breezing (Jazzland, 1960)
With George Russell •
George Russell Sextet at Beethoven Hall (MPS, 1965)
With Michel Sardaby •
Night Blossom (DIW, 1990)
With Bud Shank •
That Old Feeling (Contemporary, 1986)
With Nina Simone •
Little Girl Blue (
Bethlehem, 1958) •
Nina Simone and Her Friends (Bethlehem, 1959)
With Les Spann •
Gemini (Jazzland, 1961)
With Billy Taylor •
Billy Taylor with Four Flutes (Riverside, 1959)
With Bobby Timmons •
Chun-King (Prestige, 1964)
With Mal Waldron •
Impressions (New Jazz, 1959)
With Cedar Walton •
Soul Cycle (Prestige, 1969)
With The Young Lions •
The Young Lions (Vee-Jay, 1960)
With Bill Harris •
Encompass Quartet (Daddy Jazz, 1997) ==Awards and nominations==