Dave Sewelson

~ Person

Relationships

member of:	Fast ’n’ Bulbous The Little Huey Big Band (baritone saxophone) The Microscopic Septet (baritone saxophone) The Olmec Group (baritone saxophone) William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra (baritone saxophone) William Parker Orchestra (baritone saxophone)
member of (as David Sewelson):	Saheb Sarbib and His Multinational Big Band (baritone saxophone)
original eponymous member of:	Sewelsonics (baritone saxophone)
original member of:	Freedomland (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/319241 [info]
official homepages:	http://sewelsonics.com/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000058696 [info]
VIAF ID:	36149106029468490907 [info]
Wikidata:	Q15804756 [info]
Bandcamp:	https://sewelson.bandcamp.com/ [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Credited as	Attributes	Artist	Length
	instruments
1980-02-02	Ghost of a Trance		saxophone	Peter Kuhn	7:45
1980-02-02	Trill Me		saxophone	Peter Kuhn	5:40
1980-02-02	Trip∀let		saxophone	Peter Kuhn	6:45
1980-10-17	Concerto for Rahsaan (1st to 3rd movement) (live, 1980-10-17: Public Theatre, New York, NY, United States)	David Sewelson	baritone saxophone	Saheb Sarbib and His Multinational Big Band	22:37
1980-10-17	Concerto for Rahsaan (4th movement) (live, 1980-10-17: Public Theatre, New York, NY, United States)	David Sewelson	baritone saxophone	Saheb Sarbib and His Multinational Big Band	12:00
1980-10-17	Daybreak (live, 1980-10-17: Public Theatre, New York, NY, United States)	David Sewelson	baritone saxophone	Saheb Sarbib and His Multinational Big Band	11:20
1981	Aisha - Movements I, II, III, IV	David Sewelson	baritone saxophone	Saheb Sarbib and His Multinational Big Band	17:10
1981	East 11th Street	David Sewelson	baritone saxophone	Saheb Sarbib and His Multinational Big Band	3:20
1981	Get in Line	David Sewelson	baritone saxophone	Saheb Sarbib and His Multinational Big Band	5:35
1981	New York Party	David Sewelson	baritone saxophone	Saheb Sarbib and His Multinational Big Band	8:25
1981	One for Lacy	David Sewelson	baritone saxophone	Saheb Sarbib and His Multinational Big Band	4:50
1981	The Unknown Step of Life	David Sewelson	baritone saxophone	Saheb Sarbib and His Multinational Big Band	3:15
1994	Flowers Grow in My Room (live, 1994)		baritone saxophone [baritone sax]	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	14:46
1994	Flowers Grow in My Room (live, 1994)		baritone saxophone [baritone sax] and solo	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	14:46
1994	Golden Smoke in the Chapel (live, 1994)		baritone saxophone [baritone sax]	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	2:05
1994	Huey Goes to Coney Island (live, 1994)		baritone saxophone [baritone sax]	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	13:06
1994	Huey Is Left Alone (live, 1994)		baritone saxophone [baritone sax]	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	16:42
1994	Snowflakes in the Desert (live, 1994)		baritone saxophone [baritone sax]	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	2:46
1994	We Cannot Put Off Being Human Another Day, Part 1 - It Is for You (Thicket) (live, 1994)		baritone saxophone [baritone sax]	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	8:54
1994	We Cannot Put Off Being Human Another Day, Part 2 - Distillation of Souls (live, 1994)		baritone saxophone [baritone sax]	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	8:36
1994	We Cannot Put Off Being Human Another Day, Part 3 - It Is for You (Sunrise) (live, 1994)		baritone saxophone [baritone sax]	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	3:29
1995-01-29	The Bluest J		baritone saxophone	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	26:08
1995-01-29	Voice Dancer Kidd		baritone saxophone	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	7:44
1995-02-19	And Again		baritone saxophone	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	5:44
1995-02-19	Mayan Space Station		baritone saxophone	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	14:10
1995-02-19	Sunrise in the Tone World		baritone saxophone	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	12:18
1995-02-19	Sunship for Dexter		baritone saxophone	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	9:59
1995-02-26	Huey Sees Light Through a Leaf		baritone saxophone	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	40:15
1998-05-31	Cantos (Love God) (live, 1998‐05‐31: Teatro Nuovo, Verona, Italy)		baritone saxophone [baritone sax]	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	13:55
1998-05-31	First Reading (Dawn Song) (live, 1998‐05‐31: Teatro Nuovo, Verona, Italy)		baritone saxophone [baritone sax]	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	13:22
1998-05-31	Hallelujah (live, 1998‐05‐31: Teatro Nuovo, Verona, Italy)		baritone saxophone [baritone sax] and solo	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	8:46
1998-05-31	Hallelujah (live, 1998‐05‐31: Teatro Nuovo, Verona, Italy)		baritone saxophone [baritone sax]	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	8:46
1998-05-31	Mysticism (live, 1998‐05‐31: Teatro Nuovo, Verona, Italy)		baritone saxophone [baritone sax]	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	5:44
1998-05-31	Response (Muezzin’s Call) (live, 1998‐05‐31: Teatro Nuovo, Verona, Italy)		baritone saxophone [baritone sax]	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	13:00
1998-05-31	Second Reading (Cathedral in the Mountains) (live, 1998‐05‐31: Teatro Nuovo, Verona, Italy)		baritone saxophone [baritone sax]	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	6:55
1998-05-31	Willows (Can You Give Me Back My Life) (live, 1998‐05‐31: Teatro Nuovo, Verona, Italy)		baritone saxophone [baritone sax]	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	8:36
2001-02-23	Five Rivers Into One Teardrop: I Meditation for Two Voices (live, 2001‐02‐23: ICA Theater, Boston, MA, USA)		baritone saxophone	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	9:47
2001-02-23	Five Rivers Into One Teardrop: II Mountain / Mountain (live, 2001‐02‐23: ICA Theater, Boston, MA, USA)		baritone saxophone	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	10:01
2001-02-23	Five Rivers Into One Teardrop: III Anast Crossing the Lake of Light (live, 2001‐02‐23: ICA Theater, Boston, MA, USA)		baritone saxophone	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	9:52
2001-02-23	Five Rivers Into One Teardrop: IV Raincoat in the River (live, 2001‐02‐23: ICA Theater, Boston, MA, USA)		baritone saxophone	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	19:42
2001-02-23	Five Rivers Into One Teardrop: V Painter’s Celebration (live, 2001‐02‐23: ICA Theater, Boston, MA, USA)		baritone saxophone	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	9:59
2001-05-24	A Vision Without Violence (live, 2001-05-24: The 6th Annual Vision Festival, Knitting Factory, New York, NY, United States)		baritone saxophone	Sewelsonics	13:22
2001-05-24	Razzbari (live, 2001-05-24: The 6th Annual Vision Festival, Knitting Factory, New York, NY, United States)		baritone saxophone	Sewelsonics	22:32
2001-05-24	Til There Was (live, 2001-05-24: The 6th Annual Vision Festival, Knitting Factory, New York, NY, United States)		baritone saxophone	Sewelsonics	20:39
2002-02-10	Community Meeting at the Chicken Shack (live, 2002‐02‐10: CBGB, New York, NY, USA)		saxophone	Freedomland	34:55
2002-02-10	New Brass Miasma (live, 2002‐02‐10: CBGB, New York, NY, USA)		saxophone	Freedomland	27:42
2002-05-29	Spontaneous Flowers (live, 2002‐05‐29: CBGB, New York, NY, USA)		reeds	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	28:55
2002-05-29	Spontaneous Mingus (live, 2002‐05‐29: CBGB, New York, NY, USA)		reeds	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	32:50
2003-07-06	Don’t Throw Out the Sky		saxophone	Freedomland	13:18
2003-07-06	Moonbeams in a Jar		saxophone	Freedomland	3:03
2003-07-06	One Blue Eye		saxophone	Freedomland	16:24
2003-07-06	One Green Eye		saxophone	Freedomland	14:37
2003-07-06	Yia Yia’s Song		saxophone	Freedomland	10:29
2003	In This World		baritone saxophone	Dave Sewelson	3:52
2003	Inscription		baritone saxophone	William Parker & The Little Huey Big Band	11:15
2004-08-10 – 2004-08-11	A Carrot Is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond		baritone saxophone	Fast ’n’ Bulbous	1:32
2004-08-10 – 2004-08-11	Abba Zaba		baritone saxophone	Fast ’n’ Bulbous	4:24
2004-08-10 – 2004-08-11	Dali’s Car		baritone saxophone	Fast ’n’ Bulbous	1:19
2004-08-10 – 2004-08-11	Evening Bell		baritone saxophone	Fast ’n’ Bulbous	1:55
2004-08-10 – 2004-08-11	Kandy Korn		baritone saxophone	Fast ’n’ Bulbous	4:08
2004-08-10 – 2004-08-11	Pachuco Cadaver		baritone saxophone	Fast ’n’ Bulbous	4:57
2004-08-10 – 2004-08-11	Suction Prints		baritone saxophone	Fast ’n’ Bulbous	4:19
2004-08-10 – 2004-08-11	Sugar and Spikes		baritone saxophone	Fast ’n’ Bulbous	2:19
2004-08-10 – 2004-08-11	Tropical Hot Dog Night		baritone saxophone	Fast ’n’ Bulbous	5:22
2004-08-10 – 2004-08-11	Veteran’s Day Poppy		baritone saxophone	Fast ’n’ Bulbous	5:27
2004-08-10 – 2004-08-11	When Big Joan Sets Up		baritone saxophone	Fast ’n’ Bulbous	3:47
2004-08-10 – 2004-08-11	When I See Mommy I Fell Like a Mummy		baritone saxophone	Fast ’n’ Bulbous	6:02
2004-08-10 – 2004-08-11	When It Blows Its Stacks		baritone saxophone	Fast ’n’ Bulbous	7:29
2005-05-22	For Percy Heath, Part Four (live, 2005‐05‐22: 22th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, Victoriaville, QC, Canada)		baritone saxophone	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	17:40
2005-05-22	For Percy Heath, Part One (live, 2005‐05‐22: 22th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, Victoriaville, QC, Canada)		baritone saxophone	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	10:34
2005-05-22	For Percy Heath, Part Three (live, 2005‐05‐22: 22th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, Victoriaville, QC, Canada)		baritone saxophone	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	10:15
2005-05-22	For Percy Heath, Part Two (live, 2005‐05‐22: 22th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, Victoriaville, QC, Canada)		baritone saxophone	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra	9:49
2012-02-05	Caravan (live, 2012‐02‐05: Teatro Manzoni, Milano, Italy)		baritone saxophone	William Parker Orchestra w/special guest Kidd Jordan	23:16
2012-02-05	Essence of Sophisticated Lady / Sophisticated Lady (live, 2012‐02‐05: Teatro Manzoni, Milano, Italy)		baritone saxophone	William Parker Orchestra w/special guest Kidd Jordan	26:38
2012-02-05	In a Sentimental Mood (live, 2012‐02‐05: Teatro Manzoni, Milano, Italy)		baritone saxophone	William Parker Orchestra w/special guest Kidd Jordan	7:28
2012-02-05	Portrait of Louisiana (live, 2012‐02‐05: Teatro Manzoni, Milano, Italy)		baritone saxophone	William Parker Orchestra w/special guest Kidd Jordan	20:15
2012-02-05	Take the A Train / Ebony Interlude (live, 2012‐02‐05: Teatro Manzoni, Milano, Italy)		baritone saxophone	William Parker Orchestra w/special guest Kidd Jordan	16:35
2012-02-05	Take the Coltrane (live, 2012‐02‐05: Teatro Manzoni, Milano, Italy)		baritone saxophone	William Parker Orchestra w/special guest Kidd Jordan	21:09
2012-02-05	The Essence of Ellington (live, 2012‐02‐05: Teatro Manzoni, Milano, Italy)		baritone saxophone	William Parker Orchestra w/special guest Kidd Jordan	14:13
2019-01-28	Improvisation (live, 2019‐01‐28: Bushwick Public House, New York, NY, USA)		baritone saxophone	Kevin Murray / William Parker / Dave Sewelson / Kaelen Ghandhi	38:57
2019-01-28	Live at the Bushwick Series Sample Track (live, 2019‐01‐28: Bushwick Public House, New York, NY, USA)		baritone saxophone	Kevin Murray / William Parker / Dave Sewelson / Kaelen Ghandhi	7:39
2022-04-27	Loved Ones		baritone saxophone	Dave Sewelson / Steve Hirsh / Steve Swell / Matthew Shipp / William Parker	22:43
2022-04-27	Melisma		baritone saxophone	Dave Sewelson / Steve Hirsh / Steve Swell / Matthew Shipp / William Parker	19:55
2022-04-27	Muscle Memory		baritone saxophone	Dave Sewelson / Steve Hirsh / Steve Swell / Matthew Shipp / William Parker	16:59
2022-04-28	Another Time			Dave Sewelson • William Parker • Steve Hirsh	4:23
2022-04-28	Paths			Dave Sewelson • William Parker • Steve Hirsh	8:07
2022-04-28	Slipping			Dave Sewelson • William Parker • Steve Hirsh	13:19
2022-04-28	So Hum			Dave Sewelson • William Parker • Steve Hirsh	6:50
2022-04-28	The Gate			Dave Sewelson • William Parker • Steve Hirsh	22:39
2022-04-28	What’s Left			Dave Sewelson • William Parker • Steve Hirsh	16:15
2022-04-28	Where We Left It			Dave Sewelson • William Parker • Steve Hirsh	5:53
2023-01-09	Blackout		baritone saxophone	Dave Sewelson • gabby fluke-mogul • George Cartwright • Anthony Cox • Steve Hirsh	3:01
2023-01-09	Dream State		baritone saxophone	Dave Sewelson • gabby fluke-mogul • George Cartwright • Anthony Cox • Steve Hirsh	3:38
2023-01-09	Mississippi Flyway		baritone saxophone	Dave Sewelson • gabby fluke-mogul • George Cartwright • Anthony Cox • Steve Hirsh	2:54
2023-01-09	Murmuration		baritone saxophone	Dave Sewelson • gabby fluke-mogul • George Cartwright • Anthony Cox • Steve Hirsh	8:09
2023-01-09	Oceanic Blues		baritone saxophone	Dave Sewelson • gabby fluke-mogul • George Cartwright • Anthony Cox • Steve Hirsh	1:52
2023-01-09	Out of Here		baritone saxophone	Dave Sewelson • gabby fluke-mogul • George Cartwright • Anthony Cox • Steve Hirsh	3:42
2023-01-09	Peripheral Wonder		baritone saxophone	Dave Sewelson • gabby fluke-mogul • George Cartwright • Anthony Cox • Steve Hirsh	10:12
2023-01-09	Thieving Magpies		baritone saxophone	Dave Sewelson • gabby fluke-mogul • George Cartwright • Anthony Cox • Steve Hirsh	5:35
2023-01-09	Warbling Universes		baritone saxophone	Dave Sewelson • gabby fluke-mogul • George Cartwright • Anthony Cox • Steve Hirsh	2:12
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	performed
	Bill (for Bill Horvitz)			Dave Sewelson • Ava Mendoza	6:01
	Dava’s Dune			Dave Sewelson • Ava Mendoza	4:24
	Do Nothing Man			Dave Sewelson • Ava Mendoza	3:57
	Don’t Buy the Lie			Dave Sewelson • Ava Mendoza	5:17
	Is It but Not of It			Dave Sewelson • Ava Mendoza	3:40
	Mangrove Sea			Dave Sewelson • Ava Mendoza	3:49
	Scaribari			Dave Sewelson • Ava Mendoza	2:49
	Turnip Wine			Dave Sewelson • Ava Mendoza	4:02
	Where Are You?			Dave Sewelson • Ava Mendoza	6:02
	vocals
2017-07-14	In Order to Survive		additional	In Order to Survive	14:45
	We Were Very Civilized		additional	William Parker & Ellen Christi	3:07
	instruments
1980-02-02	Ghost of a Trance		alto saxophone	Peter Kuhn
1980-02-02	Ghost of a Trance		baritone saxophone	Peter Kuhn
2002-02-10	Amusement Park		baritone saxophone	Freedomland
2002-02-10	Amusement Park		alto saxophone	Freedomland
2003-07-06	Yia Yia’s Song		alto saxophone	Freedomland
2003-07-06	Yia Yia’s Song		baritone saxophone	Freedomland
2021-10	Of It But Not Is It		baritone saxophone [bari sax]	Dave Sewelson • Ava Mendoza
2022-04-28	The Gate		baritone saxophone	Dave Sewelson • William Parker • Steve Hirsh
2022-04-28	The Gate		bass	Dave Sewelson • William Parker • Steve Hirsh
2022-09	Of It But Not Is It		baritone saxophone [bari sax]	Dave Sewelson • Ava Mendoza
	liner notes for
2022-12	The Gate			Dave Sewelson • William Parker • Steve Hirsh
	Of It But Not Is It			Dave Sewelson • Ava Mendoza
	vocals
2021-10	Of It But Not Is It		other vocals [voice]	Dave Sewelson • Ava Mendoza
2022-09	Of It But Not Is It		other vocals [voice]	Dave Sewelson • Ava Mendoza
	composed
	Bill (for Bill Horvitz)
	Dava’s Dune
	Don’t Buy the Lie
	Is It but Not of It
	Scaribari
	Where Are You?