Ray Draper Discography
1957 (age 17)
Ray Draper Quintet
Ray Draper, tuba; with Jackie McLean, alto sax; Mal Waldron, piano; Spanky DeBreast, bass; Ben Dixon, drums; and introducing Webster Young, trumpet.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 15, 1957
| 1143 | House Of Davis | Prestige PRLP 7096 |
| 1144 | Terry Anne | - |
| 1145 | You're My Thrill | - |
| 1146 | Pivot | - |
| 1147 | Jackie's Dolly | - |
| 1148 | Mimi's Interlude | - |
* Prestige PRLP 7096 Ray Draper Quintet - Tuba Sounds 1957
= Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-1936-2 - 2000
The Ray Draper Quintet Featuring John Coltrane
Ray Draper, tuba; John Coltrane, tenor sax #1-5; Gil Coggins, piano; Spanky De Brest, bass; Larry Ritchie, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, December 20, 1957
| 1. 1410 | Under Paris Skies | New Jazz NJLP 8228 |
| 2. 1411 | Clifford's Kappa | - |
| 3. 1412 | Filide | New Jazz NJLP 8228; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-876-2 |
| 4. 1413 | Two Sons | New Jazz NJLP 8228 |
| 5. 1414 | Paul's Pal | New Jazz NJLP 8228; Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-876-2 |
| 6. 1415 | I Hadn't Anyone Till You | New Jazz NJLP 8228 |
| 7. 1416 | This Is No Laughing Matter | Prestige unissued |
* New Jazz NJLP 8228 The Ray Draper Quintet Featuring John Coltrane 1960
= Prestige MPP-2507 The John Coltrane|Ray Draper Quintet 1980
= Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-986-2 The Ray Draper Quintet Featuring John Coltrane 1998
* Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-876-2 John Coltrane - The Believer 1996
1958
Ray Draper Quintet
Ray Draper, tuba; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Jon Mayer as John Maher, piano; "Spansky" DeBrest, bass; Larry Ritchie, drums.
NYC, November, 1958
| B11145 | Essii's Dance | Jubilee JLP 1090; Roulette (E) ROU 10128 |
| B11146 | Doxy | - |
| B11147 | I Talk To The Trees | Jubilee JLP 1090 |
| B11148 | Yesterday's | - |
| B11149 | Oleo | Jubilee JLP 1090; Roulette (E) ROU 10128 |
| B11150 | Angel Eyes | Jubilee JLP 1090 |
* Jubilee JLP 1090 Ray Draper - A Tuba Jazz 1959
= Josie Jazz Series JJM-3504 Ray Draper 1963
= Roulette (E) CD-ROU 1012, CDP 7 93901 2 John Coltrane - Like Sonny 1990
= Roulette RE-128 Joe Newman, Zoot Sims, Ray Draper, John Coltrane - Echoes Of An Era: Locking Horns 1976
* Roulette (E) ROU 10128 John Coltrane - Like Sonny 1990
1969 (age 29)
Red Beans And Rice Featuring "Spareribs" Ray Draper
Phil Wood (Taurus), trumpet, flugelhorn, piano, arranger, vocal; David Dahlsten (Aries), trombone, congas; Richard Aplan (Capricorn), tenor sax, bass clarinet, arranger; Bob Hogans (Virgo), organ, vocal, valve trombone; Tommy Trujillo (Virgo), guitar, vocal; Ron Johnson (Aries), bass; Paul Lagos (Cancer), drums; Ray Draper (Leo), vocal, tuba, valve trombone, arranger, leader; Rodney Gooden III (Scorpio), vocal, bass clarinet.
released 1969
| Happiness | Epic 5-10482, BN 26461 | |
| Empty Streets | Epic BN 26461 | |
| Trilogy | - | |
| Gentle Old Sea | - | |
| Let My People Go | - | |
| Mess Around | Epic 5-10482, BN 26461 | |
| Home | Epic BN 26461 | |
| If You Ever Wanna | - |
* Epic BN 26461 Red Beans And Rice Featuring Ray Draper 1969
* Epic 5-10482 Red Beans And Rice, "Spareribs" Ray Draper - Happiness / Mess Around 1969?