John Stubblefield in a bunch of LPs

 

From discogs:

American jazz saxophonist, flautist, and oboist.

Born: 4 February 1945 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.

Died: 4 July 2005 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA (aged 60).

wiki:

After moving to New York, Stubblefield played with the Mingus Big Band for 13 years. During his career, Stubblefield played with the World Saxophone Quartet (1986–1988), Reggie Workman (1989–1993), McCoy Tyner (1984), Freddie Hubbard (1985), and George Russell (1985). Stubblefield also served for a time as a jazz ensemble director at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, following the departure of Paul Jeffrey in 1983.

For us the main LPs to discuss are Prelude (1977), Midnight Over Memphis (1979), and Midnight Sun (1980).  The music is basic modal contemporary jazz with not too much fusionist expression.

From the first album his Little Prince is not quite as compelling as that of hugely popular and constantly re-requested David Rose in Distance Between Dreams, but it's still beautifully haunting, as indeed it should by rights be:

Title track of 1980's Midnight Sun: