Herman Riley

Herman Riley (August 31, 1933 – April 14, 2007) was a jazz saxophonist who spent most of his life as a studio musician in Los Angeles. He worked with Gene Ammons, Lorez Alexandria, Count Basie, Bobby Bryant, Donald Byrd, Benny Carter, Quincy Jones, Shelly Manne, Blue Mitchell, and Joe Williams.

Discography

• Herman (1986)

As sideman

With Bobby Bryant

• 1967 Ain't Doing Too B-A-D
• 1971 Swahili Strut

With Blue Mitchell

• The Last Tango = Blues (Mainstream, 1973)
• Blues' Blues (Mainstream, 1972)
• Graffiti Blues (Mainstream, 1973)
• African Violet (Impulse!, 1977)
• Summer Soft (Impulse!, 1978)

With Lorez Alexandria

• 1980 Sings the Songs of Johnny Mercer, Vol. 1
• 1984 Sings the Songs of Johnny Mercer, Vol. 2: Harlem Butterfly
• 1984 Sings the Songs of Johnny Mercer, Vol. 3: Tangerine
• 1992 I'll Never Stop Loving You

With Roger Neumann

• 1983 Introducing Roger Neumann's Rather Large Band
• 1993 Instant Heat

With Kenny Burrell

• 1994 Collaboration
• 2007 75th Birthday Bash Live!
• 2003 Blue Muse

With Charles Wright

• 2004 High Maintenance Woman
• 2006 Finally Got It... Wright

With Jimmy Smith

• 1989 Prime Time
• 1993 Sum Serious Blues
• 2001 Dot Com Blues

With others

• 1967 One More Time, Della Reese
• 1968 Hard Times, Roy Brown
• 1971 Head On, Bobby Hutcherson
• 1971 Free Again, Gene Ammons
• 1974 Live & in Concert, Four Tops
• 1976 Albert, Albert King
• 1978 The Live at the Century Plaza, Frank Capp
• 1978 Where Go the Boats, John Handy
• 1979 Tango Palace, Dr. John
• 1981 Swing Street Cafe, Joe Sample/David T. Walker
• 1981 The Way I Am, Billy Preston
• 1981 Touch, Gladys Knight & the Pips
• 1986 At Vine St. Live, Maxine Sullivan
• 1987 Digital Duke, Mercer Ellington
• 1988 The Singer, Richard B. Boone
• 1989 The Fabulous Baker Boys, Dave Grusin
• 1989 Boogie Down, Ernestine Anderson
• 1991 Fine and Mellow, Ruth Brown
• 1992 Calamba, Andy Simpkins Quintet
• 1995 Time After Time, Etta James
• 2000 Everybody's Talkin' Bout Miss Thing, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
• 2005 The Jazz Composer's Songbook, John Heard