Selected Discography
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As Leader:
Charlie Kohlhase Quintet:
“ Play Free Or Die”
(2001, Boxholder)
“Play Free Or Die is old-school music in the best sense. It’s organic, spontaneous, and involving. Melody plays an essential role. It’s rocky—but strangely lyrical at the same time. And it really does take two discs to span the entire range of the group's sound, which is a statement in and of itself.” - Nils Jacobson, All About Jazz
“ Dancing On My Bedpost”
(1998, CIMP)
“ Dart Night” (Boston Music Award Recipient)
(1995, Accurate)
“ Good Deeds”
(1992, Accurate)
“ Research & Development”
(1990, Accurate)
CK5:
“ CK5 Live!”
(2001-2, Creative Nation)
“These guys really kick out the jams, managing to play freely within the context of intricate compositions. This is very cerebral jazz, but never cold.” - Ted Kane, Jazz Review
Charlie Kohlhase Saxophone Quartet:
“ Charlie Kohlhase Saxophone Quartet”
(1985)
Co-Led Sessions:
with David Wertman and Lou Grassi
“North Country Pie” (2002, CIMP)
with Roswell Rudd (Boston Music Award Recipient)
“Eventuality” (2000, Nada)
with Mitch Seidman and Jeff Galindo
“Congeniality” (1999, Cadence)
with Matt Langley
“ You Start” saxophone duets (1999, Boxholder)
with John Tchicai (Boston Music Award Recipient)
“Life Overflowing” (1998, Nada)
with John Tchicai and Garrison Fewell
“Good Night Songs” (2006, Boxholder)
with Keith Hedger, Nate McBride and Curt Newton
“ Konk” (1998, Boxholder)
As Sideman:
Dead Cat Bounce:
“Legends Of The Nar”
(2001, Chonsky)
With Either/Orchestra:
“Neo-Modernism”
(2001, Accurate)
“Afro-Cubism”
(2001, Accurate)
“More Beautiful Than Death”
(1999, Accurate)
“Across The Omniverse”
(1989-1996, Accurate)
“The Brunt”
(1994, Accurate)
“The Calculus Of Pleasure”
(1990, Accurate)
“The Half-Life Of Desire”
(1989, Accurate)
“Radium”
(1988, Accurate)
The Mandala Octet:
“The Last Elephant”
(1992, Accurate)
“La Spada di San Galgano”
(1989, Accurate)
“The Notion Of Obstacle”
(1988, Volition)
Others:
Ken Rose
“slowpoke”
(2002, Thirteenth Floor Music)
Mitch Seidman
“Fretware”
(Year?, Brownstone Recordings)