William Roper's DISCOGRAPHY

AS LEADER

1. Juneteenth, Asian Improv., AIR 0055

2. Roper's Darn Yarns, Asian Improv., AIR 0058

3. If I Ran The Circus, Tomato Sage Consortium Records, TSCR 0001

4. Still Bill's Culinary Engineering, Art Ship Recordings, Disc 46

AS CO-LEADER

1. The Lament of Absalom, Asian Improv #0032, Roper, Wong, Kavee

2. Double Yellow, Thankyou Records #MV 011, Roper, Vlatkovich, Blakeslee, Dutz

3. Purple Gums, Asian Improv #0064, Roper, Bradford, Wong

4. Chobraty, Nine Winds Records #0225, Roper, Vlatkovich

5. Mo' Betta Butta, Asian Improv #0072, Roper, Bradford, Wong

AS SIDEMAN

1. Power of the Dreamer, Fido Records #1, Jimmy Townes

2. Bu-Wah , Nine Winds Records #0118, John Rapson

3. Bing, Sound Aspects #SAS CD 036, John Rapson

4. Dances & Orations , Music & Arts #CD923, John Rapson

5. Civilization & It's Discotheques, Blue Yonder #0112, The Fibonaccis

6. Next Saturday Afternoon, Relativity #88561, Thelonious Monster

7. Shapuno Zoo, No Man’s Land #RTR 8, Motor Totemist Guild

8. Give & Gather, Alfa Records #ALCA-241, Clay Jenkins

9. Passages, Sea Breeze Records #CDSB-2043, Kim Richmond

10. Decennium Dans Axlan, Nine Winds #NWCD 0140, Vinny Golia

11. Commemoration, Nine Winds #NWCD 0150/0160, Vinny Golia

12. Tutto Contare, Nine Winds #NWCD 0170, Vinny Golia

13. Hilltop View, Music & Arts #CD 935, Glenn Horiuchi

14. Kenzo's Vision, Asian Improv #AIR0022, Glenn Horiuchi

15. Words and Stories, Nine Winds #NWCD0182, Mark Weber

16. The World At Peace, YAL/Meta #753, Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph

17. Portland 1996, Nine Winds #NWCD0180, Vinny Golia

18. O Shenandoah Be Not Telling Me This, Zerx #1996-01, Mark Weber

19. Dew Drop, Asian Improv #AIR0031, Glenn Horiuchi

20. Golden Hearts Remembrance, Kabel Productions CPCD002, Wadada Leo Smith

21. Mirror In The Spirit Hotel, Garage Majal #10012, Richard Haxton

22. Time Zone Differential, Zerx Productions #007, Mark Weber

23. Pyro, Papa's Moon Records #07802, David Zink

24. Music of Silvestre Reveultas, Sony Classical #60676, Los Angeles Philharmonic (playing the shell)

25. Fair Play, Soul Note #121328-2, Unit (A), Glenn Horiuchi

26. Tex Townes & His Two Tone Trance Band, Rabadash Records RAB014, Jimmy Townes.

27. Sarajevo, Unit (A), Asian Improv, Glenn Horiuchi

28. Happy To Be Here, Trio Lane Records #10112, Parachute Express

29. Dreams and Secrets, Anonymous Records #ANON0101, Wadada Leo Smith and Thomas Mapfumo

30. Water and Blood-The Billy Higgins Improvisations, Nine Winds #NWCD0252, John Rapson

31. Why The Freak Went Suite, Dan Osterman

32. Refractions, Origin #82413, Kim Richmond

33. Porgy and Bess - Redefined!, Capri Records, CD #74069, Mark Masters

34. Nine Gardeners Named Ned, pfMENTUM #PFMCD026, Brad Dutz

35. Puccini's Turandot, Blue Note-toshiba, Bob Belden

36. Legends & Legacies, Asian Improv 0060, Francis Wong

37. Wish Me Well, Capri Records #74078-2, Mark Masters

38. Manic Voodoo Lady, Allegro Non Troppo Records, Ellvis Schoenberg

39. Nasty Habit, David Vidal

40. Songs of the Diaspora, Joseph Mitchell

41. The Sunny Side Of The Street, Razor & Tie Music #82959, John Lithgow

William Roper is a MIRAPHONE artist.

A film about the Leimert Park scene.

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