Cornell Dupree

Biography

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Joe Cocker

• I Can Stand a Little Rain (A&M, 1974)
• Jamaica Say You Will (A&M, 1975)
• Stingray (A&M, 1976)
• Luxury You Can Afford (Asylum, 1978)

With Hank Crawford

• It's a Funky Thing to Do (Cotillion, 1971)
• Help Me Make it Through the Night (Kudu, 1972)
• We Got a Good Thing Going (Kudu, 1972)
• Crunch Time (Milestone, 1999)

With Aretha Franklin

• Spirit in the Dark (Atlantic, 1970)
• Young, Gifted and Black (Atlantic, 1972)
• Amazing Grace (Atlantic, 1972)
• Let Me in Your Life (Atlantic, 1974)
• With Everything I Feel in Me (Atlantic, 1974)
• La Diva (Atlantic, 1979)
• Aretha (Arista, 1980)

With Donny Hathaway

• Donny Hathaway (Atco, 1971)
• Extension of a Man (Atco, 1973)

With The Joneses

• Keepin' Up with the Joneses (Mercury, 1974)
• Our Love Song (P-Vine, 1992)
• Come Back to Me (P-Vine, 1993)

With Margie Joseph

• Margie Joseph (Atlantic, 1973)
• Sweet Surrender (Atlantic, 1974)
• Margie (Atlantic, 1975)

With King Curtis

• Live at Small's Paradise (Atco, 1966)
• Get Ready (Atco, 1970)
• Live at Fillmore West (Atco, 1971)
• Everybody's Talkin' (Atco, 1972)
• Blues at Montreux (Atlantic, 1973)

With Roland Kirk

• Blacknuss (Atlantic, 1972)
• The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color (Atlantic, 1975)
• Kirkatron (Warner Bros., 1977)

With Van McCoy

• And His Magnificent Movie Machine (H&L, 1977)
• My Favorite (MCA, 1978)
• Lonely Dancer (MCA, 1979)

With Geoff Muldaur

• Is Having a Wonderful Time (Reprise, 1975)

With David "Fathead" Newman

• Lonely Avenue (Atlantic, 1972)
• The Weapon (Atlantic, 1973)
• Scratch My Back (Prestige, 1979)
• Return to the Wide Open Spaces (Amazing, 1990)

With Esther Phillips

• Burnin' (Atlantic, 1970)
• From a Whisper to a Scream (Kudu, 1971)
• Alone Again Naturally (Kudu, 1972)

With Wilson Pickett

• In the Midnight Hour (Atlantic, 1965)

With Lou Rawls

• Shades of Blue (Philadelphia International, 1980)
• At Last (Blue Note, 1989)
• It's Supposed to Be Fun (Blue Note, 1990)
• Portrait of the Blues (Manhattan, 1993)

With Rosie

• Last Dance (RCA Victor, 1977)

With Archie Shepp

• Attica Blues (Impulse, 1972)
• The Cry of My People (Impulse, 1973)
• The Impulse Story (Impulse!, 2006)

With Stanley Turrentine

• Cherry (CTI, 1972)
• The Man with the Sad Face (Fantasy, 1976)
• Nightwings (Fantasy, 1977)
• West Side Highway (Fantasy, 1978)

With Zulema

• Zulema (Sussex, 1972)
• R.S.V.P. (RCA Victor, 1975)
• Z-licious (London, 1978)

With others

• Ashford & Simpson, I Wanna Be Selfish (Warner Bros., 1974)
• Average White Band, Warmer Communications (Atlantic, 1978)
• Burt Bacharach, Blue Note Plays Burt Bacharach (Blue Note, 2004)
• Bama, Ghettos of the Mind (Chess, 1972)
• Joe Bataan, Singin' Some Soul (Fania, 1969)
• Joe Bataan, Afrofilipino (Salsoul, 1975)
• Harold Battiste & Melvin Lastie, Hal-Mel Alone Together (Opus 43, 1976)
• Maggie Bell, Queen of the Night (Atlantic, 1974)
• Brook Benton, Brook Benton Today (Cotillion, 1970)
• Brook Benton, The Gospel Truth (Cotillion, 1971)
• Brook Benton, Story Teller (Cotillion, 1971)
• Jay Berliner, Bananas Are Not Created Equal (Mainstream, 1972)
• Carla Bley, Dinner Music (WATT Works, 1977)
• Teresa Brewer, Singin' A Doo-Dah Song (Flying Dutchman, 1972)
• James Brown, Reality (Atlantic, 1974)
• Oscar Brown, Movin' On (Atlantic, 1972)
• Mariah Carey, Emotions (Columbia, 1991)
• Alice Clark, Alice Clark (Mainstream, 2019)
• Billy Cobham, Total Eclipse (Atlantic, 1974)
• The Crusaders, Ghetto Blaster (MCA, 1984)
• Miles Davis, Get Up with It (Columbia, 1974)
• Rainy Davis, Ouch (Columbia, 1988)
• Jackie DeShannon, Your Baby Is a Lady (Atlantic, 1974)
• Lou Donaldson, Sweet Lou (Blue Note, 1974)
• Charles Earland, The Dynamite Brothers (Prestige, 1974)
• Pee Wee Ellis, Home in the Country (Savoy, 1977)
• Faith Hope and Charity, Faith Hope & Charity (20th Century Fox, 1978)
• Michael Franks, The Camera Never Lies (Warner Bros., 1987)
• Jun Fukamachi, Evening Star (Kitty, 1978)
• Hiroshi Fukumura, Hunt Up Wind (Flying Disk, 1978)
• Dizzy Gillespie, Sweet Soul (Gateway, 1977)
• Grant Green, Blue Breakbeats (Blue Note, 1998)
• Grant Green, The Final Comedown (Blue Note, 2003)
• Eddie Harris, Come on Down (Atlantic, 1970)
• Eddie Harris, Second Movement (Atlantic, 1971)
• Gene Harris, Gene Harris of the Three Sounds (Blue Note, 1972)
• Loleatta Holloway, Queen of the Night (Gold Mind, 1978)
• Richard Groove Holmes, I'm in the Mood for Love (Flying Dutchman, 1976)
• Takehiro Honda, It's Great Outside (Flying Disk, 1978)
• Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo, Lena & Gabor (Skye, 1970)
• Lena Horne & Michel Legrand, Lena & Michel (RCA Victor, 1975)
• Cissy Houston, Cissy Houston (Private Stock, 1977)
• Ian Hunter, All American Alien Boy (Columbia, 1976)
• Weldon Irvine, Cosmic Vortex (RCA Victor, 1974)
• Weldon Irvine, Sinbad (RCA Victor, 1976)
• Etta James, Deep in the Night (Warner Bros., 1978)
• Jobriath, Creatures of the Street (Elektra, 1974)
• Elvin Jones, At This Point in Time (Blue Note, 1998)
• Elvin Jones, The Prime Element (Blue Note, 1976)
• Salena Jones, My Love (JVC, 1981)
• Kimiko Kasai, This Is My Love (CBS, 1975)
• Robin Kenyatta, Take the Heat Off Me (Jazz Dance, 1979)
• Chaka Khan, Chaka (Warner Bros., 1978)
• B. B. King, Guess Who (ABC, 1972)
• Freddie King, My Feeling for the Blues (Atlantic, 1970)
• Gladys Knight & the Pips, Still Together (Buddah, 1977)
• Gladys Knight & the Pips, The One and Only (Buddah, 1978)
• Yusef Lateef, Hush 'N' Thunder (Atlantic, 1973)
• Webster Lewis, On the Town (Epic, 1976)
• Lulu, New Routes (Atco, 1970)
• Cheryl Lynn, In Love (Columbia, 1979)
• Herbie Mann, Push Push (Embryo, 1971)
• Herbie Mann, Deep Pocket (Kokopelli, 1992)
• Arif Mardin, Journey (Atlantic, 1974)
• John Mayall, Bottom Line (DJM, 1979)
• Les McCann, Invitation to Openness (Atlantic, 1972)
• Delbert McClinton, Never Been Rocked Enough (Curb, 1992)
• Carmen McRae, I'm Coming Home Again (Buddah, 1980)
• Jack McDuff, A Change Is Gonna Come (Atlantic, 1966)
• Jack McDuff, Magnetic Feel (Cadet, 1975)
• Jimmy McGriff, The Dudes Doin' Business (Capitol, 1970)
• Bette Midler, Bette Midler (Atlantic, 1973)
• Garnet Mimms, Has It All (Arista, 1978)
• Blue Mitchell, Booty (Mainstream, 1974)
• Jackie Moore, Sweet Charlie Babe (Atlantic, 1973)
• Geoff Muldaur, Is Having a Wonderful Time (Reprise, 1975)
• John Kaizan Neptune, West of Somewhere (Milestone, 1981)
• Laura Nyro, Christmas and the Beads of Sweat (Columbia, 1970)
• Odyssey, Odyssey (RCA Victor, 1977)
• Robert Palmer, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley (Island, 1975)
• Eddie Palmieri, Harlem River Drive (Roulette, 1971)
• Errol Parker, My Own Bag No. 1 (Sahara, 1972)
• Johnny Pate, Outrageous (MGM, 1970)
• The Persuaders, It's All About Love (Calla, 1976)
• Seldon Powell, Messin' With (Encounter 1973)
• Bernard Purdie, Stand By Me (Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get) (Mega, 1971)
• Bernard Purdie, Soul Is... Pretty Purdie (Flying Dutchman, 1972)
• Chuck Rainey, The Chuck Rainey Coalition (Skye, 1972)
• Louie Ramirez, A Different Shade of Black (Cotique, 1976)
• Vivian Reed, Another Side (Liberty, 1978)
• Buddy Rich, Big Band Machine (Groove Merchant, 1975)
• Buddy Rich, Ease On Down the Road (Denon, 1987)
• Larry Ridley, Sum of the Parts (Strata-East, 1975)
• Lightnin' Rod, Hustlers Convention (Celluloid, 1973)
• David Ruffin, In My Stride (Motown, 1977)
• David Sanborn, Upfront (Elektra, 1992)
• Harvey Scales, Confidential Affair (Casablanca, 1978)
• Warren Schatz, Warren Schatz (Columbia, 1971)
• Marlena Shaw, Marlena (Blue Note, 1972)
• Marlena Shaw, From the Depths of My Soul (Blue Note, 1973)
• Janis Siegel, At Home (Atlantic, 1987)
• Carly Simon, Boys in the Trees (Elektra, 1978)
• Paul Simon, There Goes Rhymin' Simon (Columbia, 1973)
• The Spinners, Love Trippin' (Atlantic, 1980)
• Ringo Starr, Ringo the 4th (Atlantic, 1977)
• Candi Staton, Chance (Warner Bros., 1979)
• Dakota Staton, Madame Foo-Foo (Groove Merchant, 1972)
• Sonny Stitt, Mr. Bojangles (Cadet, 1973)
• Barbra Streisand, Guilty (Columbia, 1980)
• Howard Tate, Get It While You Can (Verve, 1967)
• Howard Tate, Howard Tate (Atlantic, 1972)
• Kate Taylor, Kate Taylor (Columbia, 1978)
• Leon Thomas, Blues and the Soulful Truth (Flying Dutchman, 1972)
• Rufus Thomas, Did You Heard Me? (Stax, 1972)
• Rufus Thomas, Crown Prince of Dance (Stax, 1973)
• Tasha Thomas, Midnight Rendezvous (SoulMusic, 2015)
• Big Mama Thornton, Sassy Mama! (Vanguard, 1975)
• The Tymes, Tymes Up (RCA Victor, 1976)
• Kenny Vance, Vance 32 (Atlantic, 1975)
• Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, You Can't Make Love Alone (Mega, 1971)
• Voices of East Harlem, Right On Be Free (Elektra, 1970)
• Cedar Walton, Beyond Mobius (RCA Victor, 1976)
• Grover Washington Jr., All the King's Horses (Kudu, 1972)
• Charles Williams, Trees and Grass and Things (Mainstream, 1971)
• Charles Williams, Stickball (Mainstream, 1972)
• Jerry Lynn Williams, Jerry Williams (Spindizzy, 1972)
• Jimmy Witherspoon, Spoonful (Blue Note, 1975)
• Peter Wolf, Fool's Parade (Mercury, 1998)
• Peter Wolf, Sleepless (Artemis, 2002)
• Philippe Wynne, Starting All Over (Cotillion, 1977)
• Camille Yarbrough, The Iron Pot Cooker (Vanguard, 1975)