Discography

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As leader

  • 1951: Night Train (United)
  • 1952: Live at the Barrel (Prestige)
  • 1959: All the Gin is Gone (Delmark Records)
  • 1960: Forrest Fire (New Jazz)
  • 1961: Out of the Forrest (Prestige)
  • 1961: Sit Down and Relax with Jimmy Forrest (Prestige)
  • 1961: Most Much (Prestige)
  • 1962: Soul Street (New Jazz)
  • 1972: Black Forrest (Delmark)
  • 1972: Heart of the Forrest (Palo Alto Records/Muse Records)
  • 1980: O.D. (Out ‘Dere) (Greyforrest)
  • Live At The Barrel – with Miles Davis (1983, Prestige)
  • Night Train (1993, Delmark)Jimmy Forrest appears on:
    • The Harry “Sweets” Edison Quintet – Patented By Edison (1958, Roulette Records)
    • The Prestige Blues Swingers – Outskirts Of Town (1958, Prestige)
    • Jack McDuff – Tough ‘Duff (1960, Prestige)
    • Jack McDuff – The Honeydripper (1961, Prestige)
    • Dirty Blues Band – Stone Dirt (1968, Bluesway)
    • Big Joe Turner – Flip, Flop And Fly: 1951-1955 (1972, Pablo)
    • Count Basie – Basie Big Band (1975, Pablo)
    • Count Basie Big Band – Fun Time (1975, Pablo)
    • Count Basie And His Orchestra – I Told You So (1976, Pablo)
    • Count Basie – In Europe (1977, Lester Recording Catalog)
    • Count Basie Big Band – Montreux ’77 (1977, Pablo)
    • Count Basie And His Orchestra – Prime Time (1977, Pablo)
    • Count Basie – The Best Of (1980, Pablo)
    • Count Basie – The Best Of The Count Basie Big Band (1992, Pablo)
    • Various Artists – Honkers And Bar Walkers, Volume One (1992, Delmark)
    • Horace Henderson And His Orchestra – At The Trianon Ballroom: 1954 (2001, IAJRC)
    • Various Artists – Great R&B Instrumentals (2001, Ace)
    • Joe Williams – Finest Hour (2001, Verve)
    • Duke Ellington – Alternative Takes, Vol. 10: 1947-1951 (2003, Neatwork)
    • Various Artists – Bop Lives! (2003, Delmark)
    • Various Artists – The United Records Story (2004, Delmark)
    • Jo Jones – The Everest Years (2005, Visionary, 2 CDs)
    • Duke Ellington – Good Old Vintage (2005, BudMusic)
    • Various Artists – Ham Hocks And Cornbread (2005, JSP, 4 CDs)
    • Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis – Prestige Profiles, Vol. 10 (2005, Fantasy/Concord Jazz)
    • Various Artists – Blowing The Fuse: 1952 (2005, Bear Family, Germany)
    • Dirty Blues Band – Dirty Blues Band/Stone Dirt (2007, Beat Goes On)
    • Count Basie – Basie Swings Standards (2009, Concord Jazz)