Discography
AH-BOP
2022 Release Simp Records
List of Tunes
- Ah-Bop
- Waltz
- Yuki
- Array
- Dark Blues
- Crossing
- Trance
- Ending Credits
Musicians
Gene Ess - Guitar, Compositions
Scott Colley - Acoustic Bass
Clarence Penn - Drums
APOTHEOSIS
2018 Release Simp Records
List of Tunes
- The Return
- Sands of Time (Okinawa)
- Same Sky
- Bluesbird
- Tokyo Red
- Fireflies of Hiroshima
- Day for Night
- Two Worlds
Musicians
Gene Ess - Guitar, Guitar Synth, Compositions
Thana Alexa - Voice, Lyrics
Sebastien Ammann - Piano
Yasushi Nakamura - Acoustic and Electric Bass
Clarence Penn - Drums
ABSURDIST THEATER
2016 Release Simp Records
List of Tunes
- Out of the Ashes
- Circe's Compassion
- Jade Stones
- Kunai
- Torii
- Forkball
- Dejala Que Pase
- Upward and Onward
Musicians
Gene Ess - Guitar, Guitar Synth, Compositions
Thana Alexa - Voice, Lyrics
Manuel Valera - Piano, Keyboards
Yasushi Nakamura - Acoustic and Electric Bass
Clarence Penn - Drums
ETERNAL MONOMYTH
2015 Release Simp Records
List of Tunes
- Forsaken Island
- The Trials
- Entrance Exit
- Summer Cantabile
- Drakaina
- Blues for Ryo
- Mono-no Aware
- Into the New World
Musicians
Gene Ess - Guitar, Compositions
Thana Alexa - Voice, Lyrics
John Escreet - Piano
Thomson Kneeland - Bass
Clarence Penn - Drums
FRACTAL ATTRACTION
2013 Release Simp Records
List of Tunes
- Silver's Fate
- Blues for Two
- Ascent
- Letter from Boston
- Tanabata
- Fractica
- Descent
- Fractal Attraction
Musicians
Gene Ess - Guitar, Compositions
Thana Alexa - Voice, Composition
David Berkman - Piano
Thomson Kneeland - Bass
Gene Jackson - Drums
A THOUSAND SUMMERS
2011 Release Simp Records
List of Tunes
- I Didn't Know What Time It Was
- One Day I'll Fly Away
- So In Love
- The Old Country
- Charade
- East of the Sun
- Looking Back (Reflections)
- All Or Nothing At All
- Goodbye
- I WIll Wait For You
Musicians
Gene Ess - Guitar, Arrange
James Weidman - Piano
Thomas Kneeland - Bass, Arrange
Gene Jackson - Drums
Nicki Parrott - Vocals
MODES OF LIMITED TRANSCENDENCE
2008 Release Simp Records
List of Tunes
- Ryo's First flight
- Discovery in Three
- Trance Chant
- Art of Nothingness
- Hero to Wizard
- Messiaen Shuffle
- Gagaku Dreams
- Sufficient Reason
Musicians
Gene Ess - Compositions, Guitar
Tigran Hamasyan - Piano, Rhodes
Harvie S - Bass
Tyshawn Sorey - Drums
SANDBOX AND SANCTUM
2005 Release Simp Records
List of Tunes
- Free 2 Fast
- Ryo
- Baptisma Pyros
- Ballad For A Swordsman
- Ask The Guru
- Noh Country
- Sun Matsuri
- Kerama Processional
Musicians
Gene Ess - Guitars
Donny McCaslin - Tenor, Soprano Saxophone
Harvie S - Bass
Gene Jackson - Drums
SUNRISE FALLING
2004 Release Amp Records
List of Tunes
- Sanpan
- Kazuko
- Sunrise Falling
- Katana
- Garbanzo
- Triptych
- I. Aqua
- II. Sailing Song
- III. Ephemera
- Yuudachi
- Gene Pool
- Variant
- Now, Parting
Musicians
Gene Ess - Guitars, Synths, Loops, Etx, vocals
Matt Garrison - Bass
Fima Ephron - Bass
Jo Jo Mayer - Drums
Rashied Ali - Drums
NO ONE IN PARTICULAR
2001 Release Survival Records
List of Tunes
- No One In Particular
- Witch Hunt
- Blues For Annik
- Not Now, Later
- Three Views of a Secret
- Dear Alice
Musicians
Rashied Ali - Drums
Gene Ess - Guitar
Ravi Coltrane - Soprano, Tenor Saxophones
Greg Murphy - Piano
Matt Garrison - Bass
ONE WORLD TRIBE PRAYER FOR SEPTEMBER
1995 Release Paddle Wheel King Records
List of Tunes
- Fable From East China Sea (Sunrise)
- Unforgettable
- ESP LISTEN
- Weaver of Dreams
- Prayer for September
- Spanish Haiku For Julia
- Eggman
- Good Question
- Blues Minor
- River Way
- Trinkle Tinkle
- Fable From East China Sea (Sunset)
Musicians
Gene Ess - Guitar
Ravi Coltrane - Soprano, Tenor Saxophones
Takuya Nakamura - Piano, Trumpet
Lonnie Plaxico - Bass
Tony Moreno - Drums