Hotel X Discography



HYMNS FOR CHILDREN

Tim Harding: sax, bass, vocals Ron Curry: bass, guitar Jeff Morris: percussion Javier Ramos: guitar Lance Koehler: drums Kelli Strawbridge: keyboard Dave Brogan: trombone Danny Finney: sax

WITH Akilimanjaro: words, sampling Jimmy Ghaphery, Fred McGann, Gordon Jones: saxes

1. Bare Feet 2. Jasmati 3. Jaliya 4. Naive Melody 5. Canticle 6. Mandjou 7. Apartogether 8. Ore Mi Kini Se? 9. Descarga de Caos 10. Kele Mou Bana 11. Berber's Jinx

ROUTES MUSIC (1996)



All songs composed by Tim Harding, Ron Curry and Hotel X

Tim Harding: alto sax,bass Ron Curry: bass, guitar, trombone Chris Davis: drums Pat Best: guitar, bass Eric Ungar: guitar, flute

WITH Billy Fox: timbales, percussion Steve Matthews: vibes

1. Murray's Mambo 2. Jamaal 3. Routes 4. Iqbal 5. Matchstickwaterbirds 6. Irregular Grind
7. Cul-De-Sac 8. Blue Flame 9. Hootebanany 10. Man In The Boat 11. Dream Of The Fox, The

UNCOMMON GROUNDS (1996)



Features sessions from Los Angeles with guitarist Greg Ginn, and Richmond with Bern Nix.

Tim Harding: alto sax, bass Ron Curry: bass, trumpet, banjo Pat Best: guitar, percussion Eric Ungar: guitar, flute John Kieffer: guitar, clarinet Billy Fox: drums Chris Farmer: drums

WITH Bern Nix: guitar Greg Ginn: guitar Andy Batwinas: drum programmingRei Gonzalez: hand drums Jorge Negron: hand drums

1. Uncommon Grounds 2. D'Afrique (Things Fall Apart) 3. Charming The Snake 4. Black Gold 5. Winkies 6. Barbara Allen 7. Rococobop 8. Da Freek 9. Traffic Jam 10. Eighty-One 11. Many Mansions

LADDERS (1994)

Original compositions by Tim and Ron, blended with covers by Fela Kuti and David Murray.

Tim Harding: alto sax, bass Ron Curry: bass, trumpet John Keiffer: guitar, tenor sax, clarinet Jim Thomson: drums

WITH Ogynga, Pat Best: percussion Peter Neff: bass hammered dulcimer

1. Snack Time 2. Sinaloa 3. Ask You 4. Tin Can House 5. Morning Song 6. Right Of Passage 7. Black Man's Cry 8. Just Suppose 9. Abundance 10. Axis 11. One Way Street (from "Hands Of Fate") 12. Message From The Nile

ENGENDERED SPECIES (1994)

Originals by Tim Harding, Woody Jackson and Ron Curry

Tim Harding: alto sax,bass Ron Curry: bass,trumpet Woody Jackson: guitar,alto sax Jim Thomson: drums

WITH Charlie Kilpatrick: piano Rei Gonzalez: percussion

1. Casa Noir 2. Turnaround 3. Little Brother Ben 4. Barney And Earl 5. Fulani Hymn 6. She Makes Time
7. 2 Street 8. Obsequy 9. Sophisticuffs 10. Scorpio 11. Georgia 12. Footprints

RESIDENTIAL SUITE (1993)



This one is really all over the map, with originals by Tim and Jimmy Ghaphery, and covers of James Blood Ulmer, Pharoah Sanders and Count Basie.

Tim Harding: alto sax, bass, voice Ron Curry: bass, trombone Jimmy Ghaphery: alto sax
Jim Thomson: drums, voice

WITH Kevin Harding: guitar Rei Gonzalez, Jorge Negron, Gabo Tomasini: percussion Jon Mela: cornet

1. Swamp Train 2. Preachin' to the Choir 3. Moon Beam 4. Sleep Walk 5. Curfew 6. Day Tripper 7. Funky Broad Street 8. Sidney Strut 9. Work Song 10. Tsunami 11. Thembi 12. Sent for You Yesterday (AndHere You Come Today)

A RANDOM HISTORY OF THE AVANT-GROOVE (1992)



Includes three originals, and unusual renderings of pieces by Sonny Sharrock, Mongo Santamaria, Olu Dara, Bill Laswell, John Coltrane and Charles Mingus

Tim Harding: bass, alto sax Ron Curry: bass,trumpet Jimmy Ghaphery: alto sax, flute Jim Thomson: drums

WITH Jorge Negron, Justin Riccio, Gabo Tomasini: percussion Jon Mela: cornet

1. Disappearing 2. Tutu 3. Jake 4. Afro Blue 5. Hen House 6. Seven Seas 7. II B.S. 8. Who Does She Hope to Be? 9. Flashback 10. Ocean Floor 11. India