James Spaulding
- Category : 1937-births
- Type : GP
- Profile : 6/2 - Role Model / Hermit
- Definition : Split - Small (7,20)
- Incarnation Cross : LAX The Alpha 1
Biography
American jazz saxophonist and flautist who was a member of Freddie Hubbard's quintet and the World Saxophone Quartet.
Spaulding attended the Chicago Cosmopolitan School of Music. Between 1957 and 1961, he was a member of Sun Ra's band. In the 1960s, he worked as a studio musician at Blue Note Records, recording with Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, and Stanley Turrentine.