Herman Riley (August 31, 1933 – April 14, 2007) was a jazz saxophonist who was a studio musician in Los Angeles. He worked with Gene Ammons, Lorez Alexandria, Count Basie, Bobby Bryant, Donald Byrd, Benny Carter, Quincy Jones, Shelly Manne, Blue Mitchell, and Joe Williams. He died of heart failure in Los Angeles at the age of 73.
Discography
Herman (1986)
As sideman
With Bobby Bryant
1967 Ain't Doing Too B-A-D
1971 Swahili Strut
With Blue Mitchell
The Last Tango = Blues (Mainstream, 1973) Blues' Blues (Mainstream, 1972) Graffiti Blues (Mainstream, 1973) African Violet (Impulse!, 1977) Summer Soft (Impulse!, 1978)
With Lorez Alexandria
1980 Sings the Songs of Johnny Mercer, Vol. 1
1984 Sings the Songs of Johnny Mercer, Vol. 2: Harlem Butterfly
1984 Sings the Songs of Johnny Mercer, Vol. 3: Tangerine
1992 I'll Never Stop Loving You
With Roger Neumann
1983 Introducing Roger Neumann's Rather Large Band
1993 Instant Heat
With Kenny Burrell
1994 Collaboration
2007 75th Birthday Bash Live! 2003 Blue Muse
With Charles Wright
2004 High Maintenance Woman
2006 Finally Got It... Wright
With Jimmy Smith
1989 Prime Time
1993 Sum Serious Blues
2001 Dot Com Blues
With others
1967 One More Time, Della Reese
1968 Hard Times, Roy Brown
1971 Head On, Bobby Hutcherson
1971 Free Again, Gene Ammons
1974 Live & in Concert, Four Tops
1976 Albert, Albert King
1978 The Live at the Century Plaza, Frank Capp
1978 Where Go the Boats, John Handy
1979 Tango Palace, Dr. John
1981 Swing Street Cafe, Joe Sample/David T. Walker
1981 The Way I Am, Billy Preston
1981 Touch, Gladys Knight & the Pips
1986 At Vine St. Live, Maxine Sullivan
1987 Digital Duke, Mercer Ellington
1988 The Singer, Richard B. Boone
1989 The Fabulous Baker Boys, Dave Grusin
1989 Boogie Down, Ernestine Anderson
1991 Fine and Mellow, Ruth Brown
1992 Calamba, Andy Simpkins Quintet
1995 Time After Time, Etta James
2000 Everybody's Talkin' Bout Miss Thing, Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers 2005 The Jazz Composer's Songbook, John Heard