Performance · Production
Charles Sullivan
trumpet player
New York City, United States • b. 1944-11-08
Charles Sullivan is credited on 156 releases across 36 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1965–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
156
Pressings credited
36
Albums
7
Decades active
30
In collections
Biography
Charles Henry Sullivan (born November 8, 1944), also known as Kamau Adilifu, is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader. He has recorded four albums as leader. He also made recordings as a sideman with Woody Shaw, Dollar Brand, Ricky Ford, and King Curtis, among others.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
156 releases · 36 albums · active 1965–2025
- Performance · 256
- Production · 7
- Other credits · 4
Studios: Sound Ideas Studios · Record Plant, N.Y.C. · C.I. Recording Studios · Atlantic Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

The Jewel In The Lotus
1974

Loxodonta Africana
1977

The Wiz (The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard Of Oz")
1975

Woody Three
1979

Awakening
1975

Genesis
1974

Phyllis Hyman
1977

Spirit Man
1975

Black Love
1974

African Space Program
1974

Long Before Our Mothers Cried
1974

Hustlers Convention
1973

Spectrum
1969

The Highway Life
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