AlbumsThe Jazz Couriers in Concert, Zero Time, Tonto Rides Again, Radiance Music groupsTonto's Expanding Head Band, The Jazz Couriers (1957 – 1959) AwardsGrammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Similar PeopleRobert Margouleff, Gil Scott‑Heron, Brian Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Bill Payne
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Malcolm Cecil (born 9 January 1937) is a British jazz bassist and Grammy Award-winning record producer.
Born in London, Cecil was a founding member of the UK's leading jazz quintet of the late 1950s, The Jazz Couriers, before going on to join a number of British jazz combos led by Dick Morrissey, Tony Crombie and Ronnie Scott in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He later joined Cyril Davies and Alexis Korner to form the original line-up of Blues Incorporated.
He later joined Robert Margouleff to form the duo TONTO's Expanding Head Band, a project based on a unique combination of synthesizers which led to them collaborating on and co-producing several of Stevie Wonder's Grammy-winning albums of the early 1970s.
Malcolm cecil
TONTO's Expanding Head Band
With Robert Margouleff, he formed the duo TONTO's Expanding Head Band, a synthesizer-based project. The duo were closely associated with Stevie Wonder's multiple Grammy Award winning Talking Book (1972), sharing the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical award as well as collaborating on and co-producing classic Wonder albums such as Music of My Mind, Innervisions and Fulfillingness' First Finale.
Cecil is credited, with Margouleff, as engineer for the Stevie Wonder produced album Perfect Angel (1974), by Minnie Riperton.
Their unique sound made them highly sought-after and they went on to collaborate with, amongst others, Quincy Jones, Bobby Womack, The Isley Brothers, Billy Preston, Gil Scott-Heron, Weather Report, Stephen Stills, The Doobie Brothers, Dave Mason, Little Feat, Joan Baez and Steve Hillage.
Discography
(see also Robert Margouleff Discography Margouleff and Cecil (together) Discography)
As leader/co-leader
Solo
1981 Radiance
With TONTO's Expanding Headband
1971: Zero Time
1972: It's About Time
1996: TONTO Rides Again (compilation of above)
As sideman
1961: It’s Morrissey, Man! – Dick Morrissey Quartet
1961: The Tony Crombie Orchestra
1961: Let's Take Five – Emcee Five
1962: Bebop from the East Coast – Emcee Five
1971: Where Would I Be? – Jim Hall Trio
1973: 3+3 - The Isley Brothers
1974: Live It Up - The Isley Brothers
1975: The Heat Is On - The Isley Brothers
1976: Harvest for the World - The Isley Brothers
1977: Motivation Radio – Steve Hillage
1978: Secrets - Gil Scott-Heron (with Brian Jackson)
1980: Real Eyes - Gil Scott-Heron
1981: Reflections - Gil Scott-Heron
1982: Moving Target - Gil Scott-Heron
1983: Shut 'Um Down; Angel Dust (singles) - Gil Scott-Heron
1994: Spirits - Gil Scott-Heron
1996: A Jazzy Christmas – Bill Augustine
2009: A Jazzy Christmas 2 – Bill Augustine
2011: We're New Here - Gil Scott-Heron (with Jamie xx)
Production, etc.
As producer, programmer, and/or engineer:
With Stevie Wonder
1972: Music of My Mind
1972: Talking Book
1973: Innervisions
1974: Fulfillingness' First Finale
1991: Jungle Fever
Various
Dave Mason - It's Like You Never Left (1973)
Mandrill - Beast From The East (1975)
Billy Preston - It's My Pleasure (1975)
Billy Preston - Billy Preston (1976)
Blood Donor - Rubber Revolution (1979 – from the album Blood Donor)
Savoy Brown - Kings Of Boogie (1989 – recording engineer)