James Buffington


James Lawrence Buffington was an American jazz, studio, and classical hornist.
Buffington was a busy studio and jazz player on the French horn. He was an autodidact as a child, though his father played piano and trumpet. He graduated from the Eastman School of Music and began playing in New York City in the 1950s, with Oscar Pettiford among others. He played with Mel Powell in 1954 and Teddy Charles in 1956.
He is perhaps best known for his work with Miles Davis on some of his Gil Evans sessions for Columbia Records. He has done extensive work as a session musician, and has recorded with Moondog, Carly Simon, James Brown, Urbie Green, Jimmy Cleveland, Ernie Royal, Britt Woodman, Don Butterfield, Donald Byrd, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, J. J. Johnson, Quincy Jones, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Michel Legrand, Lee Morgan, Paul Desmond, Eddie Sauter, Oliver Nelson, Wes Montgomery, Jimmy Smith, the Modern Jazz Quartet and Grover Washington, Jr. Late in the 1970s he played with Freddie Hubbard, Gato Barbieri and George Benson; in 1980 he played on a Helen Merrill album.
Buffington released some solo work but it is far less well known.

Discography

With Manny Albam
With Gato Barbieri
With Donald Byrd
  • I'm Tryin' to Get Home
With Teddy Charles
  • Word from Bird
With Al Cohn
  • Son of Drum Suite
With John Coltrane
  • The Complete Africa/Brass Session
With Hank Crawford
  • Wildflower
With Miles Davis
  • Miles Ahead
  • Sketches Of Spain
With Paul Desmond
  • Summertime
  • From the Hot Afternoon
With Bill Evans
  • Symbiosis
With Gil Evans
  • The Individualism of Gil Evans
With Art Farmer
  • The Aztec Suite
  • Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra
With Maynard Ferguson
With Curtis Fuller
With Stan Getz
With Dizzy Gillespie
  • Dizzy and Strings
  • Gillespiana
  • Carnegie Hall Concert
  • Perceptions
;With Coleman Hawkins
  • The Hawk in Hi Fi
With Jimmy Heath
  • Swamp Seed
With Jackie and Roy
  • Time & Love
With J. J. Johnson
  • J.J.!
  • Broadway Express
With Quincy Jones
  • Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini
  • Golden Boy
  • Quincy Plays for Pussycats
  • Strike Up the Band
With Yusef Lateef
With Michel Legrand
  • Legrand Jazz
With Mundell Lowe
  • New Music of Alec Wilder
  • Satan in High Heels
With Arif Mardin
  • Journey
With Helen Merrill
  • Casa Forte
With the Modern Jazz Quartet
  • Plastic Dreams
With Hugo Montenegro
  • Arriba!
With James Moody
  • Moody with Strings
  • The Blues and Other Colors
With David "Fathead" Newman
  • Scratch My Back
With Houston Person
With Lalo Schifrin
With Don Sebesky
  • Giant Box
With Sonny Stitt
  • Mr. Bojangles
With Gábor Szabó
  • Mizrab
With Billy Taylor
With Stanley Turrentine
With Julius Watkins
With Randy Weston
  • Blue Moses
With Phil Woods
  • ''Round Trip''