Person · Male
Sahib Shihab
American jazz musician
- From
- Savannah, United States
- Active
- 1925–1989
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 19
- hard bop
- jazz
- modal jazz
About
Sahib Shihab (born Edmund Gregory; June 23, 1925 – October 24, 1989) was an American jazz and hard bop saxophonist (baritone, alto, and soprano) and flautist. He variously worked with Luther Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Fletcher Henderson, Tadd Dameron, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke, John Coltrane and Quincy Jones among others.
Member of
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Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band baritone saxophone
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The Kenny Clarke–Francy Boland Sextet baritone saxophone
Discography
Albums
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Four Altos
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Mal/2
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Jazz Sahib
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Summer Dawn Apple Music
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Sahib Shihab and The Danish Radio Jazz Group
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Music for 4 Soloists and Band No. 1
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Companionship: Jazz Joint, Volume 2
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Sahib Shihab
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The Jazz We Heard Last Summer
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Soul Mates
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And All Those Cats
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Sentiments Apple Music
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Winds & Skins
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La Marche Dans Le Désert
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Four Altos
Live
Compilations
Links
Also known as
Edmund Gregory · Edmund Gregory "Sahib Shihab" · Sahab Shihab · Shahib Jihal
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 5f741d12-4aa0-46fc-8e49-e2424455a108
- ISNI
- 0000000081569565
- ISNI
- 0000000368502261
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.