By Any Means Necessary is the third album by saxophonist Gary Thomas recorded in 1989 and released on the JMT label.

[1][2] The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "The music features dense ensembles, simultaneous improvisations, eccentric funk rhythms, and rhythmic but very dissonant horn solos that have a logic of their own.

One can think of this noisy date as being an updated extension of Ornette Coleman's Prime Time and is recommended to open-minded listeners who think that nothing new has been played in jazz since the mid-'70s.

"[3] All compositions by Gary Thomas except as indicated