James Ralph Spaulding Jr. (was born July 30, 1937)[1] is an American jazz saxophonist and flutist.

[2] Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, United states,[1] Spaulding attended the Chicago Cosmopolitan School of Music.

[3] He went on to work with some post-bop musicians such as Max Roach, Randy Weston and Woody Shaw.

[1] In the 1980s, Spaulding worked with Ricky Ford and, as part of an octet, with David Murray.

[1] With Kamal Abdul-Alim With Louis Armstrong With Billy Bang With Kenny Barron With Art Blakey With Richard Davis With Ricky Ford With Grant Green With Freddie Hubbard With Bobby Hutcherson With Abbey Lincoln With Hank Mobley With Lee Morgan With David Murray With William Parker With Duke Pearson With Sam Rivers With Max Roach With Pharoah Sanders With Woody Shaw With Wayne Shorter With Horace Silver With Sun Ra With Leon Thomas With Charles Tolliver With Stanley Turrentine With McCoy Tyner With Tyrone Washington With Larry Young Arkestra members