The list of exceptional artists that Hall has performed , toured , and/or recorded with directly reflects the diverse and varied approaches of his music-making music.group_membership the fields of jazz and popular music and include Branford Marsalis , Ray Charles , Roy Hargrove , Joshua Redman , Horace Silver , Michael Brecker , Nicolas Payton , Kurt Elling , Benny Green , Frank Wess , Ken Peplowski , Wycliffe Gordon , Russell Malone , Frank Foster , George Coleman , Lin Halliday , Betty Carter , Jimmy Heath , Benny Golson , Bobby Hutcherson , Wallace Roney , Diana Krall , Harold Mabern , Renee Rosnes , Clark Terry , the Mingus Big Band , Steve Lacy , Muhal Richard Abrams , Jim Snidero , Eric Alexander , James Spaulding , Buster Williams , Gary Bartz , Dick Oatts , Melvin Rhyne , Ira Sullivan , David Murray , Bobby Broom , Lester Bowie , Slide Hampton , Charles Davis , James Moody , David Hazeltine , Henry Butler , Shirley Scott , Sonny Fortune , Joe Williams , Dr. Lonnie Smith , Billy Harper , Brian Lynch , Rick Margitza , Tim Hagans , John Swana , Ralph Bowen , Orrin Evans , Bud Shank , Phil Woods , Von Freeman , Ron Bridgewater , Kenny Barron , Maria Schneider , Jackie McLean , Mulgrew Miller , Marcus Belgrave , Hamiet Bluiett , the Woody Herman Orchestra , Patricia Barber , Joe Henderson , Curtis Fuller , Charles McPherson , Oliver Lake , and Steve Wilson , among others .