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Benny Bailey

real name Ernest Harold Bailey

United States · 1925-08-13 – 2005-04-14

Benny Bailey is credited on 1,027 releases across 235 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,027

Credits

235

Albums

8

Decades active

84

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American bebop and hard-bop jazz trumpet player
Born 13 August 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, died 14 April 2005 in Amsterdam, Netherlands (aged 79)
He played in the ORF Big Band (ORF: Österreichischer Rundfunk, en: Austrian Broadcasting) between 1978 and 1982.

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1,027 releases · 235 albums · active 1953–2025

  • Performance · 1,554
  • Other credits · 250

Studios: Lindström Studios, Cologne · Nola Recording Studios · Montreux Jazz Festival · Salle Pleyel

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