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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.
1,027
Credits
235
Albums
8
Decades active
84
In collections
Biography
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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.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
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
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Swiss Movement
1969

We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite
1961

Sophisticated Giant
1977

Second Movement
1971

Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974
1985

Newport Rebels
1961

Live At Montreux
1993

The Stash Christmas Album
1984

Berlin Concerts
1977

Rights Of Swing
1961

The Fabulous Pleyel Jazz Concert Vol. 1
1953

1986-1991 The Warner Years
2011

The Complete Miles Davis At Montreux 1973-1991
2002

Heavy Nights
1986

History Of Jazz
1978

Live At The Schauspielhaus
1976

Off Limits
1971

Live At Ronnie's ; Album 1 ; Volcano
1970

More Smiles
1969

Latin Kaleidoscope
1969

Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues
1964

Music For Piano And Band
1963

Jazz Is Universal
1962

The Greatest Of Dizzy Gillespie
1961
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Lionel Hampton
- Dizzy Gillespie
- The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band
- Quincy Jones
- The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band
- Stan Getz
- The Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band
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