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Bill Barber
real name John William Barber
Bill Barber is credited on 718 releases across 126 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
718
Credits
126
Albums
8
Decades active
420
In collections
Biography
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Jazz tuba player
Born May 21, 1920 in Hornell, New York, died June 18, 2007 in Bronxville, New York
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
718 releases · 126 albums · active 1951–2026
- Performance · 920
- Other credits · 4
Studios: Columbia 30th Street Studio · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · A&R Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Sketches Of Spain
1960

Birth Of The Cool
1957

Porgy And Bess
1959

Miles Ahead
1957

Out Of The Cool
1961

Africa/Brass
1961

Quiet Nights
1963

Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall
1962

The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973

The Best Of John Coltrane - His Greatest Years
1970

Guitar Forms
1965

The Africa Brass Sessions, Vol. 2
1974

Great Jazz Standards
1959

The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings

Forever Miles
2012

New Bottle Old Wine
1958

The Essential Miles Davis
2001

Love Songs
1999

The Individualism Of Gil Evans
1964

Miles Ahead (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2016

Blue Miles
2000

Complete Africa / Brass
1991

Pacific Standard Time
1975

The Best Of John Coltrane - His Greatest Years, Vol. 2
1972
Frequent collaborators
- Miles Davis
- Various
- John Coltrane
- Gil Evans
- Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra
- The John Coltrane Quartet
- The Gil Evans Orchestra
- Gil Evans Orchestra
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