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Bill Coleman
real name William Johnson Coleman
Bill Coleman is credited on 560 releases across 177 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2022 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
560
Credits
177
Albums
8
Decades active
21
In collections
Biography
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American swing jazz trumpeter.
Born August 4, 1904, Paris, Kentucky - died August 24, 1981, Toulouse, France.
He started his career in 1927 in New York City. During the 1930s he toured Europe for extended periods and in 1948 he moved permanently to France.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
560 releases · 177 albums · active 1950–2022
- Performance · 1,093
- Other credits · 34
Studios: Olympic Studios · Montreux Jazz Festival · Carnegie Hall · WOR Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

"The Golden Years" Volume II
1966

The Best Of Django Reinhardt
1960

Lady Day (The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia) (1933-1944)
2001

A Legendary Performer
1978

Handful Of Keys
1960

Classic Tenors

The Bebop Years
2006

The Complete Fats Waller, Vol. I (1934-1935)
1975

The Billie Holiday Story Volume III
1973

Teddy Wilson And His All-Stars
1973

The Influence Of Five
1965

Dicky Wells In Paris
1955

Anthology
2011

Buenos-Aires - Paris 1928 - 1943
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