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Bill Hardman
Cleveland, United States
Bill Hardman is credited on 773 releases across 134 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

773
Pressings credited
134
Albums
8
Decades active
102
In collections
Biography
William Franklin Hardman Jr. (April 6, 1933 – December 6, 1990) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist who chiefly played hard bop. He was married to Roseline, and together they had a daughter named Nadege.
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Credited work
773 releases · 134 albums · active 1957–2026
- Performance · 962
- Other credits · 13
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Club Saint-Germain · Columbia 30th Street Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

The Big Beat
1960

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk
1958

The Jazz Experiments Of Charlie Mingus
1957

Drum Suite
1957

Mal/2
1957

A Night In Tunisia
1958

Hank Mobley
1957

Au Club St. Germain Vol. 1
1959

Hard Bop
1957

Percussion Discussion
1976

Jackie's Pal
1956

A Tribute To Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
2017

Sunny Side Up
1961

Jazz Omnibus
1957

Jackie McLean & Co.
1957

The World Of Ray Charles

Eight Classic Albums
2010

The Best Of Chess Jazz
1989

The Music Of Rahsaan Roland Kirk
1986

Colors
1975

Tough!
1966

A Modern Jazz Symposium Of Music And Poetry
1959

Au Club St. Germain Vol. 2
1959

McLean's Scene
1958
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