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Bill Watrous
real name William Russel Watrous
Bill Watrous is credited on 737 releases across 200 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
737
Credits
200
Albums
7
Decades active
305
In collections
Biography
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American bop-oriented trombonist, born 8 May 1939 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA, died 2 July 2018 in Los Angeles, California
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
737 releases · 200 albums · active 1963–2025
- Performance · 858
- Other credits · 103
- Production · 11
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · A&R Studios · 914 Sound Studios · Columbia Recording Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Parade
1986

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1977

Prelude
1973

Extreme II : Pornograffitti (A Funked Up Fairytale)
1990

Sounds...And Stuff Like That!!
1978

California Dreaming
1967

The Leprechaun
1976

Trilogy: Past, Present & Future
1980

Between The Lines
1975

Aliens Ate My Buick
1988

Blade Runner (Orchestral Adaptation Of Music Composed For The Motion Picture By Vangelis)
1982

Roots (The Saga Of An American Family)
1977

L.A. Is My Lady
1984

1980
1980

The Best Of
1984

Funk In A Mason Jar
1977

Stars
1974

Ride Like The Wind
1982

Anthology. Messages
2005

Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture)
1997

Main Squeeze
1976

Simba
1974

Dawn Of A New Day
1973

Summertime
1969
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