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Billy Mackel
Billy Mackel is credited on 483 releases across 113 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
483
Pressings credited
113
Albums
8
Decades active
39
In collections
Biography
John William Mackel (December 28, 1912 – May 5, 1986) was an American jazz guitarist. Mackel was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He played banjo early in his career, but like many banjoists of his time he switched to guitar. He led his own band early in the 1940s, then joined Lionel Hampton in 1944 and spent the next thirty years with him. In the 1940s he also recorded with Milt Buckner, Arnett Cobb, Herbie Fields, and others, and worked with Billy Williams in the 1960s. He played left-handed.
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Credited work
483 releases · 113 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 582
- Other credits · 7
Studios: L'Olympia · Apollo Theater-New York City · Newport Jazz Festival · Trianon Ballroom, Chicago
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Jingle Bell Jazz
1962
Golden Vibes
1959
Silver Vibes (With Trombones And Rhythm)
1960
À L'Olympia
1956
Lionel Hampton With The Just Jazz All Stars
1955
The Stash Christmas Album
1984
Lionel Hampton Apollo Hall Concert 1954
1954
Jingle Bell Jazz
1985
History Of Jazz
1978
Vol.6 "Extra Takes" (1941-1949)
1975
Jazz Spectrum Vol. 7
1971
Newport Uproar!
1968
Who's Who In The Swinging Sixties
1962
Jazz Poll Winners
1960
Lionel ...Plays Drums, Vibes, Piano
1959
Jazz Flamenco
1957
Hamp And Getz
1955
Lionel Hampton Big Band
1955
Frequent collaborators
- Lionel Hampton
- Various
- Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra
- Lionel Hampton And His Jazz Giants
- Lionel Hampton Big Band
- Lionel Hampton Septette
- Lionel Hampton And Orchestra
- Lionel Hampton And His Big Orchestra
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