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Buster Bailey
Memphis, United States
Buster Bailey is credited on 1,256 releases across 437 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,256
Pressings credited
437
Albums
8
Decades active
73
In collections
Credited work
1,256 releases · 437 albums · active 1950–2026
- Performance · 2,442
- Other credits · 59
Studios: RCA Victor Studios, New York · Newport Jazz Festival · Savoy Ballroom · Metropole Cafe, New York
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
Louis
1966
Lady Day
1954
The Billie Holiday Story Volume I
1973
Louis Armstrong's Greatest Hits
1967
Mean Mothers: Independent Women's Blues, Volume 1
1980
"The Golden Years" Volume II
1966
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
1975
The Original Recordings
1973
The Bessie Smith Story - Volume 2
1951
Lady Day (The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia) (1933-1944)
2001
The Essential Bessie Smith
1997
Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man: 1923-1934
1994
The Stash Christmas Album
1984
Cotton Club Stars
1984
Giants Of Jazz: Billie Holiday
1979
The Immortal Ma Rainey
1966
Swing's The Thing (1931-1934)
1961
Jivin' The Vibes
1957
Ella, Lena, And Billie
1955
Martin Scorsese Presents - The Best Of The Blues
2003
From Avenue A To The Great White Way: Yiddish And American Popular Songs From 1914-1950
2002
The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz
2000
All Of Me
1995
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Billie Holiday
- Bessie Smith
- Louis Armstrong
- Fletcher Henderson
- Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
- Clarence Williams
- Lionel Hampton
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