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Buster Harding
real name Lavere Harding
Buster Harding is credited on 679 releases across 220 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
679
Credits
220
Albums
8
Decades active
77
In collections
Biography
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Pianist, arranger and composer. Originally from Canada, he moved to New York in 1938. Worked with Teddy Wilson, Coleman Hawkins, Cab Calloway and as a freelance arranger for Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge, Count Basie, Billie Holiday and Dizzy Gillespie.
B.: Mar. 19, 1917 in North Buxton, Ontario, Canada,
D.: Nov. 14, 1965 in New York, NY
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
679 releases · 220 albums · active 1950–2024
- Performance · 1,033
- Other credits · 30
Studios: Storyville, Boston · Basing Street Studios · Carnegie Hall · A&R Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Jumpin' Jive
1981

Billie Holiday At Storyville
1976

A Rare Live Recording Of Billie Holiday
1964

Ella Swings Lightly
1959

This Is The Big Band Era
1971

Billie Holiday's Greatest Hits!
1968

Hi De Ho Man
1974

Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
1975

A Touch Of Blue
1960

Basie's Best!! A Collection Of Immortal Performances
1960

Swingin' High
1958

One O'Clock Jump
1957

Basie In London
1957

Dizzy In Greece
1957

Are You Hep To The Jive?
1994

The Most Important Recordings Of Cab Calloway
1989

One Night In Washington
1983

Don't Explain
1982

Oscar Peterson & Roy Eldridge
1975

The Swinging Big Bands (1938/1945) - Artie Shaw - Vol. 1 Jazz-Line, Archive Of Jazz
1974

In The Groove With The Kings Of Swing
1967

This One's For Basie
1956

Dizzy And Strings
1955

The Complete Verve Roy Eldridge Studio Sessions
2003
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