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Carl Perkins
Carl Perkins is credited on 583 releases across 106 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
583
Credits
106
Albums
8
Decades active
57
In collections
Biography
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American jazz pianist.
Born: August 16, 1928 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Died: March 17, 1958 in Los Angeles, California.
During his short career (he died at the age of 29 years from a drug overdose), Carl Perkins played with Curtis Counce, Harold Land, Jack Sheldon, Oscar Moore, Frank Butler, Clifford Brown, Max Roach, Frank Morgan, Chet Baker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Dexter Gordon, among others. His only album as a leader, "Introducing Carl Perkins," was released in 1956.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
583 releases · 106 albums · active 1952–2024
- Performance · 731
- Other credits · 2
Studios: Contemporary's Studio · Radio Recorders · Forum Theatre, Los Angeles · Audio Arts (4)
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Playboys
1958

You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce - Vol. 2
1957

Modern Art
1957

My Funny Valentine
2008

The Newborn Touch
1966

Groove Yard
1961

Leroy Walks!
1958

Virtuoso #2
1977

Jazz Guitar
1957

The Art Of Pepper
1957

The Best Of Max Roach And Clifford Brown In Concert!
1956

Back On Indiana Avenue (The Carroll DeCamp Recordings)
2019

Flying Home: The Best Of The Verve Years
1994

Closed Session
1979

History Of Jazz
1978

Mode
1974

Soul Hits
1964

Carl's Blues
1961

The Curtis Counce Group
1957

Groove Yard
2018

The Complete Riverside Recordings
1992

Eight Classic Albums
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Chet Baker
- Art Pepper
- The Curtis Counce Group
- Stuff Smith
- Illinois Jacquet
- Frank Morgan
- Quincy Jones
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