Performance · Other credits

David "Fathead" Newman

real name David Newman Jr.

Corsicana, United States

David "Fathead" Newman is credited on 1,325 releases across 286 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

View as artist →

Start your shelf →Open in app
Photo of David "Fathead" Newman

1,325

Credits

286

Albums

8

Decades active

347

In collections

Biography

source

Showing the Discogs bio

Born 24h February 1933 Corsicana, Texas, USA
Died 20th January 2009 Kingston, New York, USA
Jazz tenor saxophonist originally employed by Ray Charles where he met long time collaborator Hank Crawford. Died of pancreatic cancer at age 75.

Bio from Discogs

Credited work

1,325 releases · 286 albums · active 1957–2026

  • Performance · 2,593
  • Other credits · 217
  • Production · 30

Studios: Atlantic Studios · United Recording Studios · Newport Jazz Festival · Regent Sound Studios, New York City

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

Around the web

See who really made the music.

Gatefold maps every producer, engineer, and player across your shelf — the credits no one else surfaces.

Start your shelf →

Free forever. Works with 10 records or 10,000.