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Diz Disley
Diz Disley is credited on 221 releases across 71 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
221
Pressings credited
71
Albums
8
Decades active
19
In collections
Biography
William Charles "Diz" Disley (27 May 1931 – 22 March 2010) was an Anglo-Canadian jazz guitarist and banjoist. He is best known for his acoustic jazz guitar playing, strongly influenced by Django Reinhardt, for his contributions to the UK trad jazz, skiffle and folk scenes as a performer and humorist, and for his collaborations with the violinist Stéphane Grappelli.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
221 releases · 71 albums · active 1954–2025
- Performance · 228
- Other credits · 52
Studios: MPS-Studio, Villingen · Sound Techniques, London · Royal Festival Hall · Queen Elizabeth Hall
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Stephane Grappelli
- Stéphane Grappelli
- Sandy Denny
- Ken Colyer's Jazzmen
- Brother John Sellers
- Teresa Brewer
- Chris Barber's Jazz Band
- Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen
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