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Don Redman

real name Donald Matthew Redman

United States · 1900-07-29 – 1964-11-30

Don Redman is credited on 2,628 releases across 814 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,628

Credits

814

Albums

8

Decades active

225

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American jazz musician was born in Piedmont (Mineral County), West Virginia. He attended and graduated from Storer College in Harper's Ferry, WV. He was a multi-instrumentalist, (predominantly saxophone and clarinet but also piano and others), arranger, bandleader, and composer. His innovative arrangements for the Jazz greats helped to lay the foundations of the big band era. In 2009 he was inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame. Uncle of Dewey Redman.
B. July 29, 1900 (Piedmont, WV, USA)
D. November 30, 1964 (New York, NY, USA)

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2,628 releases · 814 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 3,874
  • Other credits · 231

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · A&R Studios · Hollywood Bowl · Electric Lady Studios

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