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Earl Turbinton
Earl Turbinton is credited on 246 releases across 50 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
246
Pressings credited
50
Albums
7
Decades active
86
In collections
Biography
Earl Turbinton Jr., also known as Naim Akban Ben-Tur and The African Cowboy (September 23, 1941 – August 3, 2007) was an American saxophonist associated for decades with the music scene of New Orleans.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
246 releases · 50 albums · active 1968–2025
- Performance · 307
- Other credits · 6
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Radio City Music Hall · Yankee Stadium · Sea-Saint Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Nightbirds
1974
The Best Of B.B. King
1973
L.A. Midnight
1972
The Wild Magnolias
1974
Newport In New York '72 - The Soul Sessions, Vol. 6
1972
Zawinul
1971
Anthology
2000
Pinnacle
1975
Toussaint
1970
Mardi Gras In New Orleans
1977
Guess Who
1972
Ladies & Gentlemen ... Mr. B.B. King
2012
Introspection
1986
The Allen Toussaint Collection
1991
Nevillization II: Live At Tipitina's
1987
Live In Japan
1971
A Portrait Of Champion Jack Dupree
2000
One Last Time
1993
Frequent collaborators
- B.B. King
- Various
- Allen Toussaint
- The Wild Magnolias
- Willie Tee
- Margie Joseph
- Zawinul
- LaBelle
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