Performance · Engineering
Erwin Helfer
Erwin Helfer is credited on 56 releases across 20 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1961–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
56
Pressings credited
20
Albums
7
Decades active
1
In collections
Biography
Erwin Helfer (born January 20, 1936) is an American boogie-woogie, blues, and jazz pianist. He was born and raised in Chicago. From 1960 to 2023 he recorded on various labels, including Cobra, Chess, Testament, Flying Fish, and The Sirens. He collaborated with blues pianist Jimmy Walker during the 1960s and 1970s and made two recordings with him.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
56 releases · 20 albums · active 1961–2024
- Performance · 113
- Engineering · 11
- Other credits · 7
- Production · 6
Studios: Acme Recording Studios, Chicago, IL · Seagrape Recording Studios · Chalk Farm Studios · Dezibel Tonstudio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- The Zeet Band
- Jimmy Walker (9)
- Various
- Sunnyland Slim
- Sunnyland Slim Blues Band
- Mama Estella Yancey
- Angela Brown (6)
- Speckled Red
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