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Gary Chester

real name Cesario Gurciullo

Gary Chester is credited on 668 releases across 95 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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668

Credits

95

Albums

8

Decades active

374

In collections

Biography

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Italian-American studio drummer, author, and teacher.
Born October 27, 1924, Siracusa, Italy. Died August 17, 1987.
Beginning in the late 1950s, Chester played on over 14,000 recording sessions, more than that, producing many hit records in the late 1950s, 60s and 70s in New York City’s Brill Building era. He brought lots of jazz concepts into the rock and pop world.
Chester's book The New Breed: Systems for the Development of Your Own Creativity is one of the top drum method books of all time.

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Credited work

668 releases · 95 albums · active 1958–2023

  • Performance · 1,275
  • Other credits · 56
  • Engineering · 4
  • Production · 2

Studios: The Hit Factory · Century Sound Studios · A&R Studios · Morgan Studios

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