Performance · Production

Gary McFarland

Los Angeles, United States • 1933-10-23 – 1971-11-02

Gary McFarland is credited on 968 releases across 222 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1960–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

View as artist →

Start your shelf →Open in app

968

Pressings credited

222

Albums

7

Decades active

176

In collections

Biography

Gary Ronald McFarland (October 23, 1933 – November 2, 1971) was an American composer, arranger, conductor, vibraphonist, and vocalist. He recorded for the jazz imprints Verve and Impulse! Records during the 1960s. DownBeat magazine said he made "one of the more significant contributors to orchestral jazz". A 2015 review of a McFarland DVD documentary called him "one of the busiest New York jazz arrangers of the 1960s". The review further stated that McFarland's "ascendance coincided with the rise of bossa nova, and McFarland was adept at translating the mercurial song form into orchestrations. He wrote some beautiful orchestral settings for great soloists, yet wasn't immune to commercial forces."

Bio from Wikipedia

Credited work

968 releases · 222 albums · active 1960–2026

  • Performance · 1,898
  • Production · 186
  • Other credits · 63

Studios: A&R Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Western Recorders · Gotham Recording Corporation

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

Around the web

See who really made the music.

Gatefold maps every producer, engineer, and player across your shelf — the credits no one else surfaces.

Start your shelf →

Free forever. Works with 10 records or 10,000.