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George Russell
real name George Allan Russell
American jazz pianist and composer
United States · 1923-06-23 – 2009-07-27
George Russell is credited on 660 releases across 137 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
660
Credits
137
Albums
8
Decades active
90
In collections
Biography
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Born: 23rd June 1923 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Died: 27th July 2009 Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
American composer, jazz musician (primarily on the piano but also mastered the drums), bandleader and music theorist.
For the jazz guitarist, please use George Russell.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
660 releases · 137 albums · active 1953–2026
- Performance · 1,174
- Other credits · 48
- Production · 40
Studios: Plaza Sound Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Philharmonic Hall, New York · Beethovensaal Liederhalle, Stuttgart
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Out Of The Cool
1961

Solid
1979

Portrait Of Art Farmer
1958

Portrait Of Sheila
1963

East Coasting
1957

Joe Cocker / With A Little Help From My Friends
1972

Living Time
1972

Conception
1956

Svengali
1973

New York, N.Y.
1959

Ezz-thetics
1961

Classic Jazz Piano (1927-1957)
1988

The African Game
1985

Outer Thoughts
1975

The Fabulous Pleyel Jazz Concert Vol. 1
1953

Encyclopedia Of Jazz On Records - Vol. 5
1974

The Esoteric Circle
1971

Gil Evans
1971

Jazz Anthology (From King Oliver To Ornette Coleman)
1969

The Greatest Of Dizzy Gillespie
1961

The Jazz Workshop
1957

The Teddy Charles Tentet
1956

Piano Player

The Definitive Miles Davis On Prestige
2011
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Miles Davis
- George Russell Sextet
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Gil Evans
- George Russell And His Orchestra
- Lee Konitz
- Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra
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