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Greg Cohen
real name Gregory Peter Cohen
Los Angeles, United States
Greg Cohen is credited on 562 releases across 206 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1980–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
562
Credits
206
Albums
5
Decades active
603
In collections
Biography
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Bass player, a native of Los Angeles, bassist Greg Cohen has been playing in various acclaimed music groups since the '60s. A solid player without equal, Cohen has played in countless jazz lineups with top musicians including Bill Frisell, John Zorn, and Dave Douglas. Cohen's experience reaches far beyond any one style or genre; he has also played with Lou Reed, and Laurie Anderson, and he's been a mainstay on Tom Waits' albums since 1980's Heartattack and Vine. Cohen has also composed for the Lincoln Center Theater, among others, and collaborated on film score arrangements for such movies as Ed Wood and Fried Green Tomatoes.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
562 releases · 206 albums · active 1980–2026
- Performance · 1,403
- Production · 69
- Other credits · 12
- Engineering · 2
Studios: Ocean Way Recording · The Sound Factory · Avatar Studios · Right Track Recording
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Rain Dogs
1985
Swordfishtrombones
1983
Mule Variations
1999
When The Pawn Hits The Conflicts He Thinks Like A King What He Knows Throws The Blows When He Goes To The Fight And He'll Win The Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters The Ring There's No Body To Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold You
1999
Heartattack And Vine
1980
Franks Wild Years
1987
The Big Lebowski (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1998
The Black Rider
1993
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
2006
One From The Heart - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Of Francis Coppola's Movie
1982
Orphans: Bawlers
2018
Orphans: Bastards
2018
Red Hot + Blue
1990
Painted From Memory
1998
Big Time
1988
The Crying Light
2009
When I Was Cruel
2002
Angels With Dirty Faces
1998
I'm Not There (Original Soundtrack)
2007
Used Songs 1973-1980
Where The Wild Things Are Motion Picture Soundtrack
2009
Look Into The Eyeball
2001
The Big Gundown
1986
Lost In The Stars - The Music Of Kurt Weill
1985
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