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Jackie Mills

Jackie Mills is credited on 1,137 releases across 287 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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American jazz drummer, musical director, songwriter, producer, studio owner, and record company executive, born March 11, 1922, in Brooklyn, New York; died March 22, 2010, in Beaumont, California (age 88).
Worked with Charlie Barnet, Teddy Powell, Dizzy Gillespie, Boyd Raeburn, Benny Goodman, among others.
For a decade on and off, starting in 1949, he was the drummer with the Harry James Orchestra in addition to working in the studios. Recorded with Dodo Marmarosa, Red Norvo, Gerry Wiggins, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Goodman, James and others
Since the 1960s, largely retired from active playing, and was primarily a record company executive and producer. Was co-founder of Äva Records (and later Choreo Records), worked as musical director for Mainstream Records. At one time or another, he also ran his own companies, such as Wednesday's Child Productions, publishers Language Of Sound Inc., Green Apple Music Co. and Choreo Music. JM Productions also appears on some releases. In 1969, he and his wife Dolores Mills (Dolores Kaninger) purchased Larrabee Sound Studios and ran it until 1985, when their son Kevin Mills took over.

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