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James Cotton
US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter
United States • 1935-07-01 – 2017-03-16
James Cotton is credited on 731 releases across 190 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1960–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
731
Pressings credited
190
Albums
7
Decades active
279
In collections
Credited work
731 releases · 190 albums · active 1960–2024
- Performance · 802
- Other credits · 685
- Production · 12
Studios: Newport Jazz Festival · Antone's · Sea-Saint Studio · Arlyn Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Fly Like An Eagle
1976
Folk Singer
1964
Hard Again
1977
Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live
1979
Muddy Waters At Newport 1960
1960
Living In The 20th Century
1986
King Bee
1981
The Great Blues Men
1972
The Chess Box
1989
Ultimate Hits
2017
Trouble Is...
1997
Chicago/The Blues/Today!
1984
McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters
1971
Pure Cotton
1968
Seven/Cantamos
2006
Live
1971
What's Shakin'
1966
The Blues - Volume 2
1965
The Blues Volume 3
1964
Recorded Live At Antone's Night Club
1988
Queen Of The Blues
1985
Rolling Stone
1982
High Energy
1975
It's Rough Out Here
1975
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Muddy Waters
- Howlin' Wolf
- James Cotton Blues Band
- The James Cotton Band
- Otis Spann
- Johnny Winter
- Steve Miller Band
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