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Joe Porcaro

real name Joseph Thomas Porcaro

Joe Porcaro is credited on 688 releases across 260 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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260

Albums

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Decades active

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American jazz drummer, percussionist and educator (born: April 29, 1930 in Hartford, Connecticut; died: July 6, 2020).
His three sons (all musicians): Steve Porcaro (b. 1957), keyboardist and composer, Mike Porcaro (1955-2015), a bassist, and Jeff Porcaro (1954-1992), a drummer.
Worked with Stan Getz, Frank Sinatra, Gerry Mulligan, Don Ellis, Sarah Vaughan, Natalie Cole, Freddie Hubbard, Pink Floyd, Gladys Knight, Madonna and many others. He appears also on several film scores by James Newton Howard, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Danny Elfman, John Frizzell and his son Steve.

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Credited work

688 releases · 260 albums · active 1958–2025

  • Performance · 1,009
  • Other credits · 90

Studios: Sunset Sound · A&M Studios · Elektra Sound Recorders · Record One, Los Angeles

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