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John Kirby
jazz bass/trombone/tuba player
Winchester • 1908-12-31 – 1952-06-14
John Kirby is credited on 774 releases across 302 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2014 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
774
Pressings credited
302
Albums
7
Decades active
68
In collections
Credited work
774 releases · 302 albums · active 1950–2014
- Performance · 1,530
- Other credits · 10
Studios: Savoy Ballroom · Carnegie Hall · The Metropolitan Opera House · Dyam
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
The Fall
2009
Lady Day
1954
The Billie Holiday Story Volume I
1973
"The Golden Years" Volume II
1966
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
1975
The Original Recordings
1973
Billie Holiday's Greatest Hits
1967
Lady Day (The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia) (1933-1944)
2001
Classic Jazz Piano (1927-1957)
1988
The Quintessential Billie Holiday Volume 1, 1933-1935
1987
The Quintessential Billie Holiday Volume 2
1987
The Stash Christmas Album
1984
Giants Of Jazz: Billie Holiday
1979
Swing's The Thing (1931-1934)
1961
Jivin' The Vibes
1957
Ella, Lena, And Billie
1955
The Bebop Years
2006
Greatest Hits From The Bong
2005
From Avenue A To The Great White Way: Yiddish And American Popular Songs From 1914-1950
2002
All Of Me
1995
Verve Jazz Masters 43
1995
Spinnin' The Webb - The Original Decca Recordings
1994
Small Combos 1937-1940
1990
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Billie Holiday
- Coleman Hawkins
- Benny Goodman
- Lionel Hampton
- Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
- Fletcher Henderson
- Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra
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