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John LaPorta
Philadelphia, United States
John LaPorta is credited on 520 releases across 111 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
520
Pressings credited
111
Albums
8
Decades active
118
In collections
Credited work
520 releases · 111 albums · active 1951–2025
- Performance · 761
- Other credits · 27
- Mastering · 15
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Carnegie Hall · Art:ery Studios · Psalm Studio, Bath
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Prequelle
2018

Out Of The Cool
1961

The Jazz Experiments Of Charlie Mingus
1957

The Verve Years (1948-50)
1976

East Coasting
1957

New York, N.Y.
1959

Charlie Parker With Strings
1955

Pre-Bird
1961

Jazz Composers Workshop
1956

Woody Herman And The Herd At Carnegie Hall
1958

Jazz Digest
1956

The Jazz Message Of
1956

The Essential Charlie Parker
1992

The 1950's -The Singers
1987

History Of Jazz
1978

Tribute To Woody Herman
1959

Modern Jazz Hall Of Fame Volume 1
1957

The 3 Herds
1955

Foundations Of Modern Jazz

Piano Player

Anthology
2011

Eight Classic Albums
2010

The Birth Of Hard Bop
2000

Thirteen Pictures: The Charles Mingus Anthology
1993
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Charlie Parker
- Woody Herman
- Charlie Mingus
- Billy Eckstine
- Helen Merrill
- Charles Mingus
- Woody Herman (And The Herd)
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