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John Ore
real name John Thomas Ore
John Ore is credited on 505 releases across 115 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
505
Credits
115
Albums
8
Decades active
144
In collections
Biography
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American jazz bassist, born December 17, 1933 in Philadelphia, died August 22, 2014.
Played with Tiny Grimes 1953, George Wallington 1954, Ben Webster, Elmo Hope 1955, and Bud Powell 1955, 1957, 1964-1965. Joined Thelonious Monk in 1960, stayed until 1963.
With The Sun Ra Arkestra off and on since 1961.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
505 releases · 115 albums · active 1955–2025
- Performance · 799
- Other credits · 11
Studios: Nola Recording Studios · Village Gate · Newport Jazz Festival · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Monk's Dream
1963
No Room For Squares
1964
Monk's Greatest Hits
1969
Palais Des Beaux-Arts 1963
2020
At The Blackhawk
1960
The Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra
2010
Criss-Cross
1963
That's The Way I Feel Now - A Tribute To Thelonious Monk
1984
In Person
1976
Mønk
2018
Standards
1989
Straight No Filter
1986
A Fireside Chat With Lucifer
1983
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 16
1980
Havana/New York
1978
In Italy
1963
The Soul Of Jazz - 1961
1961
The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection
2012
The Columbia Years | '62-'68
2001
Ken Burns Jazz
2000
Somewhere Else
1993
Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy / Art Forms Of Dimensions Tomorrow
1992
The Essential Thelonious Monk
1991
Purple Night
1990
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